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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 smell, [...]

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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 to [...]

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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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Tags: Everyday Life · Family · Humor · Nature & Pets · The Missus

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 what? [...]

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Tags: Everyday Life · Family · Nature & Pets · Phones (Cellular and Otherwise) · The Missus

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 hell with [...]

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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 and drinking [...]

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It’s Gnawing at Me

April 29th, 2009 · 14 Comments

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Help me out with something here: What, exactly — even approximately — is the deal with mice? meaning, specifically, mice as humans? (I do recognize there are many deals with [...]

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SheePong, Inter Alia

April 6th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Just when you thought your dog is just, like, the smartest little thing ever because she’s learning not to pee on the carpet…

(Hat tip to rm preston. In a comment at the Seven Impossible Things… blog’s weekly “7-Kicks” extravaganza yesterday, rm listed this as one of the highlights of her previous seven days. It would’ve [...]

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Tags: Humor · Nature & Pets

Dogs, Lions, and Fish (Oh My!)

March 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments

From whiskey river:
When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower. One only throws a stick at a lion once.
(Milarepa)
Not from whiskey river:
The [...]

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The Dog Owner Pinpoints the Onset of Dementia

March 16th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Out for morning walkies, the dog owner says, aloud:
No.
(Very good. The dog needs to understand No, and has even at times hinted that she does so.)
And then comes:
Uh-uh. No way.
(Hmm. Well, all right: it’s said in the same tone as No, and immediately follows it. So yes, within the limits of plausibility, the dog may [...]

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