Kids: they say the darndest things. And in the case of my nephews, usually loudly and when I’m trying to watch a show or take a nap. This is a short video of a precious little boy in West Virginia (my home state — hit it, John Denver!) asking if

Waking up and getting out of bed: it’s the worst. Enter precious rescue pet rat Bean sleeping in her tissue box and refusing to wake up until caretaker Esther places a bowl of almond slices nearby, at which point Bean immediately stirs and gets up, ready for some treats. Honestly

Because it’s imperative you actually defend your territory after marking it, this is a video of Charlie the cocker spaniel fearlessly battling a leaf blower. Just look at him charging into battle — he truly is a brave warrior. I think he wins too, provided winning is based on how

This is a video demonstration of the one-way (it only goes down) cat elevator that a woman made for her cat to ride from one of the high rafters in her home back down to the ground. How cool is that? The elevator’s counterweight appears to be a precisely weighed

This is a video from the Oregon Zoo of the park’s resident pachyderms smashing and eating some 1,200 pounds of pumpkins to celebrate the arrival of autumn. You know I actually did something similar on the very first day of fall to celebrate the changing of the season, but in

This is Vino, a corkscrew/bottle opener combo designed by Adi Kafri for OTOTO Studio (available here on Amazon for $23) that looks like a little bat. The bat’s wings move up and down as a bottle is opened and the cork is pulled out. Speaking of — I think I’ll

These are a few photographs from a shop in Japan where the owner had glass panels installed in the ceiling so the shop’s resident cats can watch shoppers, and vice-versa. A great idea, but are we sure the rest of those drop panels can support the weight of those cats?

This is a short video from an aquarium where a sea lion does its best impression of Tom Hanks yelling after Wilson in Castaway. It does a fantastic job, and if I had any fish to toss to it I totally would. I don’t though, all I have is this