What is a Peterinarian? A question that has been asked across the ages (at least twice), and the answer to which lies shrouded in the distant past...
Boulder, Colorado, 1995.
My kid sister, Delaney, upon learning that I was heading off to London to learn to be an animal doctor, asked without guile or irony, "Are you going to be a peterinarian?"
Thus a noun was born. What else to call a veterinarian who only works on companion animals?
I am Nathan Mannix, peterinarian. Kristin, my wife and founder of peterinarian.com, insists on writing it PETerinarian, apparently to give it the right emphasis. Either way, look for it soon on Wikipedia!
This blog is likely to be a link to our next great adventure -- Perth, Western Australia. Often spoken of in the same breath as Alaska, Western Australia is a giant, underinhabited state far removed from just about everywhere -- and sounds like perfection in a bottle. Except for the sharks. And snakes. And (shudder), spiders. A great place to be a biology geek, but a bad place for a pallid heat wimp like myself. Hopefully, we'll strike a balance. First, we have to get there. And you thought your to-do list was long!
Tune in soon for travel updates and photos!
Boulder, Colorado, 1995.
My kid sister, Delaney, upon learning that I was heading off to London to learn to be an animal doctor, asked without guile or irony, "Are you going to be a peterinarian?"
Thus a noun was born. What else to call a veterinarian who only works on companion animals?
I am Nathan Mannix, peterinarian. Kristin, my wife and founder of peterinarian.com, insists on writing it PETerinarian, apparently to give it the right emphasis. Either way, look for it soon on Wikipedia!
This blog is likely to be a link to our next great adventure -- Perth, Western Australia. Often spoken of in the same breath as Alaska, Western Australia is a giant, underinhabited state far removed from just about everywhere -- and sounds like perfection in a bottle. Except for the sharks. And snakes. And (shudder), spiders. A great place to be a biology geek, but a bad place for a pallid heat wimp like myself. Hopefully, we'll strike a balance. First, we have to get there. And you thought your to-do list was long!
Tune in soon for travel updates and photos!
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