  Nice to be back with the LevenGals again. Melissa - I can imagine your sadness over your dog. The only good thing coming out of losing a pet is that it opens up an opportunity to provide a home for another animal. There are so many dogs and cats that are unwanted. Sherry - I hope that your kitten is still available when you return. It seems heartless and stupid of the people in charge not to do everything possible to facilitate giving an animal a good home.
Nan - The Wal-Mart where I shop for most of my groceries (Wal-Mart is cheaper) looks good, but it is a new store so that probably makes a difference. There is a rumor going around that Ca. shoppers are sloppier than shoppers anywhere else in the U.S., but I refuse to believe it. Lol! I heard part of a conversation that Rush Limbaugh was having today on his talk show. He was speaking with a soldier who had recently returned from Iraq.
The soldier referred to the reporters who were in Iraq during the war as "first stringers" and said that the ones there now are "second stringers. " I don't think that he was referring to Fox reporters because he was discussing the reporters who always report the news so negatively, and Fox does pick up on some positive things as well as reporting the negative. He said that all of the negative reporting made the soldiers there angry. CBS has been absolutely horrible with their recent reports from Iraq and have gone out of their way to make the military look bad. For those of you who missed it, Jane Skinner filled in for E.D. Hill this morning.
Steve and Brian were discussing OJ Simpson and his self-described sex appeal, and Jane volunteered that before coming on F&F that she had been told that F&F was a "dirty show" and that she was too much of a prude for F&F. Jane does appear to get embarrassed rather easily, which gives Shep great opportunities to tease her. F&F's risque humor and double entendres have to be a considerable part of the reason why the show is doing so well. I like Jane a lot, but I think that she has much better chemistry with Shep than with Brian and Steve. E.D. 's lack of inhibition makes her a better fit with the "bad boys.
" Jane also mentioned that one day she had been addressed by the wrong name three times by other Fox anchors. (including being confused with Linda Vester) I saw Jane once on Studio B talking with Shep about substituting for him, and she said that she would get e-mails saying, "We like you, but...." Poor Jane gets no respect. Shep will have to cheer her up when he FINALLY returns from vacation. From an article on F&F furnished by Knight Ridder: "Fox & Friends is No.1 in the (early morning shows) cable league, averaging 1.2 million viewers daily, according to Nielsen Media Research date from January through July. " The article mentioned that CNN's competitive morning show, "American Morning," has 770,000 viewers. It was so sweet of Rick to furnish an update on Greg K., but I don't know how either of them is going to get back in front of the cameras when news continues to be slow in the U.S.
Things just have to pick up after Labor Day, or else we LevenGals will have to do something ourselves to make a splash! 
