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Loved the gay couple in the video!

Nice interview. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/18/jon-stewart-why-i-quit-the-daily-show

He was just brilliant, day in and day out. When he announced, it was like your lover saying to you that they need some space and were moving on. Not that I've ever had a lover, but if I did, I would imagine that's what it would be like.

Most of us don't think about bad things while we are in Brazil. I have been lucky during my many trips. The only thing I lost was a cheap cell phone that someone picked from my pocket while I was on the Metro. However, with so many expensive smart phones in use today, anyone who uses them in public is at risk. Here is an article that discusses theft and shows that even Brazilians can be targets of thieves. http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/opinion-editorial/letter-such-crimes-affect-brazilians-as-well/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRioTimes+%28The+Rio+Times%29# So, the message is - use your phone but not in an area where you can have it taken from you either with force or grabbed as one runs past you.

'I got a scheme!' the moment Saul Bellow found his voice Ten years after his death, Bellow is still considered the greatest US prose stylist of the 20th century. His biographer Zachary Leader explores how he transformed fiction, and looks at the day in Paris that changed the course of his career http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/17/i-got-a-scheme-the-moment-saul-bellow-found-his-voice

Thank you, that was a fun read. I think I'm going to check out some Bellow from the library and see if I can find any of the stuff the essay goes on about. Probably not but still I might enjoy it.

Heart-warming. My ancient arthritic terrier would have had a much better last couple years of his life with this. The marijuana industrys newest customers are sick and elderly dogs http://qz.com/377887/the-marijuana-industrys-newest-customers-are-sick-and-elderly-dogs/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook

Well, as sick old dog myself, I find it goes best with a new trick and a nice big bone.

Back in the day, I had a friend whose parrot would fly up and perch on his shoulder whenever he lit up a joint. The critter would fluff itself up when he blew it a puff of smoke.

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