With all the nutritional products marketed to cats and dogs, including vitamins, you must wonder if a cat really needs any of this. Lots of people wonder if cats need vitamin C, for instance, since it is so important for humans. Even a basic knowledge of nutrition will tell you that there is no vitamin […]
NO, You Can’t Feed Your Cat a Vegan Diet
In June of 2014, the image of an article started circulating on Facebook. The headline read “Vegan” Kitten Nearly Dies.” Is it true? Did a kitten nearly die from being fed a vegan diet? Yes, this report was a real one. It was an article that had been published in Australia’s Herald Sun on July […]
We May Soon Have A Cancer Vaccine!
In the video below, Hank Green of the SciShow talks about an exciting new development in cancer treatment: A potential cancer vaccine. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have been working on two novel immune-stimulating agents. They have injected these agents into the solid tumors of mice and found that the agents eliminated all traces of cancer […]
What is the Official State Snack of Maine?
During my first visit to Maine (which I loved, by the way), we had some lobster (or lobstah), which I didn’t care for, not being a lobster fan. We also had some great pie, picked some fresh blueberries and made blueberry cobbler, and enjoyed many other treats. I also got some Moxie soda and enjoyed […]
The Worm in the Tequila Bottle
I remember a scene in the movie Poltergeist II where Craig T. Nelson’s character is chugging (yes, chugging) a bottle of Tequila. Or was it Mescal? At the bottom of the bottle was a big worm. It reminded me of the catawba worms we used to use as fishing bait, back home. When he reached […]
Does Sugar Cause Your Kids to be Hyperactive?
Dad is enjoying a night out with the kids. Dad, Billy, and Joey scarf down some hamburgers and french fries, enjoy a kick-butt action movie (don’t tell mom) and, for the piece de resistance, they stop off at the ice cream parlor for some loaded hot fudge sundaes. Dad doesn’t know it, but he’s in […]