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Thursday, July 2, 2015

What he said...

If you get A Word A Day in your inbox, then you've seen this already this morning, or will see it again, later today. It bears repetition. Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. I knew that age well; I belonged to it, and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 29, 2015

Nigeria has banned "female circumcision."

My first reaction to hearing this news was to celebrate, and I do think it's a move towards a world of greater humanity and respect for women. But there is never only once side to any story, and my response after my reaction was to do a little research. I found this: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/04/female-genital-mutilation-cutting-anthropologist/389640/ It is easy to condemn a practice that is so grotesque in terms of our culture, making many assumptions, imagining... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 12, 2015

Fun and games

I watched a British game show a few times while visiting there, one called Pointless that starts with four very nice pairs of team-mates who have to give between them the most pointless answers to the questions asked. By pointless, I mean, answers that scored no points when these questions were asked of 100 random people in the real world. "Name tennis players who have been both Olympic champions, and played at Wimbledon." One hundred people named all they could think of, however many gave a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

More Manul

A few years ago, I spent New Year's Day at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, and took my own pictures of the Pallas cats that live there. There were two, but I am pretty sure these shots are all of the same one. The two at the top of the photostream were taken this past March, same zoo. https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/J0Z8R9 Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

One of my favorite cats... the Manul or Pallas Cat.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Answering a question on Earth Day

There was a question asked and a challenge offered today, Earth Day 2015, for a reply to a post from a hunter who says, basically, there's more of us than of you animal-rights anti-hunters, so, first, we must be right, and second, get over it. He defends the hunters with words like scientific and sustainability, but he himself is a trophy hunter. An animal rights advocate asked for someone to reply to that post, so I did. There is a place between trophy hunters and anti-hunters, a place of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

wow

http://deepseanews.com/2015/04/video-rare-sperm-whale-encounter-with-deep-sea-rov-3/ This got me thinking about that high cognitive function, curiosity. By 'high' I mean it goes beyond basic curiosities of: Will it try to eat me? Can I eat it? Can I mate with it? Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 30, 2015

Total Fail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=461&v=yBXOUCP518g If you watch from the beginning, you could damage your mind or discover a need to buy a shirt. The debate begins at 7:25. This is one of those "What is Goofy, really?" discussions that can last the length of a 12-yr olds' pajama party, but this supposedly educated adults discussing "What is the Moon, really?" I look forward to your comments. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Clicker Bait

"What I Saw Made Me Cry!" "When she got up, I SCREAMED!" "You've never seen anything like this!" You'll be shocked... you will laugh your head off... You won't believe your eyes... It's all designed to get your attention and get you to click on links. "Why The Coming Solar Eclipse Has The World Worried" Well, when you read the article, you discover, actually, no one who knows what's going on is actually worried about anything. Interested, to see how the 75 minutes of eclipse affects the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 16, 2015

Kabu, for you...

Get out the tissues... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=471-ucVd7o0 Sign in to see full entry.

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