Long coated dog breeds are difficult to take care of. There is plenty of work involved in keeping a healthy coat.

The fine silky coat of breeds like Lhasa Apsos, Yorkies, Shih Tzus, Maltese, and other similar hair types need to be brushed daily—or at least every other day—in order to keep their coats long.

Other breeds like Australian shepherds, Collies, Shetland Sheepdogs, Great Pyrenees American Eskimo, or dogs with thick undercoats and long outer coats need to be brushed on a slightly less regular basis.

Anyone who has a dog with a thick coat of hair knows what an ongoing problem shedding can be. You continuously try to vacuum up hair that is weaved into the carpet fibers and won’t budge. You spend hours with lint rollers on your clothes, and on your furniture, ripping off a sheet of sticky [...]

After more than a decade regarding a suspicious crash in 1998, Barbie’s formerly shapely body is being exhumed. Although the image of her inanimate, plastic, bloody booty will be forever burned into my brain, there may be some readers who do not remember this horrific event. On a balmy day in early September of 1998, [...]

More Party Spots! I told ya’ll I’d be back. I realize that all of you faithful readers have been anxiously awaiting the next installment of [Hot Party Spots]. You may now indulge yourselves… THE SATURN – Located just about ½ mile past the Bunker Hill baseball fields along a crater-ridden road, you will reach this [...]

You may be asking yourself on a warm, summer night, “Where is the best place to have a mountain party in, or surrounding, the Shamokin area?” Well ponder no more, my friends. I will give you the rundown, the lowdown and the ‘fo-shizzel about all of the local mountain party spots. Warning: “Mountain party spots” [...]

Okay. Am I the only one not clued in on this debate? Yesterday I saw an older gentleman walking down Market Street in Shamokin wearing a purple shirt that said “Shamokin” and below that “Ho-Butt.” About a month ago, just a few blocks from my house, I noticed a license plate on a sweet ’56 [...]

10. Volunteer Work/Community Service (Looks good on a resume!) 9. Travel (Hit the road like Jack Kerouac) 8. Drink mass quantities of beer and go on silly drunken valley rides (We know you will anyway – had to include it) 7. Martial Arts training (Why not? Ninjas are so in!) 6. Break up with your [...]

Recently, it has come to my attention that the “Third Patch” may be coming under state control. Apparently, the state wants to fill up all of the pot holes (perhaps pave the road), fill the sink holes in the swim holes so that people don’t get sucked down into the abyss, AND charge a fee on top of everything.

What ever happened to the good old days when no one cared if they got a flat tire driving out the mountain through pot holes, got stuck in mud puddles on their way to shoot guns and then drink beer and start bonfires?

There must be some kind of way outta here… Well, truth is, that’s what they all think. ‘least at first. Next thing you know 60 years go by and all you’ve got to your name is a bar stool bearing your ass groove. Ahhh…good ol’ Shamokin, Pennsylvania. We did not build this city on rock [...]