Archive for November, 2008

Less Can Be More: Inexpensive Gifts to enhance human-companion animal relationships Even though the current worldwide financial turmoil might make the idea of inexpensive pet-related gifts a timely topic, I find the following items so useful and beneficial that I would recommend them even if money were no object. In addition to these being fine [...]

Who wouldn’t have leaped at the opportunity to go through McCarthy’s papers given how uncommunicative he is? True, doing it so soon after StClair berates him for not trusting her is a bit inconsistent. But still…

Holiday Cat Thoughts As we enter the holiday season with all of its different aromas, it seems like a good time to ponder the feline sense of smell, its role in the predatory sequence, and how this wild behavior can play out in our homes. One correction of a particularly egregious error. I referred to [...]

Preparing for a seminar always has its little challenges, but getting death threats usually isn’t one of them.  And just where, exactly, is StClair’s supposed partner during all of this?

Killer Ferns and Pet Love In spite of the fact that I am technologically challenged, I do like the way that links work on the Internet because this is the way my mind works. Rather than progressing in a predictable linear direction, a single word or image can cause it to jump in a whole [...]

It seems only natural that you could learn something useful about someone than from reading their professional writing. And that innocent chats with a postmaster and a pathologist couldn’t possibly lead to life of crime.  Funny how life never turns out the way you plan.

Thoughts on Presidential Puppies This started out as a podcast describing the mediocre-at-best history of Presidential dogs, but turned into something quite different by the end. Below is the video of Barney, President Bush’s dog, having the breakdown in communication with members of the press that I describe in the podcast.

It just figures, doesn’t it? Monica’s neighbors at the lake all smell as fishy as the lake’s natural inhabitants. And, nice as goats are, how could any goat be worth millions?

It was pointed out by my friend Dave the surgeon that I neglected to mention suturing the alien’s leg back on. That’s because he–Dave, not the alien–is a famous human surgeon and that’s what he would obviously do for a human in similar conditions. However, he (hopefully) doesn’t have to worry about other humans in [...]

Day of Reckoning: Frica Louise gets spayed Last month I had Frica spayed after contemplating all the pros and cons so many times I was dizzy. I learned a lot from this experience, including that it’s a there are a lot of clichés that can be applied to this sometimes grueling process. To read more, [...]