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november 25, 2015

"Happy Woofgiving: 3 doggy health hazards to avoid on Turkey Day"

Every year, countless dogs in Phoenix head to the vet after Thanksgiving -- many suffering from digestive problems and canine pancreatitis -- because they've eaten things they really shouldn't.

So how can you say "Bone Appetit" to Fido on Thanksgiving while still keeping your hungry hound happy and healthy?

Pet of the Week: Penelope

MULLET OVER BY JAMES K. WHITE  |  NOVEMBER 25, 2015

People with musical abilities superior to mine have determined that most telephone dial tones are in the key of F

The “hotness factors” of commercially popular tabasco sauces are rated at approximately 2500 Scoville Heat Units. The (to me) frightening habanero receives a 100,000 S.H.U. rating. A should-be-outlawed chili pepper called the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T has been assayed by a few maimed survivors to be near the 1,500,000 level. Just FYI: Police Pepper Spray is typically in the 5,300,000 Scoville Heat Units range – more than 2000 times as hot as pure tabasco sauce.

November 25-December 1, 2015
For the last three weeks I wrote about the critically important arrangement of Saturn and Neptune. This is a theme that lasts through 2016 so I will be referring to it often. Saturn rules hard core reality, the rules and limits of our lives. Neptune rules the spiritual, the ethereal, that which is illusive or having no boundaries. Saturn's practicality exposes the "lie behind the curtain." Neptune represents that which we believe is perfect and whole, yet our belief may not be exactly true. It gives us dreams and hopes for something better in the future. The message of these planets in combination is that of the Wizard of Oz.

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