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The Friday link-o-rama: Catching up on the reading
By Gina Spadafori
December 12, 2008
Been quite a week here, and I don’t mean that in anything close to a good way. Both Christie and I have been dealing with serious issues with the health of our parents. My dad has been pretty sick for a couple weeks now, and they can’t really figure out what’s wrong. I’m not thinking it’s going to be good news, in any case, but I’m trying to be optimistic.
So, if blogging seems a little light and I seem a little distracted, well, there you go.
Fortunately, some other folks have been writing up a storm. Check it out:
Terrierman continues his campaign against the UK’s Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club. With the stunning news that the BBC will not be covering Crufts, there’s never been a better time than now to find out why. There’s a lot there so dig in and keep reading. In particularly, this post on Dalmatians and one on the history of involvement in the eugenics movement by influential kennel club folks really demand a read.
On PetSitUSA, Therese continues to follow the Chinese food mess. In Australian, the KraMar company has pulled pet treats “as a precaution.” Here’s more on that, from the Australian Broadcasting Co.
Martha Stewart has a new puppy, reports the Poodle and Dog blog. Now, I’m not big on celebrity pet news, but Martha Stewart has always clearly shown that her pets are not fashion accessories or whims. Besides, Stewart is the first person I ever “knew” with suburban chickens, and for putting that idea in my head, I’ll forever be grateful.
At Lassie Get Help, Luisa writes about Banned Aid, efforts to counter insane Canadian breed ban laws. (Selma has more at Caveat.) I just love Luisa’s writing. Who else can link pit bulls and economists?
Best in Flock has a guest post on bad parrot training. Hey, I have a bad parrot! I need training!
Planetsave reports PETA is buying stock in food companies.
The Vet on the Edge blog has been added to the blogroll. Interesting stuff, and a little different since the “edge” is in part the edge of the continent. As in Alaska.
Pet Connection BFF Dr. Patty Khuly on Dolittler … well, what can I say? Best vet blog in the world, and it’s not even close.
Personally, I can’t tell you how truly relieved I am that the gobs-o-money rich aren’t having to skip their dressage lessons. But for all the rest of us horse lovers — and the horses — life is grim.
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Sorry to hear your Dad is ill, Gina. As they say, getting old isn’t for sissies.
Paws crossed for you and your family.
Comment by Selma — December 12, 2008 @ 8:35 am
Oh, how rude, you too Christie.
Comment by Selma — December 12, 2008 @ 8:36 am
I’m sorry to hear about your families. Will be thinking about you both.
I saw Vet on the Edge in the blogroll yesterday and read a lot of it—to the frustration of one or more pets or people who wanted my attention. She’s a great writer, it seems. I loved the story about the woman who thought her GSD’s nipples were ticks and tried to burn them off with a match. Gah!
Comment by Lori — December 12, 2008 @ 8:43 am
Gina and Christie, so sorry to hear about your parents’ health problems. I went through it recently, and it can be very tough.
Comment by Susan — December 12, 2008 @ 11:17 am
Gina, Christie, my thoughts are with you and your families. Hopefully Everyone can move into the New Year with good news
Comment by JenniferJ — December 12, 2008 @ 12:07 pm
I am sorry to read about your parents’ health issues, Gina and Christie. Both my parents are deceased. It ought to be written somewhere that one’s parents should be immortal, or at least live as long as their children love them and need them. Sigh.
This time of year is especially bittersweet. I have some ornaments that go back to when I was a small child that must go on the tree, and I can’t drape any garland type decoration without hearing my father’s professorial tones ( he taught mathematics) explaining a Catenary “The curve formed by a perfectly flexible, uniformly dense, and inextensible cable suspended from its endpoints. It is identical to the graph of a hyperbolic cosine. ” American Heritage Dictionary
A domestic feline will form a catenary if held suspended with one hand under the elbows and one under the pelvic girdle. Said catenary might even purr enthusiastically but does not make a good Xmas ornament.
Comment by Anne T — December 12, 2008 @ 2:16 pm
Gina and Christie, my heart is with you. The last 10 years of both my parents’ lives were, well, the opposite of heaven. Even if we weren’t in the midst of an actual crisis (of which there were many, many, many), there was always a dull roar in my head.
Comment by Cindy R — December 15, 2008 @ 10:19 am