What Kind of Liberal I Am

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My Liberal Identity:

You are an Eco-Avenger, also known as an environmentalist or tree hugger. You believe in saving the planet from the clutches of air-fouling, oil-drilling, earth-raping conservative fossil fools.

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“You are an Eco-Avenger, also known as an environmentalist or tree hugger. You believe in saving the planet from the clutches of air-fouling, oil-drilling, earth-raping conservative fossil fools.”

Animals As Intelligent Beings

Tuning into your pet’s needs – BlogPaws

My cat turned me on to a new blog for pet owners called BlogPaws. There is some mention of a conference for bloggers, writers and pet supply companies. The first emphasis brought to my attention was the SEO aspect of writing a blog.

kittehboi.com is a fun blog, and though we make sure to mention others’ blogs, etc. for google juice, I don’t want it to end up looking like a Peruvian circus, full of multicolored flashing and dancing adverts.

The first requirement for SEO is to have content that brings readers back. I’m trying to wrap my brain around it, to come up with an idea that goes further than “funny pictures of cats.”

I have a personal interest in evolutionary psychology and neuropsychology, so my personal focus is on animals as intelligent, rational beings. Cats and dogs have the IQ of young children, but much more impulse control.

“C’mon, admit it – we all do it. Some of us talk to them as if they can actually understand us (I’m one of those).”

Did you catch that? The writer said “as if they can actually understand us.” Apparently this person has some doubts.

Eagle is EXTINCT. So what?

Eagle is EXTINCT. So what?


Dogs (and probably cats) have a Broca’s brain or Wernicke’s area, meaning they are capable of understanding speech. In practice cats have a vocabulary of around 20-30 words while dogs may be able to understand 100 or more. Animal behaviorists will tell you it’s “training.” 40 years ago human psychologists were behaviorists too, and explained all human behavior as learned responses to stimuli. How different *are* training and learning?

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Happy Hannukah

And a Happy Hannukah to all my friends of the Mewish persuasion!

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Video: Harapeko Neko Neko

And others the [pe] it is dense the cat cat
Hungry Cats

Harapeko Neko Neko” (“Hungry Cats”) is a Japanese stop-action animation in which two cats are trying to tell their rather dim-witted owner what they want for dinner. They are rather strange cats, as tall as their owner, with expressionless faces and and zippers in the back. The overall impression I get from my limited exposure to Japanimation is that the Japanese conceptualize animals as being little people in fursuits.

Even funnier than the video is the geeky deconstruction on a NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) TV show “Digital Stadium.”

Engrish translation by Yahoo Babelfish.

The person of motif and this movie, cat the feeling which has been made foolish going hand in hand (in good sense,) the [te] it was good. When you look at the collapse of last set, when “the lie where entertainment and the movie were after all made” is, the thought [wa] it is done keenly, (you think too much kana? ). You think two writers thinks that the head and sense are good, that and, also degree of completion of the work itself is high. We want becoming “the Cohen sibling” of the doll animation boundary.

Although expression of the cat does not change, the feeling which is gotten angry having come out enormously, it was even the excessively funny work. Also song is good!

While the cat, is a little larger than the human which to do, the bull bull the place where it approaches in the uncle does not accumulate!!

It can enjoy everyone, “the [u] of everyone it is” PV of the wind. The song which has the agitation just a little to be lovely weirdness the humorous place. Betraying development expectation in [ii] sense, it was funny.

See more incomprehensible videos at NHK “Digital Stadium.”

Thanks to kittehboi.

Santa Videos

Don’t forget to track Santa on the NORAD site.

Santa Videos.

Man’s Uniqueness

Man’s uniqueness among species rests upon his capacity to perfect the arrangements for his own Judgement Day, instead of waiting for nature to do it for him.

Robert Ardrey,
The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations

Self-Righteousness

Self-Righteousness stems from mental illness, from boundary issues. If you don’t own it, stop trying to control it.

Selecting a Juice Extractor

By now you’ve probably heard of the health benefits of eating raw foods. The nutrients in fruits and vegetables are largely destroyed by cooking, thus rendering them only marginally more nutritious than straw. Shipping produce long distances is another factor in vitamin loss. Unless you eat local food with the seasons, there are times when vegetables from California or oranges from Brazil aren’t as nutritious.

I’ve been looking at juicers off and on for the last year, ever since trying the “cold-fighter” drink at the local Juice Zone Healthy Cafe. The drink, by the way, is a mixture of carrot, orange and ginger juices and whether it really helps fight colds I cannot say. However, it’s juiced to order and tastes like the nectar of the Gods.

According to ConsumerSearch, Inc., a service of About.com, there are two types of juicer extractors that are of interest to users who wish to juice hard vegetables such as carrots. They are the centrifugal juice extractor and the single-auger masticating juice extractor.

A centrifugal juice extractor is similar to a home blender. It has sharp blades to pulverize the raw food. The difference is that it also rotates the collector to squeeze the juice out of the pulp, sort of like the washing machine spin cycle. A higher quality centrifugal juice extractor will extract a larger percentage of the juice, leaving drier pulp for your compost pile.

A single-auger masticating juice extractor is similar to a wood chipper and is better at chewing up fiberous leafy greens. The auger crushes the raw food before squeezing out the juice. The single-auger juice extractor may come with attachments for making fruit spreads and nut butters. It is quieter than centrifugal juicers.

In general, unless you plan on extracting wheat grass, the centrifugal juice extractor is adequate.

Juice extractor power is measured in Watts. A high-powered juicer will be able to handle harder vegetables in larger chunks and will extract the juice more quickly. However, the higher the power, the more expensive. Restaurant-quality extractors are 2000W or higher.

For reference, 1000W is about a horsepower. Compare a juicer to typical non-self-propelled lawn mower, about 6 hp. This is not at all what you want in a countertop unit.

In a centrifugal juicer, the spin speed helps determine the yield. A faster spin extracts a higher percentage of juice. Though a faster spin is more expensive, a more expensive model may produce up to 35% more juice. Depending upon how much fresh juice you drink, the savings may be significant over the life of a more durable model.

Durability is desirable. Less expensive juicers have more breakable plastic parts. An all-metal juicer will last longer but will be more expensive.

If using a masticating juicer, the available attachments enable grinding nut butters, pureeing homemade baby food, etc.

Another feature to take into account is the size of the feeder. A wider feeder saves time because the veggies don’t have to be cut up first.

Dishwasher-safe parts are desirable for ease of cleaning.

I have chosen the Breville 800JEXL Juice Fountain Elite 1000-Watt Juice Extractor based on the consumer reviews on ConsumerSearch.com and on Amazon.com.

How to Save Money on Meds

If you usually traipse over to your local Rite Aid to get medications, you can easily save money.

Number one is to get generics where available.

Lamictal 200 mg 60 tablets $389.99
Lamotrigine 200 mg 60 tablets $323.14 :: cheaper

Number two is that your drugstore probably sells drugs online for at
least 10% lower than at your neighborhood store.

Number three is to buy larger pills and split them. If you took 100mg doses:

Lamictal 100mg 100 tabs $533.32 $5.33 per dose
Lamictal 200mg 60 tabs or
120 doses
$389.99 $3.25 per dose :: cheaper

Number four is to save by buying in bulk. Check before you order as it’s not a given.

Lamictal 200mg Tablets
60 tabs $389.99 $6.50 ea
180 tabs $1,138.09 $6.32 ea :: cheaper

Number five is to buy from overseas pharmacies, and remember they are NOT TAX-DEDUCTIBLE.

Lamotrigine 200mg Tablets
Drugstore.com 240 tabs $1,156.51 $4.82 ea
Canadadrugs.com 280 tabs $425.60 $1.52 ea :: cheaper

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