Pound Pup Legacy

I read an article about a new-age pot demonstration, and I had to laugh at the code-word given to it:  "420".  The first thing that same to my mind was the phrase:  "They'll deep 6 the 420 in no time".  After all, pot can easily be confiscated and destroyed, eliminating the pesky drug problem for today's youthful population, right?

I had to laugh at today's review of webicles (articles found through the www).

The following was funded by SOMEONE, so it must have been important.  [Please pay attention, as this is the latest from our pioneers in scientific study....]

Loneliness sucks

I first learned about Phantom Limb Pain [ http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/phantom-pain/DS00444 ] in Nursing School.  It's one thing to read about it in a text-book; it's another thing to walk into a room and see a person screaming about the pain in a leg that was no longer there due to an accident or surgical procedure.  "Scary" is an understatement.

We all have mental images of what good and evil looks like; more than likely those images have color associations that go with them as well.  For instance, evil for me is not necessarily in the image of this devil-creature that's red and carries a strange looking pitch-fork. 

Ask the average person, "What do you know about adoption?" and more than likely, the response will reflect a sentiment that shows a superficial knowledge about child-placement, and the business that goes behind selling children to other families in our society.  There are laws based on contracts, and deals made during times of duress, yet profit and parenting is being sold to the highest bidders, and children are the ones being handled like cargo, trafficked to whatever place comes next.

Bruce Springsteen sings a song about "the ties that bind".  He has two versions, actually.  One from his River album and one recorded earlier.  Of all the songs Bruce has written, do you think he would have forgotten which one was written first?