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What’s in a name? A better life for pets

Soon, I will be lending a hand at the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the country. Since visiting Best Friends in Kanab, Utah, this past summer, I have dreamed of spending time there. Spanning thousands of acres in beautiful Angel Canyon, Best Friends provides second chances to ...

What’s in a name? A better life for pets

Soon, I will be lending a hand at the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the country. Since visiting Best Friends in Kanab, Utah, this past summer, I have dreamed of spending time there. Spanning thousands of acres in beautiful Angel Canyon, Best Friends provides second chances to ...

Making friends, not foes, with AI

I remember when the most common form of artificial intelligence was a 20-year-old philosophy major waxing wise on the meaning of life. There was nothing real about that sophomore-year acumen. Since then, a few things have changed, and there’s a new kind of know-it-all on the ...

Kids conspiring against improved health

My dogs are seriously messing up my mornings. For the past several months, I’ve been trying to wake up earlier so as to get to the gym first thing before heading into the office. Every day, my alarm goes off at 5:45 a.m. And for the most part, I’m already awake when it does. Juiced ...

Everyone needs a rock sometimes

A couple of months ago, my dad mentioned he missed seeing those colorful, decorated rocks that began popping up in random places during the pandemic. Fueled, I suppose, by more folks getting outside to avoid crowds and potential contagion, a trend started where people would leave these ...

‘Watch out for deer’ — Not good at good-byes (if this is one)

It’s crazy how the world works. Every morning, we wake up, believing we know what the next 24 hours will bring. Some mornings, we’re right. Others, we couldn’t be more wrong. Today — the day I sit and write this column — was one of the latter. And it wasn’t exactly ...