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I recently started a new full-time job and for the first time in two years I am working full-time in an office. Not only am I mourning the loss of my former flexible work from home schedule but I’m pretty sure my dogs are too. Luckily, my office is close enough that I can take a long lunch and run home to let my pups out as needed which is a huge relief for me. Now I have to think about who will watch my guys when I go on vacation this summer (wishful thinking). Enter Dog Vacay, a newly launched start-up dedicated to pet sitting. Read the rest of this entry »

Theron Humphrey is a guy on a mission: he’s traveling the country, meeting one new person a day, for 365 days. Wild, right? That’s why it’s called This Wild Idea. As if that wasn’t enough, he’s also taking pictures of his coonhound Maddie along the way – but Maddie doesn’t pose like any average dog. No, she stands on things: bicycles, signs, mailboxes, gigantic watermelons, etc. If you couldn’t tell, this side-project is “a super serious project about dogs and physics”. See Maddie defy gravity at http://maddieonthings.com, which is updated daily!

Image via Theron Humphrey

I’m sorry, but you weren’t planning on working today right? Right. It’s Monday after all. A day for transitioning from weekend pleasure to weekday business. The only logical way to ease into the work week is by procrastinating on a website dedicated to photos, photos, and more photos of cute animals.

I give to thee, Attack of the Cute. See you when you come out of your cute coma!

My first pet was a guinea pig named Nibbles so I’ve always held a soft place in my heart for them. I recently stumbled across a tumblr blog dedicated to cute pictures of guinea pigs, and more specifically guinea pigs in hats. I started following the blog and now whenever I log into my tumblr account, I squeal with delight at the latest goofy guinea pig photos. Here are just a few glorious guinea piggies in hats of sorts: Read the rest of this entry »