The American courts ruled that money is speech and speech can't be limited in politics because of freedom of expression. We don't have that same sort of aggressive notion of freedom of speech.

You'd be surprised how common it is to underestimate how much you're really eating.

Whenever I pick up the phone to ask for a donation from one of my friends in the transportation industry, I always feel a sense of joy and pride when they say they can help, knowing that I can get food out to people that need it.

People eat more when they're given more food, and they don't even realize it.

Pull out the measuring cup and the scale once or twice just for practice. You don't have to do it all the time, but you see what it actually looks like. If you don't want to do that, use some of the visuals just to give you an eyeball, like 3 ounces (of meat) looks like a deck of cards. You don't have to be exact, but you want to have a clue.

The reality is, if the cats are just trapped and removed, it's only a matter of time before more cats will be coming right across the yards again.

As long as it's postmarked by the end of the year, they'll be all right.