Exceptional Stocking Stuffers

I was asked the other night what my favorite kind of monkey was. I replied, "Pygmy Marmoset!"

Pygmy marmosets are precious puffins indigenous to rain forest canopies of western Brazil, certain parts of Columbia, Ecuador and Peru. They are the smallest known monkey, it's petite figure ranging from 14-16 centimeters. With its tawny coat of magical fuzzlove, pygmy marmosets jump like fancy little fur fairies in the upper canopies of the rain forest, eating anything from fruits, nuts, leaves and they especially love the gummy sap from trees. 
In light of the holiday season, I often think about toys and trinkets even if I have no intention of buying them. I especially like to think about the little surprises that will fit into stockings...if I actually had a stocking. Well, if someone were to make my life, they could slip one of these darling little things into my phantom stocking. 

I would wake up, convert to Christianity, and shout from the rooftops that there really was a Santa Claus. 

My How They've Grown!

Since President-elect Barack Obama spouted those heartwarming words, "We're getting a puppy", Americans have seemed to take an uncanny liking to the concept of man's best friend.

Sure, puppies aren't as novel of an idea as a black president, but nowadays whatever Obama likes, we like. Just like that. In fact, I read an article the other day about a cafe in Illinois where the Obamas used to frequent during their campaign and purchase chocolate chunk cookies. The store owner was interviewed, saying she used to give those cookies away for free, now she has over 1,000's of orders a week for her not-so-special-but-Obama-eats-them-so-they-must-be-good chocolate chunk cookies. Good cookies, good President, the world is now a better place. But I digress...

The purpose of this post is to bring to Fat and Furry the latest puppy craze: Shiba Inu Puppy Cam!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shiba-inu-puppy-cam

Here you can watch endless hours of these sweet little pups be, well, puppies. They don't do much more than that. Sometimes they sleep, sometimes they eat. But, mostly they sleep.

More than a testament of how gosh darn adorable puppies are, this American sensation of puppies is almost as impactful as the Berlin wall's destruction as a symbolic means to end the Cold War.

We finally have a symbol of positivity in this world. Thank goodness it comes in fur.