Y'all Know It's the "Poem" Stuff that Cracks Me Up

Over on Tumblr someone who never watched Buffy tries to tell who everyone is by simply looking at the promo shot (she's pretty good at it, but not flawless.  Poem guy!  *snerk*)

Wednesday Reading Meme

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What Am I Currently Reading?

How Dogs Love Us - A Neuroscientist Decodes the Canine Brain, by Gregory Berns

Basically it's a researcher who decided to place dogs in an MRI to map their brains, much as we've done with humans.  Turns out they light up the same centers that we associate with emotion in human brains which leads to the question of whether dogs (or mammals in general) feel 'love' and 'affection' beyond "FOOD!!!  Provider of FOOD!!!"
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Me: As an animal lover, I've always believed this to be true.  Those little furry creatures (cats and dogs) have opinions and preferences and jealousies.  It's perfectly obvious to anyone who has lived closely with them.