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Dogs have beauty marks, too
Here’s something I heard today that makes me want to roll my eyes until they pop out of my head: Someone sees a black mark (or two or three) on a dog’s tongue and pronounces, “That means they’re part Chow!” Because, naturally, dogs like Chows have blue-black tongues (Shar-Pei do, too, BTW, but you rarely hear that a dog is part Shar-Pei because of the tell-tale tongue). Here’s the deal: NO. It does not mean they’re … Read entire article »
Filed under: Edutainment
Ideas are like naughty puppies
I was interviewing an education expert yesterday, and he commented on how sometimes you have so many ideas in your head bumping around that when you try to write them down, you can’t do it fast enough and you lose some. That happens to me all the time. Like just yesterday, when I was trying to crank out my grocery list. Milk! Butter! Popcorn! Uh… But he’s totally right. When I’m trying to write creatively, ideas will pop into my head when I least expect it – usually when I can’t write them down. That’s because ideas are like naughty puppies. As a former dog trainer, I get the puppy connection. Here’s a quiz for you: 1. Your puppy runs away. Do you: a) Chase after her, and holler at her to teach her she … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fooling Around