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Things Humans Don’t Understand
You must go OUT when you are IN,and IN when you are OUT.For a super secret reason,you sometimes have to shout. The things you like to eat the most —your always-go-to faves?One day you change your mind and thenthat stuff’s not what you crave. I could go on and on and on;there’s ever so much… Continue reading
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Wag Tails’ Burden
Humans need some supervision(shouldn’t make their own decisions).Sometimes I must pause my chewingjust to check on what they’re doing Busy busy day and night;I have to check to see they’re right.If left alone they waste their time,ignoring things that should be prime. They usually do the things they oughtta,but forget, and then I gottagive a… Continue reading
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September 2
The day after September 2, 1752 — it was a Wednesday — was September 14. At least it was in Great Britain and all the British colonies. That was the day of the big switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. The two calendars were off by 11 days at the time (the amount… Continue reading
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All in a day’s work
Hayley and Iplay wrestle and chaseAnd we sniff aroundeach little bit of our place. It also takes someof our time just to manageOur family humans —We give them advantage of our better senses(they haven’t a clue);Without us those guyswouldn’t know what to do. -Chocolate Continue reading
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September 1
In New Zealand, September 1 is Random Acts of Kindness day. Official suggestions about what you might do (randomly of course) includes washing someone else’s car or paying for the person behind you in a drive-through line. Out of 13 ideas for suggested activities, six of them have to do with transportation (they would be… Continue reading
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A Short Essay on the Official Procedure for Breaking-in New Tennis Balls
I like to play with tennis balls; got new ones. They’re okay, but I have to fix ‘em up a bit before they’re fit for play. They need the outsides ripped and torn. And next get rolled around. Not in grass, but in some dirty, muddy patch of ground. Then I leave them in the… Continue reading
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Was that bali…high?
The incredible two-headed heffalump It’s not unusual for an English word to have quite a few unrelated meanings, or even turn out to be more than one word with the same sound. As you might think, this happens more often with words that have been around for centuries. It’s also more common with simpler one-… Continue reading
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August 31
Since August 31st is National Trail Mix Day, and also National Language Day (in Moldova), we should all practice saying “mix de trasee,” which is “Trail Mix” in Romanian. Why Romanian? Well, Moldova has its own language (Moldovan, obviously), but on a closer look, it turns out that Moldovan and Romanian are identical — the… Continue reading
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Families
Families are funnyAnd mine is — a lot.It’s my sister and meAnd the humans we’ve got. When you see us togetheryour jaw might be dropted(Don’t tell thembut they were adopted.) -Chocolate Continue reading
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Ernest Rutherford
We all learned, at least at a basic level, about atoms, radioactivity, atomic numbers of elements, and the like. For all of it we can thank Ernest Rutherford, who was born August 30, 1871 in New Zealand. At the time he was born, New Zealand was still a colony, not an independent country. In 1887,… Continue reading
About Me
I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate. I shouldn’t be surprised, but she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.
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