Word: pets
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...would be hilariously awkward! I’ve had it many times. And Disney is so uncool, it becomes cool. This is a thing I like to tell myself.As for the angsty thing—I’ve got plenty of my own inner angst. My list of pet peeves, as you could see, is pretty extensive. Statistically, if you’re reading this at a table filled with people, I probably hate around 50 percent of them. Odds are good its you.So when it’s 12:08 p.m. and I’m stuck behind...
...name for “Avian Learning Experiment,” Alex was hardly your typical lab rat. Soaring far beyond “Polly want a cracker,” Alex cracked open an expansive body of knowledge about avian intelligence. After being randomly selected at a Chicago pet store, Alex revolutionized what we know about parrots’ cognitive capacities: he was able to identify 50 different objects, seven colors, five shapes, quantities up to six, and concepts of category, among other things. “He redefined the term birdbrain.” Pepperberg says...
...lets students create a profile and send out invitations asking for sponsors to pledge whatever they please for each A - $1, $2 or more. Sponsors can also donate by subject area, giving money to students who ace, say, organic chemistry or film studies. For example, ZooToo.com, a website for pet enthusiasts, is GradeFund's first corporate sponsor, pledging $15 to the first 100 students each semester who submit proof that they have earned an A in veterinary medicine...
...Food Is Back. For the first time in years, pet foods have reappeared on the shelves of our neighborhood convenience store. This is an indicator established by Salah Mahmoud, one of TIME's translators in the Iraqi capital, who told me in the summer of 2003, "Let them start selling dog food at Wardah Supermarket; then I'll know life is getting better." Salah had a German shepherd, and dog food had been an unobtainable luxury during the 12 years Iraq had been under U.N. economic sanctions. (See pictures of life returning to the streets of Iraq...
...panels that now runs along the top of the grave walls into which Spaniards bury coffins and urns alike. "If you're one of those people who thinks all cemeteries should look like castles, draped in shadows, then maybe you won't like this one," the 46-year-old pet shop owner admits. "But I think it looks modern...