Are we stressing out our pets? “We live in a complex hurry up world.  There is stress everywhere in our life. We are running here and there, often not taking the time to enjoy fully what we are doing before going to the next task at hand.  Did anyone take the dog for a walk?  Did anyone see the cat today?  Why did the cat pee in the living room again today?  The dog got into the trash again.  What makes the dog want to chew everything?  Damn animals!! Guess what…our animals are often a reflection of us and our moods.  If we are stressed, so are our animals.  We live in a world of antianxiety, antidepressant meds due to our self-inflicted stress and now it is overflowing to our pets. One of the most common behavior problems I see in our hospital is anxiety.  It can be anxiety over separation from their owners, or to loud noises such as thunderstorms or fireworks or just generalized anxiety.  I think that much of this comes from a reflection of our hectic lives.  Our pets are often a mirror of us.  Maybe they are telling us to slow down and smell the roses a bit? You know, dogs and cats are smarter than what we give them credit for.” Read more View high resolution

Are we stressing out our pets?

“We live in a complex hurry up world.  There is stress everywhere in our life. We are running here and there, often not taking the time to enjoy fully what we are doing before going to the next task at hand. 

Did anyone take the dog for a walk?  Did anyone see the cat today?  Why did the cat pee in the living room again today?  The dog got into the trash again.  What makes the dog want to chew everything?  Damn animals!!

Guess what…our animals are often a reflection of us and our moods.  If we are stressed, so are our animals.  We live in a world of antianxiety, antidepressant meds due to our self-inflicted stress and now it is overflowing to our pets.

One of the most common behavior problems I see in our hospital is anxiety.  It can be anxiety over separation from their owners, or to loud noises such as thunderstorms or fireworks or just generalized anxiety.  I think that much of this comes from a reflection of our hectic lives.  Our pets are often a mirror of us.  Maybe they are telling us to slow down and smell the roses a bit? You know, dogs and cats are smarter than what we give them credit for.”

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Sigmund Freud and his Chow Chow dog Jofi formed the basis for modern day pet-assisted therapy. View high resolution

Sigmund Freud and his Chow Chow dog Jofi formed the basis for modern day pet-assisted therapy.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life:  music and cats.  ~Albert Schweitzer View high resolution

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life:  music and cats. 

~Albert Schweitzer

Portland has the highest number of off-leash dog parks per capita, in the U.S. View high resolution

Portland has the highest number of off-leash dog parks per capita, in the U.S.

Two of my favorite things - kittehs and cake!  ~whyinthehell

Two of my favorite things - kittehs and cake!  ~whyinthehell

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cultureofresistance: knowapower: bludclotartattack: cultureofresistance: “If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.” -  Edward O. Wilson,  Research Professor in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University Environmental misanthropy is a very dangerous pattern of thought. Human beings can limit, even mitigate our negative impact on the planet by altering the way we do a few things. Any and all arguments for the discontinuity of human existence could form the basis of an argument for genocide on an unprecedented scale. In short, thinking like this is wrong. Utterly wrong. True story that is why I didn’t reblog this the first time round.  I’m not misanthropic, not all human societies destroy the ecological fabric of the planet like ours does, but they have been systematically wiped out throughout history by colonizers who seek to conquer their land. That discontinuation you are looking for is not going to happen - the dominant culture will not undergo a voluntary shift to a sustainable way of living, it is against the primary urge of those in power: to facilitate resource extraction, or as we call it, “make money”.  Also… while “…human beings can limit, even mitigate our negative impact…”, the problem is, while humans can, a very small percentage of humans do.  There is a loud statement coming across in that fact.  And while “Environmental misanthropy is a very dangerous pattern of thought” could be construed as a true statement in some contexts, human behavior is actually dangerous, and it is damaging.  Thought is not.  Avoiding talking and thinking about these topics is “wrong”.  Nothing will improve by putting our heads in the sand, and using doomsday scare tactics like saying “Any and all arguments for the discontinuity of human existence could form the basis of an argument for genocide on an unprecedented scale” is pretty melodramatic.  But maybe the discussion was theory rather than practical reality.  Personally, the tone and those statements brought to mind the thought and behavioral control tactics of dictators and the Catholic church - some of the most destructive leaders of humanity of all humanity’s history. Kind of ironic…. Advocating the shutting down of thought and dialogue with such apocalyptic wordsmithery validates my misanthropy.  (But I don’t mean that in a bad way.)  ~whyinthehell

cultureofresistance:

knowapower:

bludclotartattack:

cultureofresistance:

“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.”

-  Edward O. Wilson,  Research Professor in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University

Environmental misanthropy is a very dangerous pattern of thought. Human beings can limit, even mitigate our negative impact on the planet by altering the way we do a few things. Any and all arguments for the discontinuity of human existence could form the basis of an argument for genocide on an unprecedented scale.

In short, thinking like this is wrong. Utterly wrong.

True story that is why I didn’t reblog this the first time round. 

I’m not misanthropic, not all human societies destroy the ecological fabric of the planet like ours does, but they have been systematically wiped out throughout history by colonizers who seek to conquer their land. That discontinuation you are looking for is not going to happen - the dominant culture will not undergo a voluntary shift to a sustainable way of living, it is against the primary urge of those in power: to facilitate resource extraction, or as we call it, “make money”. 

Also…

while “…human beings can limit, even mitigate our negative impact…”, the problem is, while humans can, a very small percentage of humans do.  There is a loud statement coming across in that fact.  And while “Environmental misanthropy is a very dangerous pattern of thought” could be construed as a true statement in some contexts, human behavior is actually dangerous, and it is damaging.  Thought is not. 

Avoiding talking and thinking about these topics is “wrong”.  Nothing will improve by putting our heads in the sand, and using doomsday scare tactics like saying “Any and all arguments for the discontinuity of human existence could form the basis of an argument for genocide on an unprecedented scale” is pretty melodramatic.  But maybe the discussion was theory rather than practical reality.  Personally, the tone and those statements brought to mind the thought and behavioral control tactics of dictators and the Catholic church - some of the most destructive leaders of humanity of all humanity’s history. Kind of ironic….

Advocating the shutting down of thought and dialogue with such apocalyptic wordsmithery validates my misanthropy.  (But I don’t mean that in a bad way.)  ~whyinthehell

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15 reasons not to eat turkey

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Most of the time I embrace my assholery.  On rare occasion, not so much…and sometimes I even feel kinda bad.

What I want to know is, who the fuck is drugging me on those rare occasions?!?

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ryking:

ロン毛　マンチカンの戦い２

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If you reallyreallyreally have to eat turkey for Thanksgiving (or any other day), please consider getting a free-range turkey.  You can get them from many markets, though they often have to be pre-ordered…today will probably still be early enough to get one.

freshphotons: “Smoke resolved into its component droplets of wax, with zones of refraction making rainbows on the upper edge.Took me about 25 tries to get everything right.” View high resolution

freshphotons:

“Smoke resolved into its component droplets of wax, with zones of refraction making rainbows on the upper edge.Took me about 25 tries to get everything right.”

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thedailywhat:

Afternoon Snack: Deere the Raccoon has better table manners than most humans.

inb4 Hooker Bitch.

[vvv.]

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oblivioncontinuum: Polarised Light Light is an electromagnetic wave that travels through space. If you were to consider a transverse wave, from side on, most look like a sine curve, which travel along and vibrate up and down, quite like waves in the ocean. However, the electromagnetic radiation produced by the sun vibrates along many planes, more simply with a vertical and horizontal component. The vertical are the up and down waves, where as the horizontal are left and right waves. This is unpolarised light. To polarise light is to remove either the horizontal or vertical component of the wave, this is most easily done by filtering. If unpolarised light was shone through a vertical slit, this would eliminate any horizontal component. If that polarised light produced was directed at a horizontal slit, it wouldn’t produce any light due to having blocked the vertical component. The way polarised sunglasses work is the same, they have very thin, vertical slits which block out the horizontal vibration that causes glare. As for this neat picture I found, it was done similarly. Ice was placed between two polarisation filters, and when the polarised light reflected from the ice, two rays were produced at right angles, one slower from the other. These rays interfered with each other, making all the pretty colours.

oblivioncontinuum:

Polarised Light

Light is an electromagnetic wave that travels through space. If you were to consider a transverse wave, from side on, most look like a sine curve, which travel along and vibrate up and down, quite like waves in the ocean. However, the electromagnetic radiation produced by the sun vibrates along many planes, more simply with a vertical and horizontal component. The vertical are the up and down waves, where as the horizontal are left and right waves. This is unpolarised light.

To polarise light is to remove either the horizontal or vertical component of the wave, this is most easily done by filtering. If unpolarised light was shone through a vertical slit, this would eliminate any horizontal component. If that polarised light produced was directed at a horizontal slit, it wouldn’t produce any light due to having blocked the vertical component. The way polarised sunglasses work is the same, they have very thin, vertical slits which block out the horizontal vibration that causes glare.

As for this neat picture I found, it was done similarly. Ice was placed between two polarisation filters, and when the polarised light reflected from the ice, two rays were produced at right angles, one slower from the other. These rays interfered with each other, making all the pretty colours.

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