Servants and masters
Psychologist Robin Abrahams sends in this behavioral observation:
A change in one part of your life — in my case, adopting a
dog — can lead you to see all sorts of things in new
ways. Watching the news coverage of Harriet Miers’
nomination to the Supreme Court, I
was struck by the fact that Bush looked at her, during
the press conference, exactly the same way I look at
my dog Milo when he is out in public — an approving yet
intensely watchful gaze. For her part, Miers kept
glancing at Bush, exactly as Milo looks back at me
when I am walking him on his leash — a series of
constant visual checks to make sure that he is doing
what I want him to. (Watch video of that event — with the sound turned off! — and you can see what I mean. You can find it on, among other places, the CSPAN web site, dated October 3, 2005)As Jane Siberry sang, "Everything Reminds Me of My Dog."
