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2011 part 2!
| January 3, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Make my life easy and read part 1 first. That way I don’t have to recap why I’m breaking this post into 2 parts (or more). (hint – it’s blogger’s fault). A backpacking trip in January for my birthday A breaking of the elbow. (oh how fun) and the running of a 1/2 marathon […] more
Happy FREAKIN’ New Years!!!!
| January 3, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
FINALLY!!!! My New Year’s post. I rang in the New Year’s like I always do – on horseback – and discovered some really cool local trails (see Cache Creek in the Northern California trails section of my website). It’s that time of year where we look back at 2011 and forward to 2012. Now, in […] more
Dear Blogger,
| January 3, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I had wanted my first post of the glorious year 2012 to be a rather whimsical, picture post from 2011, looking ahead to 2012. But NOOOOOOOO…….UUUUUUUU had to be uncooperative. I’m now on my FOURTH redoing of the post because of some random scripting error and I’m not happy. And now my first post of […] more
A Reevaluation of Opinions
| December 30, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Part of being a life long learner is to actively seek out new knowledge AND to critically evaluated the beliefs and opinions you currently hold and test them against the new information that you learn. Vet school is a perfect environment for this. Most of my animal knowledge is related to husbandry and performance, not […] more
The immune system
| December 28, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m working up to a reader request of the how’s, why’s, and when’s of the bone, tendon, and muscle conditioning. That series is going to be rather involved, so before diving into “why bone is cool and what that means to you as the endurance rider”, I wanted to share an equally cool, but much […] more
The Vet’s Student Ebook shelf
| December 26, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Merry Xmas everyone! I’m writing daily and posting when I have a post done and an internet connection – it’s great being on vacation. For my ebook collection I use Vital Source. The software came preloaded on my computer, they are a reliable source for college text books, and books in vital source format […] more
Vet Student’s Bookshelf and Contest Winner!
| December 22, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
The scores have been posted. My final score is…….*drumroll*……..165.5. Here are the guesses:AareneX 170.5Fantastyk Voyager 168KSlongrider 162Endurance granny 160Cahla 159Carolyn 158Funder 143 And the winner is Fantastyk Voyager who came the closest at 2.5 points!!!!! Please send me your mailing address ([email protected]) Fantastyk Voyager will be receiving MANGE from me this Xmas. That’s right – […] more
