Forrest Black’s LiveJournal friend GloomCookie has the best streaming cam on the web. It features 24/7 live streaming video of six Shiba Inu puppies. This is what the internet was invented for. At least, this is what the internet should have been invented for. Right now, while I’m watching, someone (presumably GloomCookie) is playing with the puppies and they are all trying to get into her lap at the same time. It’s pretty much the most pleasant and adorable thing I’ve come across all day. Not that I’ve had a total cakewalk of a day, but still. These cute little doggies even have adorable cute plush toys.

There are three female pups named Autumn, Ayumi, and Amaya. There are three boys named Aki, Akoni, and Ando. I don’t know if Ando is a common A alliterative name for Shiba Inu dogs or if GloomCookie is a big Heroes fan.

I got all my writing done for today and I got all the necessary photography formatted and posted to BlueBlood.com and wherever else it was due. Most importantly, I got to watch puppies! Now I feel refreshed and ready for a fabulous weekend night.

According to The Times Online, the UK and USA have been collaborating in stamping out international movie piracy rings. Specifically, a team with the MPAA has trained a couple of adorable black labradors to sniff out the chemicals used in making pirated DVDs. Apparently, the polycarbonates and solvents used in the pirate DVD manufacturing process are very distinctive and are as easy for a dog’s sensitive nose to pick out as cocaine or marajuana. Out of 2.7 million DVDs seized in Malaysia this past year, approximately 2 million were sniffed out by a pair named Lucky and Flo. Lucky and Flo have since traveled to the UK and been decimating the piracy trade in Jack the Ripper’s old stomping grounds of Whitechapel. They have been so successful that new puppy teams are being trained in Northern Ireland. Apparently, various gangsters have taken such a fiscal hit that they have felt compelled to offer a $30,000 bounty on the slaughter of any of the DVD sniffing dogs.