Posted on 14 February 2014. Tags: cafe, cats, paris, therapy
A new café in Paris is offering patrons a chance to enjoy a little one-on-one time with a member of the cat population while they enjoy their coffee and croissants. The “Cafe des Chats” is situated at the center of the Marais district in France’s capital and most famous city. There, visitors will find a […]
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Posted on 07 February 2014. Tags: doodle, equality, gay, Google, Olympics, support
Recently Google has been doing more and more with their homepage doodle and today is one of the more inspiring doodle’s they have had. Today’s Google doodle was created to show support and encouragement for the Winter Olympic athletes while also showing support for the gay community as a whole. Leading up to the beginning […]
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Posted on 28 January 2014. Tags: cancer, daughter, father, high school, napkin notes
Garth Callaghan has been battling cancer since 2011 He first learned he had prostate cancer in November of 2011. He was diagnosed with kidney cancer twice more after that. According to his oncologist, he is going to die from it. That hasn’t stopped him from trying to be the best father he can be. The […]
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Posted on 22 December 2013. Tags: Christmas Wish, Des Moines, family, Ovarian Cancer
David Schmitz was asked to appear on a local radio station as part of a “Christmas Wish” program. Schmitz was to hear a letter written by his wife before she died two years ago. You will need the tissues for this one. Brenda Schmitz died in September of 201`1 from ovarian cancer. She left behind […]
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Posted on 19 December 2013. Tags: fix, government, NSA, privacy, spying
Not too long ago word got out about just how much information the NSA was collecting both online and through phone calls. Obviously millions of Americans were upset but millions of people around the world were also affected by this awful invasion of privacy. Fortunately today the president, as well as a new task force, […]
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Posted on 17 December 2013. Tags: Border Patrol, Child Abduction, Mexico City, toddler
On October 30, members of the Imperial Beach Border Patrol found several people in Goat Canyon. Among the undocumented immigrants was 37 year old David Amaya, looking somewhat disheveled. They learned in talking with him that he had traveled several hundred miles, coming from Mexico City to reach the United States. Undocumented immigrants are not […]
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Posted on 06 December 2013. Tags: economy, jobs, recession, recovery, unemployment
Every month now it seems like the United States unemployment results seem to be bringing good news and this time things are looking even better. According to the data released this week the United States has now reached a 5 year low for unemployment which is surely great news for millions of Americans that are […]
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Posted on 27 November 2013. Tags: gay, lesbian, LGBT, New Jersey, tip, waitress
Instead of the tip she was expecting after serving a party of four, waitress Dayna Morales received a hurtful note scribbled on the receipt. The New Jersey waitress, hurt by the attack, posted the receipt on Facebook. Here’s what was written: “I’m sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with your lifestyle […]
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Posted on 23 November 2013. Tags: bullying, California, gay, Homecoming, lesbian
A Calabasas, Calif. High school demonstrated its zero tolerance for bullying when it allowed a same-sex couple to be nominated for Homecoming royalty and then crowned the girls both queen earlier this month. Greta Melendez, 17 and Lily Cohen were crowned during the halftime period of the school’s homecoming football game. Melendez came out as […]
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Posted on 22 November 2013. Tags: dog, family, Tornado. Illinois
Following the devastation wrought by a series of tornadoes that ripped across Illinois this past week, one man finds a reason for joy when the family dog is discovered alive in the rubble. Jon Byler Dann lost his home but he and his four kids were unharmed. Still, they were grieving for their dog, Maggie, […]
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