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Last chance to vote in Mutt Madness

There’s just 24 hours left to vote for your favorite of Sarahbou in the Furry Four! Heh.
Ask yourself, “who haven’t I told yet about this coffee-loving dog?”
Do it for the children.
Hey, our mothers are still alive - we’re children, right?
The only thing I won’t do here is try and guilt you into it by [...]

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Mutt Madness voting open through April 6

I learned there was an error in the e-mail regarding the Furry Four and the final round of voting in Mutt Madness. Voting’s open through April 6. The Champion will be announced April 7. So, there’s plenty of time to tell people about the contest and ask them to vote!
I created a subdomain that forwards [...]

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This is it! Sarah’s in the Furry Four!

This is it, gang - what we’ve been hoping for!
Our favorite coffee-loving mutt made the cut!
I checked the Mutt Madness page from my phone and saw they’ve posted the Furry Four…And Sarah’s one of them!
YAHOO!! Thank you for your support!
This is the big Kahuna, the whopper, the big one. We need your votes now more [...]

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Mutt Madness 2008 continues - the energetic eight!

We just learned that Sarah’s video made the cut! That’s right, she’s now in the Mutt Madness Energetic Eight! Our BIG thanks to everyone who’s voted for her video so far. The competition’s getting fierce now, with several great videos up against hers. The good news is, she’s #2 seed in the competition (I had [...]

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Horton Hears a Who!

The weekend went so quickly! Saturday I met Amy at the local scrapbook store and between that store and Hobby Lobby, we spent about three hours wandering around together. It was SO great spending time with her!
I went to Bou when we were done shopping, settling in and finishing a short article for the scrapbook [...]

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David Sedaris’ Stadium Pal

David Sedaris is a playwright and commentator, an NPR favorite of ours on This American Life. We download their podcasts every week and it’s a treat to hear his voice and settle in for a good story. His sense of humor and timing make us laugh aloud. Here’s a video as an example for you. [...]

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Ordering a pizza in the year 2010

Politics aside, this clip from the ACLU is both scary and funny. Companies already use caller ID data to bring up callers’ information and order history, so this isn’t that much of a stretch if other entities were linked into a huge database.

I have to give them this: they found a pretty creative way of [...]

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