[Video above: "Rio," by Hey Marseilles. Lyrics at the foot of this post.] From whiskey river: I feel as though I stand at the foot of an infinitely high staircase, down which some exuberant spirit is flinging tennis ball after tennis ball, eternally, and the one thing I want in the world is a tennis [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Nature & Pets'
Surprised by What You Want
August 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments
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Hits and Misses
August 2nd, 2010 · 12 Comments
Complicated here, during the last week. Not bad, just… complicated. Thought I’d sort of summarize a couple of points of potential interest, but first, a question for regular visitors: Have you had problems accessing RAMH recently? One of your number has reported getting repeated “the connection was reset by the server” errors. It’s prevented her [...]
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In the Water
May 21st, 2010 · 10 Comments
[For information about this photo, called "Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida," see the Note at the bottom of this post.] From whiskey river: Adrift Let my dreams while I’m wide-awake loose. Let me be drowned, baptized, in the light given me. Day comes around, night, fall, winter, spring, summer. Leaves overhead, underfoot. Waves arrive, buffets from [...]
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Things vs. Other Things
April 12th, 2010 · 6 Comments
Dear Internet, Sorry I’ve been so… so… casual about our relationship over the last few days.
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Head Waters
February 26th, 2010 · 8 Comments
From whiskey river: Have you been to the source of a river? It’s a very mystic place. You get dizzy when you stay for a while. An especially big river has several sources, and the real source, the farthest point which turns to the major stream, is moist and misty, with some kind of ancient [...]
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Canine Savagery
February 15th, 2010 · 9 Comments
They say we shouldn’t anthropomorphize animals. We shouldn’t project onto their behaviors human motivations, so goes the advice; maybe we could develop a Maslow’s pyramid for them without stretching too much, but it’d be a mistake to give them them an upper level labeled “self-actualization.” Still, you know, it’s hard — almost impossible — not [...]
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Confuse-a-Dog
September 17th, 2009 · 8 Comments
An old Monty Python skit posits a service called “Confuse-a-Cat.” (Veterinarian to anxious elderly couple: “I think I can definitely say that your cat badly needs to be confused.”) I started to explain the whole thing but was laughing too hard to type properly; I’ll include the seven-minute routine in its entirety at the foot [...]
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Department of Unintended Consequences
(Animals & Technology Division)
June 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The Missus and I are not alone in having a dog who barks rabidly during thunderstorms. But alone or not, we do. She may be little, and her bark may be a mere yip! compared to the more conventional woof! of full-size hounds, but she is determined to scare the storm away. (And you know [...]
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Damned Radiograph
May 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments
From the start of a recently deleted sp*m comment here at RAMH: Whereas feelings are not viewed as ethical(that is, not judged to be good or bad), behaviors are . The radiograph will show you how many puppies she is having . Value your partner as your sexual friend and be an intimate team. The [...]
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What We Miss When We Shutter Our Senses
May 8th, 2009 · No Comments
[Above image, "Magic Eye" by Jennifer Love, first appeared on TrekEarth.] From whiskey river (italicized portion): Beside the grand history of the glaciers and their own, the mountain streams sing the history of every avalanche or earthquake and of snow, all easily recognized by the human ear, and every word evoked by the falling leaf [...]
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