Archive for February, 2009

Nothing quite like a night-time swim in a thunderstorm to get the blood flowing. Finally make it back to shore…and then things really go downhill.

Faith, Placebos, and Healing Have you ever experienced what appeared to be several quite unrelated events, only to later realized that they all were linked by a greater theme? That’s what led to this podcast. I was involved in discussions with colleagues about two quite different projects as well as those with clients about their [...]

StClair makes another foray into breaking and entering, only to discover that some things are worse than being pursued by someone with a gun.

Animal Notes from the Hill A rundown of last week’s animal events, accompanied as usual by the dogs. Even though I would love to say that all that banging around resulted in them putting an addition on the back of my house while I was recording, in reality they were just playing. For reasons unknown–the [...]

The plot thickens as StClair learns more about schutzhund and her canine suspects. Alas, some of it leads right back to her quasi-partner…

When you’re trying to hire a good burglar, who needs a lecture?  Why does McCarthy insist on complicating something so simple?

Keeping Things in Perspective The cold still lingers, but this podcast does prove that it’s possible to ignore a dog fight as well as jangling dog tags. Actually, the dog fight wasn’t really a dog fight. It was just BeeBee doing her snarky thing and Frica telling her to stuff it up her tailless behind. [...]

Full-Spectrum Animal Awareness Last month I attended one of the largest veterinary conferences in the world, the North American Veterinary Conference in Orlando, Florida. While I was in the area, I also visited the Harmony Institute located about a half hour’s drive from the conference center. Between the two, I experienced the full spectrum of [...]