penguin colony

From the sky, this picture might look like a polluted river, or a field of flowers.


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rooster's crow gets stuck

How would you like to wake up to this sound?

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penguin excels at table tennis

Forget the winter olympics! This snow-bound penguin displays quite a talent and provides quite a show in this Carlsberg Sport commercial.

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dancing on treadmills

I could get into doing this treadmill routine to OK Go's "Here It Goes Again."

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why people don't walk cats

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the man who walked around the world

This nice little ditty about Johnnie Walker stars Robert Carlyle walking the hills of Loch Doyne in Scotland. Of special interest--it was filmed in one continuous shot and took Robert 40 tries to get it right.

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homeless man in San Francisco loses, then finds, kitty

I saw this homeless guy and his kitty in S.F. yesterday. I petted the kitty and put $1 in the guy's cup. The kitty is a sweetie but could use some grooming.




photo c2010 Mike Kepka/The Chronicle

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rare black jaguar births spotted cub

It all happened at the zoo in Yaduda, Jordan. Read all about it.



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updated August 28, 2015

creepy motion portraits

Just upload a photo of someone, click the "c" button on the right bottom of the photo when you see a balloon float by with features you like. Then, if you like it as applied to the photo, just click the camera button, make a copy, and add it to your files.  No longer available.


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updated August 28, 2015

how to store and organize cats

You've heard about how hard it is to herd cats--try storing them!






updated August 28, 2015

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homeless man in San Francisco loses, then finds, kitty

He loses kitty.

He gets kitty back.

photo c2010 Mike Kepka/The Chronicle

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all you need is love

On December 7th, 2009 at 1:30pm GMT Starbucks invited musicians from all over the world to sing together at the same time to raise awareness for AIDS in Africa. (scroll down)

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image c2009 Carole Terwilliger Meyers

bottle music

Music played on bottles.


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bored cat

Nothing ever happens.

Now I'm bored, too.

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cat attempts murder

Not really. More like oblivious college kid exercises with back to TV. Let's hope the TV isn't real and that a mean roommate didn't set the whole thing up.

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ice surfer gets busted

I’ve never seen an ice surfer before. Cool, in more ways than one.


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think twice before you hand over that valet key

In fact, you might just want to park your car yourself.
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jump-roping half-time routine

You'll be jumping out of your seat when you watch this spectacular jump rope performance by U.S. Naval Academy "Kings Firecrackers."


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thnk you've got a strange pet?

Check out these exotic pets!

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