And no one will steal a laptop that looks like that so you've assured a higher level of security.

Free beer tomorrow? How about every day through election day. The news is so fraught that an evening glass of whisky is the self-Rx to treat the otherwise palpable anxiety generated by news out of the nation's capital.

Two of the dogs and I are drying out now after I took the hose with the nozzle out to give the two big dogs a rinse-off. I fear there was shampoo left in their coats a couple of weeks ago during their baths, that's the only way I can explain all of the itching and chewing in dogs who don't have fleas. I've switched them to one of their old foods also, for a break from the one they've gotten this summer. Itching dogs is bad enough for them and it's driving me nuts!