You may have seen
Replacements, Ltd.'s print ads in the back of PARADE magazine (of
Howard Huge fame). Replacements, both a seller and a
resource for china and glassware owners, was one of the few North Carolina businesses to
publicly take a stand [NYT] against the state's vote to ban gay marriage.
As an employer, Replacements is one of only nine companies in the country to receive a
perfect score for ten years straight in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index. But the company is also known for another surprisingly liberal policy: encouraging its 450 employees to bring their pets to work amidst millions of pieces of china and glassware. How many?
A whole lot. [more inside]
posted by Madamina
on May 29, 2012 -
31 comments
Dog Poop Insurance is a product that would potentially be available for a single-premium at the time of purchasing your new shoes.
posted by gman
on Jan 23, 2012 -
15 comments
Like dogs? Like Star Wars?
here ya go! [SLYT, VW-Blue, intentional viral, more disclaimers, one more disclaimer)
posted by HuronBob
on Jan 18, 2012 -
31 comments
What do you get when you cross a pug with the Wampa from The Empire Strikes Back?
Behold
The Wampug.
(SLYT 36 seconds of cute)
posted by quin
on Nov 14, 2011 -
21 comments
When a cowboy says 'women,' he means two different kinds: There's the real kind and then there's the
kind in his mind.
A song by Dan Reeder, for your edumatainment.
posted by kaibutsu
on Sep 12, 2011 -
15 comments
Dog vs. Rattlesnake. Dog loses. But there is
hope for other dogs. "At home, I lit candles in prayer, pleading to the universe that she would make it. I slept fitfully, realizing that this was her battle. I couldn’t will her to survive. Even so, I offered a psychic bargaining chip, promising her a trip to the ocean, which she had never seen, if she pulled through this." And, she did.
posted by Xurando
on Sep 8, 2011 -
12 comments
Tepco, the Japanese nuclear power company, is still battling multiple core meltdowns including one complete "melt-through" (breach of containment).
The news gets worse, except for one hopeful story of two dogs.
[more inside]
posted by stbalbach
on Jun 28, 2011 -
129 comments