What a handsome boy Buddy is! I also liked that the clip doesn't have a cheap Hollywood happy ending: Buddy doesn't get the strip in the end because that's life.. You win some strips, you lose some.
As a retiree on a small fixed income I try to be prudently (not miserly) frugal and had planned to subscribe to Unsheathed next month, but Buddy's photos and story made me react emotionally ("gotta help Buddy get his Turkey tail mushroom dose regularly!"). Would a man in my situation, even one as much of a dog lover as I am, react in the same way? Probably not. He'd have waited until next month. That's why I am not sure at all that women-- most women-- should have the right to vote...Not many men either, come to think of it.. A test of IQ and emotional stability is needed.....
Ariadna, I completely relate to you on the voting issue. Like you, I have not voted in years...
I think of it like this: First women got the right to vote. Then, over time, the value of everyone's votes became less meaningful- in part because, as more and more women took up voting, emotional appeals attracted more votes than did sound policies. Then women like you and me recognized the futility of the whole exercise, and stopped voting, effectively "losing our votes."
So much for Women's Suffrage.
But there's another way to look at it. We all know that Jews make up a very small fraction of the general voting population - 2%? Yet they have out-sized influence in politics. I know there is the gerrymandering factor, but I always use this simple fact to remind myself that my real influence in the world does not come from going into a voting booth once every 4 years.
My real power comes from understanding what my role is - and playing it to the hilt.
Thank you but I am a poor choice. I have not voted in years, convinced that voting, as someone said, "only encourages them," and I am an ex-pat living in South America.
Thank you above all for your work on this site which is very important and whiich you do so well.
Julian Macfarlane tried to copy you posting a picture of “Pierre,” a French alpine kid. Cute, no argument, but just a pretty face…
I don't fall for goats, adult or underage. Will continue to follow JM (whose analyses I appreciate), but without buying coffee for any caprine sentimental crook that should not have coffee or any human food anyway.
If I were JM and all I had to work with was a goat I’d give its bio as “a goat raised by dogs that, believe or not, barks!”
But that’s just me...
PS. Thanks for the info on Tail of turkey, which I shared with my friends, all indignant about the silence of organized medicine when it comes to natural remedies that cannot be patented by the pharma sharks.
Thank you for that information. I had never heard of that danger, and there are lots of oak trees around here. So sorry for your dogs and your experience. Heartbreaking.
I honestly don't know much at all about mushrooms, except that there is a lot to know. I had a few conversations with a mushroom guru in Miami who seemed to know a lot so, just now, I did a search in order to give you his link, but I didn't find him. I did find another guy who had an interesting website to say the least, who seems to know a lot about mushrooms--especially the magic kind--and who claims to have cured his mother of cancer using turkey tail. So, here's his link: https://realitysandwich.com/paul-stamets/
But I do have this anecdote regarding preparation: one of the times I had run out of capsules (there was an unaccountably long delay in the shipping from Canada--I'm talking weeks) I remembered they are supposed to grow wild nearly everywhere. I spent parts of two days searching wooded areas around where I live, but found nothing.
The next day, I was spraying for spiders around the house and there, about two feet from the foundation, was a whole patch of turkey tail I'd never noticed. I cut some (raw, they are like leather), sliced them and sauteed them with diced tomatoes, butter, garlic, serrano peppers, and thyme and put it one a plate with a dollop of goat cheese. They were really delicious and I resented the hell out of Buddy because I only got a couple of bites and he got the rest.
Buddy was already well into his decline, at that point. The next morning, he bounced me awake in my bed. The first thing I thought as I was waking up was, wow, he hasn't done this since he was a puppy. Then I remembered I'd given him the fresh turkey tail the night before. That's how dramatic the impact was from the fresh ones.
What a handsome boy Buddy is! I also liked that the clip doesn't have a cheap Hollywood happy ending: Buddy doesn't get the strip in the end because that's life.. You win some strips, you lose some.
As a retiree on a small fixed income I try to be prudently (not miserly) frugal and had planned to subscribe to Unsheathed next month, but Buddy's photos and story made me react emotionally ("gotta help Buddy get his Turkey tail mushroom dose regularly!"). Would a man in my situation, even one as much of a dog lover as I am, react in the same way? Probably not. He'd have waited until next month. That's why I am not sure at all that women-- most women-- should have the right to vote...Not many men either, come to think of it.. A test of IQ and emotional stability is needed.....
Ariadna, I completely relate to you on the voting issue. Like you, I have not voted in years...
I think of it like this: First women got the right to vote. Then, over time, the value of everyone's votes became less meaningful- in part because, as more and more women took up voting, emotional appeals attracted more votes than did sound policies. Then women like you and me recognized the futility of the whole exercise, and stopped voting, effectively "losing our votes."
So much for Women's Suffrage.
But there's another way to look at it. We all know that Jews make up a very small fraction of the general voting population - 2%? Yet they have out-sized influence in politics. I know there is the gerrymandering factor, but I always use this simple fact to remind myself that my real influence in the world does not come from going into a voting booth once every 4 years.
My real power comes from understanding what my role is - and playing it to the hilt.
LOL, I would gladly assign all the votes in my county to you. Make that Los Angeles County. Thank you very much.
Thank you but I am a poor choice. I have not voted in years, convinced that voting, as someone said, "only encourages them," and I am an ex-pat living in South America.
Thank you above all for your work on this site which is very important and whiich you do so well.
Julian Macfarlane tried to copy you posting a picture of “Pierre,” a French alpine kid. Cute, no argument, but just a pretty face…
I don't fall for goats, adult or underage. Will continue to follow JM (whose analyses I appreciate), but without buying coffee for any caprine sentimental crook that should not have coffee or any human food anyway.
If I were JM and all I had to work with was a goat I’d give its bio as “a goat raised by dogs that, believe or not, barks!”
But that’s just me...
PS. Thanks for the info on Tail of turkey, which I shared with my friends, all indignant about the silence of organized medicine when it comes to natural remedies that cannot be patented by the pharma sharks.
thank you. I wish I would have known this 5 years ago and will look into turkey tail mushrooms
I had two pugs who ingested poison yellow cap mushrooms in our yard. Apparently, they are very tasty, but deadly.
Both dogs died terrible deaths within a couple of days. Nothing could be done.
Watch your area, especially around old oak trees.
Thank you for that information. I had never heard of that danger, and there are lots of oak trees around here. So sorry for your dogs and your experience. Heartbreaking.
What brand(s) of capsule do you use? There's the expected conflicting info on the net.
Right now I'm getting them from a company called Piping Rock, though honestly I've never been able to see a difference between brands
Hi, thanks for the note.
I honestly don't know much at all about mushrooms, except that there is a lot to know. I had a few conversations with a mushroom guru in Miami who seemed to know a lot so, just now, I did a search in order to give you his link, but I didn't find him. I did find another guy who had an interesting website to say the least, who seems to know a lot about mushrooms--especially the magic kind--and who claims to have cured his mother of cancer using turkey tail. So, here's his link: https://realitysandwich.com/paul-stamets/
But I do have this anecdote regarding preparation: one of the times I had run out of capsules (there was an unaccountably long delay in the shipping from Canada--I'm talking weeks) I remembered they are supposed to grow wild nearly everywhere. I spent parts of two days searching wooded areas around where I live, but found nothing.
The next day, I was spraying for spiders around the house and there, about two feet from the foundation, was a whole patch of turkey tail I'd never noticed. I cut some (raw, they are like leather), sliced them and sauteed them with diced tomatoes, butter, garlic, serrano peppers, and thyme and put it one a plate with a dollop of goat cheese. They were really delicious and I resented the hell out of Buddy because I only got a couple of bites and he got the rest.
Buddy was already well into his decline, at that point. The next morning, he bounced me awake in my bed. The first thing I thought as I was waking up was, wow, he hasn't done this since he was a puppy. Then I remembered I'd given him the fresh turkey tail the night before. That's how dramatic the impact was from the fresh ones.