More (and better) Ringo pics!

New pics behind the cut-tag. Becca finally got some good face pics, and we also got some good ones of him and Tarma curled up against each other. Definitely not afraid of dogs. Nope.

Also, Ringo was extra-amusing and cuddly this morning. He climbed under my covers, over my hip, and settled down against my back to sleep until I had to get up.

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Reports that UN is appointing ET ambassador not true

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Google's autocomplete blacklist

God tells guy to build really, really, really large treehouse

Wikileaks spokesman exits, and reveals his actual name

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Cloning Neanderthals

Gary Wolf at TED on ways to track and analyze data about your body and behavior

Brain surgery through the eye socket

Sharper footage of Apollo 11 moon landing