by Roger Abrantes | Sep 5, 2019 | Strøtanker
“A Girl and a Wild Mustang” by Elsa Sinclair is a beautiful documentary—and yes, I’m biased. I’ll explain why I find it beautiful and why I’m biased in a while. These days, a tendency prevails to claim there’s only one right way for us to interact with...
by Roger Abrantes | Mar 29, 2017 | Strøtanker
“The ocean accepts no sham” is a maritime saying. The sea is shockingly honest and uncompromising. Excuses, rationalizing, compassion, self-pity, ignorance, political correctness, yapping, and baloney cannot get you out of trouble on the big blue. In our wealthy and...
by Roger Abrantes | Mar 8, 2017 | Strøtanker
Coining a New Term: Anthropodimorphism Do Animals Have Feelings? Attributing human characteristics to non-human animals is wrong — no doubt about that. Furthermore, it seems to me, that the opposite (of anthropomorphism) is as wrong, that is, to say that...
by Roger Abrantes | Apr 11, 2015 | Strøtanker
These days we seem to love a lot. We love food, clothes, iPhones, dogs, cats, horses, houses, cars, hairstyles, tunes, movies, apps, sushi, coca-cola and much, much more. We also love our spouses, partners, kids, family, and friends. Everything goes together in the...
by Roger Abrantes | Feb 25, 2015 | Strøtanker
Happiness is for most people the ultimate state of well-being, characterized by emotions of intense joy. Being the globetrotter I am, I have witnessed happiness and unhappiness in many shapes and forms. Trying to isolate the common factors that contribute to people...
by Roger Abrantes | Dec 1, 2014 | Strøtanker
Here is a list of 16 things you should stop doing in order to make life with your dog happier and your relationship stronger. Difficult? Not at all. You just need to want to do it and then simply do it. You can begin as soon as you finish reading this. 1. Stop being...