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Today in Awesome

By Margaret Lyons in Miscellaneous on Jan 15, 2008 8:36PM

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Coffee, flowers, paydays and whiskey--file under "awesome," Interrobang and Ankylosaur

Steve Jobs unveiled the Macbook Air today, and it's reaaaaaally skinny--less than an inch thick--and pretty. Quick, somebody spot us $1,800 and we'll take it for a testblog. [Apple]

Yesterday, someone stole a van full of dogs after the dogsitter driving it left it running. This morning, that van was found, and all the dogs are fine. [CBS 2]

As long as we're talking about awesome dog news, why not adopt these cuties? Or Libby? Or Ginger?

And finally, dog-wise, from today's Sneed: "Dem presidential contender Mike Huckabee is a Rainbow Coalition dog owner: His canines include a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a lab and a tiny Shih Tzu." [Sneed]

Lego pin-ups. [via]

Stacks of stuff! [via]

Ahem, my future tattoo.

Update: This video is too awesome to hold until tomorrow.