January 2013
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gynocieum:
I swear to god if I see “queer means anything non-heteronormative” one more time I’m going to turn into a tornado and just suck everything up in my vortex of destruction.
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Gabriel Gárcia Márquez on: Pet grooming
lordsteeb:
The heavyset dog looked over its shoulder at Jamon. Its doleful expression recalled an earlier era, in which mystic tinkers had roamed the streets and in which the ladies of the twilight had been more accommodating, more kind. The redolent air was heavy with spice and the promise of easy living.
Years later, remembering the moment, Jamon would swear on the Virgin that the hound had...
December 2012
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“Did you know that half of all adults who have had a near-death experience can...”
– let’s talk about how very excellent the tv science was on The X-Files
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“‘Swallows certainly sleep all winter. A number conglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under the water and lie in the bed of the river.’
Thus, in the year 1768, Samuel Johnson explained the disappearance of these birds in the fall to his biographer, Boswell. He was expressing—with Johnsonian finality—the prevalent...
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November 2012
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doggy I know you’re trying really hard to help me but stomach bug time is not your best option for giving kisses
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before you donate to animal rescues
consider some things
what community is the rescue based in? what do they do, in their local area, beyond rescue?
what are they doing to prevent animals from coming into rescue in the first place? what information and guidance do they offer to owners who contact them about dealing with behavioral issues with their pets? what resources are they providing, or helping to provide, to owners who are...
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A post about my dog's hips
I’ve been so busy worrying about it in real life that I forgot to post about it.
Beck has hip dysplasia.
At first I was really upset when we got the diagnosis, but now that it’s been almost a month, I feel much better (and so does she). Right now, we’re taking a conservative approach, which means medication along with weight and activity management. There’s quite a few...
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“Silos teeming with corn, wheat or soybeans become death traps when grain...”
– On U.S. Farms, Deaths in Silos Persist
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October 2012
17 posts
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I just remembered that I was Binx from Hocus Pocus...
I wore all black and ears and a tail, my mom painted swirly cat whiskers on my face and I carried around a fake spellbook made from a painted cardboard box with half of a rubber eyeball glued to it.
the next year I was a rutabega.
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Dogs of the Northeast Tribes in the Colonial... →
The history of dogs is something I’ve always been interested in- if you’ve read anything I’ve posted about shar pei, you may have noticed this. Because dogs live and work beside people, they’re an ingrained part of many cultures, and learning about the history of dogs in a given area or culture often gives you a little bit of insight into how the lives of the people that...
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Do Unto Others: Intimidation in Dog Training
fullpelt:
I’ve been having a thought lately, brought about in large part by the behavioral work I’ve been observing at the Canine Center in Austin, and it goes a little like this:
If I bully Fido, Fido will bully others.
Popular religious thought seems to agree with this concept (“Do unto others…”), as do popular parenting theory and our criminal law framework. So why are so many of us still...
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oh my god I’m that awful kind of nauseous where you’re also gassy so you’re just a farting, burping, sad mess
no one understands me except the dog, she’s all “here I will burp with you, let’s snuggle” a bloo bloo bloo
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“Men still have trouble recognizing that a woman can be complex, can have...”
– Natalie Dormer, discussing the difficulty of giving an accurate portrayal of Anne Boleyn on The Tudors (x)
I love her so much. There are not words.
I mean, I loved her before and have deep, embarrassing fangirl emotions about her and this stupid show, but hearing that she fought to have Anne...
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September 2012
28 posts
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I’ve got Milani Foxy Lady, overlayed with Milani Jewel FX in Gold on accent nails, with a matte top coat. told omg-penises that I’m flagging for “lol femme flagging”.
Beck is also wearing Foxy Lady on one nail and Wet n Wild On A Trip on two others because she won’t hold still and let me do her nails >:[
my nails are still pretty weak tho, I think I might try one...
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desliz:
why does this post have so many horrified reblogs
y’all realize it’s about as credible as urban legends about Satanists and razor blades, except aimed at twentysomethings who don’t have any kids
the responses are pure undiluted lunacy:
It’s true, if your dog has any resemblance whatsoever to a pit, they’re in danger. ALSO, you should not take ANY DOG BREED outside. People take the...
