Holiday Mail for Heroes

Holiday Mail for Heroes
Holiday Mail for Heroes is a partnership between the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes to deliver one million holiday cards to American service members, veterans and their families in the United States and around the world. Please send cards to this address, following the guidelines listed below:
 
Holiday Mail for Heroes
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Anne Pressly (Part 3)

The day is bright and sunny—cold, but sunny.  The calendar says it is Thanksgiving day, and there is a bittersweet event to give thanks for today:  The arrest of a suspect in the brutal attack and murder of Anne Pressly.
Late Wednesday evening, Little Rock Police arrested Curtis Lavelle Vance as the prime suspect in the [...]

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Amy Winehouse

I normally cannot be bothered with celebrities but early last year, I was watching the Brit Awards on BBC and was first transfixed by Scissor Sisters with their ingenious live performance of “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing“.  Later in the show, I had my first Amy experience.  There she was, looking rather sober, belting out [...]

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Could We Have Been Wrong???

As President-Elect Obama continues to form his economic team and names individuals to various posts in his upcoming administration, I am impressed with his purpose, focus, and clarity around what needs to be done.  And despite the rhetoric which would suggest otherwise, I am looking forward to the reversal of fortune I expect to come [...]

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Impolite Petroleum

Or simply put, Crude Oil.
 
Ever wonder where oil comes from?  I do.   Science tells us that crude oil is the result of “compression and heating of ancient organic materials”(1) over long periods of time—typically, millions of years.  As a child, I was taught that is was the remains of prehistoric animals such as dinosaurs (as [...]

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Genetic Musings

Sometimes you put the quarter in the slot and pull the handle.  We may not expect to win a jackpot, but we do it anyway, perhaps just to see if anything comes out and if so, what.
This past summer, I put a quarter in the genealogical slot and eagerly awaited a result.  The difference here [...]

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Falling Gasoline Prices

As I drove in this morning, I passed several stations where the price for a gallon of gas was $1.639—all of $.35 below what AAA says is the national average.  Few of us who have been driving for any number of years ever expected to see gas this low—EVER!  It wasn’t all that long when [...]

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I Threatened…

To write a blog about you—so here it is.  However, I decided to keep you anonymous.  That means I can’t use a picture of you either.  Only one other person will know it’s really about you and even then, that’s only if he decides to read this. 
Now, if I say any more to you or [...]

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The Dangers of Marijuana

For decades, there have been a wide array of people and professions telling us that marijuana (or pot) is dangerous.  The basic claims are that pot will hinder judgement and cause the user to engage in risky and sometimes life threatening activities.
As if we needed proof, 34-year-old Juan Gabriel Hernandez Torres of San Luis, Mexico, provided [...]

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A Penny A Day… (Part 2)

To the original post, Gary commented:
I have an envelope with a penny taped to a letter set to go out this morning, and know one other person who’s expressed the intention of doing the same.
I hope they get a couple of hundred pennies and one-cent checks in the mail. The address is City Collector, 77 [...]

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