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An excuse, and something to read
My cat had minor surgery earlier this week (she’s is and was fine—it was a precautionary thing) and I’ve been spending most of the week laughing at her. I can’t help it—there’s nothing quite as funny as a thoroughly torqued-off cat wearing a vet collar. Also, I pay her bills, so I should be allowed to laugh.
Between her after-surgery care and some deadline-type things I have going on, I’ve been busy and expect to remain busy for a while.
So: something else to read:
- Women and Horses by Rider One is being updated again!
- Saving Argus, a blog about a farm that is caring for a thoroughbred who spent nearly 16 years locked in a 12/16 pen.
- Box of Stars is a blog that is apparently going to end up being a YA novel. Interesting concept. Haven’t read much, so can’t really comment on how good it is.
Incidentally, I recently stumbled across a section of MySpace that I really wish I hadn’t found, because apparently there are scads of people who write blogs from their horse’s point of view. Complete with their horses’ astrological signs and favorite music and such. And then comment on each others’ blogs. From their horses’ points of view.
I don’t mind the occasional post written from an animal’s point of view, as long as it’s funny and there’s an obvious reason for it, but entire blogs written this way are just not my cup of tea. I’m a bit… disconcerted… that there’s a whole community of people writing this way, but hey—it’s a big ol’ internet out there, and there’s plenty of space for us all.
Besides, I’m sure that someone, somewhere is currently posting “I just found these blogs about horses, and I just don’t understand them…”
In the end, we’re all someone else’s definition of crazy. We might as well enjoy ourselves, right?
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True confession: I once replaced my regular blog with a blog by my cat because I had a friend who hated it when I posted about my cat. I thought it would be funny.
The thing lasted about four hours before the thought of it drove me nuts. I tore it down and put my regular blog back up. My friend never even saw it.
Lesson learned: don’t attempt to play practical jokes if you can’t stand the joke in the first place.
You find the strangest things on the internets…
Then again, thats probably a gross understatement. http://halt-near-x.com/images/smileys/wink.gif
I love the new look of your blog!
On Jan 21, 2008, PlantingOaks said:
Argh, no kidding on the animal’s perspective thing. This is so prevalent with dogs, it’s hard to find solid information without running into ‘my humans got me the bestest treats…’ Drives me nuts.
Sorry for the rant. You touched a pet peeve. I’m definetly looking into the links you listed.