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What's Your Take: "Human" Names For Pets?
While traveling with my parents several years back, they made some "grown-up" friends at the resort. Later, running into one woman by the pool, my mom introduced me. The woman's response upon hearing my name: "Ohhh, that's my dog's name."
What's Your Take: Jon Gosselin's Dog Treatment Comment?
It's not uncommon to have some exasperation and exaggeration when describing a pet but, if talking to strangers, you have to assume every word will be taken literally. Jon Gosselin described his family's interaction with their two dogs to People:
Those kids beat them up, climb on them, pull their tails, bite at them, drag them around and everything you can imagine not to do to an animal, they've done.
There was then so much outcry — dozens of complaints to the local Humane Society of Berks County, Pa — that he issued a second statement:
Whenever my kids are with Shoka and Nala, everyone is carefully supervised to ensure that no one – dog or child – is injured.
What's Your Take: Korea Clones Glow-in-the-Dark Doggies?
It seems that Korea just can't get enough of cloning, and this time it includes sea anemones and beagles. What does one have to do with the other, you ask? Normally nothing, but recently scientists have incorporated a glowing protein into a set of cloned beagles that makes them glow under infrared light.
What's Your Take: Should Dog Walkers Be Licensed?
Sadly, a pup can't tattle if there were too many other dogs on his walk or if it was 20 minutes shorter than you were paying for, but it's hard for me to understand how licensing dog walkers would help regulate this industry. Despite also popping up in 2007, the news in SF is that considering a required license is back on the table.The idea is that San Francisco's Recreation and Park Department is facing some serious budgetary cuts and hope that forcing dog walkers to pay for a license would help the city recoup some of that money to fix the parks and other public spaces the dogs are using. On one hand, I would like more accountability for anyone I was entrusting with my lil guy but, in a city very limited in pet-friendly areas (compared to NYC), I'd want to see quite a few more dog runs open up before totally backing funds going towards this organization.
Would You Provide Doggie's DNA to Stop Unscooped Poop?
I stoop to scoop and think all dog owners should too! I've already shared my frustration about those less responsible pet parents out there and was intrigued by this new plan in the city of Petah Tikva, Israel.
Dog owners are asked to stop in a vet's office to leave a mouth swab sample – the docs then can create a doggie DNA database to properly ID those messes left on the street.
What's Your Take: Is This Officer Heartless or Doing His Job?
It's rare when I'm so furious I can't even talk . . .What's Your Take: Is It OK to Look?
My friend made a deep, dark confession to me the other day. She told me that she made a profile on an online dating site, and sat down nightly to peek at her potential matches in her inbox. She no longer has issues with online dating, but she's ashamed that instead of paying for the full service and actually giving it a try, she's checking out the basic profiles of the guys who might fit her ideals just to make herself feel better about her current (post-breakup) situation.
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Fantastic Mr. Fox: Lives Up to Its Title
For the past five years, Wes Anderson's wide fan base has been waiting for his first fully animated film. Would his adaption of Roald Dahl's children's book, Fantastic Mr. Fox appease the same crowd that holds Bottle Rocket and The Royal Tenenbaums near and dear to their hearts? The answer is an emphatic yes, and the best news is that you don't even have to enjoy Anderson's other work to fall in love with this film.
Buzz Gift Guide: The Guy's Guy
I've gone over several holiday gift ideas, including suggestions for the geekier dude in your life — but what about the one who enjoys throwing back a couple beers with friends and reciting The Hangover? (OK, so I like to do that, too). He's a guy's guy, and for him I've picked out the full series of The Wire on DVD, an Ari Gold-inspired shot glass, and a t-shirt that pays tribute to the ultimate man's man, Bear Grylls.
Me and Orson Welles: A Likeable Film For Theater-Lovers
Zac Efron can act, people! Okay, so he's not going to win an Oscar for his performance in Me and Orson Welles, but he does take a step away from the tween territory of High School Musical and 17 Again to prove that he can hold his own among more experienced performers.
Efron stars as the "Me" in Me and Orson Welles, an over confident aspiring young actor named Richard whose only prior work includes a couple of high school productions — until he lucks into a bit part in Welles's stage production of Julius Caesar.
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