Bret Michaels—he of Poison and “Every Rose Has its Thorn” fame—is introducing his new line of “rock inspired” dog items for PetSmart clumsily called “Bret Michaels Pets Rock Collection.” (HEAVY SIGH.) Here’s his commercial: And here’s his “doggie do-rag.” via Petsmart Holocaust victims are staring into that dog’s eyes and saying, “I’ve never seen anything […]
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Pledge Allegiance to This Pug Dressed as a Bald Eagle
Behold, the first-place winner in yesterday’s presidential-themed pug crawl costume contest: These people told me they stayed up until 2 am fashioning a bald eagle costume for their dog. These people are great. And I think everyone will agree that the casting here really takes it to the next level. That is a proud animal […]
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The 12th Annual Pug Crawl
Full disclosure: Very recently I began volunteering at the Oregon Humane Society (I’m building up dog walking hours to become an off-campus dog runner), and this Sunday I’ll be lending a hand at the 12th annual Pug Crawl, dorky OHS apron and all. However we’ve put this event on our My What A Busy Week! […]
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Zack Galifianakis and the Imaginary Talking Dog
Comedy lovers are rightly hyped about IFC’s new show Comedy Bang! Bang! debuting June 8, featuring Scott Aukerman of Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast fame. Here’s a sneaky peek at the show, in which Aukerman interviews Zack Galifianakis about a talking imaginary dog, while band leader Reggie Watts looks on. Surprisingly, what transpires is very awkward.
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Mitt Romney Would Not Stick His Dog on the Roof Again, Because It Was So Unpopular the First Time
This exchange with Mitt Romney about Seamus the dog is an interesting one: DIANE SAWYER: As we move away from this primary campaign into the next phase — again, on Yahoo, we got two questions most often, first about Seamus — which as you know is out there forever — would you do it again? […]
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What the Hell Is It With Mitt Romney and Dogs?
This ruined my weekend: Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who once strapped his dog to the roof of the family station wagon before embarking on a road trip, has again chosen to thumb his nose at the all-important dog vote by throwing a fundraising birthday party for his wife Ann at the house of Frederick Malek […]
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Dog Texting? Now I’ve Seen Everything
Check out the hilarious new tumblr, “Text From My Dog.” Here are a couple of examples: Much more dog texts here. Via!
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Bone Pugz
Seeing as the Mercury‘s former Pug* Editor is no longer a salaried employee of the paper, it falls to me to present you this. And so, here it is. Anything further I have to say will only cheapen the experience, so please enjoy: Bone Pugz. Thanks to commenter Graham for the tip. * and Music […]
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In Defense of Pitbulls: Beyond The Myth
I didn’t really grow up around dogs (and until I grew tall enough not to be snack-sized I was terrified of them), and although it’s a notion I abandoned long ago, I clearly remember thinking as a kid that pit bulls were inherently dangerous:It seems like a war over their reputation that the pit bulls […]
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Chuck Palahniuk: “Faux-IKEA” Table Salesman
Today in furniture sales for Fight Club fanatics: Author Chuck Palahniuk is letting go of the only remaining copy of the (rather horrible… yet distinctive) ying-yang coffee table from Edward Norton’s character’s apartment (the other two having been destroyed on camera). It’s on sale for THREE FUCKING THOUSAND DOLLARS, however, it is being sold to […]
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Space Pugs for Everyone!
JOHN CARTER By which we mean “the space pug movie.” Performing an autopsy on John Carter is currently Hollywood’s favorite past time, with director Andrew Stanton taking a lot of blame for it. Like this! Stanton (who also nixed all mentions of his Pixar work in the teaser for fear that people would think this […]