My oldest monster, Patrick, has been growing like a mad weed since we moved to Alabama. I’ve been trying to keep a ‘redneck eye’ on it. That is my official way of measuring my son’s height. It goes a little something like this…I have him stand right in front of me and ‘measure’ where his [...]

Yes, quite literally, I have a pain in my neck! I woke up this morning and my neck was hurting. I have had this sore spot for a while now. Two spots, really – the glands on either side of my neck. I got sick last February – I had a sinus infection, along with [...]

I’ve lost them. They’re gone. I can’t find them anywhere. I wonder if you could help me find them…. NO! PLEASE DON’T! I really don’t mean it. I don’t want them back, no way, no how – not a chance in Hell do I want them back. In fact, it would be great if I [...]

In the last Save Jenny! post I told you about a poll on the NBC5 website asking where you think Jenny the elephant should spend the rest of her days. I do hope you’ve gone over there and let your voice be heard! But – check it out: That is SO AWESOME! If you haven’t [...]

Concrete and bars – what a life, eh? Robert Wilonsky, the gentleman who writes for the Dallas Observer that I told you about in the post about troubled elephants, spoke with Paul Dyer on Wednesday about the Dallas Zoo’s decision to keep Jenny in Dallas. You can read all about their conversation here: Paul Dyer [...]

As I mentioned in this post about Jenny the elephant, one of the Dallas city council members, Angela Hunt, took a trip to Mexico to see the park in Mexico to which the Dallas Zoo wanted to send Jenny. (She also traveled to Tennessee to see The Elephant Sanctuary.) On her website, AngelaHunt.com, you can [...]