Daily Distraction

Animals like to lick stuff. Anyone who's watched his or her dog dedicate a good 20 minutes to licking the couch for some reason knows this.

It turns out, when you push your little brother or sister into the pool, you're just acting on your primal instincts.

A swingset can be a wonderful thing, but sometimes people just can't seem to handle all the wonderfulness.

Some animals just don't seem to understand that we need to see out of the windshield, and that sitting right on it harms our ability to do that.

It used to be that a tandem bike meant a bike for two. Not so anymore.

Horseback riding can be tons of fun, unless of course the horse just doesn't like you.

They say it takes years to truly master an instrument. And then there are these kids.

Cats work very hard at burnishing their reputation as master thinkers.

You really can't blame the dogs. Everyone else is playing with the ball, why can't they?

Weddings are great—there's dancing, food, everyone's all dressed up and in a good mood (well, most of the time). And dogs agree.

It used to be that in order to see what you look like when you're on a roller coaster, you had to pay $10 for a blurry photo of you and the stranger next to you after you got off the ride.

Some dogs have jobs, even at weddings.