I'm announcing this to the world so that you may hold me accountable for my actions: I'm going to give up most meat and meat products again. However, I need to caveat this because I'll be called a liar when you catch me eating salmon or yogurt. Better to be realistic, though, isn't it ( Read more... )

I know that I could just forget about this incident and no one would be the wiser. I just...feel too guilty. The thing is, if you see my dog on the street now, you will know what she did. Here goes. I have a sixteen week old puppy who is now housebroken, but obviously, still has to go to the bathroom pretty often since her little puppy organs aren' ( Read more... )

I watched an HBO documentary two nights ago called, "Shelter Dogs". The documentary was about a shelter owner in NY who believed that euthanasia is a more humane route. She argued that no-kill shelters are becoming a modern trend, but despite how lovely the concept, most dogs in no-kill shelters are simply put in tiny fenced cages and left there to ( Read more... )

Aaron and I will be doing a walk for animals fundraising gig in September for the MSPCA. Noodles, the Samoyed puppy along with Maximus will be joining us for the walk. For those of you who don't know, the MSPCA is a non-profit organization that has an animal hospital and animal shelter. I've taken both Max and Hera to the ER at the MSPCA-Angell ( Read more... )

I love to knit, especially when I'm knitting something for whom I really care. Actually, I can't knit at all unless I really care for the person for whom I'm knitting. If I don't give a shit about the person, I don't finish the project ( Read more... )

I never quite understood individuals who wrote that they used Live Journal for themselves and not for others to read. Let's be honest, here. There are plenty of journal writing programs that can save your journal entries as efficiently as LJ can, and for those of us who are a bit more old-fashioned, bookstores and paper shops have a beautiful ( Read more... )