Ransom Recycles

All I Want For Christmas Is For Dogs to Disappear or in other words, my Christmas wish is the end to domestic terrorism. First, there are a lot of dogs on Christmas cards, too many in my opinion. Aside from the cards that feature a dog on the front, I found them in nativity scenes gazing upon the baby Jesus, under Christmas trees staring aimlessly at ornaments, sleeping in the corners of Santa's workshop and running through the snow in village scenes. Designers rightly believe dogs make good sales strategies. Dog ownership is an epidemic. So is mental illness. They go hand in hand. Second, I don't hate dogs. I've owned many in my lifetime. I love puppies. I could cuddle with puppies all day long. I believe, however, if one owns a dog, the owner need to actually have time for it. It's the inconsiderate, thoughtless, self-centered, bad dog owners I don't care for, or what I like to call...neighbors. There should be a law against stupid people owning dogs. Bad do...

Bird Talk: Christmas is for the Birds ...Have you ever noticed how many birds are on Christmas cards? Penguins, cardinals, and doves are the most popular, but chickens and ducks make their appearances on religious cards with nativity scenes. As I mutilated cards and set aside the imagery I wasn't using, I realized I sure had a lot of birds left over! I have bird baggage. As a young child I was given a bird as a pet for Christmas. I didn't want a bird. I remember my six-year old self thinking, "Why did Santa bring me a bird? I didn't ask for a bird."  I grew to love Perky, but I failed miserably at being responsible and Perky died. I cried and cried and cried. So I got another bird, also called it Perky and it died, too. I cried and cried and cried. It seems I could never remember to feed them. I got another bird decided the name Perky was bad luck and named her Princess. The front door was left open and Princess escaped. She was probably hungry. I've never g...