Category Archives: pets

Pet Projects

Posted on May 2, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

It has been a ruff couple of weeks and I have yet to make heads or tails of it. There has been little time to take paws and assess all of the work I have been doing lately. Hopefully I finish … Continue reading →

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Human Cheese: Not for the Common Man

Posted on March 11, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

After a brief surge in popularity a few years ago, cheese made from human milk sort of vanished from existence. While marginally curious, I assumed that I would never encounter it in my lifetime. I must have read a dozen … Continue reading →

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Clifford: The Large Crimson Canine

Posted on September 2, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

I told this to one of my nephews after reading part of the book to him. We didn’t finish it because he got really into pretending to crash toy cars off the coffee table and onto the carpet. Each time … Continue reading →

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Spiders In School

Posted on July 15, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

While my parents were visiting, my mother told me that a tarantula came to her school one day and I imagined it wearing a little backpack. She later told me it showed up in a box and was not trying … Continue reading →

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Sadness and Soviet Space Dogs

Posted on April 17, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

A friend of mine called me late the other night and said the following, “It’s like we’re in hell. This is hell… but it’s still so beautiful.” I knew exactly what he meant. A few days prior, I was wandering … Continue reading →

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How To Prepare For The Day: Don’t

Posted on January 21, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

Despite our best efforts, it is exceedingly difficult to prepare for the day. Outside of being hungry, there are no guarantees of what the coming hours might bring. Literally anything could happen to you once you’re out in the big … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Used Book in History Concluded: December 1988

Posted on September 4, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

This is the final installment of the infamous diary within a used book that found its way to me via a used book sale held at a defunct library.  Hidden among the stacks, I came across it entirely by chance … Continue reading →

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Internet Users and the Feline Phenomenon

Posted on August 29, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

This blog owes a fair amount of its success to how much people seem to be unhealthily obsessed with cats. I had a few big hits with articles discussing our obsession with food, odd social norms, or the job market; but it has always been cats that … Continue reading →

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Weird New NYC Parks Campaign Guarantees Explosive Increase in Rat and Bird Population

Posted on June 14, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

There appears to be a weird new New York City Parks campaign to increase the rat and bird population. Luckily, I think rats and pigeons are hilarious animals. I am already hard at work on breeding my very first litter … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Used Book in History Continued: November 1988

Posted on May 29, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

This is the penultimate installment of a bizarre diary within a used book that I found hidden among the stacks of an old defunct library. It was procured, along with a slew of other junk books, for just a few … Continue reading →

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