Denial, Squash, and the Human-Animal Bond What do denial, squash, and the the human-animal bond have in common? Find out in this podcast. But before you do, check out these pictures. Can you tell a squash from a melon?
Archive for August, 2008
Meandering With Myrn – Episode 6
A Householder’s View of Lobsters, Germs, and Companion Animals In the process of recording this podcast just about everything that could do wrong did: multiple thunderstorms that caused power outages, animals stir-crazy from being stuck inside so often thanks to the lousy weather, and the discovery that the speech center of my brain is apparently [...]
Freud Goes to the Dogs
In my last entry I mistakenly referred to BeeBee as Violet. Violet the Wonderdog was my first corgi. These are the only pictures I have of her on this computer, obviously taken when she was a puppy. It’s weird, isn’t it? You think the past is gone and then you make a subconscious typo and [...]
Technological Star Misalignment
The stars in my technological house have never been particularly spectacular, but lately they’ve apparently either been on strike or on vacation. It began a while back when my camera bit the dust and was followed with an upgrade on the blog software than messed up the player for the podcast, followed by another upgrade [...]
Updates on Whit and BeeBee
I’m relieved to say that Whit continues to eat his generic canned cat manna, although the last two times I’ve gone to the grocery store, they were either out of it completely or–today–down to their last can. This is a rural, blue-collar area and it wouldn’t surprise me if the downturn in the economy had [...]
August Commentary Available
The Helmsley Multibillion Dollar Trust for Dogs: A Good Time for a Change Last month a big news story contained two elements the media and public love to talk about: great gobs of money and animals. That Leona Helmsley earmarked her estimated $5-8 billion estate to be used to establish a charitable trust devoted to [...]