four-eyes rella: Things I Love Thursday

I love when my animal buddies force their way into a cuddle when I'm on the computer.

I also love...

The 45 most powerful images of 2011.

Going home for the holidays...a Gentleman's Rant. LOVE THESE GUYS. Especially the redhead guy, he's hilarious.Their Hipsters video is awesome too.

Grandmother tips - on internet behavior.

That Iceland Air offers a stopover in Iceland for up to seven days with no additional airfare if you are going to one of their European destinations. A FREE TRIP TO ICELAND is all I hear there. Amazing!

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These tents from Field Candy. Yes, they are real actual tents. Awesome.

Found via Checks and Spots.

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I also love...

Fake science: What determines eye color?

This video of dogs that were rescued from a research lab seeing the sun and walking on grass for the first time in their lives. I got a tear in my eye when they came out of their cages.

Dog portrait made from sprinkles!

That I got one more 'under 200 followers' blog awards...I'm almost there! Thank you Suzy.

Where you will find me at parties. This is so me!

The new Improv Everywhere video - Sitting on a mall Santa's lap, the musical.

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This interesting picture of all the eggs that were inside a hen that was sadly mortally wounded and had to be put down. I guess I never really thought about what eggs look like before they're eggs. Click through for the full story, there's one dead chicken picture but it's not as gross as it sounds.

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The surprisingly romantic story that goes along with my visible man signed by Chuck Palahniuk. (Yes, Chuck did draw on the mustache and the arrow pointing to the 'junk'.)

Baby pictures of famous authors.

How to properly hide booze in your Facebook photos.

How can I be happy when the world is such a horrible place?

There's something about the little Santa hats in this party mix that just gets me.

Learn more about your digital camera: click here for a Shutter Speed tutorial, here for one on ISO, here for one on Aperture Settings and here for one to learn about the 'exposure triangle'. All very useful stuff. I should have read it all the other day before going to watch the annual truck parade and taking a bunch of grainy useless photos.

Leave today in the past...I have to tell myself this more often.

This Kijiji ad for a snowblower. Even I want to buy it now and it hardly ever snows here!

Project repat is a neat idea.

The worst jobs in history.

Gala Darling's Pink Christmas. Big time giveaways up in there.

These are some of the best travel tips I've ever read. (via Yes and Yes)