Orca Lessons for Dog People There’s an ancient saying, “Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make proud.” We currently live in an age of media-driven training stars who create the impression that everything we need to know about getting animals of any species to do what we want to them to do is [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Meandering With Myrn – Episode 81
Revisiting Stress Within the medical community stress is a lot like evolution in theological circles: people either accept it as real or they don’t, and they often support their orientation with an enthusiasm that borders on religious zeal. My more reserved temperament and upbringing don’t lend themselves to public zealous responses. But if they did, [...]
FaceBook Sharing Feature is Fixed!
For those of you who encountered problems with the FaceBook-podcast interface, the problem has been indentified as an FB-unfriendly code. This has been changed for the last 60 podcasts with the remaining ones to follow. If you have bookmarked any podcasts, you may have to remark them. If you have any questions about this, please [...]
Meandering With Myrn – Episode 80
Every Which Way Evolution While some people spend a lot of time and energy arguing about whether evolution is real or some demonic myth, others have been observing the behaviors of some of nature’s smallest creatures. Their discoveries add a whole new dimension to the web of life that unites all living being on the [...]
Meandering With Myrn – Episode 79
Words, Words, Words Emily Dickinson is my favorite poet and my favorite poem by her is 1212: A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day. Even though we humans like to use our written and spoken language as evidence of our superior brain-power, like [...]
Meandering With Myrn – Episode 78
Between Two Worlds II After I did last week’s podcast, I kept thinking about animals who live between two worlds, either by their own choice or those imposed on them by humans. When I did that, I came up with other examples and the feeling that there were even more. In fact, by the time [...]
March, 2010 Commentary Now Available
Rescue: Lasting Salvation or Quick Fix? In spite of my vow to limit my exposure to what now passes as news reporting for my mental health, it’s impossible to escape the rescue culture that is deeply entrenched in our society. The devastating earthquake in Haiti has yet again brought this to the forefront, both in [...]