Pittie Reverse Psychology

Posted on March 4, 2015 by wellsdc

BuzzFeed published a listicle on Monday entitled “24 Reasons Why No One Should Ever Have A Pit Bull As A Pet” (h/t Alice and others).

Lest you start to get angry at yet another misguided attempt to malign an awesome type of dog, it’s a trick! They love pitties!!! The listed reasons are all along the lines of “They might be too cute!” and “They love hugs too much!”

Sharky (RIP) figures prominently in several of the list items, which is as it should be, because Sharky is awesome and beautiful and wonderful and he will live forever in our hearts!!!!!!!!

I appreciate this comment exchange on BuzzFeed, though, especially Rebecca’s contribution: Continue reading →

Do Dogs Remember Theirs Puppies? A Comic.

Posted on April 17, 2014 by wellsdc

I wonder sometimes how dogs remember their puppies once they’ve been taken away.

“Written in the Bones,” a comic by Carey Pietsch and Christopher M. Jones, offers one idea of how they might. Continue reading →

A Few Totally True Facts

Posted on March 27, 2014 by wellsdc

I have plenty of unfinished posts and important topics that deserve my attention, but instead I want to share a few items from “77 Facts That Sound Like Huge Lies But Are Actually Completely True,” by Dave Stopera at BuzzFeed. Most of the ones I picked deal with the passage of time, and our oft-skewed perception of it. The links are in the original, but I added a picture or two.

5. The name Jessica was created by Shakespeare in the play Merchant of Venice.

8. Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than she did to the building of the Great Pyramid.

20. Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.

21. Not once in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme does it mention that he’s an egg. Continue reading →

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Pittie Reverse Psychology

Do Dogs Remember Theirs Puppies? A Comic.

A Few Totally True Facts