How Are You Celebrating?

I'd hate for anyone to miss out on an opportunity to recognize a cause or fail to celebrate an occasion.

It's Digestive Disease Week.

I know this because my mother works in health care. She works in gastrointestinal things, or in layman's terms: butts and guts.

Many of my friends work in health care. After I stopped laughing, I took a short poll. No one was aware of this particular cause. One of my friends said, "OK, now we've gone too far."

I thought we had passed that line a long time ago.

Happy Digestive Disease Week!

Spay and Neuter Day

I get a little tired of the "Cause of the day/month." Right now it's Black History Month. Next will be Colon Cancer Month, Lung Cancer Month, etc. These are all good causes; I just don't need it shoved down my throat.

Yet, here I go ...

Today is Spay and Neuter day. I feel a little like Bob Barker. "Spay and neuter your pets!" He used to end his sign off on The Price is Right with this saying.

Pedigree dog food is running a series of TV commercials that send me over the edge. Homeless dogs, abandoned pets, etc. They give a portion of their proceeds to appropriate kennels and humane societies. I've been involved in marketing for most of my adult life so I know how difficult it is to get someone to change brands or change behavior.

My spoiled rotten dog doesn't know it but we're changing dog foods.