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Today's daily Parker
Back when Evanston allowed dogs on restaurant and bar patios, Parker and I visited Tommy Nevin's Pub a lot. Sometimes there wouldn't be room on the patio per se, so I'd sit just inside. He, of course,...
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I thought to end the two-week run of Parker puppy photos with one of a game he invented. When he put the ball right between his paws like that, my job was to try grabbing it from him. He would try to...
View ArticleStudying how dogs age
How did I miss this Times article from November?Lab tests can tell how old a human is just from the pattern of methylation. Thanks to this research, the same can be done for dogs. The results will help...
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Not my dogs
I just wanted to shout out to two dogs I've been able to hang out with this week. On Wednesday I watched my neighbors' dog Sophie for the day. She really didn't care that I don't allow dogs on the...
View ArticleStatistics: 2020
What a bizarre year. Just looking at last year's numbers, it almost doesn't make sense to compare, but what the hell:Last year I flew the fewest air-miles in 20 years; this year, I flew the fewest...
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Reminder from OneDrive
Microsoft has started sending little reminders of things that happened "on this day," no doubt taking cues from Google Timeline and Facebook Memories. But I did enjoy getting a reminder that I took...
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I miss this guy
Parker would have turned 15 today. I'm of course very glad to have Cassie, but I do miss my bête noir quite a bit.
View ArticleSettling in a bit TOO well
Someone—I won't say who—gained 3 kilos since she arrived at my house in March. That's a 12% increase. Will she notice when I cut her kibble by 10% until she's back down to 23½ kilos?And no, I didn't...
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Statistics: 2021
After the whipsaw between 2019 and 2020, I'm happy 2021 came out within a standard deviation of the mean on most measures:In 2020, I flew the fewest air miles ever. In 2021, my 11,868 miles and five...
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A little discomfort now, a lot more comfort later
Despite the forecast of 200+ mm of snow overnight, we got about 50 over here. O'Hare reported 100 mm of snow on the ground at 6am, which again didn't even come close to the dire warnings we got Friday...
View ArticleFifteen minutes of voting
Even with Chicago's 1,642 judges on the ballot ("Shall NERDLY McSNOOD be retained as a circuit court judge in Cook County?"), I still got in and out of my polling place in about 15 minutes. It helped...
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Twenty Five Years
The Daily Parker began as a joke-of-the-day engine at the newly-established braverman.org on 13 May 1998. This will be my 8,907th post since 1998 and my 8,710th since 13 November 2005. And according to...
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If you love dogs, get a mutt
Cognitive scientist Alexandra Horowitz, author of the excellent book on dog psychology Inside of a Dog, explains how breeding dogs for specific characteristics inflicts pain and suffering on the...
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