I posted this on another thread but it will serve well here too. This article is all about the misidentification of 'pit bull' dogs, especially in rescue and in shelters. The tendency to categorize a dog as a pit bull in rescue is unfortunately even higher if the dog has behavioural problems. :(

Beautiful pup. :)

Haha I know, that was my first thought too, but then I remembered Ontario. They're a pretty big part of Canada and they're making us all look bad. :(

Pitbulls, like many other breeds (rotweilers, dobermans, huskies, german shepherds, bulldogs) have a tendency to be dominant. Although not all pitbulls (or any of the other breeds I just mentioned) are dominant by nature, these breeds are considered 'power breeds' because a higher percentage of the breed has dominant…

Not all of Canada. Ontario for sure, and apparently Winnipeg (didn't know about that one), but other parts of Canada have been lifting breed-specific bans (like Alberta for example).

Maybe I am a difficult twat then, because ever since I was told it sounded meek I've generally refrained from saying it as well as writing it. I am aware that most people speak differently than they write, all I was getting at was that having my academic writing corrected made me more conscious of those particular…

It's funny, but University trained the 'I feel like' and 'I think' right out of me. It was always corrected when I wrote it in an academic context, generally accompanied by the advice that it made my writing sound meek and passive. I've since dropped it both in written and spoken language.

Ugh, I think most new babies are ugly. Usually by about six months or so that shit works itself out (the veiny faces, squished heads, and overall ugliness I mean), but even then some babies are still ugly. That being said, North West is a cute baby. Puffy cheeks, a little cute tuft of hair, none of that…

"Maybe if Marie Curie hadn’t been so careful and cautious about radiation poisoning, she’d have made more headway with her research on radioactivity. Oh, wait..."

I think you made the right call too. Fact of the matter is, if that's what you want out of life, that doesn't make you a bad person, and holding out for someone who wants the same things out of life that makes you a smart person. I have a friend who continually gets stuck in these long, drawn out, emotionally…

My husband and I have been talking about having kids and when talking to any of our friends (with kids) about this, you'd think they were witnessing some ignorant person have some life-altering epiphany (wow, you finally get it! Your life will be so awesome now!). The funniest part about it? We have NOT had that…

Thank you for this! I loved this story so much. The made-for-tv half hour long episode was actually better though, they broke down the video, interviewed people who were there, talked to animal behaviourists, and I think (if I'm thinking of the right episode) even talked to the boy (he's grown now). I love animals.…

I ended up hooking up with a guy I worked with who was early 40s when I was 19 - he wanted more out of the relationship but I kind of freaked out cause I was hella commitment-phobic. Flash forward a year and he ends up in a serious relationship with a woman closer to his age, and I was heartbroken and kicking myself.…

If you like animal stories, there's a couple shows on PetTV and Animal Planet about animals who heroically save humans (just to show the flip side of the awesomeness of animals). One of my favourites was the story of a gorilla who saved a young child who fell into her enclosure - so awesome. I think the gorilla was…

True... before my husband and I got together I dated a guy who was about 15 years older than me (basically the same age as my husband is now, only I was 6 years younger) and I remember him thinking that was so traumatizing. I'm always tempted to remind him that he's now the same age that guy was then, so I can bug…

Even then I tend to disagree, but I've always liked older men. ;)

Any day someone on the internet actually makes me laugh out loud, I call that a win. Thanks for that.

It wasn't 20 years ago! I was 13! Oh god... it is actually closer to 20 years than I'd like to admit... thanks for that.

Seeing as my husband is almost 10 years older than me - no to #1.

I think you'd have better luck with febreeze or something like that for the kitchen (they have Vanilla I'm pretty sure, although I've never bought it because of the above-mentioned reasons). I use those Airwick plug in ones, they work pretty good, but make sure you put them in front of a plug in that you will pass by…