Last week was my birthday; I told my wife and kids not to use 63 candles since I cannot afford to have them wax poetic over my birthday. A single candle would do; more than that however, would require me to use up most of my lung capacity. But they didn't listen. After we doused the flames and paint...

albino german shepherd Flickr Photo by: p. kupferschmidt. When I was a mere child of 12 back in 1957 we acquired an albino German Shepherd puppy. German Shepherds as a breed are known to be superb animals as to obedience training, however, as we were later to learn, albino dogs of any breed are gene...

Coppertone ad Flickr Photo by: sensaikenji. My mother loved the beach and her favorite was "The Riviera of New York" or as the maps called it, Orchard Beach. The most popular part of Pelham Bay Park, its 1.1 miles of sandy shore was created on Long Island Sound by Parks Commissioner Robert Moses dur...