In searching and searching for an old dog toy I was seeking to replace, I found a Chinese website that showed a picture of that EXACT hard-to-find vinyl football. I checked the dimensions, saw 12x7x7 and thought that while maybe slightly bigger than I was thinking it was, that was probably about the right size [...]
May 14, 2013
Short URL dog, football, squeak, stranger danger, toy
The internet is a wicked thing. It can help convince you that your headache combined with an ant bite on your toe-web is actually a rare form of cancer. It can ruin your whole day through obsessive learning through a wikipedia link spiral or, less constructively, an entertaining youtube channel. What the internet showed me [...]
April 26, 2013
Short URL dog, poop, roomba, shit
I’m still coming to terms with the fact that Google has decided, so very unceremoniously, to kill Reader on July 1. I thought to myself: “No, I can handle this. I’M AN ADULT!” Well, one or both of those thoughts turned out to be incorrect. I thought I would jump seamlessly over to one of [...]
April 18, 2013
Short URL bees, car in the kitchen, feedly, gifs, google, howard the duck, oprah, panda, reader
I have Google Voice on my phone, and one of its great features is its voicemail transcription service. That means that when somebody leaves me a message, I don’t have to use all of my energy to lift the phone up to my ear and listen—I just read the transcription of the message that gets [...]
March 20, 2013
Short URL google voice, voicemail
The new season of Arrested Development is coming at us, and coming at us fast. It’ll be released all at once on Netflix, and I could not be more thrilled for that sweet day in May when I’ll be cutting off all real life activity and watching the lot of them, marathon-style. Now that [...]
March 8, 2013
Short URL arrested development, netflix, tv
There are two things I love in this world: tv and karaoke. Well, that’s the short list. The longer list includes baby animals, capybaras, desserts, and massages. Also, things with cheese on them. And really good ribs. Also, polenta. And fancy handbags. And nail polish. SO, back to tv and karaoke. I cut the cable [...]
November 20, 2012
Short URL cable, idiocracy, karaoke, killer karaoke, ow my balls, tv
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If you don’t read xkcd, it’s time to start. Brilliant!
November 14, 2012
Short URL boat, cabbage, comic, goat, wolf, xkcd
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This stuff is totally on my list of tricks to teach my dogs, once we master the trick of not peeing on the carpet.
November 6, 2012
Short URL dogs, tricks
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This video has just skyrocketed the slow loris to a very high spot on my list of “animals that it’s probably illegal to have at my house as a pet but I kinda want one anyway.” Other members of the list include capybara, bush baby, and a baby walrus.
October 26, 2012
Short URL animal, bush baby, capybara, pet, slow loris, walrus
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This is one of the best documentary clips of all time. Summary: animals drunk off their asses from fermented fruit, with silly complementary sound effects. Boi-oi-oi-ng! Incidentally, I am currently in the market for a marula tree and a few monkeys, if anyone’s selling. PS I am absolutely not interested in anyone positing that [...]
August 28, 2012
Short URL africa, animals, drunk, elephant, marula, monkey, ostrich