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I'm posting this link incase anyone has cats at home and hasn't beheld the wonder that is a cat with a piece of honeysuckle wood. I was watching my Tigger nuzzle his chunk of wood (he claws it, chews on it, rubs all over it, and then uses it as a pillow for a little nap... the whole ritual...

Okay... I've gotten away from sitting down to watch tv. I like being able to pack my laptop along to the kitchen while I cook supper, to the bedroom to hook into my tv, whenever I feel like, and watching the shows I want instantly. So, I've been switching over to broadband wherever I can for...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chocolate enjoyed around the world today had its origins at least 3,100 years ago in Central America not as the sweet treat people now crave but as a celebratory beer-like beverage and status symbol, scientists said on Monday. Researchers identified residue of a...

ST..JOHNS (CBC) - A battle over a kitten in central Newfoundland has sparked a police investigation and sent one SPCA worker to hospital. Three weeks ago, SPCA workers in Grand Falls-Windsor went to speak with the kitten's owner about a cheque that had bounced. When the woman refused to...

MMMmmmm... fried parsnips. You're making me hungry.

No burgervor should go their lives without trying a roasted red pepper and brie burger. *drool* It was one of the most heavenly burgers I've ever had the joy of eating.. caramelized onions, roasted red pepper, and a generous amount of brie. yum yum yum. And I don't care where the burger...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- Police are still looking into what exactly happened in a Waukegan apartment early Sunday morning when a dachshund chewed off the genitals of a 4-month-old boy.Fire and police personnel arrived at 1:30 a.m. to the home on the city’s far southwest side and encountered the infant...

By Mike Celizic TODAYShow.com contributor updated 9:44 a.m. MT, Thurs., Nov. 8, 2007 On three occasions, 13-year-old Megan Coulter threw her arm around the shoulder of a classmate. Just once, 12-year-old Madison Muir hugged a friend who had recently lost a parent. For those acts, both...

It would seem that, since he has so many die hard fans, prince has decided he'd best alienate those who've stuck with him. Prince vs. fans 11/06/2007 7:00 PM, Yahoo! Music Dotmusic Prince is involved in a head-to-head dispute with three unofficial fan websites, after reportedly demanding...

I just saw vid from BBC on Yahoo.ca (not sure how to link to the vid itself, so feel free to go view it), about a French pet salon that has designed and started using a machine to wash dogs. It's a 4 minute wash and dry in a delicate pressure wash machine. What do you think of this new invention?

By The Canadian Press TORONTO - Fisher-Price Canada has announced the recall of nearly 15,000 toys. Approximately 12,500 English Laugh & Learn Learning Kitchen Toys and 2,400 French versions of the product are being recalled as part of a worldwide recall of 155,000 of the toys. Small...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/071106/health/health_eight_limb_baby By The Associated Press ADVERTISEMENT BANGALORE, India - Doctors began operating Tuesday on a 2-year-old girl born with four arms and four legs in an extensive surgery that they hope will leave the girl with a normal...

hmm... looks like I might have just found the recipe I need for the crockpot this afternoon.

when I do stews I dredge the meat in flour, brown in herbs and the onion, and then deglaze the pot with wine or stock before adding the meat back, and proceeding with my stew. It makes for an incredibly tasty dish. For soups and stocks however, I boil the bones until they start to break down...

beaver glands are used in perfume. They fetch a tidy price, or at least they used to.

ah, newfies and their jarred meat. Yum.

My uncles used to hunt beaver to sell the glands and the pelts. The meat was given away as bait for the chaps who bow hunted bear. No way could I eat it after catching the scent of even one castor gland that was carelessly harvested.

Monday night saw my husband and I at a concert for the Silver Sun Pickups. It was pretty damn good for a relatively small bar concert. But, the lead singers vocals were lost in a poorly balanced sound system, and with them, his unique sound is so much of what makes the band, I was...

A new video, uploaded here to CanCon. It had my whole family in stitches. A good one to show kids and grandkids.

I've considered researching it and giving it a go to see if you're right Dex. But then, I'm the type who'd prefer to do dandelion or saskatoon wine, despite the work.