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Sunday, April 15, 2012

And then there was Ben…Part XIV

Lest people get the impression that I regard my doggie merely as a research subject, what with blathering on about his ‘theory of knowledge’ or ‘theory of mind’ – well, I do not. It’s a side issue, but I just can’t help myself – these kinds of questions tend to pop into my mind more or less... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Do you remember Sally?

Do you remember Sally, whose Blogit name was Offy? That lovely lady with her irrepressible sense of humour, and with whom I loved to flirt? Many may still know of her, but many more probably do not… As those who remember her will know, Sally had a stroke some years ago, and unfortunately has never... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

And then there was Ben…Part XIII

In a comment to my previous post, Ciel mentioned that dogs know when they’re being observed, and she’s absolutely correct. To put it in the most precise terms possible: my dog will know being observed if he observes me looking at him, and he knows that I know. This, of course, brings us into the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

And then there was Ben…Part XII

Had you mentioned ‘counter surfing’ to me a couple of months ago, I would have thought you were going to tell me about a new party game – like who can slide farthest along a beer-soaked counter at the local pub, where the champion would have the choice of taking home the winner of the wet T-shirt... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Not all my Cups have Feet…

There was this clamor for additional pictures of my cups, possibly because people thought all my cups have feet! But I must hasten to correct that impression - they haven’t. Equipped as they are, they’re elusive and hard to find, as can be expected. As a matter of fact, I never had more than five of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 1, 2012

My Cups have Feet…

Often my posts are inspired by other Bloggers, as is this one. This time TAPS is the responsible party… She wrote about going to a garage sale back in 2004, and it had a very pleasant result, which you can see here http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Taps_dance/714679 Anyway, it reminded me that I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Graduation Day!

This morning, after walking and feeding Ben, my doggie, followed by a hurried breakfast, I drove down to the place where the final exam was to be held. I must confess that I wasn’t entirely free of exam jitters. I know I had worked hard, and had prepared myself to answer any questions I thought... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

And then there was Ben…Part XI (And Bubbles!)

Imagine yourself sitting at your computer desk. You’ve been concentrating intensely on formulating insights that shed a new light on political developments whose consequences will set the course of the world’s history for the rest of the century. There’s a critical passage, restructured, that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 24, 2012

And then there was Ben…Part X (And Bubbles!)

Most of the time, when we’re looking at things, we don’t worry about perspective – we simply look, and that’s that. We don’t have to concern ourselves with the fact that nobody’s perspective is identical to anyone else’s – the differences are too insignificant to make a difference for practical... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 19, 2012

And then there was Ben…Part IX

Today, before talking about Ben in particular, I shall offer a few general remarks that are occasioned by Ciel’s interesting post and her distinction between ‘family-minded’ and ‘pack-minded’ dogs. I don’t make that distinction, but hold that all dogs are ‘pack-minded.’ Yet we’re not as far apart as... Sign in to see full entry.

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