Archive for September, 2008

Want to adopt a hockey team?

Nice team, semi-housebroken (ok, not housebroken), does not take to strangers easily, looking for new home. That is the situation in which the AHL’s Philadelphia Phantoms find themselves. Since the Wachovia Spectrum is going to be torn down (if only ’twere true of the rest of Philly), the Phantoms need a home. According to […]

Genetically modified cotton protects surrounding crops from moth

Genetically modified cotton protects surrounding crops from moth Category: Animals • Biotechnology • GM crops • Insects • Invertebrates Genetically modified crops have received a frosty welcome in the UK, and more widely in Europe. Those opposed to such crops worry (among other things) that they could affect the flora around them by […]

Train the Dog Trainer

Train the Dog Trainer September 19th, 2008 internet marketing Train the Dog Trainer Dogs are often considered the equivalent of children. As you know, raising a child is never an easy task. The same holds true for our furry friends. Training your dog properly is important, […]

Estrogens in the Contraceptive Pill and Other Artificial Hormones Found to be Mutating Fish in St. Lawrence River

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/sep/08091814.html ….Scientists have regularly reported in recent years that the excess of artificial hormones in the water system has caused lack of sexual differentiation among fish and other wildlife and a loss of their capacity to procreate….. By Hilary White, September 18, 2008, LifeSiteNews.com MONTREAL - Estrogen from birth control pills […]

Feedback Please Super animals

Super animals by ED BUCHANAN Today 05:55 AM 745 5,841 Professional Chef Job Board (3 Viewing) Check out the latest job posting for chefs from Hcareers.com (updated weekly). There is also a job search feature for members to specify specific criteria. […]

Supernatural season 4 premiere

Supernatural season 4 premiere Nick Jonas turned 16; gets a puppy Miley Cyrus naughty in church finally enrolled and headed to meet with Manny Pacquiao Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan cute puppies back with a new host […]

winstonwolfe: skeetonmischa: Dear Mr. James Franco, I loved…

winstonwolfe: skeetonmischa: Dear Mr. James Franco, I loved your performance in Pineapple Express quite a bit. I would consider one of the five best performances of the year, thus far. Yet, I’m writing to you for a completely different reason, where did you or your stylist or […]

Know your weirdos: Jocelyn Cat Woman Wildenstein

Shes been called the Cat Woman, “Lion Queen” and the Bride of Wildenstein, but her real name is Jocelyn Wildenstein, the woman who has spent millions of dollars in plastic surgery transforming her face to resemble a cats. Originally from Switzerland, Wildenstein, now 59, moved to Manhattan in the late 70s with her then-husband, art-collector […]

HIV Does Not Kill But The Diagnosis and Drugs Will!

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hi there by houndies Today 01:00 PM 1,351 14,038 Forum Help and Suggestions (1 Viewing) Discuss any new suggestions you have for this Pet Forum to help improve it. Also discuss any problems you are having with the site or advice […]

Dogs Like to Travel With Classic Pet carriers

Dogs Like to Travel With Classic Pet carriers Posted in September 19th, 2008 by Johnathan Livingston in Pets by Johnathan Livingston When you travel, it’s just not the same unless your entire family comes along. It doesn’t matter if you’re heading to the beach or to visit family down the road, having […]

Proposition 2: Elbow (Wing, Trotter) Room for Farm Animals – YES

By Peter L. Stahl Pete Rates the Propositions Never ask how the sausage is made. So it is with industrialized meat and egg production in twenty-first century America. In the name of maximizing production and efficiency, farmers treat animals not as live creatures but as manufacturing units. They tinker with […]

The Floating Lightbulb

There’s been a Scratchin Post ad on the sidebar ever since I first started using Project Wonderful, and for good reason — the comic’s right up my all-ages alley, if that alley just happened to have two Russian cats standing in it. Well, the writer of that comic, Bengo, also runs a blog […]

How to house train a dog

How to house train a dog September 19, 2008 | By Xylo Xansto In Dog Training | Comments(0) If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!by Xylo Xansto Training your dog should be fun, awesome, and enlightening for […]

Perfect Pooch in King of Prussia specializing in training, grooming, and boarding

Perfect Pooch is a leader in dog training services and will help reign in your dog’s problematic behavior.  Perfect Pooch also specializes in boarding, daycare, socialization, grooming, adoption and more. Whatever your dog needs, from training to grooming, Perfect Pooch is there all the way. Call them today and make an appointment and use […]

Canon 5D Mark II Now Available for Pre-Order!

Amazon has the Mark II available for preorder at the MSRP of $2699. Get it while its hot! I would guess that upon launch these puppies are gonna be hard to come buy. Pre-Order your Canon 5D Mark II
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How do I love thee, TiVo? Let me count the ways

Long time readers may know that we’re not rich… but we’re not poor either. Comfortably middle class, the American dream! We have; 2.7 cats (Shadow needs his teeth worked on… $700 for a tooth extraction because of kitty gingivitis?! Woah!) .9 kids (Alex is kinda skinny) 2.8 adults (I am a BIG […]

Beyerdynamic MMX 2 Gaming Headset

I just put an order in for these babies. They are basically a pair of 235s with an integrated boom microphone and a small usb soundcard/adapter. The only review I have seen on these is here: Macworld | Game Room | Review: Beyerdynamic MMX 2 I have been […]

Coupon for a free bag of Yesterday’s News Cat Litter

Ever since the move, something’s gotten into my cats. Maybe its the fact that they’re getting a high protein cat food and my wife and I are both gone all day, maybe its the cooler weather, or maybe they’re just being cats. But when something gets out of my cats, well, the cheaper the […]

Introducing Your Puppy to the World Around Them

Introducing Your Puppy to the World Around Them September 17th, 2008 internet marketing Introducing Your Puppy to the World Around Them We tend to shelter own young, both our children and our family dog from the world around us until we feel they are ready for […]

Is Your Plastic Water Bottle Safe?

If you are a big water drinker, chances are you carry around multiple types of plastic water bottles from the car to the gym, to work, etc. I was watching the morning news today and there was a discussion about the possible dangers of plastic water bottles. I had heard of this […]

Looooooooooou!

Merloni, that is…surely you remember him?  Long before YOOOOOOOOOOOUK! Anyhoo, Lou will be one of the special guests at the Granite State Baseball Dinner, which will be held on Saturday, November 22, at the Manchester National Guard Armory.  Also confirmed to attend will be other former Sox players Rich Gedman, Bernie […]

The Game

A comment on the Babar thread got me thinking that it’s time for a game. WarEagle snarked: Wait, I thought Babar represented the civilizing influence of homosexuals throughout western civilization? Maybe I read the wrong memo? Well now isn’t that just like a man? If he knew anything, he’d have twigged immediately to […]

Dad gets 18 months for forcing girl to kill cat

A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting that he forced his 7-year-old daughter to kill the family cat by holding a knife in her hand and making her stab the pet. “I am extremely sorry for what I did,” Danield J. Collins said during his sentencing Thursday. “Everything is my responsibility.”
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Caring For Cats

Caring For Cats Did you know that cats are twice as likely as dogs not to get routine veterinary care? I find that difficult to believe. But, the source of that astonishing statistic is the reputable American Veterinary Medical Association. According to their U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook, 36.3 percent of […]

Animal Ag: Trust Animal Care to the Free Market

(Via Paul) Yet another piece showing how clueless animal agriculture is in coming to grips with animal cruelty. This unsigned editorial in the Capital Press is poorly written and makes ludicrous arguments against Proposition 2. In fact, some of the quotes must be seen to be believed. Like this one: If this proposition […]

‘Lion’ sighted near Belfast

Excellent - it’s been entirely too long since we had a good ABC (Alien Big Cat) sighting round these parts. From Loren at Cryptomundo: ‘On the evening of Sunday, August 31, 2008, a search was being conducted by police in Northern Ireland after sightings of a large sandy-colored felid in Cavehill Park, a […]

Garden Review

Well, I managed to tear myself away from Tiny Adventures for a little bit and spend some time in the garden this morning. It’s been a funny summer - with the only times it’s been decent enough to spend in the garden, we’ve been away instead. As a result, everything is looking rather […]

A Lesson in Deep Ecology

A Lesson in Deep Ecology By Anne Barbeau Gardiner Monday, September 1, 2008, 8:46 AM Deep ecology, a movement launched by the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess in 1972, may be contrasted to an environmentalism concerned with the depletion of resources and pollution. For one thing, deep ecology aims at nothing less than […]

VentnorBlog Bestival Ticket Competition

It’s competition time at VentnorBlog again and we’re very excited to be able to offer you a pair of Bestival 2008 tickets. These puppies are like gold dust at the moment and given the number of people who have asked us whether we know of anyone selling tix, we’re sure this competition […]

Labor Day, Gustov, AOL Poll, Scrappin’ Graphics

It seems weird somehow to be celebrating when obviously there are people on the gulf losing home and possible lives as I type this. So it is a bitter sweet day. One of my buddies in the graphic group lives in its path, but not the direct path…but they were expecting […]

Tales from the Road: There’s Always Time for a Seafood Dinner While at the Beach

During the last evening of my Hilton Head Island, S.C., getaway, I enjoyed the much required seafood dinner. Honestly, you can’t leave any beach with having seafood at least once (or in my case, many times.) One of my favorite places is the Old Oyster Factory. One thing unique about the restaurant […]

What Really Nags Me About Hiphop Moguls.

Howcome these cats dont further the advancement of the artform, and push some legitimate emcees - white/black, dont matter .. but goddamn I’m getting tired of seeing the same 5-6 dudes fronting around Mr. Bigshot in every other video. Think of the cultural aspect that could have been portrayed, had Dre/Eminem/Jigga/Whoever started […]

Dynamic Earth - Edinburgh

We took Erin to Dynamic Earth a couple of weeks ago.  Dynamic Earth is an education based attraction in the heart of Edinburgh, close to the Parliament building and Holyrood Palace. Price £9.50 for adults, £5.95 for children and free for under three’s.  Clearly I was pleased with not having to pay […]

painting, with fuzzy bear

A PlanetJune story, by Fuzzy Bear Hello! Fuzzy Bear here. Today I would like to show my fellow amigurumi how to paint. First, set up an easel and a blank piece of paper. Find some good quality tubes of paint. Squeeze your paints out onto a palette. […]

Prepare for Fitness!

Welcome to the start of The Tanooki Wii Fit Challenge! In a grueling three month session of balance board induced health, two of your very own Tanooki staff members and one special guest will see who can yoga with the best, and who must answer to the toaster shaped Wii Fit piggy […]

Now the Real Texas TIBU Round-up Report

Now the Real Texas TIBU Round-up Report the no-bullshit version this time “puppies” be damned… by brianfile23, in personal updates, on Aug. 31, 2008 at 11:19pm recent activity
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