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Dolphins play with rings.

Posted in Editor's choice, Mammals, Movies, Oddly enough on November 12th, 2008 by PM

The attached video is of dolphins playing with silver colored rings which they have the ability to make under water to play with. It isn’t known how they learn this, or if it’s an inbred ability. As if by magic the dolphin does a quick flip of its head and a silver ring appears in front of its pointed beak.

The ring is a solid, donut shaped bubble about 2-ft across, yet it doesn’t rise to the surface of the water! It stands upright in the water like a magic doorway to an unseen dimension. The dolphin then pulls a small silver donut from the larger one. Looking at the twisting ring for one last time a bite is taken from it, causing the small ring to collapse into a thousands of tiny bubbles which head upward towards the water’s surface. After a few moments the dolphin creates another ring to play with. There also seems to be a separate mechanism for producing small rings, which a dolphin can accomplish by a quick flip of its head.

An explanation of how dolphins make these silver rings is that they are ‘air-core vortex rings’. Read the rest of this entry »

Dachshunds and pig.

Posted in Editor's choice, Humor, Mammals, Oddly enough, Photos on November 12th, 2008 by PM


This Dachshund is fostering this little pink pig for his mom who couldn’t take care of him.
His eyes were closed and but now they’re open and he’s just a bit bigger than her pups.
She loves this little guy as much as her puppies and she is nursing him back to health.

He is the cleanest pig-uppy ever because she licks him all the time.

HIS NAME IS PINK…






Mom’s fave?

Posted in Birds, Humor, Oddly enough, Photos on November 12th, 2008 by PM

How to tell if you are mom’s favorite.

Build it. They WILL come.

Posted in Death, Editor's choice, Humor, Mammals, Oddly enough, Products, Tips/Info on August 14th, 2008 by PM

It’s those bears again!




Some people build swimming pools in their back yards. But outdoor pools in Alaska just won’t work.

Since this particular family lives on the outskirts of Anchorage, they decided to build a sturdy, colorful playground for their 3 and 4 year old sons, with smooth-stone gravel all around it to avoid knee scrapes and other injuries.

They finished building it on Saturday evening, and the following morning, as the Mom was about to wake up the boys and have them go out to play in their new play center, this is what she saw from the upstairs window.

Meow. Haute dog.

Posted in Humor, Oddly enough on April 4th, 2008 by PM

I had a month to put together a post on animal clothing. Not to write the story but to get the photos. Oddly enough it seemed easy enough. That’s because ever since our excursion to South Beach several months ago, where there are no naked animals, it’s clearly obvious that animal fashion is big.

Researched “hundreds” of photos and sadly, could only select four. Maybe you can find some that merit more exposure. Please.

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If you are going to dress up, this is tasteful. This gets a thumbs up.
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This is not a dog. I know this person. It’s aunty Martha. Only two years and she’s come back.
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If you are going to dress up are you going to dress up like Bozo the Clown? No. This is a thumbs up.
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Why aren’t there more cats dressing up? They would always do it right.
A thumbs up.

I am not sure when this phenom happened. Maybe it was always this way and I didn’t notice it. One thing for sure, the pet stores have morphed into something new. Not the big box stores, but the mom and pop’s, as smaller stores were once called. But that’s another storyline. Enter the pet boutique. They look like Filene’s Basement, Bloomingdales, Victoria Secret, or The Pleasure Chest (an adult clothing-apparatus store in our hood.)

The cat. And the crow?

Posted in Birds, Movies, Oddly enough on March 27th, 2008 by PM

This is not a sneak preview. But then again, I never saw this movie before and it is too incredible. This must be a Disney movie, right?

A new meaning to rescue, right? This one makes you think. right? BTW—just saw the movie “Ratatouille” and when you think about that—disgusting.

This post can also be seen at friday ark

Mimi’s message in a bottle. Woof!

Posted in Artworks, Editor's choice on February 24th, 2008 by PM

Pet Monologue has been memed. Knowing the creator, it’s an honor.
That said, we pass it along!

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pet monologue’s message

**** START COPY****
In a Bottle across the Blog Ocean. Leave a message in the sand or on the bottle. Write anything you wish. Be a pirate or a poet. Serious or silly. Anonymous or not.
What message would you like to send out to the universe?
Mimi’s Message In a Bottle Meme
1. Compose a message to place in your virtual bottle.
2. Right click and SAVE the blank graphic below

Hi Mimi!
3. Use a graphics program of your choice to place the message on the picture
4. Post the Message In a Bottle meme and your creation on your blog along with these rules
5. Tag a minimum of 5 bloggers - or your entire blogroll - to do the same. Notify them of the tag.Your virtual bottle will remain afloat in the blogosphere ocean for all blogernity (That’s a Mimism for blog + eternity.)

Mimi says: ADD your site to the Mr. Linky list and place your blog’s name and url in a comment HERE TO LET ME KNOW YOU’VE COMPLETED THE MEME. I will add it to the master list of message bottles. Email mimiwrites2005 at yahoo.com if you have questions.”

***END COPY****

Mimi’s tags…Sandee at Comedy Plus, Dating Profile of the Day, Bond’s Big Leather Couch , Crazy Working Mom, Coffee2Go, Hammer , Julie’s Jewels and Junque , Lyn’s’ Last Minute Life , Speedcat Hollydale Page, Gill’s Jottings, Lee at Tarheel Ramblings, 1 Million Love Messages, A Word In Edgewise, Airhead55, Turnbaby, Bud at WTIT, Are We There Yet? And Miles To Go Before We Sleep, Anndi’s Luggage, Anyhow Blogs, Asara’s Mental Meanderings, Matt-Man, Carver’s Site Or Is That Sight?, Colloquium, Daisy The Curly Cat, Desert Songbird, Diary of A Heretic, Dixie’s Heart and Soul, Dr. Anonymous, Duward Discussion, Everything and Nothing, Frank’s Honk ‘n Hollr, Friday Night Fish Fry, Hahn at Home, Happy Tiler, Here Comes A Storm, Home In France, I Am Woman, See Me Blog! It’s a Blog Eat Blog World, Julie Pippert, Late Bloomer Boomer, Meowers From Missouri, Miss Maggie Moo Talks 2 U, Empress Bee, My Life Is Murphy’s Law, My View Of It, Nick’s Bytes, Nola Dawn, Odat Mumbles, Olga The Traveling Bra, Queenie’s Random Ramblings, Screw Perfection, The Starr Ann Chronicles, Trav’s Thoughts, Wading Through My Stream of Consciousness, Wonderland Or Not

Speedcat tags…Catsy Carpe Diem, Catsy Carpe Diem Blogs, Out of the Blue, Getting a Grip on Grace, Just Love the People, Shiphire Dustbin, Daily Widget Blogspot, Amel’s Relm, From My Desk,Rusin Roundup,WorldGolf Blogs, TravelGolf Blogs, Ping Golf Clubs, Thess!, Inspiration 101, A leaders Journal, Our Journey to Forever, Pinoy World, TOP PICK,SEO GURU’S TIPS, DAILY HEROES, EARN ONLINE PINOY, Dat Curious, My News Reviews / Pinoy, Google News, Josey’s Silly go Lucky!, Dat Money, Franchise Talk, Stacie’s Blog, Learn How to Blog for Money, Paradise Philippines, Pet Monologues, Deep in the Forest, No Direct On, The Painted Veil, Monday Morning Power, Sugar Queens Dream, Kanani/Easy Writer, The PoliStew Cafe, Ev Nucci,Nascar Site, Worn Out Woman, Drowsey Monkey, Frog Bog, R Playground!, Cat’s are Crazy, Polliwogs Pond, Blog Elf, Ordinary Folk, Julie’s Blog, Mighty Morgan, Erina Hart’s Into the Inkpot, Robin Lee Sardini, Blue Izzy, Outta the Coop / the Chick, Observations fro the Back 40, Backwoods Drifter, Ms. Q!, Olga the Traveling Bra, Bobby’s Revellian, LA Times Pressmen, Traci in the Swamp, A Nice Place in the Sun, Pinoy Biker Rural Adventures, Grottynosh Life / Colin, Aaron Cook, Golf Girl, Mariuca, Sarcasm Abounds,Santa’s Mail Box, USA Trends Today, Laketrees / Kim, Predator Press, Mad Tomatoe!, Netster, Tarheel Ramblings, Six 4 Paula,

Pet Monologues is tagging…
10,000 birds
a blog around the clock”
amori, poesie, arte, chat by hanna
andy beard
animals as friends
ascender rises above
a side of cartoons
at your service
balloon juice
bark bark woof woof
blog d’ellison
catsynth
chicago history
comments from left field
diane clancy
diva marketing
dragonheart’s domain
echidne of the snakes
euro puppy blog
fishalicious
himalman
into the inkpot
instaputz
joy ito’s web
kiwipulse
lady banana
lady omega
laketrees
life from a cat’s perspective
mercury rising
michelle allen
michelle wrighton
mind of mog
movie cat
my only photo
monologue blogger
musings at windyridge
nature shows and dreams
nocturnal blogger’s introspect
only in the apple
perfectly parker
petopia
poems4children
ravens roads
rennyra’s terella
rosehaven cottage
saving lives one at a time
sisu
tacjammer
texas oasis
the dog log
the dreaming tree
the green blog
the greenbelt
the green fingered photographer
the laidback buddhist
the modulator
the poor mouth
the reality of what humans do
theriomorhp
the scratching post
the social custom manifesto
the velvet violin
the webrunner
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Details Power 50. Iggy.

Posted in Issues/Opinions, Oddly enough on December 17th, 2007 by PM

Details announced their top fifty most influential people and called PM to comment on their @ 29th choice…….Iggy, the Brussels griffin mix terrier.

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Power 50—December 2007

Meet the most influential men under 45. These would include the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, OK. Sergey and Larry, rogerthat. Justin T, Yo. NBC Entertainment co-chair Ben Silverman, that’s a wrap. Harry Potter, alakazam! And #29 Iggy the Brussels griffin mix terrier, yip.

It was hard to say where public opinion was at the beginning but after a few days there were quotables. “We truly are learning so much as a nation. God bless that Iggy for all he has to say, and will continue to say.” “Just tell me the new mommy of Iggy isn’t Britney.” “This story REALLY needs to be put down and out of its misery.” “They saved his life, then cut off his balls. Maybe they’ll cover that on Wednesday’s show.” “They’re just using Iggy to try to drive Ellen DeGeneres crazy. Short trip…”

The story broke in early October. A month later it became “IggyGate: Iggy Ready to Talk” on ET. On 10 December the New York Post runs “Ellen Rebuilding Animal Shelters Nationwide to Rebuild Damaged Rep” which has former Meow Mix owner, Richard Thompson footing the bill. As recently as 15 December huffingtonpost.com posts the 13th Annual Top 10 PR Blunders List topping with “FEMA’s fake news conference” and “Iggy come home” at #4.

Details pats its write-up with “The winner in this drama? Iggy—who made Ellen, and all her millions of viewers, his bitch.”

See the complete Details Power 50.

George Carlin. On aging.

Posted in Humor, Stories, Tips/Info on December 11th, 2007 by PM

This might seem a little off topic but towards the end George mentions “pets” so PM thinks this is right on topic! A dose of year-end wisdom.

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

“How old are you?” “I’m four and a half!” You’re never thirty-six and a half. You’re four and a half, going on five! That’s the key!!

You get into your teens, now they can’t hold you back.

You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

“How old are you?” “I’m gonna be 16!” You could be 13, but hey, you’re gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . you BECOME 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony. YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!! Read the rest of this entry »

TV bird.

Posted in Artworks, Birds, Humor on November 30th, 2007 by Robbay

Editor’s note: wonderful timing on this from our brilliant contributor Robbay. When I saw the cartoon I told him the pros and cons of this TV writer’s strike thing and what it is doing to me. Thanks Robbay!
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