HOW OUR BODIES REACT TO EMOTIONS (GRAPHIC)

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Long Live France!

I am totally disgusted by the journalist murders in Paris. Damn the terrorists who carried out this disgusting act while wrapping their barbarism in a false flag. May they all go to hell!

Long live France

Year End Thoughts 2014

Each year I am less interested in obits & year end programs & try to avoid them. It only reminds me of the inevitable which gets closer & closer. Too soon I will be w/o my bride & Bouviers, friends, books & gardens. My father lived until his 98th year so maybe there's more time than I think is probable. Could I be depressed? Maybe. The truth is that reality can be so. I try to ignore those feelings which pass over me @ times. 

The Zigster my designer dog (Terrihund)

A little of this & a little of that including Sophia & Sigmund

Winterscape Series 1, 2014

The make believe Duck Dynasty controversy

Did we suddenly wake up to the fact that companies are amoral? The fact is they exist only to make money.  So for everyone who expected A&E to react with moral indignation should pull their head out of their ass.  Mr. Robertson's statements are protected by the same 1st amendment right that protects flag burners. That A&E suspended Mr. Robertson (for 9 days) while running a 'Duck Dynasty' marathon is the height of hypocrisy.  This proves -- beyond a reasonable doubt -- that companies are individuals & should have the equal political rights, right?  Yeah!

Mini me sun worshiper

Sigmund, aka Ziggy Stardust

It crept up on me in my 70th year

I'm getting upset by the end-of-year pieces about all the people who died in 2013. It didn't used to bother me. 

#1 & #2 Depth of Field, #3 Old Tree, #4 Lunch

Benched

Sophie (age 9) foreground, Stella Bella (age 15) background. First snow, Dec 2013

Thanksgiving 2013

What people refer to as a challenge

That doesn't deter IBM, though. Apparently, its long-term goal is to essentially build an actual silicon version of the brain. As they put it, that means they need a chip system with ten billion neurons and hundred trillion synapses, which consumes one kilowatt of power and occupies less than two liters of volume. That's what people refer to as a challenge.

Here's the Gizmodo article: http://gizmodo.com/ibm-is-creating-an-entire-computing-architecture-based-1063836530

To Coin A Phrase > Very Cool

Ziggy as a free man

Rotten Teeth

Stella Bella, 13.5 yrs young

For those of you who have older Bouvs (or even younger ones, for that matter) please take care of their teeth. If you don't brush them daily -- even if they have bones -- tartar builds up, infections occur, etc.

I can relate to you that Stella Bella -- age 14.5 -- is having a rebirth of sorts. 

No, she has not lost her lifelong caution & insecurities BUT she is now running (arthritically), is somewhat more excited about treats & wants to be out & about more since 6 rotten teeth were pulled from her mouth. 

I held my breath when I decided to have this done and & I am VERY glad I did !! As we all know these guys are quite taciturn, can take a lot of pain w/o complaint & I feel so guilty about what was clearly a failure on my part to realize Stella's discomfort over what must have been a long period. 

It's just that it's so damned hard to read her as there is so little to read in her reactions in the first place but I definitely see a difference in her behavior now. 

Yes, it is an added cost. Yes, your Bouv does have to undergo some form of anesthetic. But if if you decide to do it, be sure to discuss a course of antibiotics with your vet before the procedures. 

I pass this on to you all as a cautionary 'tail'. (For more Bouvier tails click here.

Hugs to all your Bouvs.

Colors For a Grey Day

Sabrina, My Easter Girl

Several years ago, on Easter Sunday, my lovely, deaf, Sabrina succumbed to cancer. I think of her often but on Easter Day, I like to imagine her spirit floating about, ignoring the ravaged body she left behind, playing with Truman, keeping an eye on us as she always did.

Sophie

Ziggy's Bed, Sophie has her own, Explain this to me.