Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving Packing all of your belongings into a U-Haul and then transporting them across several states is nearly as stressful and futile as trying to run away from lava in swim fins. I know this because my boyfriend Duncan and I moved from Montana to Oregon last month. But as harrowing as the move was for us, it was nothing compared to the confusion and insecurity our two dogs had to endure. Our first dog is - to put it delicately - simple-minded. When we started packing, the helper dog knew immediately that something was going on. When the soul-penetrating pathos she was beaming at me failed to prevent me from continuing to put things in boxes, the helper dog became increasingly alarmed. Unfortunately for the helper dog, it took us nearly a week to get everything packed up. But the simple dog seemed to enjoy the trip. Even though she threw up seven times. She actually seemed to like throwing up. But as far as the simple dog was concerned, it was the best, most exciting day of her life.
Sweet Meats Plush toys Its nice to have friends Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapidians attempt a ritual dance to appease Calder's - and the city's - enlarged heart. “I'm a sculptor and I'm feeling like death, as you would too if you'd just flown into Grand Rapids at some ungodly hour of the morning, only to discover that you can't check into your hotel room for another three hours. As you would too, if you were a sculptor — as I am.” Grand Rapids is a tight-knit Dutch community of mostly affluent Dutch Republicans (plus some recent riff-raff), located in Dutch West Michigan. The city is nicknamed "G.R." and is depicted on highway signs as Gd Rapids , Gd being an abbreviation of Grand, evidently. Gd Rapids is situated on Michigan's Gd River, atop several scenic and probably important Native American burial sites. History “There are no grand rapids in Grand Rapids, Michigan”~ Lyricists Marty Cooper and the Big Town Kazoos before stumbling onto a catchier tune about deer in Dearborn Alticor headquarters, formerly the Pantlind Hotel. Government People Economy Motto
CUTE THINGS FALLING ASLEEP Your funniest Canadian wildlife photos of 2016 - Sudbury CBC's northern Ontario afternoon show Up North asked listeners to submit their best wildlife photos — and you delivered. Here are some of our favourites from the year. "300 lb balancing act" Laurie Sabourin Riach snapped these photos of a neighbourhood bear in Sudbury, who was a frequent visitor for the months of October and November. (Provided) "This ground hog made a temporary home under my neighbour's shed this summer in Sudbury. This chipmunk isn't holding back in this great photo sent in to us from Lisa Graham in Laird township. "Look closely: a pair of moose, right at the end of my driveway. Tom McClelland took this amazing photo on his trailcam at his camp in Diamond Lake area near Sault Ste Marie. Would you like a back massage? Snowball fight? Listen below to hear Up North host Jason Turnbull and associate producer Marina von Stackelberg discuss their favourite images. Up North We asked for northern wildlife photos, and you delivered! You can see more photos submitted here.
Texts From Last Night mental_floss Blog » The Surprisingly Cool History of Ice Until two centuries ago, ice was just an unfortunate side effect of winter. But in the early 1800s, one man saw dollar signs in frozen ponds. Frederic Tudor not only introduced the world to cold glasses of water on hot summer days, he created a thirst people never realized they had. In 1805, two wealthy brothers from Boston were at a family picnic, enjoying the rare luxuries of cold beverages and ice cream. They joked about how their chilled refreshments would be the envy of all the colonists sweating in the West Indies. It was a passing remark, but it stuck with one of the brothers. Ice Man Cometh Nothing in Tudor's early years indicated that he would invent an industry. Frederic convinced William to join him in a scheme to ship ice from New England to the Caribbean. No one believed the idea would work. It did. After an inauspicious start, William pulled out of the partnership. Despite financial woes, Frederic persisted, and his ice business finally turned a profit in 1810.
Pup inflation: Good dogs getting better Pup inflation: Good dogs getting better America’s good dogs have become significantly better dogs over the past year. That’s the inescapable conclusion from a statistical review of the world’s foremost source for professional dog ratings, the Twitter account WeRateDogs. WeRateDogs’ paw-cess is simple and rigorous: people send him pictures of their dogs (and occasionally, allegedly, goats) and he responds with a number rating out of 10 about how good a dog the pup in question is. They’re very good dogs indeed, as WeRateDogs’ unleashed 10-point rating system reflects: How good are the doggos? Good dogs getting better Here’s a chart showing every single dog rating from January 1, 2016 to March 26, 2017: The sheer volume of 1,200 ratings over 15 months can make the chart hard to sniff out. Masked in the plot is a pugnacious trend: America’s doggos are getting better and better: Better good dogs, fewer bad dogs But there’s actually two things happening here. Devil’s advocate Methodology
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