Bob Marley
My parents got a new dog today (a four year old labradoodle). He is currently getting settled into bed in my room as we speak. Harriet is on dog look out. They have sniffed each other, but Harriet is rightfully still dubious.
She is so spoiled. You probably give her eight pieces of kleenex a day.
—Carolyn Kolb (describing Harriet)
(Source: icanread)
Today is Endangered Species Day
“Once believed to be extinct, black-footed ferrets are slowly recovering with the help of captive breeding programs. This photo of a mother and her four kits was taken in a “preconditioning pen” at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Center in Colorado where captive bred ferrets learn to survive in their natural habitat before being released into the wild at reintroduction sites. Photo by Mike Lockhart.”
(via discoverynews)
The sound of silence
is all the instruction
You’ll get
—Jack Kerouac, Book of Haikus
I am really sad that Twilight is on this list.
(Joshua Pederson: note the placement of The Lord of the Rings)
“Top 10 Most Read Books in the World”. Visual News makes a bar chart to compare the top ten books in the world, based from a report from the website Squidoo. The infographic shows that 3.9 billion Bibles have been printed and the Bible is the most read book in the world.
Top 10 Biggest Brain Damaging Habits
1. No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level.This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.
2. Overreacting
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.
3. Smoking
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.
4. High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.
5. Air Pollution
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.
6. Sleep Deprivation
Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain
7. Head covered while sleeping
Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.
8. Working your brain during illness
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.
9. Talking Rarely
Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.
10. Lacking in stimulating thoughts
Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.
(via discoverynews)
Harriet Throw-back: Here is Harriet as a month old rat, right after I got her. She was a little inexperienced when I got her, to put it nicely. She was able to eat solid food but that was her only skill. To make a long story short she got pretty sick due to sleeping in her ceramic food bowl at night (immature decision making). Afterwards I decided to feed her pediasure (pictured) which eventually made her a little pudgy. She was adorable. She still is.
Side note: Harriet received a beret from her aunt Carrie. There will be some French Harriet pictures to come!
Here is Harriet at her first picnic, last summer. I am hoping for more Harriet filled picnics this summer! She is enjoying some sunshine and a sun chip at this particular moment.
More importantly I wanted to draw particular attention to the fact that Harriet has spent the majority of this cinco de mayo, if you will, preparing for the reunion between herself (Harriet Louise Beitzel) and Carolyn M. Kolb which will be taking place tomorrow. Harriet is currently practicing a jig….
Harriet prepares for Cinco de Mayo.
As a side note I would like to draw particular attention to the photo in which Harriet is slouching away. I think that reaction sums up her feelings towards the hat.
