Are Dolphins Spying For Israel?
Yes and No. There are 2 very different animals in the sea called ‘dolphins’, one is a mammal and one is a fish. The sea mammal called dolphin, also called a porpoise, has lungs and needs to come to the surface periodically for air. The dolphin fish, also known as mahi mahi, is a fish. It has scales and gills and does not need to come to the surface for air. The sea mammal called dolphin is completely unrelated biologically to the dolphin fish. The two do not look alike. Sea mammal dolphins are cute, intelligent, and playful. You see them quite often in movies and TV shows. The dolphin fish is homely and stupid. Nobody makes movies about them. Mahi mahi appears on the menus of lots of restaurants. It is understandable that many people are confused about this. I have corrected confused waiters at Spenger’s (Berkeley’s largest and oldest seafood restaurant) about this. In conclusion, you are not eating ‘Flipper’ when you order mahi mahi.
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Do Disabled People Really Need Kangaroos?

Kitty Cat. Many years ago, a man applied to rent a house that I owned in Oakland. He told me that he had a cat named Kitty Cat. I had advertised that I would allow a cat. I asked the man some questions about his cat. I don’t recall exactly what he said, but whatever it was, it made me suspicious. I asked him if he had a photo of Kitty Cat with him. He said Yes. He opened his wallet, took out a photograph, and handed it to me, and that is how I found out that Kitty Cat was, in fact, a western mountain lion, also known as a cougar or a puma. I don’t know how big Kitty Cat was, but
I recall that the guy told me that Kitty Cat ate 10 pounds of horsemeat a day, every day, so it must have been a pretty big cat. Technically, the man hadn’t lied to me. A mountain lion is a cat, and I did advertise that I would allow a cat in the house; nevertheless, I turned down his application anyway. Because the man said that the mountain lion was a ‘pet’, I could do that. If he had told me that he was disabled and that Kitty Cat was a ‘therapy mountain lion’, I don’t know what I would have done. I don’t know if could have legally refused to rent to him. The man had excellent credit and lots of money. He was an heir to a famous San Francisco coffee fortune. Many years later, in 2010, Berkeley police shot and killed a mountain lion in a parking lot near Chez Panisse. Since it is now illegal to own a mountain lion in California, the police think that someone was secretly keeping the mountain lion as a pet and that it escaped. The lion appeared to be well fed and in good health. I have wondered if that mountain lion might have been Kitty Cat, but I will never know. What Is Reasonable? Under Federal law, landlords have to make ‘reasonable accommodations’ for the needs of disabled tenants. That includes the right to keep therapy and emotional support animals. The problem is that there is no list of what animals qualify. ANY animal can be a therapy or emotional support animal. An emotional support animal can be a kangaroo, a pig, a chimpanzee, an alpaca, a horse, a falcon, or even an alligator. It can be anything. You know, ‘reasonable’ is a tricky word. Every rational businessman wants to be perceived as reasonable by his customers, but who gets to decide whether or not he is being reasonable? Suppose an applicant for an apartment shows a landlord a note from his psychiatrist that says that he needs a kangaroo for emotional support. Who gets to decide whether allowing that tenant to keep a kangaroo in his apartment is a reasonable accommodation, the landlord or the man with the kangaroo? I have long believed that HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) should publish a list of what animals can be kept as therapy and emotional support animals. The list should be short and specific and take public health and safety into consideration. HUD has the power to do this. I believe that someday a landlord somewhere in the U.S. is going to rent an apartment to somebody with a therapy, companion, or emotional support animal that has no business being in an apartment, and that as a result, another tenant in the building or a neighbor will be killed. I think that is inevitable. When somebody is killed as a result of this irresponsible policy, HUD or Congress may finally change the rules. It’s too bad that someone may have to die first. This is a subject that I really feel very strongly about.Math Problem Of the Month.
7 months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
Answer: 12. They all do.
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Woulr You Pay $260 For A Chocolate Bar?
A 50 gram (1.8 ounce) To’ak chocolate bar sells for $260. Each To’ak chocolate bar is packed in a wood box and comes with a 115 page guidebook. By contrast, my chocolate bars do not come with a guidebook. You have to figure out how to eat my chocolate bars all by yourself and without written instructions. To’ak chocolate bars are made from a very rare and genetically pure variety of cocao bean called Nacional. Nacional cocao trees were thought to be extinct. The variety was nearly wiped out in 1917 by an outbreak of witch’s broom disease; however, a few of these trees were recently discovered growing in a remote area of Ecuador. There aren’t many of these trees. Despite the high price, To’ak chocolate bars are selling well. Nearly all the To’ak chocolate bars that will be available this year have already been sold. To order To’ak chocolate bars, click here: $260 Chocolate Bars.

If you prefer boxed chocolates and money is no object, may I recommend Debauve & Gallais’ Le Livre. Le Livre (‘book’ in French) is a collection of 35 individual chocolate pralines and ganaches packed in a box designed to look like an elegant book. It costs $550. If that is too expensive for you, you can order the Petit Livre (small book) for only $330. To order, go to: Debauve & Gallais.
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Overloading Washing Machines And Dryers.
When washing machines or dryers need repair, 90% of the time it is due to overloading. Overloading a washing machine or dryer can break the drive coupler or the drive belt. Broken drive belts are what keep appliance repairmen in business. It is the most common washer and dryer repair. Overloading can also cause small items, like socks, to float over the washing basket and then get sucked into the water pump and destroy it. Overloading can also burn out the machine’s motor and bearings. When washing machines and dryers break down due to overloading, it almost always leaves behind tell-tale evidence that overloading was the problem. If your washing machine or dryer breaks due to overloading, YOU will have to pay for the repair. A lot of people who use washing machines in dorms and apartment houses that have coin-operated machines get accustomed to stuffing as many clothes in the machine as possible in order to save money; however, all my units have free-operation washing machines and dryers, so overloading my washing machines and dryers won’t save you any quarters. Split large loads in half. Also, when you overload a machine, the clothes and detergent can’t circulate properly, so your clothes will come out with dirt still in them. When you overload the dryer, your clothes will come out with more wrinkles than if you dried a normal size load. Overloading washing machines and dryers is false economy, and you could wind up owing a repairman a lot of money!