• Leftovers

    Puppy Play Isn't A Dog-Eat-Dog World • Love Texts Score With Nigerians

    • A new study has found that male puppies will often "self-handicap" themselves when playing with female puppies as a way to get to know potential future mates. • The British government's public health safety watchdog warned yesterday that people with light-sensitivity issues should not be within 1 foot of compact fluorescent light-bulbs, which have enough UV light to damage skin in close range.• A Canadian woman has complained to an Ontario judicial watchdog after a judge told her not to call the police if she went back to her abusive ex-boyfriend and dismissed the assault charges she had brought against the man in June. • More »
  • animal magnetisms

    Pampering A Pet Is Way Better Than Spoiling A Kid

    Yesterday: A lament about baby bumps. Today: A post from the Tokyo Times about how the Japanese are increasingly choosing pets over progeny. Australian Broadcasting Corp. reports that dogs now outnumber kids 10 and under in Japan. Take eye surgeon Toshiko Horikoshi, 46, who pushes around her teacup poodle and her Chihuahua-Pomeranian mix in a pram. (They get tired quickly, could get stepped on, and many department stores don't allow dogs on a leash.) More »
  • Fox News Ruins Everything

    Today On Fox & Friends: "Brian Gets A New Puppy!!!"

    Aw, look at that! It is a cute little puppeh on the otherwise disaster-filled morning show, Fox & Friends. Oh but wait, don't think a cute segment about co-host Brian Kilmeade's new puppy could slip through the producer's hands without being turned into something completely unwatchable. First there is the generous helping of no less than 14 different sound effects playing as Kilmeade and co-host Gretchen Carlson desperately try to talk through the segment (a sampling: The whistle theme from Lassie, dog barking, and a gun shot). And then there is weatherman/co-host Steve Doocy's anger at being upstaged by something cute which he maturely deals with by whistling over Kilmeade and Carlson and then mocking Kilmeade for not having picked out a puppy name quick enough. Someone wants attention! As Anna put it: "Leave it to Fox News to make a cute puppy segment annoying." Clip above. More »