Yes..I never got super pukey either..just queasy all the time for the first 13 weeks. Here's hoping for an easy ride for you!

The standards absolutely do refer to a look. So many inches from floor to shoulder. So many inches from shoulder to flank. Muzzle must have a certain shape. Coat, a certain color and length. etc.

Absolutely. There is absolutely no mandate by the AKC for breeders to test the health of their dogs before breeding (or in the case of German Shepherds, xrays for joint health). By contrast, the club in Germany has been requiring xrays to prevent dysplasia amongst German Shepherds since 1971.

No. Disagree 100%. It is exactly the AKC standards that have caused this freakish distortion of anatomy; indeed the Bulldog pictured above IS to "breed standard."

Oh my lord yes. I've always hated the AKC for this reason - these ridiculous "standards" that focus purely on a "look" rather than the utility the dogs were bred for in the first place. It's started to change over the past several years, but the damage has been done.

Yep. Can't come up with anything better than that.

Ok but, did the researchers also take into consideration that dogs are pack animals and cats aren't? It's pretty absurd to compare them - they have completely different social structures.

You do if an enormous intellect is sexy to you. It is to me. Tatum Channing? Yawn. Give me an enormous brain over a chiseled stomach any day.

He is weirdly embryonic looking...but he grows on you. It's partly his voice, which is deep and British, but it's mostly his performance as Sherlock. If you've never seen it, it's not to be missed.

No. No. No. No. No. NO.

I don't think Madonna was into macrobioics when Lourdes was born - I believe she got into it a bit later.

The human body is exquisitely designed to be adaptive. Our teeth are well designed to eat a wide variety of diets, from all meat and fat to entirely plant based.

I'm not referring to the "developing world." I'm talking about Alicia Silverstone (referenced by the OP). Alicia Silverstone is macrobiotic. Chewing is big in macrobiotics.

Yes. The only time my husband has ever come close to striking me was when I kept trying to pop a giant zit on his back. It was like it was calling me..drove me nuts for a while.

Congratulations. I didn't think I'd ever see anything more disgusting than this.

I have a really hard time with PETA as well, but I do have to respect them for one reason: they are the only ones dedicated enough to go undercover to bring the rest of us videos of what really goes on on a factory farm.

Chewing is not the same as food processing.

Agreed. I am a vegan who served my family turkey. Of course, most of the sides were vegan, but I didn't tell them that.

That is some nauseating shit right there. I'm sort of dreading sending my kids off to school.

Forget about the photos - the words. Oh my God, the words. Intense.