December 2008
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Dec 28th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 23rd
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I wish I was rich
Actually I wish I was rich and famous. Not for the money, or the fame, but to do more for the world, and those who need help. Maybe that sounds pretentious but it’s true. I’m sat here feeling pretty sad. I got home and opened the local paper only to get to page 5 and see a small article about Birmingham Dogs Home. They need donations. They have 111 animals. They say they can only...
Dec 23rd
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Ban Ben
The other year I went to The O2 for its opening concert. Bon Jovi did the honours of opening the new London arena. A great day/night was had by all. Unfortunately it seems The O2 has lowered its standards and is falling from grace - I’ve been hearing that a stage production of Ben Hur will take part there in 2009, and that amidst all the performers will be 100 animals including horses,...
Dec 19th
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Can I teach you to do tricks too?
Today’s most important news item (according to me) is the one about the Chinese ‘trainer’ who trained monkeys - and then consequently got attacked by the monkeys. Way to go, monkeys! Shame you didn’t do more harm than you did! It’s very sad that people have to use and exploit animals. What gives us (or the evil Chinese) the right to use animals and make them do...
Dec 18th
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Horses have rights too
I just read today’s paper and one article stood out - the one about the bride and her father who had a horse and carriage for her wedding day. As they were in the carriage the horse bolted and apparently the bride and her husband feared for their lives. Personally I feel sorry for the horse. You shouldn’t use horses to pull carts like this. It’s cruel and really not very nice...
Dec 15th
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No Respect
I’ve decided to make this tumblr blog a ‘rant blog’. I use the livejournal for all things Black Velvet related… (www.livejournal.com/users/blackvelvetmag) so I don’t really want to post the exact same thing on here. Rather than just having it sat here and me posting barely anything at all, I’ve decided I should write some blogs once in a while where I discuss...
Dec 13th