Horses

When it comes to a lazy summer day even the horses of Assateague Island enjoy relaxing on the beach.

Humans have been breaking a leg for some time — both figuratively on the stage and in real life. But what about our pets when they incur injuries related to their bones, joints or feathers? What are their options? Veterinary orthopedics is relatively a new field of medicine, but one that is emerging.

A shirtless, shades-wearing, horse-riding man possibly named Vladimir was recently photographed riding by an ice machine outside a Walmart somewhere in Florida.

Of the 292 horses that have won a single leg of the Triple Crown, 52 horses have won two of the races (23 the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, 18 the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, and 11 the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes), and 12 horses have won all three races.

One of the great things about socks is that you can go a little crazy when the rest of your clothes have to be sensible and somber. You can even go a little wild with these cool Animal Paw Socks.

Do you remember the cult classic horror film, The Incredible Shrinking Man? It’s unfathomable plot focused on man shrinking in size, due to some nefarious chemical dispersed by a foreboding cloud.

I'd come out and say hi but I am way too shy. I'm safe as long as you can't see me.

After the stock market crashed in 1929 the United States was plunged into The Great Depression. It thrust much of the country into unemployment and poverty. To combat this President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to provide job opportunities. Within this program FDR added the Pack Horse Library Project to bring literacy to the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. The hope was that literacy would increase employability among the people there.