Dog Daze (Part II)

I have just wrapped up my 40th week of volunteering at Orange County Animal Services, and I am desperately trying to avoid what they call "compassion depression" which occurs when when you get so depressed seeing so many sad doggies that you become ineffective at your job. BUT.....I still think what the volunteers do is well worth doing. Not only the practical stuff like exercising the dogs and showing them to prospective adopters, but giving the animals that human touch. Some dogs I have taken out into the exercise yard don't want to run around and play fetch, they just want to sit there and be hugged! So I intend to bite the bullet and assume that I'm still doing those poor creatures some good.

You can too!

For Pete's sake, if you or someone one you know is looking for a great pet, have them jump on the Animal Services web site at www.ocnetpets.com and see the amazing lineup of dogs and cats up for adoption. Better yet, come and visit the shelter at 2769 Conroy Road, across from the mall at Millenia There you can actually interact with a likely furry buddy.

You can literally save a life!

P.S. Animal Services can always use more volunteers, so if you're interested in a fun job,call Patsy Porter at 407-254-9155, or e-mail her at Patricia.Porter@ocfl.net

Off the record

Here's a headline from today's "All Access" newsletter, "The Performance Rights Bill was introduced in both the Senate and House TODAY, and reaction from both sides came quickly and in strong words." In case you didn't know, they (the record companies) are talking about charging radio stations a fee for playing their tunes on the air.

What?

After years and years of radio giving giving the artists and record companies FREE publicity, those artists and record companies now want to be paid for giving the stations that "privilege." They say it's only fair. You gotta be kidding me! If it wasn't for the free airplay, tons of artists would never have been discovered in the first place. All that exposure cost the artists and their companies exactly zero.

But if congress is actually dumb enough to pass this "tax," I have an idea for radio......start charging the record companies for airplay. If the song is three minutes long, bill the record company for three times the station's sixty-second spot rate. (Either that or flip to a talk format)

Why not?

It's only fair!