Archive for June, 2007

Gus at D-plus-7

Posted in June 30th, 2007
by PAgent in FYI, Pets

Thought I would drop a post on our new dog, since some of you may be curious as to how he’s working out. Here’s some more pictures:

Things Gus Has Learned:
1. Velveeta tastes awesome
2. The cats are not dog toys
3. If he leaves one of us for a few moments, we won’t actually vanish into thin [...]

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Spotted in PDX

Posted in June 29th, 2007
by PAgent in Portland

The trees on 5th Avenue have been cut to make room for the new transit mall.
I knew it was coming, but it’s still kind of sad.

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Lemur Invasion

Posted in June 28th, 2007
by PAgent in Blogs and Bloggers, Flotsam, Humor

Over at Neatorama, Miss Cellania posted a pic of a red ruffed lemur:

It’s adorable, I know. And yet I found something disquieting about the image. There was something familiar, yet menacing about that lemur. I scratched my head for a while, and finally, I had it:
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Resistance is futile.

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Hypothermia-Induced Tourette’s Syndrome

Posted in June 28th, 2007
by PAgent in Flotsam, Video

There are two things you need to know to appreciate this clip.
One, when doing deep-water scuba diving, you can use a mixture of helium and oxygen (heliox) to avoid nitrogen narcosis. The substantially lower density of helium gives you a high squeaky voice.
Two, near Christmas Island in the central Pacific Ocean, there is a thermocline [...]

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Everyone thinks they invented sex…

Posted in June 27th, 2007
by PAgent in Blogs and Bloggers, FYI

And it’s surprising how many people try to patent it. There are a surprising number of patents issued for sex toys, male enhancement methods, impotence treatments, you name it. I stumble across them all the time.
Ah, but now you don’t have to stumble any more. X-Rated Patents has a bunch collected for your handy perusal. [...]

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Dog Parking

Posted in June 27th, 2007
by PAgent in FYI, Pets

In the past, when I have visited parks that have off-leash areas for dogs I’ve always felt a bit like Moses looking into the Promised Land. I love dogs, and I wanted one desperately, and there were dozens of them frolicking about happily just on the other side of the fence. But going into an [...]

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