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(YouTube link)When his favorite song, "Make You Feel My Love" comes on, Rev wakes up and has to sing along with Adele! This dog may not pronounce all the words correctly, but he sure has an emotive voice. -via Viral Viral Videos

More from the website: "Is the domestic Island which greet you when you are back and say goodbye when you leave. A place to find your glasses, your mobile phone, the keys or other small objects." [sic] A 2011 design by Giovanni Levanti for Diamantini & Domeniconi. Those Italians.... [via reader Jo Woo Bay, suddenly fired up and sending me all manner of great stuff. Keep it up: can't get enough of your love.]

You've already enjoyed normal, healthy tacos. Now it's time to enjoy a heavy dessert. Christi Johnstone lightly baked chocolate shells and draped them over kitchen spoons to harden. Then she filled them with ice cream, chocolate sauce, M&Ms and sprinkles.Link -via That's Nerdalicious!

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Sara Rosso loves Nutella. In fact, she loved it so much that seven years ago, the hazelnut chocolate spread superfan founded World Nutella Day, a celebration of all things Nutella.Over the years, the event grew from a few food bloggers posting recipes to thousands of participants Tweeting, pinning recipes on Pinterest, making songs, poems, and short films.It's not surprising, because, as you know, yummy Nutella goes with everything. Well, almost everything. There's one thing that doesn't mix well with Nutella and its fans: lawyers.Sara Rosso wrote on World Nutella Day's website:On May 25, 2013, I’ll be darkening the World Nutella Day site, nutelladay.com, and all social media presence (Facebook, Twitter), in compliance with a cease-and-desist I received from lawyers representing Ferrero, SpA (makers of Nutella).Seven years after the first World Nutella Day in 2007, I never thought the idea of dedicating a day to come together for the love of a certain hazelnut spread would be embraced by so many people! I’ve seen the event grow from a few hundred food bloggers posting recipes to thousands of people Tweeting about it, pinning recipes on Pinterest, and posting their own contributions on Facebook! There have been songs sung about it, short films created for it, poems written for it, recipes tested for it, and photos taken for it.The cease-and-desist letter was a bit of a surprise and a disappointment, as over the years I’ve had contact and positive experiences with several employees of Ferrero, SpA., and with their public relations and brand strategy consultants, and I’ve always tried to collaborate and work together in the spirit and goodwill of a fan-run celebration of a spread I (to this day) still eat.I have hope that this is not a goodbye to World Nutella Day forever, for the fans’ sake, and hopefully it will live on in one form or another in the future.Nutella dissing its fans? Now that's just plain nuts: Link

"Not now" wrote the headline writer for Ginia Bellafante's May 11 New York Times story (below). Brooklyn readers are welcome to weigh in. The sign up top was placed at the behest of the Brooklyn borough president, Marty Markowitz.

I first introduced you to the talented balancing Coonhound named Maddie and her owner/photographer Theron Humphrey a ways back with 33 fabulous images. In that post I said the photos were begging to be a book and knew it would not be long before Maddie was atop shelves in bookstores as well as atop various items and objects. Maddie is a sweet-tempered dog who has accompanied her owner, Theron, on a yearlong, cross-country trip while he worked on a photojournalism project. In his spare time, Theron took photos of Maddie doing what she does best: standing on things. From bicycles to giant watermelons to horses to people, there really isn't anything that Maddie won't stand on with grace and patience. The beautifully photographed and compelling images of Maddie are now bound into a hardcover book. The poignant Instagram photos of this beautiful dog and her offbeat poses have captured the imagination of all those who long for a road trip with a good dog for company. Maddie on Things celebrates the strange talent of one special dog and will resonate with any dog lover who appreciates the quirky hearts (and extraordinary balance) of canines. Buy Maddie on Things: A Super Serious Project About Dogs and Physics. http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

Wild animals are not your friends. They would be quite content to kill and even eat you. How will you survive? Liam Gooley illustrated helpful guides that show you how to keep safe if you meet dangerous creatures, such as elephants, scorpions and aliens. You can read all of these guides at the link.Link -via Pleated Jeans | Liam Gooley's Website

I love this attack on our nation's state birds so so much, mainly because the guy is SO ANGRY.I also love that he recognizes Minnesota's state bird, the common loon, is right on the money.Check out your state rating.His comment on Arkansas gives you an idea of what you'll get: "Christ. What makes this even less funny is that there are like eight other states with mockingbird as their official bird. I’m convinced that the guy whose job it was to report to the state’s legislature on what the official bird should be forgot until the day it was due and he was in line for a breakfast sandwich at Burger King. In a panic he walked outside and selected the first bird he could find, a dirty mockingbird singing its stupid head off on top of a dumpster."

Photo: Miaow Miaow/WikimediaLove may just be a subway ride away. Ropid, Parague's public transport company, is planning to provide singles-only train cars:The project's planners hope the single-only carriages will provide people with a rare opportunity to meet and form a relationship in an increasingly frantic world dominated by work."In the metro you can already read and learn, so why not find a partner?" said Filip Drapal, spokesman for Ropid, Prague's transport company. "We want to make life more pleasant. People today have no time to meet."We do not know yet whether the dating car will be the last carriage on each train and whether it will work day a week or one an hour," he added. "We need to do some fine tuning."Aneta Rehkova, spokeswoman for the metro system, said they were conducting surveys to find out what age groups would be interested in the special carriages and what times would be best to run them.Link