There is a very interesting post on the mind and how it shapes our morality on the Neurologica blog: One of the themes of this blog, reflecting my skeptical philosophy, is that our brains construct reality – meaning that our perceptions, memories, internal model of reality, narrative of events, and emotions are all constructed...
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It has been a while since I did a vintage post, and I have some stuff piled up. I have no idea what the date is on this one, and it was listed on eBay as a Saluki. No. Afghan. The saying has me rather stumped, as well. And why does she have a...
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Before you watch this, forget anything you know or think you know regarding Western Afghan hounds. Just throw away all that cultural baggage, and look. This is a teaser trailer for an upcoming documentary by Kuchi Productions. You can see many more images of native hounds on their Facebook page.
Read more →I regularly troll eBay for images of Afghan hounds, specifically antique pictures. I find a lot of Afghans used in advertising, almost exclusively as a symbol to indicate how upscale a product is, or to give it a high class veneer. Like this television set: The modern Afghan itself, as presented in your average...
Read more →This post also fits nicely with the previously posted link about health testing. Read it.
Read more →This a real ad for a real brand of ‘natural, grain-free raw dog food,’ that was prominently featured on a blog I was reading today. The company says, “We named our company after Charles Darwin, whose work embodies this approach of being “Inspired by Nature, Informed by Science.”” I am sure the pug is...
Read more →Or, this is why we can’t have nice things shouldn’t bother to write clever things. Couple-three days ago I started getting a lot of hits on this post, wherein I hold a mock trial and convict some poor sap who DIDN’T READ THE BLOG POLICY BEFORE COMMENTING. Which is what it says to do...
Read more →Today I ended up on the Time web site, a gallery of photos of the artist Picasso, taken by Gjon Mili, from 1948 to 1967. Everyone knows Picasso had Afghan hounds. So a certain photo caught my eye. In 1967, for example, Mili returned to the South of France, where Picasso was living, in...
Read more →Good article on food allergies. Read.
Read more →This will likely be of no interest to anyone but myself, but you can see the stats for this blog at the link below. Note that four of the top five posts concern legislation and the public/breeder interface. It is ironic that those posts are so popular, because there won’t be any more of...
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