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Friday fun: breakfast in bed

Now that the Shiba Inu puppies have grown up and gone, here's a new batch of babies we can stalk follow: The Owl Box. Molly and McGee are barn owls sharing a secluded nest in beautiful San Marcos, CA. Their owlets are in the process of hatching (unless they've already hatched - Molly won't stand up long enough for me to count 'em). There's nothing like watching a male owl bringing the woman he loves breakfast in bed - even if that breakfast is a disemboweled rabbit.

This owl is an easy rider!

Twitter notepad? I haven't actually opened the zip file template, so I'm giving this to you as a sort of blind item.

Google before you speak - a motto for today

Hey, Daily Shite. This made me laugh, too!

Ten things you may not know about Dr. Seuss

In case you missed it, here's the Huntington, WV episode of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. I mentioned it a few weeks ago.

California Driving: a survival guide written by a Brit who lives in the Bay Area. So he ought to know. I mean, talk about a motorway trial by fire. His California driver's IQ test was a little insulting, though! 

Friday fun: Ga ga ooh la la

Lady Gaga's outfits are good enough to eat.

Middle aged women have better memories than men - but not by much, baby. Not by much.

Let's say you're Warner Bros., and you have tons of movie film and television videotape you need to archive. They should be kept someplace completely secure, utterly fireproof, and temperature controlled year-round. Where do you go? The Kansas salt mines, of course.

From the why didn't I think of that? dept.: spiral-eye needles

Good advice

Aww! I <3 these

What should I eat? The candy edition

Genius graphic of the week: Why a Big Mac costs more than a salad

And for fans of The Guild, here's Vork starring in an old instructional video for Taco Bell. You know, so many actors are afraid to be upstaged by a burrito these days. But not this guy. He's so dedicated to his craft!

Friday fun: let's try this again

The guy behind The Presurfer has started a new blog called Popular Coffee News, dedicated to all things coffee. I didn't think the internet could provide much more coffee-related amusement, but I was wrong! Check it out.

Speaking of The Presurfer, that's where I am going to send you to watch this surreal video.

The Doritos Tablet - a very witty spoof on how taken we are with anything 2.0.

Fly like a beagle

You lookin' at me? Yes, it's all about the little dogs today at Beancounters!

An RV infographic for your consideration. Can it be true that 1 in 10 vehicle-owning households in the U.S. has an RV?

Another infographic shared with me by a British friend: the left and the right in U.S. politics. How do you feel about being represented this way to the rest of the world?

Tagman - a nifty version of Hangman where the words are Delicious tags

Most of you know my blog buddy Anthony was battling cancer over the last few months. On Wednesday, he passed away. I don't know if there is an afterlife, but if there is, Anthony is there, pissed that he can't gloat over James Cameron losing the Oscar to his ex-wife. 

Friday dog-blogging: back to basics

I started an entire, pretty lengthy Friday blog post this morning. Suddenly all the text disappeared, leaving just the picture below. This isn't the first time this has happened since Typepad "improved" its product. I walked away from the computer and spent a few happy hours out in 3-D Land to try and calm down. It worked, to the extent I can now sit back down and try again. But once more, I am marshaling my limited powers of concentration to try and arrange a different blog hosting situation. If you want to talk, I'll be over here, with a cardboard tube on my nose. (And now the picture has disappeared! Excellent!)