Yes, I'm alive :)
So, for Christmas I asked for a wireless SD memory card for my camera so that I could upload photos and blog regularly. There are currently a boatload of photos that I want to liberate from my camera and share with you, but I've been too crazy to do it lately.
Christmas was a month ago and my lovely new wireless memory card is still sitting in the package. This past holiday season really took the stuffing out of me. I was completely overwhelmed--to the point that I started off 2012 with a ridiculous cold, followed by the sinus infection from hell. Oh, and did I mention the chronic headaches?
In any case, I've decided decided that I'm finally going to snap out of my funk. Starting February 1, 2012. Stay tuned!
29 January 2012
05 December 2011
01 December 2011
i want a beagle
I'll probably spend the rest of the day obsessing about these dogs:
I've always thought beagles were cute, but I had no idea their dispositions made them ideal for lab testing :( Makes me sad. Seems so wrong to treat dogs this way.
It doesn't bother me to think of rats and mice being kept in cages and having experiments conducted on them. I think it goes back to my Rat Lab days. I was a psychology major, and in one of my behavioral classes we had to teach our rat how to press a lever to get a drink of water. At the end of the semester I had to decide Sunny's fate.
He was a good rat and caught on to the whole lever thing quickly. When the class was over, I didn't want to give him to the zoo for snake food. My professor felt that the rats had been bred specifically for this purpose, and once they'd served that purpose, it was perfectly acceptable to let zoo animals make a meal of them.
Some students found homes for their rats or, like me, ended up taking them home as a pet. Having a rat for a pet was not ideal. Sunny was an escape artist and he could chew through anything! I bought him a ball so that he could run around the house, but he always got himself stuck in corners. I had him for about a year, then one day he escaped while I was cleaning his cage :(
I probably should have given him to the snakes. Instead he was probably eaten by whatever vicious creatures that lived in our backyard. Poor Sunny.
Anyway, I think that using beagles as lab animals is sad because I've never thought of them as anything other than pets. It's easy to see them bonding to humans in that way. Rats and mice, on the other hand, make me think of garbage and the plague. In any case, is animal testing on one type of animal more acceptable than others? Not really :(
I've always thought beagles were cute, but I had no idea their dispositions made them ideal for lab testing :( Makes me sad. Seems so wrong to treat dogs this way.
It doesn't bother me to think of rats and mice being kept in cages and having experiments conducted on them. I think it goes back to my Rat Lab days. I was a psychology major, and in one of my behavioral classes we had to teach our rat how to press a lever to get a drink of water. At the end of the semester I had to decide Sunny's fate.
He was a good rat and caught on to the whole lever thing quickly. When the class was over, I didn't want to give him to the zoo for snake food. My professor felt that the rats had been bred specifically for this purpose, and once they'd served that purpose, it was perfectly acceptable to let zoo animals make a meal of them.
Some students found homes for their rats or, like me, ended up taking them home as a pet. Having a rat for a pet was not ideal. Sunny was an escape artist and he could chew through anything! I bought him a ball so that he could run around the house, but he always got himself stuck in corners. I had him for about a year, then one day he escaped while I was cleaning his cage :(
I probably should have given him to the snakes. Instead he was probably eaten by whatever vicious creatures that lived in our backyard. Poor Sunny.
Anyway, I think that using beagles as lab animals is sad because I've never thought of them as anything other than pets. It's easy to see them bonding to humans in that way. Rats and mice, on the other hand, make me think of garbage and the plague. In any case, is animal testing on one type of animal more acceptable than others? Not really :(
26 November 2011
Treat yo' self
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Wes and I did our usual Thanksgiving routine and it was great... except for the part where the plumbing went crazy as we were trying to clean up :( Mel, Nate and I ended up doing dishes as if we were camping and let me tell you, that was an adventure. It made us really thankful for (working) indoor plumbing, that's for sure.
In the end, we did manage to wash everything that didn't fit into the dishwasher. We sang a few verses of Celine Dion and discussed the merits of sponge bathing. There was wine involved. Just trust me when I say, you had to be there to understand what I'm talking about.
Now that Thanksgiving is over, we're eyeballs-deep in Christmas preparation and shopping. And while you're out and about doing nice things for others, please remember to take a moment to treat yo' self. It's only right.
In the end, we did manage to wash everything that didn't fit into the dishwasher. We sang a few verses of Celine Dion and discussed the merits of sponge bathing. There was wine involved. Just trust me when I say, you had to be there to understand what I'm talking about.
Now that Thanksgiving is over, we're eyeballs-deep in Christmas preparation and shopping. And while you're out and about doing nice things for others, please remember to take a moment to treat yo' self. It's only right.
20 November 2011
bacon dip
We are officially entering the holiday season. That means party, party, par-tay. Whew--I'm tired just thinking about it.
This bacon dip is ridiculously easy to whip up. Serve it with your favorite veggies and bread or chips or crackers--whatever you have on hand. It's like crack, I tell you. People won't stop eating it until it's gone :)
This bacon dip is ridiculously easy to whip up. Serve it with your favorite veggies and bread or chips or crackers--whatever you have on hand. It's like crack, I tell you. People won't stop eating it until it's gone :)
06 November 2011
cheddar dill scones
I've decided that I'm not a huge fan of dill. I'm not completely opposed to it, but I won't go out of my way to eat dilly stuff.
I really only figured this out after I made Ina's cheddar dill scones. I love a good savory scone and these definitely delivered. I just kept wishing they weren't so dilly. They were delicious, but dilly. And if you like dill, these will totally ring your bell.
If you're like me, you're better off trying Ina's strawberry scones instead.
I really only figured this out after I made Ina's cheddar dill scones. I love a good savory scone and these definitely delivered. I just kept wishing they weren't so dilly. They were delicious, but dilly. And if you like dill, these will totally ring your bell.
If you're like me, you're better off trying Ina's strawberry scones instead.
31 October 2011
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