For some reason Tobias thinks that the trash can is very fascinating this morning. He moved it across the room and is now rubbing against the back side of it. Other than emptying the trash can there is nothing different about it today ( Read more... )

NatGeo had a special about headshrinking in the Amazon. It is interesting to see it because when I was in college and had a class about the region my professor who had been there many times had said it was really bad to ask about headshrinking. It was somewhat taboo, because in general it was not practiced anymore and that asking about it could ( Read more... )

The Pocketbook 360 just became available in the US. Now I have to decide if I want one those or to keep the Nook that I pre-ordered. The Nook won't be shipped until after Nov 30, and so it has not actually been paid for at this point. Both devices run roughly the same price. I think I like the ergonomics of the Pocketbook 360 better, though the ( Read more... )

I saw a horse for sale on craigslist that I recognized as one from the same barn where Solara lived. He had a lot of problems and I worked with him some to try and get him ready for a new rider. Teddi told me she did not want me to work with him because he was dangerous. He ended up being sold in spring 08. He was resold this summer. The new owners ( Read more... )

Next week starts the Read a Banned Book Week .

It is interesting to note that even today there are books that are banned in library's and schools in this country. A rather intesting list can be found at About.com's Banned Books List an interesting book on the list is one of my childhood favorites:

A Light in the Attic is a book that's been ( Read more... )

It looks like its going to be hot for another week, but the tree's have started to lose their leaves and fall is starting to make its way here ( Read more... )

Fictionwise is having a 100% micropay rebate on all NYT best sellers! It basically means you get store credit for the price of the book, so if you buy $40 of best sellers, you get $40 instore credit. Turns out there are some non-fiction books that I want to read on the list and its so tempting to get them right now! Though I don't think my ( Read more... )

I have tree kangaroos on the brain apparently. I have been playing with images of them in gimp, I will have to post some later ( Read more... )

So I looked up the mossolers (a group of dogs including the Mastiff types) to learn about the Tibetan Mastiff. I had understood Mastiffs as originating from central and eastern Europe. But apparently the earliest depictions of this type of dog is seen in Chinese art, not European. Then I got off track on a thread on the European Buffalo (did you ( Read more... )

Woman pays $800,000 for a Tibetian Mastiff okay this sounds like a totally made up breed of dog. Like the Parson Terrier, which is really a Jack Russel terrier with a different name. Same with a Staffordforshire Terrier which is a pitbull. Most dog breeds are modern inventions and have equally invented backgrounds! This dog looks to be a ( Read more... )