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PET NEWSAUGUST 21, 2013

Pet Snakes: Slithering in, or out of, your heart

For some animal lovers, watching these exotic creatures slither across the Animal Planet screen isn’t enough; you want to bring the thrill of snake ownership into your own home. While they seem exciting and manageable through a television screen or from behind a glass wall, there are a few things that every aspiring snake owner must be aware of before bringing these exotic creatures into your home.

SPOOF SPACE BY STEELE CODDINGTON  |  AUGUST 21, 2013

The Obamacare Zoo

Steele CoddingtonEvery other month my dog Arbuckle and my horse Queenie, as associate animal editors of Spoof Space, like to answer health care questions from people they refer to as "Squirrel Foods," their euphemistic phrase for "nuts." But it's also a public service for the increasing number of innocent people purposely confused by a remarkably infamous government bureaucracy run by history's largest collection of liberal Squirrel Foods. Arbuckle and Queenie think reasonable beings like themselves can't believe what's happening to their country when the newest Dr. Frankenstein monster called Igorbamacare will soon control their lives.

DR. DAVE HEPBURN | AUGUST 21, 2013

Diseases by DisneyDr. Dave

My oldest son, Bert, relished his role as older brother/idol/torturer of Ernie. (For the sake of confidentiality I will call them Bert and Ernie, since using their actual names, Palmer and Stewart, would likely cause significant embarrassment and years of expensive therapy.) My thrill-seeking sons loved to seek thrills and so it was we found ourselves in Universal Studios Florida seeking our thrill-seeking thrills on the Hulk roller coaster.