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...when I need a pick-me-up, I don’t turn to the pleasures of the flesh. Oh no. I turn to the pleasures of the pet. My pet. The world’s best. With rockin’ hair and an attitude, he’s the perfect incarnation of hip and hop. And to set the mood I turn on a few tunes that’ll make your nose twitch with the best of them. You know you want...
...well, thanks to U.S. government subsidies. Like Europe, the U.S. has a law that bans dumping raw meat into landfills. In July 2007, energy company, ConocoPhillips teamed up with meat giant Tyson to make biofuel from chicken and pork fats that would otherwise have been added into makeup, pet foods or soaps. Although biofuel produced from animal fat is better suited to fueling industrial boilers than cars, Tyson and ConocoPhillips have come up with a fuel for the "on-road" market. (Read: "Tallying Biofuels' Real Environmental Cost...
...Private Lives of Pippa Lee, cooks a mean butterflied lamb, keeps a meticulous house and floats around in silky pajamas, all the while gazing fondly at her cutely cranky husband Herb (Alan Arkin), a former publisher 30 years older than she is, as if he were the pet...
Russell Hornsby, the founder of Cepia and a former Mattel employee, had long wanted to create a robotic pet for children. During a brainstorming session in May 2008, Hornsby and his fellow Cepia execs narrowed the choices down to three: a dog, a fish and a hamster. "Out of these, [a live] hamster is the one parents least like getting," says Natalie Hornsby, the company's marketing director, and Russell Hornsby's daughter. "So we figured a toy substitute would have some value." (See TIME's holiday gift guide...
...Planet 51” features several references to well-known space movies, notably “Alien” and “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.” The dog-like alien pet belonging to Lem’s family recalls the eyeless, orb-like forehead of Sigourney Weaver’s original foe, while Elliott’s iconic bicycle silhouetted against the moon in “E.T.” is briefly parodied. By alluding to well-known scenes from past films, these references are perhaps a tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement of some...