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Low ratings aside, there's nothing on Cute Things Falling Asleep that isn't adorable. One visit and the site will have you cooing like a 12-year-old girl at a petting zoo.
Limits of Liberation I have a question for Ingrid Newkirk, founder of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) [Nov. 3]: Does owning an animal, or holding and petting it, deprive it of liberty? Mark Dymiotis, Melbourne
GOP conclaves work like the docile old horse at the petting zoo. The old mare plods along a path it knows well, the kid is happy riding and the show ends right on schedule with no surprises. Sure, the wealthy pro-choice donors who fund the GOP occasionally break into...
It's a bit like flipping from cable soft-core straight to Masterpiece Theatre. Siddhartha, "under the spell of liquor and love," is petting concubines one day; the next, disgusted with it all, he's galloping on his noble steed Kánthaka far away from his father's opulent...
But if a shot of oxytocin is what you want, there are other, more natural ways to boost the hormone's production. Massage, petting a dog, even eating food with a friend can trigger the chemical's release, says Zak. So can sensorimotor, or "mind-body," therapies, like breathing exercises...