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Elizabeth Taylor was born with an eye defect called distichiasis.  She didn’t open her eyes until she was eleven days old.  When she did, doctors pointed out the defect to her mother—Elizabeth had an extra set of eyelashes.  Those extra lashes became the frame for her unusual violet-colored eyes and contributed to making her one of the most beautiful movie …

If you’re new to my blog or don’t know me, you may not know that Monty and I have three cats.  Seamus is our biggest cat, at 22 pounds, and he firmly believes he is the king of the manor.  He does not answer to “Seamus” but might flick an ear in your direction if you call him Your Majesty.  …

My deadline for tonight’s blog post is looming.  I haven’t planned it.  I haven’t even really thought about it.  I spent the morning at the doctor’s office and the afternoon feeling sorry for myself.  And then I remembered that today is a blog post day.  I thought about not doing it.  I looked at my side table—there’s not room for …

The truth is that I have a love/dislike relationship with the mountains. . .

On the night of January 14th, 1978, Kathy Kleiner, a sophomore at Florida State University, went to bed in her room at her sorority house.  In the early hours of the morning, she heard a noise and woke to see a man standing over her.  Before she could react, the man hit her in the face with a club, then …