George the cat came home with a bloody leg the other day. Apparently he had been fighting, again. The Vet sewed him up, but now he has to wear a collar for a couple of weeks. The good news is that this time he got a much better collar. It is a soft, flexible vinyl instead of a ridged one so he can eat, drink, go up and down stairs, and not get snuck up on by Gracie. Alex says he looks like he is getting ready for a haircut. George doesn't seem too bothered by it, except that his instinct is to lick his leg, which he can't reach, so he licks the collar. He can't seem to quit doing this. When I picked him up at the Vet, the ladies there had also dressed him in a bandanna that had pink hearts on it. Uncalled for! He was in for fighting. He is a mole catcher - a tough guy - and they dress him up in little pink hearts when he is under anesthetic? Poor George.
If you are a parent of a child who attends public school in Washington, and if you have even a vague recollection of the food pyramid , you probably will have noticed that the lunches that are served in school cafeterias are frequently at odds with the rules of good nutrition. The school is not wrong, however. They have just re-defined words and you are not keeping up. Pop quiz: Cheese belongs to what food group? *bzzz* - wrong. You said that cheese was in the diary food group , right? No! Pbth! How boringly accurate of you. Cheese magically transforms into a protein when it is served on pizza or in a bread stick! I know that you may be dubious, but I contacted Wendy Barkley, RD, who is the Acting Supervisor of School Nutrition Programs in the State of Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and she assured me that it is so. To quote her email to me: " Pizza remains an option for schools for their menus. The cheese on pizza is counted as a protein in t
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