Tag Archives: primate

Two Feet on the Ground

Posted on October 24, 2012 by liveoaklinda

I just finished Nora Ephron‘s book, I Feel Bad About My Neck, a.k.a. “I Hate My Neck”. Omg, I hate my neck too: “You have to cut open a redwood tree to see how old it is, but you wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Cackling Crone, Our Primate Nature | Tagged bipedal, feet, foot, foot binding, foot massage, human primate, I Feel Bad About My Neck, new shoes, Nora Ephron, pedicure, primate, these boots are made for walking, walking | 5 Comments

Can Grandmas Have It All?

Posted on August 15, 2012 by liveoaklinda

There’s been no avoiding the latest mothers-who-also-have-paid-work debate, a.k.a. the mommy wars. Does anyone else out there think there’s something missing in this latest salvo? & no, I don’t mean the daddy’s, although one has to wonder what’s going through … Continue reading →

Posted in Cackling Crone, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged 1970's, female primate, feminism, grandmas, having it all, mommy wars, primate, Shirley Conran, still can't have it all | 4 Comments

Bats in Portland

Posted on August 6, 2012 by liveoaklinda

Don’t worry, this isn’t about the Dark Knight. Well, maybe it is about the dark night & the bats that may come with it. Have you ever really thought about bats?? I hadn’t. I took a much-needed 4-day mini-vacation in … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Our Primate Nature | Tagged bats, evolution, five fingered bats, five-fingered mammals, Oregon zoo, primate, Rousettus aegyptiacus, tetrapods, white nose syndrome, zoos | 3 Comments

Next Movie: Disney-fied Bonobos?

Posted on June 24, 2012 by liveoaklinda

A few weeks ago, I talked my 8 year-old niece into seeing “Chimpanzee“, again. She’d already seen it & even though the reviews were so-so, I felt it was my duty as the everyday primate to see Disney’s take on … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Primate Nature | Tagged bonobo, chimpanzee, chimpanzee movie, pan paniscus, pan troglodytes, primate | 4 Comments

What Would Samwise Do?

Posted on June 7, 2012 by liveoaklinda

So I’ve been doing alot of musing these days about loyalty, struggling with it, really. The loyalty stuff on my mind isn’t at all equivalent to the drama of trueheart Sam’s famous loyalty to Frodo & the Quest-To-Deliver-Middle-Earth-From-Evil…no, nothing like … Continue reading →

Posted in Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged E.O. Wilson, Frodo, human primate, Kuumbwa, loyalty, Middle Earth, Mount Doom, primate, Samwise Gamgee, science | 8 Comments

Gay Marriage, Cousins, & Bonobos

Posted on May 16, 2012 by liveoaklinda

About a year ago I took a trip to San Diego to visit cousins – both the human & non-human primate kind. First stop with cousin Roy after he met me at the airport: San Diego Zoo to visit the … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Primate Nature | Tagged bonobo, chimpanzee, cousin, dominant female, Franz de Waal, gay marriage, pan-sexual, primate, primate sexuality | 5 Comments

Not a Crying Shame

Posted on May 5, 2012 by liveoaklinda

I confess to crying. I (nearly) always feel (at least a little & sometimes alot) better afterwards. I find it interesting too that, without thinking, I use the word “confess”, as if crying is something to be ashamed of. Most … Continue reading →

Posted in Just an Everyday Life | Tagged a crying shame, chick flicks, crying, good cry, primate, prolactin, tears | 5 Comments

What Is It About Meat??

Posted on April 28, 2012 by liveoaklinda

Husband Rock is in the kitchen cooking three pounds of pork for a stew to deliver to a co-worker who lost her husband unexpectedly. Sigh. I suggest that he turn on the stove fan, though, because the delicious smell is … Continue reading →

Posted in Humans Love Food!, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged eating meat, hominin, meat, omnivore, pork, pork stew, primate | 3 Comments

Don’t Wait ’til Mother’s Day!

Posted on April 26, 2012 by liveoaklinda

The ads are starting to appear. You may be becoming a little anxious about what you’re going to do to appreciate this woman – this female primate – who birthed you. Some of us must honor her in absentia…gone from … Continue reading →

Posted in Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged circle of life, cute cats, elton john, female primate, helpless infant, human evolution, life on earth, mother's day, mothers, primate, smiling infant | 2 Comments

Can We Please Rename Homo Erectus?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by liveoaklinda

I hope this won’t be too much of a rant, because I really appreciate the role that those homo erectus folks played in our evolution. They not only migrated from Africa all the way to eastern Asia and parts of the Middle East … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Primate Nature | Tagged evolution, homo erectus, homo erectus action figures, homo erectus dolls, homo erectus videos, human evolution, kinky friedman, primate, we can do it | 3 Comments