Save Mouse

Mouse is a very frightened dog, but he has many tips on how you can help to make the world less scary for dogs, and pet him more.

My nim s Mows. Hirs ma FAQ freekly asst kwishins

What kind of dog is that?
Am 1 fast dogg. Am ril fast lak a beeg greyhown bet am smal lak I fit in yor lapp.

Is that a deer?
Nu. Am a dogg. Am su priddy lak a leetel dir.

Mouse, are you a good boy?
Yis. Am a ril gud boy.

Props: Cheekychk, Dooce

Bear guzzles 36 beers, doesn't like Busch

'Nuff said, really.

Intelligent MIDI Sequencing with Hamster Control

This project was initially fueled by the desire to explore the MIDI protocol. It was decided that this would be accomplished by building a MIDI device. I also aimed to make something novel that had never been done before. But to balance out the unusual nature of its design, I wanted to also to create something that was very musical.After much consideration of different technical design aspects and contemplating various musical ideas, I was able to arrive at a project that would fulfill all of my musical and engineering goals.An intelligent MIDI sequencer was designed with hamster control.

My theory is that Levy came up with the term Hamster Control after a couple of Cornell U. bong sessions and reverse engineered everything else. Unfortunately the mp3 example is less like Richard D. James (what I was hoping for) and more like... something definately not created by hamsters.

Nice doggie...

Check out these bad-ass Nigerian mofos with hyenas and baboons. When Seth and I were travelling from Botswana to Vic Falls, we came across a dead hyena on the road. That thing was freakin' big and intimidating dead.

Can you imagine the streak in your drawers (ahem, Q), if these guys came by for a visit? I don't think the pile in your shorts would keep them from finding your money. I'll bet Nigerian 419 scams would be a lot more effective with an added threat of hyena attack...

via boing boing

U.S. Dept. of Ag: Blame Canada!

The Mad Cow in Washington State was traced to a herd in Canada.

See! Kyle's mom was right.

Graf and I can't give blood because we lived in the UK for more than 6 months and there is the (however incredibly slight) potential of being Creutzfeldt-Jakob carriers.

Eh, we all gotta die of somethin. Pass the Filet Mignon...

Reindeer... Must... Have... Foxy... Reporter...

And, don't miss the crawl at the bottom of the screen...

In Other News, Joe Namath is Sorry About His Incomplete Pass

Runaway deer causes ruckus

Beat ya to it, Q!

For over a week, Frank Lewis has been trying to put the pieces of his family-owned furniture business back together after a blood-spurting, "crazed" deer vaulted through his store's front window and ran amok.

Now who can resist an opening like that? A blood-spurting crazed deer? That's money in the bank!

via obscure store

Outta Luck Stuck Buck Plucked From Muck
(Non Bartman News)

The case of the stuck buck snarled traffic and kept law officers and others busy for four hours freeing a deer caught in the mud of a dredge disposal flat near I-526.

But when it was over Thursday, the deer and the motorists were freed.

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Q sez at least it wasn't jumping off a bridge. I know, it's an expired link, but I wanted Andrew to know I didn't forget.

Bear Expert And Companion Killed in Attack

That same year Treadwell was a guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman," describing Alaska brown bears as mostly harmless "party animals."

This just in: it was all captured on tape.

Obligatory humor...

Ewwww....

_{Come to think of it, our pet rabbit has been looking at me kinda funny lately...}

Human / Wild Animal Mauling Analysis

via gawker

Well that didn't take long

PETA faxes Roy's hospital room.

via Chris

Eye candy

What's Thursday without a little Gwar photo gallery browsing?

Railway Shelves Lion Dung Experiment

A Japanese rail company that successfully used lion dung to keep wild deer from straying onto the tracks has found the experiment a touch too repelling.

Not one deer has been run over since, said Toshihiko Iwata, a spokesman for the railroad's Wakayama branch on Tuesday. But success doesn't smell that sweet.

He said: "It was very labour-intensive and the track really did stink. We're experimenting with more environmentally friendly methods now."

My New Fave Summer Jam!

Download Junior Seinor's "Move Your Feet" here, the cutest little video ever!

Chengwin Vs Chunk

this whole site is dedicated to the half chick, half something...also check out Chabio, half chicken, half Fabio. i didn't think this site was still kicking...

and, andrew, please add a category listing for Chickens

Nature ringtones

Hey Chris! You thought Galaga was annoying? Wait 'til I got hippos bellowing on my phone. Yee haw!

via boing boing

Horny. Yes. Very, Very Horny.

In Northwest Arkansas, Bull Shoals Lake is a major attraction. But there is another "bull" that is getting more attention. His name is Lurch and he's a 1400 pound Watusi Steer.

Nothing odd about that until you see his record winning horns. They are 37.5 inches around. That's bigger than the average man's waist. From tip to tip, they're over 7 feet long. That's taller than the average NBA player. So big, Lurch recently landed the title of World's largest horns in the "Guiness Book Of World Records."

More pictures...

Manure Spontaneously Ignites, Sparks Fire

67 Goats Die In Blaze

LOS ANGELES -- A fire apparently started when a pile of manure spontaneously ignited scorched a 1-acre Mojave Desert property Tuesday, killing 67 goats.

A neighbor reported the fire Wednesday afternoon and arriving firefighters found a 150--by-20-foot structure and a grassy area ablaze, fire Inspector Ed Osorio said. The fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes.

All the goats on the property were killed, Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control spokeswoman Paula Gerken said. The animals were dead by the time firefighters arrived, Osorio said.

Gerken said the property was a rural residence where the goats were kept in a pen.

Cats Talk in 'Human' With New Meowlingual

The developers of the Bowlingual dog translator device have continued their quest to bridge an understanding between different species with the introduction of Meowlingual, which they claim translates cat cries into human language.

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The dog translator was awarded the 2002 Ig Nobel Peace Prize for promoting harmony between the species by the US humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, July 16, 2003)

Mr.Ed and the Ed-dophiles.

This is so cute and catchy. For a good time: Click on each horse.

Doe-A-Deer-Doin'-it-on-a-license-plate?

Is it me or does the new Minnestoa license plate feature silhouettes of two deer doin' it doggy style?

TV Show For Cats Set To Debut

The half-hour program was developed after research showed that one-third of cats enjoy watching television, said Ira Cohen, marketing director for Meow Mix.

_{So wrong. So completely and utterly wrong.}

The Honda Vamos

THERE have been plenty of cars labelled dogs but now there is a car for dogs.

Honda has launched what it describes as a "pet-friendly small utility vehicle" for the Japanese market and called it the Vamos Hobio Travel Dog.

I couldn't find a picture to go with the story, but it may be a version of this.

Wayne Newton's Wallaby Escaped!

_{No, it's not in his hair.}

Wayne Newton's wallaby escaped from the performer's home Thursday morning, leading police, animal control officers and an urban cowboy on a two-mile chase through south Las Vegas.

Circus Lions Kill Drunk Trainer

The lion tamer had left the latch to the cage door open, and only realised the lions had escaped when he went to his trailer to get another bottle of vodka.

Dimitri Pavlov, 41, then raised the alarm and tried to round the animals up, but he was killed when they turned on him.

Man Bites Dog

(via tmn)

In other bizarre dog-related news, Dog hit, shot, frozen -- and lives.
(via the Graf in the car this morning)

Chernobyl Worms Have More Sex

THE Chernobyl nuclear disaster has radically changed the lives of worms in the region, which now enjoy more sex, Ukrainian scientists have said.

Scientists in Sebastopol have compared the way worms reproduce around Chernobyl, where radioactivity levels in the soil are 100 times higher than normal, with their cousins elsewhere.

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Q sez these scientists never lived in Wrigleyville, where the worms don't even wait til they get home...

Rats

A kitchen worker hits a water rat on the head to stun it before it is killed for a meal in a restaurent in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.

Lion Tamer on Run with Lions and Son of Circus Boss

The woman, in her late 40s, is believed to have developed a close relationship with the 20-year-old man she was training to become a lion tamer, a police spokesman in the northern German town of Melle said.

The couple eloped with a truck containing the animals and is still on the run since disappearing on Monday night.

"If she can handle lions and tigers she shouldn't have trouble with a 20-year-old man," said Georg Dongowski, spokesman for the Melle police.

_{I'm almost sure there's a clown involved in this somewhere...}

Fake Nokia Commercial

I was e-mailed this video today, so I'm sure it's making the internet rounds now. The video appears to be real (although Nokia had nothing to do with it). Cat lovers be warned.

Flipper Update: Takoma the dolphin is AWOL

Petty Officer Whitaker had tempted fate by saying: ÒWhy would they go missing when they have the best food and daily spruce-ups and health checks?Ó Two hours later Takoma had gone Awol. ÒTwenty-four hours is not unusual,Ó a nervous Petty Officer Whitaker said. ÒAfter all, he may meet some local company.Ó

Flying sheep's head fractures fan's skull at concert

"The band, part of Norway's death metal music scene, was carving up a dead sheep as part of its stage act when the animal's head flew off lead singer Maniac's knife and struck 25-year-old Per Kristian Hagen." (via Popshot.net)

On a related heavy metal note, check out Strongbad's latest creation, Trogdor: the Burninator. There's also a Trogdor video game elsewhere on the site.

Aquaman joins "The Coalition of the Willing"

Reportedly still needs a lift from Wonder Woman to get around the battlefield, though.