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Paranoid Kitty Convinced Tinfoil Keeps the Government Away

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Paranoid Kitty Convinced Tinfoil Keeps the Government Away

Olive, a cat from Astor Place, North Carolina, is convinced that someone is out to get her and that tin foil is the best way to keep herself safe. 

“We thought it was a joke at first,” says family friend Tina Jameson. “She’d make these tin foil hats that were supposed to protect her brainwaves from the government.  It was funny.  But then she started covering the whole house in foil, and we realized it wasn’t a joke to her.”

Friends say Olive’s erratic behavior began recently, but has rapidly gotten worse.  The folks in the unmarked black van outside of Olive’s house would not comment for this story.

Via jadepearli.

Dog Takes Nap After Long Day

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Dog Takes Nap After Long Day

For Otto, it was a long day at work.  The San Francisco native is a software tester in the SoMa district, and spent the entire morning chasing an elusive bug.  

“It was driving him nuts,” said colleague and cubicle mate, Alex Bjorn.  "Turned out to be an issue with how Firefox 12 was loading the JavaScript for one of the ad blocks on our about page.  I told him not to worry about it – with autoupdate, everyone will be on 13.1 soon enough, and FF12 was only like a thousand visits to that page.  But he insisted on figuring out a work around.  It wasn’t pretty, but he got it working.“

All that tedious coding took its toll on Otto, though.  "By the time he got home, he was wiped,” said roommate Sarah Oberon. “He came in the door, grabbed his favorite toy and plopped down in his bed.  He got maybe one good chew in before conking out.”

Via ejbSF.

STUDY: Cuteness Can Make You Live Longer

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STUDY: Cuteness Can Make You Live Longer

According to a new study published today in Hello Kitty magazine, viewing at least one hour of cuteness each day can lengthen your lifespan by up to five years.

“What we found was that there is a direct correlation between cuteness viewed and longevity,” said Dr. Elliott Bowman, the lead researcher for the study.  "We showed pictures of cute bunnies to lab rats and found that for the groups that were shown photos an hour or more each day, their life expectancy was raised by around 7% compared to the control group. That translates to approximately an extra five years in humans.“

Bowman said his team was able to replicate its findings with bunnies, who were shown mainly cute pictures of lab rats.  

Via Bobbydazzler83.

Bulldog No Longer Challenged By Her Work

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Bulldog No Longer Challenged By Her Work

A bulldog named Mac used to love her job. She basically streamlined the entire office, got rid of those paper files and switched the team over to Gmail (bye bye, Outlook).

But lately, she’s just not feeling challenged, according to co-workers.

“She loves this company, but the passion is gone,” says Amy Joseph, who sits one cube away. “I think she’s done all she can here. Without a promotion, it may be time for her to move on.”

Via Jeff Jackel, by way of Lauren Drell.