Once again, some generous person dropped a gold coin worth $1,000 into a Salvation Army donation kettle. The charity is happy to take a donation in any form, but gifts of blue chip stock will be laundered and put out on the racks for sale with the second-hand clothing and used VHS tapes.
OK, but no bowling: Noting that Barack and Michelle Obama’s children, Malia and Sasha, are squarely in its demographic, children’s network Nickelodeon TV plans to cover the presidential inauguration Jan. 20. And rather than a staid inaugural ball, the Obama family will make a guest appearance on Nick’s “My Family’s Got Guts,” during which parents and sisters will be strapped into bungee cords for a two-on-two game of Sky Slam.
They call me Mr. Tibbs: An Associated Press poll says that 67 percent of U.S. pet owners believe they understand their animals’ barks and meows. About 83 percent of cats said they understood humans but chose to ignore them because they were still mad about being named Bootsie, Snugglekins or Mrs. Wigglesbottom.
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