We have domesticated the fox!

and I want one. You will be able to get a little guy like this:

This is amazing news for everyone that wanted a Shiba Inu just because it looked kind of like a fox. It will be like a more athletic Corgi that likes to pounce on things (seriously I looked up pictures and that was like 60% of them). National Geographic did a piece on a group of biologists in Russia who have been working since the 1960s on domesticating foxes through breeding. This is great news. Some day I will have a little dude like this.

Article here and pictures here with the picture above taken from here.

Sign People

We have found the clip art sign people out here in Portland to be somewhat overdramatic. Crushed in Gate and Slippery When Wet are hamming it up real good in these two public service adverts. Portland needs to hire an acting coach.

Marshmallow times

We need some new entries in the Top 10 Movies category over at Marshmallow Fight so head over and submit yours. If you happened to miss music I think you can still submit those, and for those of you who have can now turn in your movie list. The theme for this one is a little different. We're focusing mostly on movies to be watched over and over, the ones that stick by you and would make you happiest if it appeared on tv when you got home from work.

So that's the contest of the season, and we are just about ready for suggestions for the next set. Books and tv shows seem the most obvious, but maybe there's a dark horse candidate you want to put forth. I think I would add Top 5 Superheroes to the discussion.

Citizens! Lend your voice!

Hurry, we are running out of time!

I miss this game. A completely unique game in my childhood. The countdown, taunting, and possibility of all players losing made this seem a mad rush to save something. Like a space station I think. As a little kid this was both nerve-wracking games (by the way, I had to look up wracking or racking, apparently they both work and I'll pick the one worth more in Scrabble) and exhilarating. You really felt like you saved the day AND you got to stick it to a smug little computer virus.

I always wondered if my parents hated some of these games. I mean, it was no Snail's Pace Race, which in retrospect is somehow less exciting than it sounds, but still as a little kid you can hear that computer voice yelling its catchphrases all day. So speak up out there, fond memories or horrible nightmares?

Luggage

I started watching Die Hard and I couldn't pay attention after the first two minutes. Something happened and I just could not help, but fixate on this minor detail. John McClane has just gotten off the airplane and is standing next to baggage claim. This gentleman standing next to him is struggling to pull his bag off the claim belt. Where this goes wrong is in its blatant use of an empty suitcase. Surely there must be someone working wardrobe nearby that could have loaned out a few shirts to fill the suitcase, but no. Let's make this poor guy off the street have to "act." Just watch from the 1:50 mark to the 2 minute mark.

I have no idea why this bothers me, or why I even noticed, but now it will not leave me alone.

Merry Christmas

Black Bear

If you are maybe having an off day, need some cheering up, then have I got the video for you. This is a little old, and was first brought to my attention by Tammy, but every once in a while it needs to be seen again.

Some choice lines:

"This is what the bear probably looked like...except real."

"I'm good. I'm uhh faster than a bear."

And honestly, just watch that bear climb the tree. You'll start feeling better. I promise.

Said Cupcakes

Pirate themed chocolate cupcakes with a peppermint frosting. Sooo good and that blue is fantastic for a frosting.