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Thursday, August 15, 2013

This makes me feel not the smartest!

This 8th grade exam from 1912 is getting some press lately and I can see why! I bet a lot of 8th graders today would fail this with flying colors! I am not even sure I could pass it. I don't know who settled Maryland. The test was donated to the Bullitt County History Museum. The staff has kindly come up with possible answers for the test which you can find on another page. I did like 5 questions and it made me feel stupid so I had to stop! No cheating now!


Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Find the Pit Bull




This is always interesting to see what types of dogs look similar to what people consider pit bulls! I have seen statistics in the past where the percent of dogs identified as pitbulls by experts in the field is usually much higher than what is accurate. I also know that mastiffs (and other similar looking breeds) have been euthanized because of BSL when they have been misidentified as "pit bull type" dogs. So while I don't own a pitbull I do have a mastiff and would hate for someone to judge her based on looks. I have nothing against pitbulls, but love my mastiff! 99.9% of the time it is the owner not the breed. Actually I would say closer to 100% of the time! When there are inherent issues that can not be tied to the owners (which happens in every breed know to man) it usually goes back to improper breeding that shouldn't have happened in the first place. Which once again goes back to the humans that are breeding them for the wrong reasons. Thank you for the applause I will now get off my soap box!
 Find the Pit Bull
 

Thursday, August 1, 2013

My life may never be the same!

Santa reads "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to his raccoon. Yes I said raccoon!