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Pet ownership is hard. First you have to pick the animal, then take it home, train it, feed it when it’s hungry, take it to the vets when it gets sick, pet its needy little face all the time, walk it and eventually bury it in a moment of great emotional toil.
Is this really how it has to be? In the future, why can’t our pets be robotic? Self-maintaining, autonomous, with no stomach to fill with expensive kibble or fleshy organs that are susceptible to disease. Think of the money and emotional hardship that could be saved?
Here then, are 3 amazing robotic pets pushing pet ownership into a new age. Continue reading »
Few images in life are more touching than rosy cheeked young children playing with preposterously cute puppies. Perhaps it’s because they invoke memories of giggling cherubs and the warm smell of puppy breath, or maybe they touch us far deeper in the soul, in an almost primal way. Mankind has an ancient affinity for all creatures canine, as do they for less-legged humans. So, when approached about reviewing a book about people and pooches, I looked forward to receiving my copy of ‘Not Your Mother’s Book On Dogs’, created by Dahlynn McKowen, Ken McKowen and Kathleene Baker.
Riding Your Horse on a Public Road
I’ve kept a frustration of mine quiet for at least a decade, but today the dam bursts, the bubble pops and the milk gets spilled. The object of my rejection is ‘by-products’, the pinnacle of capitalist cons, and the summit of social stupidity. I reckon that by-products began a long time ago, when we began adding preservatives to food, but it was only within my lifetime that true by-products appeared. Now when I refer to ‘true’ by-products, I use the definition found in Wikipedia. A by-product is a secondary product derived from a manufacturing process or chemical reaction. It is not the primary product or service being produced.