Dec 19, 2009  •  In Comang, Personal, Shopping
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Doggy Back Jacket

I have never been the type to adorn her pets with nonessential clothes or accessories. And although Comang is a shih-tzu, we keep his hair short because it is easier to maintain.
However, as we enter our first winter together I am a bit worried that my little guy will suffer from the frigid northeast weather as we go on our twice-daily walks.
Last week we experienced the coldest day of the season (so far) and so I took out the doggy shirt that his previous owners had bequeathed to us. The little guy LOVED it — he started running…

Dec 18, 2009  •  In Art/Design, Wishlist
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12 Days of Christmas

Last week’s The Office featured a Secret Santa exchange wherein Andy literally gifts his crush Erin the “12 Days of Christmas.”
“Is it my fault that the first eight days is basically 30 birds?”
Despite the fact that Erin suffers quite a bit from the presents (ie, being attacked by French Hens), I found the thought and effort put behind the gifts absolutely adorable — from Andy’s begging Dwight and Jim to get Erin as his Secret Santa, to the orchestration of the “twelve drummers drumming” at the end of the episode.
Most people would not go as all-out as…

Dec 18, 2009  •  In Geek, Star Wars, Web
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“It’s Like Hoth Out There.”

Enter a city name and get back its current climate conditions in Star Wars terms. I just tested it myself and they’re right — I would like to climb into a tauntaun for warmth.

Apparently, if the city you enter isn’t listed, the result will be Alderaan, which means that it’s not there (pretty clever, if I do say so myself).
Via Neatorama.…

Dec 18, 2009  •  In Asian, Funny
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Evil Taekwondo Monkeys

I saw this over at Angry Asian Man, and it is too awesome not to share.

A man named Lo Wung trained a group of monkeys taekwondo to entertain crowds outside a shopping center in Nshi, in eastern China’s Hubei province.
I think you already know where this is going: the monkeys turned on their trainer!
From Telegraph UK:

Hu Luang, 32, a bystander who photographed the incident, said: “I saw one punch him in the eye — he grabbed another by the ear and it responded by grabbing his nose. They were leaping and jumping all over the place.…

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