To some, a howling dog portends death and destruction. But to those with creative persuasion, a howl inspires artistic excellence. Allen Ginsberg launched his poetry career on a poem called “Howl” and a throng of horror film makers built a strong following making werewolf films. One filmmaker of note in that area is Joe Dante […]
You’ve seen and heard stories about dogs doing nasty things in public. Even trained dogs go off their rocker sometimes. That’s why you can’t blame some people to call dogs stupid animals– especially if they poop in public. No matter how much you toilet train your dog if it catches diarrhea, there’s no way you […]
We don’t like dogs that can’t learn tricks fast—at least the simple ones. For some reason, we all want pet dogs because we want to teach them a trick or two. It is said the easiest trick you can teach your dog is to make it follow you around. That one doesn’t need much training […]
You have seen tons of reality videos showing people in various stages of public humiliation. And the most shameful of these is a dog humping somebody’s pants. There’s nothing shameful about the act per se– it’s the act of doing it in public. Why do dogs hump anything Some curious theories why dogs hump are: […]
You can’t imagine a dog that doesn’t pant. Dogs have a charming way of doing it that easily wins us over. It’s what they do if they don’t bark or sniff. We take dog panting for granted since it’s the most natural thing in the world. But whether you like it or not, there certain […]
Before you think of beer and whisky, you ought to know that there are generally two kinds of alcohol: the first group is called the […]
Sometimes when we have been staring at the computer screen for too long, or we have been awake for too many hours, our eyelids would start twitching. This involuntary muscle movement can be caused by tiredness and stress, and will probably go away after a good eight-hour sleep. However, there are times when the eyelid twitching won’t stop, or the eyeball itself is twitching involuntarily. These are the times when […]
It used to be CD players, and then came portable MP3 players. Now, as microtechnology advances further, the iPod has replaced these bulky music players. Apple’s iPod models from classic to Nano and Shuffle is often used by joggers, teens, and college students to carry their files around. This small device is packed with a hard drive that can store music from iTunes as well as images, documents, and even […]
Just like any device, laptops generate heat. They already have a cooling system in place, but because of their small size, the cooling system is also small, and sometimes inadequate in cooling down the laptop’s processor. However, a laptop’s bottom can get so hot it can burn one’s skin. Why does this happen? Blocked Air Vent One cause of a laptop heating up is the inadequate air flow through the […]
When we think of pain in one’s breast we immediately think of breast cancer. Why else would it be painful? Breast cancer, however, does not choose the side it grows on. When we only feel pain on the left side of our breast, it may signify something else other than cancer. On the left side of our chest lies the lower end of the heart. Whenever the heart beats, the […]
Feeling pain in the left side of the body can be a sign of inflammation in one of the organs located there. The left side has the following organs from below the rib cage to the hip: the lower end of the heart, the left lung, the stomach, part of the liver, the pancreas, the adrenal glands, the spleen, parts of the small and large intestines, the left kidney, and […]
Abdominal pain is a common medical problem. It can be caused by something eaten, or by viral infection. When the pain, however, becomes severe or chronic, then it may be a sign of something serious. The location of the pain can signify which of the organs or which part of the abdomen is inflamed. When the pain is felt in the left lower abdomen, it can be a problem in […]
Stretching and cracking our necks and back feels good when we feel tired or stressed after working hard or staying in one position for a long period. In some cases, we accidentally crack our necks and back when we do stretching and yoga exercises. In both situations, cracking our necks will not normally cause pain. The cracking simply relieves the pressure in our joints created by tense muscles and too […]
Our nose is one of the few parts of our body that has a lot of nerves and blood vessels in it. It is often exposed to pollutants such as dirt and smoke. In response, the nose produces mucus to filter these pollutants before they reach the airways and the lungs. Aside from the mucus, the nasal passage also has tiny hairs (cilla) growing inside the lining of the passageway. […]
In every woman, there is a pair of gonads that lie nestled in their pelvic region. These are the ovaries, the makers of egg cells. Ovaries float so near the entrance to the falliopian tubes. Each time an egg cell matures, the surface of the ovary ruptures and releases the cell. It floats towards the tube and rolls towards the uterus. This process is called ovulation, which does not usually […]
It used to be normal to run a personal computer on just 128mb of memory. Oh, those were the days! Now operating systems like Windows require at least 512mb of memory before it can run on your computer. And even when you have 512mb, you would probably need to upgrade to 1gb or higher so you can run memory-hogging applications without your computer lagging, or freezing up. With each version […]