Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to send all my family and friends sincere happy wishes this holiday season. Oh yeah, the boys were also in the holiday spirit and wanted to say merry Christmas as well...

Look-A-Likes

From email forward I had to share:

My Dogs Love To Play

I'm so glad the new dog I adopted last weekend Rockefeller ('Rocky')is getting along marvelously with Sir Charles. They have bonded quickly and now play like brothers. They wrestle, smack, hug, lick ad chase each other in good spirits. Here's a clip of them being their goofy-selves.

Another Proof Why I love Dogs

What started out as a very sad clip turned out to be a very heart warming proof of animal intelligence and compassion. This is why I love dogs. They are very loyal friends and intelligent, compassionate creations of life! TRANSLATION:
These images taken from a vigilant cams from northern side of the coast show a common situation that occurs in the major capital expressways. A product of over population of stray dogs in the city, it is normal to witness more than one dog being hit by an automobile.

In this video it is evident how the dog agonizes after being dragged by the vehicle. What is moving is the dedication of another canine who attempts to save the injured dog and drags him to the expressway shoulder.

Actions like this one will unfortunately continue to proliferate if no concrete solution is placed to solve the problem for overpopulation of stray dogs.

Happy Thanksgiving

As always, I hope everyone is enjoying time with their family and friends. Let the joy and laughter continue as we kick off the holiday season. I am about to enjoy a nice Thanksgiving feast with my family and am thankful to have them near. I am aos thankful I didn't have to cook :)

My specialty is shopping so I bought the wine and cheesecake.

--Cheers!

Hooked on Puppy Cam

For almost two weeks I believe I have become addicted to the 'Shiba Inu Puppy Cam' featured on Ustream. I marked a tweet that included the URL as a favorite and have clicked through regularly to check on the pups. I thought this would help subdue my want for another dog in the house to keep Charlie and I company. Unfortunately, as I confess to my addiction I realize it has actually increased it. These pups are adorable. I want to share the fun...

Out For A Walk

I love the Fall season

Cat In A Box

I'm Still Proud of the USA and Teary-eyed

Tuesday's election night was an amazing moment in history that I will remember forever. I wept with many other US spectators and even others watching us from other countries. Barack Obama's speech as usual was inspiring and John McCain was a true gentleman providing a gracious conceding speech. It's true what people kept telling us, no matter what political party you voted for, the election of Barack Obama is historic in a positive way. This past Tuesday, November 4 2008, Dr. Martin Luther King's dream became reality. His children and all of America's children for that matter, witnessed a black man be judged not by the color of his skin but by the content of his character.

I watched in amazement, motionless with tears flowing down my cheeks for several minutes letting the reality sink in. It was truly an emotional night for many. Two days after and I am still emotional. I see clips of others experiencing that event and relating what meaning Obama's election has for them and their children and I get goose-bumps and get teary-eyed. I have always been proud and love my country, I can't help but to keep smiling and keep my head held high with even more pride. -- Thank you!

PLEASE VOTE

As I see my twitter updates go wild with 'breaking news' that voting has begun at midnight (eastern time) in New Hampshire, I can't help but to feel alive. I am living history in the making and loving every second of it. I urged my friends and family to vote and I think I nagged my sister too much. I kept reminding her how many suffered before us in order for us to have the right and power to vote. I will keep reminding all, no matter your party preference, make your voice heard. If you haven't done so already, go vote!

Cat Uses Washroom

Now if only I could teach my dog Charlie to use the toilet as well.

New MoveON.org Video With YOUR Name Included

I can see this going viral, I am sure going to help it. I recieved it in my inbox today, after watching it I loved it and passed it on. Here is another proof of great marketing for the Obama campaign...

Make sure you click in and create your own or submit your friends!

Joe The Plumber Vs. Joe Six-Pack

Joe Six Pack vs. Joe the Plumber
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My Strategy For Following People on Twitter

I just placed a comment on an interesting blog from a new twitter follower. Thelazyslacker.com aims to take his new blog from $0 to $1,000,000. It is gaining ground in gaining new twitter followers and unique visitors to the site.

I added a comment for my strategy for when to reciprocate a twitter follow and decided why not post it here for you as well, should you decide to join twitter and add followers of your own.

My strategy in following people back from twitter.
After receiving an email for a new unknown follower:
1)Ill check out their twitter page if I like their recent updates
2)Check out their interests
3)See URL and deem that it is not spam I'll click into profile URL
4)Once I've spent a few seconds on their site, hopefully more, again deem it as non-spam
5)Find it worthy content for visiting again
I will then follow back on twitter.

I'm In Pain

My right ear is still in pain from this nasty infection. I'm on meds but this darn thing is being pesky and not going away. I hope it's only paranoia but my other ear also begins to feel odd. I'm not very happy about this right now.

Civic Duty

This has been a busy year for my political activism. By no means am I complaining. I'm actually quite happy and proud of myself. Every year I have volunteered to gain new voter registrations, primarily in the Hispanic youth segment. This year, being an election year it has been far more imperative. The focus this year, was not only to get new registrants of all applicable ages and races but also to urge all those who are registered to vote and vote early if possible.

This weekend I crossed state lines and knocked on Indiana doors, as part of a volunteer campaign running in many toss-up states, urging registrants to make their vote count and go place their vote early. Although ailing from nausea and an ear infection I wanted to honor my commitment and knock on as many doors as I could, obviously at a slower pace! At the end of the day, I felt like I made a difference - it feels good to donate your time for a good cause. I am happy once more.

Reminder early voting is available in many states. Chicago early voting commenced today. Locations available @ http://www.chicagoelections.com/page.php?id=9

Finding My Voice Again

It has been a while my friend, I'll presume you are my friend if you are interested in reading this. Heck, John McCain has no qualms in assuming my friendship, why should I?

Where has time gone, that I succumbed to partial fear and trapped myself from public expression of feelings and thoughts. I few years back when no one read these excerpts, I felt relaxed and naive in sharing whatever came to mind. I always knew that all these postings would be open to the public and far more importantly would be part of my retrievable cyber-history anecdotal digital footprints. As an eternal middle of the road, PC-conscience and PC-friendly person I've only shared nonsensical and unimportant parts of myself.

Will that change go forward? Probably not, however I have felt lost these past few months. I am an extrovert at heart, somewhat introvert in person depending my mood. I cannot bear it any longer and have the need to express my thoughts again. I have an automatic sensor and do not know why I did not trust it and continued my posts. Well my friend I am back. You may not care, which is even better. I care to share and feel at peace to have this vehicle for creativity open to me once more.

Adoption from BlahGirls

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I Love Pandora