I want them on the WWW .... that's why.

For my own reasons I wanted to get these on the WWW. Me as a baby and at a year and a half.

By posting them, with my name as a keyword, they may be searched on the internet.....

That's why .................

Alaska black bear, cubs steal kids' lunch boxes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Witnesses say a black bear and two cubs that have been frequenting midtown Anchorage stole several lunch boxes at a children's day camp on the Alaska Pacific University campus.

Katie Adrian, program manager at the summer program run by Camp Fire USA, tells The Anchorage Daily News (http://is.gd/P7BKH2) the bears wandered onto the school's soccer fields Monday, soon after the campers ate lunch at picnic tables, leaving behind some snacks. The bears carried a few lunch boxes into the woods and dug in.

The bears weren't aggressive and camp staff corralled the kids. After this, she says the campers will eat elsewhere and store their food indoors.

David Battle of the Alaska Fish and Game Department says there are no plans to remove the bears. He says the agency doesn't consider them a public safety hazard.

Trademark board rules against Redskins name

Do you think ANY pressure might have been exerted by ............ ?????????

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Patent Office ruled Wednesday that the Washington Redskins nickname is "disparaging of Native Americans" and that the team's federal trademarks for the name must be canceled.

The 2-1 ruling comes after a campaign to change the name has gained momentum over the past year. The team doesn't immediately lose trademark protection and is allowed to retain it during an appeal.

Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has refused to change the team's name, citing tradition, but there has been growing pressure including statements in recent months from President Barack Obama, lawmakers of both parties and civil rights groups.

The decision means that the team can continue to use the Redskins name, but it would lose a significant portion of its ability to protect the financial interests connected to its use. If others printed the name on sweatshirts, apparel, or other team material, it becomes more difficult to go after groups who use it without permission.

The decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is similar to one it issued in 1999. That ruling was overturned in 2003 in large part on a technicality after the courts decided that the plaintiffs were too old and should have filed their complaint soon after the Redskins registered their nickname in 1967.

The new case was launched in 2006 by a younger group of Native Americans, and was heard by the board in March of last year.

A stroll down memory lane .....

Anyone remember these, I sure do, used one on a number of  occasions. The one I remember was in a shoe store not too far from where we lived, he sold Buster Brown Shoes. You would put your new shoes on, place them in that middle opening, the shoe salesman would get on one side and Mom peered in the other. It gave them an X-ray view of how the shoes fit. Probably also gave off some dangerous x-rays.

Buster Brown also had a radio show which I listened to often. "I'm Buster Brown, I live in a  shoe. That's my dog Tige, he lives there too."

I doubt there are too any left who remember those x-ray machines that were in the  shoe stores, I think perhaps in the late 30's or early 40's. Not sure if they were in use post-war or not.

I can still picture that neighborhood shoe store on Brown Street in Dayton, Ohio. There were a number of stores in the area, and the area had its own name. The Brown Street Bus Barn was also in that area. I think it was called the Rubicon Area. Maybe  someone knows and can correct me. It was probably similar to a strip mall, but they didn't know about them in those days.

Fathers Day 2012

Was drinking coffee on the porch, then came the rain, now inside, back on the computer.

I have written about my Father a number of times, naturally think of him today, especially while listening to music from the 40's, memories take me back to old 319 South Brown Street in Dayton, where Dad had the home and office together. It was built for that purpose. Looking back, the office part was "off limits" to me, I think he did that on purpose so the office did not interfere with our home life. We often had friends or relatives who wanted to see "Doc" that waited for him in our living room rather than the waiting room, but those were exceptions.

His patients came by bus, or walked. I remember one little boy who had a large crock stuck on his head. His Mother brought him on the Brown Street Bus. Dad did a little checking, hit the crock with a hammer, and it came off. They got on the next bus and went home. In those days I think most neighborhoods had a doctor that took care of emergencies. I remember a couple of gunshot victims, and an assortment of other injuries that were brought or carried to his office.

Billy badger was choking on a peanut, a rap on the back and he went home. Mrs. Hess would call, complain of a certain ailment, we would tell her to take the blue pill, and she would get better. That busy office was run with the assistance of one nurse and a bookkeeper. Afternoon and evening office hours, many patients. Today it would take an army of help to run that busy an office.

Dad was an avid sports fan. I learned that in the early day of his practice, to get started and get his name around, he would go to a game, and a couple of times Mom would call and have him paged for some reason, "Doctor Dooley, please call your office."

I finally got to really know my Dad when he was in a nursing home and we had some uninterrupted time together, he was dependent on me. I used to take him breakfast on Sunday mornings. Don, at the Aladdin in Granville would fix me up with a dandy carry out and I would take it to the nursing home. We had some really great talks.

I doubt that a patient ever saw him in anything but a suit, shirt and tie, under his white smock. Doctors wore suits in those days, as did bankers, lawyers and ministers and others.

Right next to me is a table he made, glass top, with a drawer under the glass to display mementos. I have a picture of Mom and Dad, his medals from WWI and other items that have meaning for me. In the drawer is his cap from WWI.

Fathers Day best wishes to all Fathers, especially to Ralph Dean Dooley, M.D.