On Stanley and Family Commitments
He’s 79 pounds of muscle, he sports a tuxedo, he’s got gorgeous teeth (a first for the hounds in our house) and he’s very shy. And afraid of men. On the upside, he’s a mellow youngish guy (he turns four…
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Dec 17
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Oct 16
Charles Hobson Booger, III 6/3/03-10/15/10
My boyfriend. That’s what I called him. Loverboy, Charles, Charlesez, Gorgeous. My husband called him Charlie. He’s no longer with us, and our hearts ache. Charles’ death was sudden, tragic and avoidable. He had a corn removed Thursday morning, left…
Dec 17
Black Bear
A month or so ago I stated my intention to alter the way I blog and one thing I wanted to get back into that I did for a brief time last year was podcasting. I planned to make that…
Thinking Critically About Happy Cows
Check out my guest post at Change.org today called “Thinking Critically About Happy Cows.” Thanks to Stephanie for inviting me to post!
Mar 21
Updates and Corrections
First, Little Black and Big Tom, one more time . . . Big Tom was the guest most anxious to leave my humble abode and was returned this morning, to a ghost town of a colony, with few cats in…
Dec 10
Wired.com Animal Photo Contest
Wired.com is having a contest this week for the “best animal photo” and there are some gorgeous ones posted. “The 10 highest-ranked photos will appear in a gallery on the Wired.com homepage. Show us giraffes walking down city streets, panda…
Sep 30
Help Out Umbra and Thank (?) Ellen
Grist’s Umbra answered this question yesterday: I recently became a vegetarian for environmental reasons. Everyone says I should start eating soy products and tofu. But doesn’t soy come from evil industrial farms in Iowa? I thought the idea was to…
Sep 23
On Eggs and Polar Bears
Did you see that Catherine Price of The New York Times “Sort[ed] Through the Claims of the Boastful Egg” for us last week, then Tara Parker-Hope “Unscrambl[ed] the Egg” a couple of days later? Parker-Hope writes: And what about “cage…
Sep 15
The Significance of the NAIS
The Liberty Ark Coalition has created an eight-minute slideshow that describes the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). From Liberty Ark’s homepage: “Industrial agriculture and technology companies are urging the government to adopt a program that will drive many small farms…
Sep 11
On Hunting and Veeps
Yesterday, Charlotte asked whether Michelle Obama is a spokesperson for vivisection. And Patty asked: “Is there a measureable difference between those that hunt nonhuman animals and those that pay others to breed, torture, and kill nonhumans and wrap chunks of…
Sep 3
On Wendy’s, Cages and Killing
New Wendy’s Commercial Woman: This salad is really good. Wanna bite? Man: No thanks, I’m a meatatarian. Woman: A what? Man: A meatatarian–I only eat meat. You know, beef, bacon? Meatatarian? It’s a personal choice. You hafta commit, you know?…
Aug 31
Should We Keep Pets?
The folks at Opposing Views asked me what my thoughts were about the keeping of pets. First, let me say I’m thrilled there’s an “Is There a God?” debate. And as the inadvertent, official videographer at our best buddies’ new…
Aug 30
On “Behind the Mask”
I finally watched “Behind the Mask” a couple of days ago. (Here’s a different the trailer. Embedding has been disabled for some reason, and here’s the official description of the film.) My thoughts as a viewer and accidental documentary filmmaker…
Comments Malfunction
The power and the cable were on and off today, and when I was publishing four comments this afternoon they evaporated into the blogosphere. One second they were there, and the next they were gone. I apologize and all appears…
Aug 18
On Rethinking Human Nature
I was going to extensively quote Steve Best’s “From ‘Man the the Hunter’ to Homo X: Rethinking Human Nature” at the Institute for Critical Animal Studies Blog, but then I heard some disquieting news–there’s a hurricane by the name of…
