I love Stephen Hawking's humor that shows despite his enormous physical disability.

Hawking has been thinking about the question, "Are we alone?"

He says, “Probably not. Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on earth."

Should we worry about aliens? To that he says: “Alien abduction claims come from ‘weirdos’ and are unlikely.”

I am asking my friends to donate to the Alzheimer’s Association. I have registered to take part in the annual Memory Walk on June 7, 2008. You can join my efforts by making a donation toward my walk at the website listed below.

The letter below was sent to the IHOP corporate office by a disabled friend of mine. After reading it, I am thinking I will discontinue patronizing IHOP altogether. I ran a quick report on my debit card, and I have spent $2,947.99 at IHOP #1919 (Fort Smith, Arkansas) in the past five years. That doesn’t include my cash tips or purchases or the money spent by others in my party. It also doesn’t include the amount spent by my adult daughter who often meets me there with her gang.