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Annnnd we’re back!

crazydogtees — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:50:49 +0000

Hello again to all of our loyal readers out there! Sorry for the break in posting…I know you all missed us SO much. I know this will probably just sound like an excuse, but we got a 31,000 shirt order that we had to complete in two weeks. That’s A LOT of shirts! You should have seen our warehouse…it was like a maze trying to maneuver around all of the boxes of shirts. Thankfully, we got it done and all of the boxes and shirts have left the building. On that note, here is a music video to sum up how we all felt after we finished the order!

Your Friday Awwwwwww

crazydogtees — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:26:04 +0000

The only thing I love more than Baby Pigs are Baby Goats! Now you know why:

Pig Candy Please!

crazydogtees — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:35:11 +0000

On Tuesday night my boyfriend and I went to eat some scrumptious barbeque at a place called Good Smoke…I’m pretty sure I’ve blogged about their deliciousness before. Anyway, we had an appetizer called Pig Candy and let me tell you, it was like magic in my mouth! Pig Candy, as described by Good Smoke’s menu, is a “basket of bacon, fried crispy and tossed in our Original bbq sauce and pork rub”. If I could eat Pig Candy with every meal, I think I could even eat salad and vegetables for every meal also because the Pig Candy’s deliciousness would drown out the un-deliciousness of healthy eating. I didn’t even want to eat my meal because all I wanted to do was eat more Pig Candy. If you’re ever in Rochester, I highly recommend stopping by Good Smoke and having a meal…or at very least a basket of Pig Candy!

Fat Cat is Fat

crazydogtees — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:15:05 +0000

Yesterday morning the Today Show introduced us to Meow, a current resident of the Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society. Meow weighs 39 goddamn pounds (and 10 ounces, for good measure). Meow’s former owner was an elderly lady who could no longer handle the poor thing, who, according the vet, “was not fed a healthy diet, and way too much of it, and lacks a certain amount of willpower.” Aw. But…this cat is a thing that exists. I don’t even know how to feel. So many feelings; I am not good at feelings! Thoughts that ran through my head:

Oh my god, LOOK at that thing! He’s hilarious!
Aw, it’s not his fault.
His arms and legs look so tiny!
This is not funny.
This cat is America’s obesity crisis.
I think I’m going to cry. This is really sad.
Quit crying at everything.
What’s this cat’s socioeconomic background? Did he have access to healthy cat food?
I shouldn’t judge a cat. I am not judging a cat.
Do they make plus-size kitty collars? Or do you use a dog collar?
Did Matt Lauer just fat-shame a cat?!
A cat that fat can’t run away when I want to snuggle.
That cat must be awesome for snuggles. Like a pillow.
I am so selfish. I don’t deserve snuggles.
Poor kitty.
That cat is just ridiculous.
Can a cat be expected to have self-control?
CATKINS DIET.
I want to help him. I should volunteer more.
Was “Meow” the best name they could come up with?
Shut up, Ann Curry.
God help that cat.

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Thanks and credit to Jezebel.

Zipper-mania

crazydogtees — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:50:04 +0000

Today would have been Gideon Sundback’s 132nd Birthday. You obviously know who that is right?! I’ll give you a hint…you use something he invented probably almost every single day. In fact, probably more than once a day! I’ll give you another hint…go to www.google.com right now and I bet you’ll figure it out, as this is how I figured it out! Sundback is the inventor of the zipper. Just think about how different things would be if he never invented the zipper..we’d have to button everything! True, someone might have come up with the zipper at another time, but Sundback is the genius who did! Check out the article below from mid-day.com all about him.

Gideon Sundback, inventor of zipper, celebrated in Google doodle

Just go to Google, and you will find a giant zipper running down the centre of the global search engine’s home page. It’s the search giant’s tribute to the inventor of the zipper, Gideon Sundback

No prizes for guessing. It’s to mark the 132nd birth anniversary of Gideon Sundback, the Swedish-American inventor of the ubiquitous zipper — the fastening device that has revolutionized the clothing industry.

In fact, if you drag your mouse down to unzip the zipper, it will split the screen, including the search textbox and reveal the relevant results for the name Gideon Sundback.

Born on April 24, 1880, in Sweden, Sundback moved to Germany following his studies and emigrated to the US in 1905. It was in the US where he started to work at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in Pittsburgh.

A year later, he was hired to work for the Universal Fastener Company in Hoboken, New Jersey, and became its head designer in 1909.

Sundback initially proposed the new zipper as a replacement for hook-and-eye fasteners on women’s boots but it had become a regular feature for the flies of trousers and on dresses by the 1930s.

It may be mentioned here that the name zipper was actually coined in 1923 by BF Goodrich, who used the device on their new boots.

Initially, boots and tobacco pouches were the primary use for zippers; it took another twenty years before they caught on in the fashion industry.

About the time of World War II the zipper achieved wide acceptance for the flies of trousers and the plackets of skirts and dresses.

Sundback died of a heart condition in 1954 and was interred at Greendale cemetery in Meadville, Pennsylvania.

crazydogtees — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:09:14 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I’m a huge fan of all of the Batman movies, even dating back to the ones that my family owned on VHS with Cat Woman and Penguin. I remember whenever I had sleepovers when I was younger, we would always pop in one of the Batman movies. I even wanted to be Cat Woman one year for Halloween.

In “The Dark Knight”, I thought Heath Ledger did an amazing job as the Joker. He was super creepy and fit my imagined image of the Joker perfectly. I also very much enjoyed Christian Bale’s “Batman” voice. Although these two parts stood out to me, I really enjoyed the whole movie. One of my old co-workers saw it in the theater at least five times.

Due to my love for the Batman movies, I had to share the below article that I found on huffingtonpost.com. It looks like the movie may be even more amazing than I had hoped, especially if I see it in IMAX!

“Dark Knight Rises” IMAX: Christopher Nolan Shoots Over An Hour of Footage in Large-Screen Format

By Christopher Rosen

“The Dark Knight Rises” IMAX bona fides are already strong — after all, the first eight minutes of the film debuted in front of IMAX screenings of “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” last year — but if you had any doubt about Christopher Nolan’s dedication to the format, consider this: the director shot over an hour of footage in IMAX, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Nolan has long been a fan of IMAX — he filmed 40 minutes of “The Dark Knight” using IMAX cameras — because he says it allows the audience to become “immersed” in the film. (Shooting an entire feature in IMAX is still not totally feasible, as the equipment is heavy, loud and expensive.)

He isn’t the only director to embrace IMAX: Brad Bird used the cameras for “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” instead of the more en vogue 3D.

“3-D was never a choice for us, so the matter never really came up,” cinematographer Robert Elswit told Movieline about “Ghost Protocol” back in March, before later adding that “Brad wanted to use IMAX right from the start, and that was mainly due to Chris Nolan’s success in using it for sequences in his ‘Dark Knight’ film.”

The IMAX trick worked for “Mission: Impossible,” which earned $46.1 million in ticket sales from IMAX screens during the holiday season. (IMAX tickets are routinely more expensive than regular tickets.) Expect “The Dark Knight Rises” to top even those lofty grosses when it debuts on July 18.

For more on the IMAX craze, head over to the Wall Street Journal. Check out the newest “Dark Knight Rises” trailer in front of “Marvel’s The Avengers” on May 4.

[via WSJ]

Your Friday “Awwwww”, Otter styles

crazydogtees — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:09:01 +0000

Were you just thinking “I don’t see enough cute things. Like, for reals, where all the cute things at?”. Well, I’ve got the Best Thing for you….here’s your Friday Awwwwwwww:

Admit it. You Awwww’ed.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream sculptures!

crazydogtees — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:24:10 +0000

Since it’s finally starting to get warm out this spring (I’m trying not to think about/not count the awesome 80 degree days we had in March), I am in the mood for some serious ice cream. Rochester has this place called Abbott’s which is frozen custard instead of ice cream and let me tell you, it sure is delicious! My favorite ice cream is a kind called Bananaberry from a small shop in New Hampshire called “King Kone”. Whenever I go home to visit my parents, I always insist that we take a trip to King Kone. I also very much enjoy Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup sundaes from Friendly’s.
Now that I am making my mouth water, did you know that there is a whole page with instructions for how to make an ice cream sculpture? I’ll admit, when I was little I did play with my food, but there is no way I was this advanced! I wouldn’t want to make an ice cream sculpture now because I feel like the effort I put in would make the sculpture too awesome to eat, but then I would be losing out on the deliciousness of the ice cream! However, if you do want to try making an ice cream sculpture, instructions are below from ehow.com.

How to Make an Ice Cream Sculpture

By an eHow Contributor

Shape favorite flavors of ice cream into a whimsical sculpture for any special event. Your only limitations are your creativity and imagination. However, work quickly and use the help of a freezer before the malleable ice cream soon becomes a melted mess. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions
1. Create a picture or drawing of a subject to use as a template for the ice cream sculpture. Calculate the size of the sculpture based on each quart of ice cream serving 3 to 4 people.

2. Set up a kitchen work station with a container of boiled water, an ice cream scoop, a chef’s knife, a chilled tray and different flavors of hard ice cream according to the colors of the desired sculpture.

3. Dip the ice cream scoop into the boiled water and quickly remove. Use the scoop to shave out the first flavor of ice cream needed onto the chilled tray. Continue to scoop ice cream onto the tray until there is enough to mold.

4. Cut and mold the ice cream into shapes using the chef’s knife. Dip the scoop or chef’s knife into the boiled water when switching between different ice cream flavors.

5. Place the tray with the shaped ice cream back into the freezer approximately every 5 minutes, in increments of 7 minutes, to help the ice cream retain its form. Remove tray from the freezer. Repeat the process of scooping and molding the ice cream.

6. Embellish the dimensions and texture of the sculpture with candies, cookies, fruit, nuts, cake decorations or any edibles. Select items that compliment the sculpture and ice cream flavors. Replace back into the freezer until ready to serve.

Read more: How to Make an Ice Cream Sculpture | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_2267028_make-ice-cream-sculpture.html#ixzz1sWGBwBS5

For now, Dick Clark … so long.

crazydogtees — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:30:49 +0000

We are sorry to say that today famed TV producer and “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” host Dick Clark has died from a massive heart attack earlier this morning after undergoing an outpatient procedure last night…attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. At the time of his death, Dick was 82.

Upstate New Yorkers like us are proud to say that we were a part of Dick’s history in entertainment, as he began his career as a radio announcer at WRUN in Utica, NY (about 2 hours east of us in Rochester, NY) at the age of 17.

TMZ has posted this slideshow of Dick Clark through the year that we think you’ll enjoy….we did.

Excited for the Reunion

crazydogtees — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:30:54 +0000

I don’t know about you guys out there, but I am super excited to see “American Reunion”. I have to admit, I saw the other three movies in the theater and I got a good laugh out of all of them, even “American Wedding”. I feel like I should be going to see this movie with MY High School friends since I saw the first one with them. Also, I’ve heard good things about it. For those of you out there who have seen it, what did you think?