Dr John Burchard writes on mandatory spay neuter, resurrected in California. I had said: “Only Americans (and perhaps Canadians) have this neutering thing. I thinkEuropean members [ of our list– they did] will confirm that neutering of purebred dogs is much rarer there. He replied: “It is beginning to catch on there too … but …
Author: Steve Bodio
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I want to do more original content (and maybe therefore post less?) but have a lot of linkage stored. Onward! I like Rod Dreher’s version of a Doomsday cult. Guns for vasectomies? Interesting priorities! HT Tam. High- end eagle hunting video here at Patrick’s. Best flights I have seen on film yet, though I once …
Ideas for Change?
This past year has been a tough one economically, mostly because of the sorry state of mainstream publishing. If the story ever gets resolved for the better (which it probably will) I’ll tell it all here. Suffice to say that it fulfills every dire statement that Michael Blowhard ever made about the business. For now, …
Domestic Post: Garden & Such
Spring! Especially nice after a long winter.. We had to really puppy- proof (read “Larissa- proof”) the garden this year. Though almost two, she still has been chewing like a pup. Recent casualties include hoses, our cell phone, and Paul Theroux’s Old Patagonian Express. So: It takes some figuring. Here Lib and Peculiar, who has …
Red Planet
Chas has a pic up he took while visiting what he call our “Operation Ocotillo terraforming demonstration project”. You can see Libby and me in the background. In this spirit, I thought I’d post pics of another Martian locus here, with the caption: “Though we hadn’t yet added water, the dry habitat game was abundant, …
Pornstars for PETA?
Patrick has been kicking PETA’s collective butt lately. In this post he savages the dim- witted celebrities who speak up for the animal- exterminating ‘rights’ organization. “Then we have porn star and PETA spokes-idiot Jenna Jameson. Now I am not a connoisseour of porn, so I have to ask: is this picture of her the …
Late (Navajo) Barbie
Reid chips in late on the NM Barbie meme, via email: “I have been so swamped I haven’t had a chance to post my contribution to New Mexico Barbies. “How about Shiprock Barbie, though her real name is Barbie Begay, and her boyfriend, Ken Yazzie. Options include Hosteen Begay’s Hogan with loom and sheep pen. …
Walk
Last week’s walk photos, as promised. Libby on the “Rio” Salado. It can be frightening in summer floods, believe it or not, but right now we can walk in it. Desert Bighorn tracks in the bottom of the box– rounder in front than mule deers’. The proprietors of Casa Q with desert tools– pack, Swaro …
Crow and Kitten
Annie D sent this remarkable video. It seems legit!
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Like Rebecca I have been out walking. Also gardening– it is good for the souls. There will be pictures below. Meanwhile, the usual miscellany.. Patrick links to this Telegraph story about the use of pigeons to pay kidnap ransoms in Iraq. “One family attached $10,000 in $100 notes to the legs of five homing pigeons, …