Caturday Supplement: More Macy’s Window Kitties

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Adam Lang

Have to remember to get some of Autumn’s cat pictures for next week.

In the mean time, I do love that cat’s grin. You think he or she knows something we don’t?

Grey-and-White Fluffy Kitty and Black-And-White Short-Haired Kitty

For someone who rarely shops at Macy’s, I sure do get a lot of mileage out of them.

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Dog of the Day: Yang the German Shepherd/Alaskan Malamute Mix

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Adam Lang

Ladies and gentlemen, I am in love. (Absolutely platonic, I assure you. I’m already taken, after all!)

German Shepherd/Alaskan Malamute Mix with Tricolor Coloration

That is one handsome specimen. Apparently there’s another just like him at home, named Yin. (A girl, no doubt.)

Tricolor Alaskan Malamute/German Shepherd Mix

A dog like this deserves extra hugs. Lots of them. I gave him one and OMG that fur.

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Dog of the Day: Daisy the Havanese/Schnauzer Mix

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Adam Lang

Poor Daisy. I know I feel a bit overwhelmed in chocolate shops, surrounded by all that lovely chocolate that I can’t have. I bet dogs feel that same way in pet stores.

Black and Tan Javanese/Schnauzer Mix

My notes say ‘timid’, but I always prefer the term ‘shy’, or even ‘coy’. Seems a little less sad, somehow.

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Double Dog Day: Oso the Chihuahua Mix and Roo the Chihuahua

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Adam Lang

This pair was quite busy, but gave me a quick hello on the way by. Both are 4.5 years old in these pictures.

Brown Fluffy Chihuahua Mix

I love the fact that there just randomly happens to be a cable car in the background. Not intentional, honest.

Brown Fluffy Chihuahua Mix

Fully convertible ears.

Brown Fluffy Chihuahua Mix Making a Face

If there’s one thing Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes are good at, it’s goofy looks.

Dad and Roo. Talk about your classic Chihuahua.

Man Holding Small Cream Chihuahua

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Adam’s Birthday Dog: Meatloaf the Corgi

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Adam Lang

And now, in celebration of my birthday, I would like to present to you some pictures of that rarest of rarities, a shy corgi! (I sat on these pictures for over a year. I had sixty pictures of him, and the best four included one with his nose cut off, and required extensive editing. Mumble.)

Tricolor Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Pretending like he hasn’t noticed me yet, in the hopes that I’ll go away.

Tricolor Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Look at that worried look over his shoulder. He’s clearly getting ready to bolt… any second now…

Tricolor Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Umm… look at the ears, they’re folded back. Clearly he’s so freaked out he’s fleeing the wrong way…

Tricolor Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Never mind. No timid here. (Bah, I can’t believe I cut his nose off. But look at that ear. Just a teensy fold at the tip.)

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Dog of the Day: Jax the American Pit Bull Terrier/Labrador Retriever Mix Puppy

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Adam Lang

Just when you thought the brindled puppies couldn’t get any cuter than Bowser, here comes the 5-month-old Jax to give him a run for his money.

Brindled Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull Mix with White Socks

If there’s a ‘dog ergonomics’ textbook, I bet that’s not an approved position.

Brindled Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull Mix with Goofy Ears

I think Jax’s ears are just a tiny bit more ridiculous than Bowser’s.

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Caturday Supplement: Macy’s Window Kitties

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Adam Lang

I found myself in great need of kittens this morning. Fortunately, I still have a few left.

The site is back to working again! It turns out to have been a corrupted database, which nobody thought of at all. I was looking at the performance problems (which are a separate issue) and thought maybe rebuilding the database would help, and lo and behold, there were errors. Once they were auto-repaired, things started working again. However, two chunks of data were deleted from my database, and I have no idea what they were, so if you see the site doing anything strange, please let me know.

Well, when I say it’s fixed… it’s fixed except for that pesky performance issue, which we still have no clues about. My hosting provider, Hurricane Electric, has helped me out a lot  in setting up a caching plugin, and I’d like a little feedback from my readers, if possible. When you loaded DoSF today, do you have a good feel for how long it took? Was it a second or two, or was it closer to ten seconds? (If you can’t remember, try reloading later on today, or tomorrow, or whenever you next visit the site. If you reload right now, it will almost certainly be very fast.) If you have a chance, please do leave a response in the comments.

And now, with no further ado, two kittens!

Two Cream Tabby Kittens

If that’s not the most ridiculous sleeping position I’ve ever seen, it’s certainly in the top ten.

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Dog of the Day: Bailey the Fluffy Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Adam Lang

Argh! I have seen this pup twice now, once just this morning… and I’ve forgotten his name! I know he’s a boy, and is ten years old, and is ridiculously fluffy and adorable, though.

Tricolor Fluffy Pembroke Welsh Corgi Barking

He wanted to make one thing perfectly clear.

Tricolor Fluffy Pembroke Welsh Corgi

I wish I’d gotten this from just a foot further to the left. I could have gotten a perfect ‘giant head with stubby little legs’ effect going.

Tricolor Fluffy Pembroke Welsh Corgi

He sure has the classic corgi happy face.

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Dog of the Day: Bowser the 10-Week-Old Pit Bull/Chow/St. Bernard Mix

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Adam Lang

I’m not sure I believe the mix, but the woman who had him seemed quite earnest, so I guess I’ll take her at her word. I must, say, though, that OH MY GOD CUTE!

Brindled Pit Bull Mix Puppy with White Highlights

Bowser caused a brain meltdown in at least five people in just the 30 seconds or so that I was standing near him.

Brindled Pit Bull Mix Puppy with White Highlights

I bet this guy lasted about … eight seconds in the shelter. Maybe nine, if they were closed.

Brindled Pit Bull Mix Puppy with White Highlights

Full frame nose shot! Yay!

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Dog of the Day: Tidusbutt

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Adam Lang

Just spent another two hours trying to debug WordPress. It’s fun, reading computer code you don’t understand, written in a language you don’t know, which is being run in an order you can’t identify.

So have a corgi butt. This is Tidus again, who I see very often in the morning on the way to work, and of whom I will never tire. He has a perfect corgi-butt, which shakes back and forth in a perfect corgi-waddle.

Fawn and White Pembroke Welsh Corgi Butt

Those tocks! Those drumsticks!

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