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Cat Owners Explain How Cat Body Language Is Often Misinterpreted By 'Dog People' Apparently, people like to say that cats are evil.

Cat Owners Explain How Cat Body Language Is Often Misinterpreted By 'Dog People'

So much so that it made tumblr user Rabbit In Headlights post a rant, trying to put an end to this myth once and for all. “I feel like the reason certain dog-lovers insist cats are evil is because they read their body language as if they were dogs,” Rabbit In Headlights started their post, adding what they called “a very basic guide to common ‘mean’ things cats do that actually aren’t mean at all.” I’m sure that dog owners and cat owners can get along and respect each other’s pets.

After all, they share an immense love for animals. Let’s hope this post helps them to put their differences aside. Image credits: rabbitinheadlights. I Love David Lynch’s Dune in Spite of Its Faults. I turned seven the year Star Wars celebrated its 20th anniversary.

I Love David Lynch’s Dune in Spite of Its Faults

The space opera film trilogy’s re-release on VHS turned into a three-night movie event in my house, which in turn spawned my lifelong love affair with the franchise. I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration. The Times is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay. We have done so at the request of the author, a senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us and whose job would be jeopardized by its disclosure.

Prior to the invention of eyeglasses around 1300, what did people with poor eyesight do for a living? : AskHistorians. How Disney added a spoonful of saccharine to Mary Poppins – Valerie Lawson's Dancelines. This article was published in The Sunday Times today, 27 October, 2013 Pamela Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins, spent her long life searching for connections, looking for love, travelling the world and seeking comfort from gurus, medics and mystics.

How Disney added a spoonful of saccharine to Mary Poppins – Valerie Lawson's Dancelines

In old age she became a guru herself but she never recovered from the loss of her father at an early age and, despite several intense love affairs with both men and women, she never married. It's 'highly likely' Elon Musk spent over $20K on hair transplant surgery, doctor says. Elon Musk has come a long way from his days as the CEO of PayPal, and so has his hairline.

It's 'highly likely' Elon Musk spent over $20K on hair transplant surgery, doctor says

According to Dr. Why Does the School Day End 2 Hours Before the Workday? The X In Xmas Is Really About Jesus Christ. Here’s a holiday surprise that only the dictionary can provide.

The X In Xmas Is Really About Jesus Christ

Do you find the word Xmas, as an abbreviation for Christmas, offensive? Many people do, but the origin of this controversial term might change your mind! You won’t find Xmas in church songbooks or even on many greeting cards. In the name of love: Ten profound U2 lyrics about Christian faith. If God Only Made Male & Female, What About Intersex? I think I’ve heard the phrase “in the beginning God made them male and female” a hundred times in response to the sex/gender discussions of our time.

If God Only Made Male & Female, What About Intersex?

The phrase works like a trump card to win a theological discussion on anything from LGBTQ issues to how Target should organize their toys. However, each time I hear someone say “God made male and female” as if that’s all he made, the question that comes to my mind each time is: “What about those whose bodies are intersex?” Why I Submit to My Wife (It Honors God) History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places. Has Trump finally gone too far? (Opinion) - CNN.com. More Than 150 Republican Leaders Don’t Support Donald Trump. Here’s When They Reached Their Breaking Point. The Particle Adventure. Cost of living: How far will my salary go in another city? We Have Met the Nerds, and They Are Us: Fandom, Fanfic, and the Landscape of ... My family and I recently attended one of those big fandom conventions that dot the American cultural scene.

We Have Met the Nerds, and They Are Us: Fandom, Fanfic, and the Landscape of ...

I actually study fandom and fan cultures (yeah, I love my job), and the experience definitely left a strong impression. This was my second big con. Why We Sleep Together. With a guest in town occupying the second bedroom of our Manhattan apartment, my three-year-old son, a notorious sideways sleeper, bunked with my pregnant wife and me.

Why We Sleep Together

Too many snores and little feet in the back of my neck, I relocated to the sofa, where I was blessed with the best night’s sleep I’ve had in months. As a self-diagnosed insomniac, a good night’s rest for me lasts anywhere from three to five hours. 66 Facts You May Not Have Known About The English Language  The English language is, quite literally, the greatest language in the world.

66 Facts You May Not Have Known About The English Language 

Great in terms of size - the current edition of the Oxford English Dictionary contains 615,000 entries. Great in terms of scope — it’s an official language in seventy-nine countries and territories. Fourth wall. Speaking directly to or otherwise acknowledging the audience through a camera in a film or television program, or through this imaginary wall in a play, is referred to as "breaking the fourth wall" and is considered a technique of metafiction, as it penetrates the boundaries normally set up by works of fiction.[1][4] This can also occur in literature and video games when a character acknowledges the reader or player.

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