dogs
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My dog is going to report me to the ASPCA. The heat of the day wears off into a warm, easy hush. I have an alarm set for it, 7:30 PM, an hour before sunset so I can walk my shag carpet of a dog without worries of him baking beneath his lush fur coat.…
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We moved. See blog post from about a week ago. Our new apartment overlooks open pasture and a wide, shallow lake and features a balcony that you can watch the local prairie dog colony from. Well, if you’re human. If you’re a dog, you can listen to them bark but I don’t think you can…
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I finished Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus a couple days ago. It’s a book I was looking forward to, given how prominent rabies is in our culture and how intensely its intertwined in horror fiction and folklore — ranging from parallels with vampire and werewolf lore to influencing the behavior…
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The word superstition comes from the latin word superstitio meaning “standing over” ie. that a superstition is a belief that stands over or outside of the logical standards of a time. A large part of the way we interpret this word today comes down to Christian thinkers, who used the word superstition to categorize small…
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Many occult signs are simply a matter of training your brain to notice certain things in your surroundings. Your eyes linger on the hawk circling above you (longer than usual, in my case), you notice the way the coyote’s eyes flash while it crosses the road in front of your car, you’ll spot graffiti you…
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It only takes a cursory glance at my blog to know that I have a special affinity for dogs. Their joint history with humans, the dichotomy of fear and love that can make a dog a protector or violent monster, the wolf just beneath the surface. They are both the family dog chasing a would-be…
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On the streets of Santiago, Chile in 2011, protests broke out on college campuses to demand a restructuring of higher education in Chile. These student protests faced severe police brutality, but an unexpected protector emerged from the back alleys: Negro Matapacos. A stray black dog who put himself on the front lines of protest, barking,…
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When it comes to pets, I am of two minds: chronic dog brain and exotic pet enthusiast. Both have innumerable benefits, but the way you interact with a gecko is different from the way you interact with a dog. An animal that only arose on the pet trade in the last 30 years does not…
from the pen of icarus blake 