Sometimes we’re not in the mood to be touched, and the same goes for our pets. While cats are notorious for snubbing humans who dare to touch them without explicit affirmative consent for exactly 3.5 pets, dogs are different. Dogs like to get head scratches, butt pats and for some reason slapped on the ribs somewhat aggressively. I don’t know why dog owners do the last one but I’ve seen it enough to think it’s a thing that dogs enjoy.
The point is dogs generally want you to pet them as often as humanly possible and until it feels like your arms are going to fall off. They try to climb up on your lap because being as close to your cornea as their snouts will allow is comforting to them. But apparently, dogs also get into moods where they don’t want to be touched by their humans.
Weird, right? A chocolate lab on TikTok is simply not in the mood for pets and his reaction to his owner attempting to pet him has commenters in stitches.
The dog, Colby, looks as if he’s trying to relax when you see his mom’s hand reach out to pet him. He doesn’t break eye contact with his human, Morgyn Seigfried, as he gently pushes her hand away with his back foot. She tries several times, and each time Colby has the same response.
“Let’s not make this more embarrassing than it has to be,” one commenter wrote.
“He said pet me…WITH YOUR EYES,” another person said.
While some were imagining what the dog was saying internally, others just found it hilarious, especially because he uses his hind leg to reject the affection.
“Such a boss move to use the back leg and not the front paw,” someone wrote, complete with a crying laughing emoji.
“The fact that he used his rear leg makes the exchange even better,” another commenter said.
Colby is clearly over Seigfried’s need to touch him, as you can see for yourself below:
For the past several years, largely thanks to Instagram culture, rock cairnsâthose carefully balanced towers of rocks that look like something straight out of a Zen gardenâhave become ubiquitous across the natural landscape. It’s not terribly surprising, really. There’s something satisfyingly primitive about balancing rocks on top of one another, and the urge to create art and order out of the wildness of nature is a decidedly human instinct. Plus, they just look cool.
But according to environmental experts, that’s not a good enough reason to make them.
Rock cairns have become a wilderness battleground of sorts, with people loving to make them but many places making it illegal to erect them in natural areas. Even the freedom-loving state of Texas, where you can basically build a tower of guns as high as you want, has made building rock towers illegal in its state parks.
Why? As it turns out, stacking rocks isn’t as harmless as it may seem.
While no one is really worried about hurting rocks themselves, non-living as they are, there are entire ecosystems living under rocks that get disturbed when people build cairns. Rocks around waterways are particularly important for wildlife, as insects, fish, crustaeans and other animals lay eggs or make their homes under them. Even the algae that forms under and around rocks is an important part of river ecosystems, and when people pick up rocks to pile into a cairn, all of that gets disturbed or destroyed.
You may be thinking, “Yeah, but there are millions of rocks. Surely moving a few to make a cool, meditative rock cairn isn’t going to destroy the environment.” What it really boils down to is the “leave no trace” idea of protecting our natural areas. One person’s actions might have a minimal impact in the grand scheme of things, but what if everyone did it? Additionally, moving rocks from the wrong place can lead to rock and mudslides, which directly endangers humans as well.
The other problem with building rock cairns in random places is that real, official ones in specific places serve an important purpose. When built by authorities like park rangers, they are used to delineate a hiking path. Cairns, when purposefully placed by people who know the whys and hows and wheres of creating them, keep hikers safe by orienting them to official trails.
That’s one reason why, despite the righteous urge to do so, people shouldn’t topple cairns built by others, either. Yosemite National Park recently shared a video of a ranger knocking over a huge cairn and seemingly encouraged people to do the same, but in some places, cairns have been placed purposefully by parkrangers. A cairn in the middle of a river? Not likely a trail marker. But out in the woods? Probably best to leave the toppling of those ones to the experts.
It may seem like people who rail against cairn-making are just grumpy buzzkills making a mountain out of a molehillâor a rock pile, in this case. But protecting the environment involves all of us taking actions both large and small. As the saying goes, when we know better, we do better, and experts have been asking people to refrain from moving rocks out of their natural places to protect the natural environment.
If you want to build a cairn in your own yard with landscaping rocks, go ahead and balance those stacks to your heart’s content. But out in the wilderness and in protected park lands, leave the rocks where they are, knowing that you’re helping keep the Earth itself in balance for all of her creatures.
For the past several years, largely thanks to Instagram culture, rock cairnsâthose carefully balanced towers of rocks that look like something straight out of a Zen gardenâhave become ubiquitous across the natural landscape. It’s not terribly surprising, really. There’s something satisfyingly primitive about balancing rocks on top of one another, and the urge to create art and order out of the wildness of nature is a decidedly human instinct. Plus, they just look cool.
But according to environmental experts, that’s not a good enough reason to make them.
Rock cairns have become a wilderness battleground of sorts, with people loving to make them but many places making it illegal to erect them in natural areas. Even the freedom-loving state of Texas, where you can basically build a tower of guns as high as you want, has made building rock towers illegal in its state parks.
Why? As it turns out, stacking rocks isn’t as harmless as it may seem.
While no one is really worried about hurting rocks themselves, non-living as they are, there are entire ecosystems living under rocks that get disturbed when people build cairns. Rocks around waterways are particularly important for wildlife, as insects, fish, crustaeans and other animals lay eggs or make their homes under them. Even the algae that forms under and around rocks is an important part of river ecosystems, and when people pick up rocks to pile into a cairn, all of that gets disturbed or destroyed.
You may be thinking, “Yeah, but there are millions of rocks. Surely moving a few to make a cool, meditative rock cairn isn’t going to destroy the environment.” What it really boils down to is the “leave no trace” idea of protecting our natural areas. One person’s actions might have a minimal impact in the grand scheme of things, but what if everyone did it? Additionally, moving rocks from the wrong place can lead to rock and mudslides, which directly endangers humans as well.
The other problem with building rock cairns in random places is that real, official ones in specific places serve an important purpose. When built by authorities like park rangers, they are used to delineate a hiking path. Cairns, when purposefully placed by people who know the whys and hows and wheres of creating them, keep hikers safe by orienting them to official trails.
That’s one reason why, despite the righteous urge to do so, people shouldn’t topple cairns built by others, either. Yosemite National Park recently shared a video of a ranger knocking over a huge cairn and seemingly encouraged people to do the same, but in some places, cairns have been placed purposefully by parkrangers. A cairn in the middle of a river? Not likely a trail marker. But out in the woods? Probably best to leave the toppling of those ones to the experts.
It may seem like people who rail against cairn-making are just grumpy buzzkills making a mountain out of a molehillâor a rock pile, in this case. But protecting the environment involves all of us taking actions both large and small. As the saying goes, when we know better, we do better, and experts have been asking people to refrain from moving rocks out of their natural places to protect the natural environment.
If you want to build a cairn in your own yard with landscaping rocks, go ahead and balance those stacks to your heart’s content. But out in the wilderness and in protected park lands, leave the rocks where they are, knowing that you’re helping keep the Earth itself in balance for all of her creatures.
For the past several years, largely thanks to Instagram culture, rock cairnsâthose carefully balanced towers of rocks that look like something straight out of a Zen gardenâhave become ubiquitous across the natural landscape. It’s not terribly surprising, really. There’s something satisfyingly primitive about balancing rocks on top of one another, and the urge to create art and order out of the wildness of nature is a decidedly human instinct. Plus, they just look cool.
But according to environmental experts, that’s not a good enough reason to make them.
Rock cairns have become a wilderness battleground of sorts, with people loving to make them but many places making it illegal to erect them in natural areas. Even the freedom-loving state of Texas, where you can basically build a tower of guns as high as you want, has made building rock towers illegal in its state parks.
Why? As it turns out, stacking rocks isn’t as harmless as it may seem.
While no one is really worried about hurting rocks themselves, non-living as they are, there are entire ecosystems living under rocks that get disturbed when people build cairns. Rocks around waterways are particularly important for wildlife, as insects, fish, crustaeans and other animals lay eggs or make their homes under them. Even the algae that forms under and around rocks is an important part of river ecosystems, and when people pick up rocks to pile into a cairn, all of that gets disturbed or destroyed.
You may be thinking, “Yeah, but there are millions of rocks. Surely moving a few to make a cool, meditative rock cairn isn’t going to destroy the environment.” What it really boils down to is the “leave no trace” idea of protecting our natural areas. One person’s actions might have a minimal impact in the grand scheme of things, but what if everyone did it? Additionally, moving rocks from the wrong place can lead to rock and mudslides, which directly endangers humans as well.
The other problem with building rock cairns in random places is that real, official ones in specific places serve an important purpose. When built by authorities like park rangers, they are used to delineate a hiking path. Cairns, when purposefully placed by people who know the whys and hows and wheres of creating them, keep hikers safe by orienting them to official trails.
That’s one reason why, despite the righteous urge to do so, people shouldn’t topple cairns built by others, either. Yosemite National Park recently shared a video of a ranger knocking over a huge cairn and seemingly encouraged people to do the same, but in some places, cairns have been placed purposefully by parkrangers. A cairn in the middle of a river? Not likely a trail marker. But out in the woods? Probably best to leave the toppling of those ones to the experts.
It may seem like people who rail against cairn-making are just grumpy buzzkills making a mountain out of a molehillâor a rock pile, in this case. But protecting the environment involves all of us taking actions both large and small. As the saying goes, when we know better, we do better, and experts have been asking people to refrain from moving rocks out of their natural places to protect the natural environment.
If you want to build a cairn in your own yard with landscaping rocks, go ahead and balance those stacks to your heart’s content. But out in the wilderness and in protected park lands, leave the rocks where they are, knowing that you’re helping keep the Earth itself in balance for all of her creatures.
Rumors have been swirling that Kardashian and Brady are more than just mega-wealthy friends after they were spotted supposedly being âsuper flirty with each otherâ at a Fourth of July gala thrown by Michael Rubin, the CEO of Fanatics. Itâs a pairing seemingly made up by the kind of magazines you see at the grocery store check-out line â because it basically is.
âItâs just the crazy rumors that get out there,â Robin said. âTom was with me a ton of the night and we were having fun, and Tom just doesnât go out that much. Itâs a rare sighting. And Kim doesnât drink much. So I think Kimâs 10 or 12 shots she had, [and] Tom, you know, being fun, it just leads to rumors.â
The last time I had â10 or 12 shotsâ after not drinking much, I thought I had a chance at dating Tom Brady, too. Happens to the best of us.
During WNBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, Sabrina Ionescu put up the greatest three-point contest performance in WNBA or NBA history, as she made all but two shots â including both long-range spots â to rack up 37 points in the final round to win the competition in a landslide.
It was a truly unbelievable performance, setting the bar unbelievably high for someone to top. However, thatâs exactly how the best players in the world like their challenges, and Ionescuâs effort has piqued the interest of the greatest three-point shooter in NBA history, Stephen Curry.
On Monday, Curry was doing the rounds to promote his new âUnderratedâ documentary, as well as bask in the glow of his win this weekend at the American Century Championship in Tahoe, and was asked by ESPNâs Malika Andrews what would he rather win, a three-point contest or a golf tournament. Having done both, Curry doesnât actually have to choose, but he did say he wants to come for Ionescuâs record.
Curry holds the record for an NBA contest with 31 points out of a possible 40, doing so in the first round of the 2021 contest, which was the second shootout win of his career. That was also the last time he participated in the All-Star Saturday festivities, but it seems Ionescuâs performance in Vegas might bring Steph out of retirement â which the NBA would obviously be thrilled by. Weâll see if he still has his sights set on topping her 37-point performance next February in Utah, but for Ionescuâs part, sheâs down to settle the score whenever.
Recently, the Museum of Modern Image here in New York City has been doing a screening series called âSee it Big: Summer Movies (â70s & â80s Edition)â which is probably about exactly what you think it is. Part of this series includes the original Star Wars trilogy, making sure to emphasize, yes, these are the Special Editions. I hadnât seen Star Wars or The Empire Strikes Back in theaters since the Special Editions were released so I decided that I should at least try to make it to one of these and I chose The Empire Strikes Back because itâs the least altered of the three movies.* Iâve seen The Empire Strikes Back countless times (literally; I literally could not count for you the number of times Iâve seen this movie), but this time watched it in a slightly different way.
(*Though I still cringe at the added scene of Vader returning to his Star Destroyer from Cloud City. In the original version, he simply says, âBring my shuttle.â You know what? I can figure out the rest. That he uses that aforementioned shuttle to return to his Star Destroyer. But in the Special Edition, the line is changed where he specifically says where heâs going and we get to see his shuttle make the journey to the Star Destroyer where we then watch him walk off his shuttle in unused footage from Return of the Jedi.)
The Empire Strikes Back often gets labeled as a movie that ends on a cliffhanger. A trend that is very in vogue right now with the release of Fast X, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and now Mission: Impossible â Dead Reckoning Part One. I guess this all depends on what the definition of a âcliffhangerâ actually is since Across the Spider-Verse and Fast X literally end during the middle of scene and, I assume, both of the next installments will pick up where we left off. The Empire Strikes Back is a full movie. It does not end on a cliffhanger or in the middle of a scene. As the Millennium Falcon tries to escape Cloud City, the pace of the movie gives you a sense that itâs wrapping up. Itâs just a movie where, as the title might suggest, the Empire had a pretty good result, but our heroes end on a minor victory by escaping. Everyoneâs stories, for this movie, are over. Even Hanâs story is over.* His current state is not ideal, but itâs also stable. The movie doesnât end on a scene where we donât know whatâs going to happen to him. We know exactly whatâs happened to him.
(*Harrison Ford wasnât contractually obligated to appear in a third movie. As his star was on the rise, there was enough of a fear that Ford may not return for the then titled Revenge of the Jedi so a plot point had to be inserted that would explain his absence. (In one of the final scenes of the first draft of The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo is still very mush present and is sent by Leia to find his powerful father who can help with the Rebellion.) Anyway, Ford returned for Return of the Jedi and then two more Star Wars movies after that.)
Hereâs the thing, Iâm not opposed to the idea of two-part movies. Or having some issues be unresolved when the movie ends that can be addressed in the second part. I just donât like the feeling that Iâve only seen half a story when I leave a theater. The first half of a two part-movie should still be a complete movie.
Letâs go back to the Star Wars example. The first Star Wars is pretty much a complete standalone film. The Rebel Alliance blows up the Death Star and they win. Every single person we meet from the Empire of any importance was blown up except for Darth Vader. And Vader flying away in his TIE-Fighter and a couple of mentions of an Emperor are the only hints thereâs more story to come. (Keep in mind, when Star Wars was first released in 1977, there was no âEpisode IVâ on the title card.)
The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi feel more connected to each other, to the point Empire today would probably be titled The Empire Strikes Back Part One. But, again, Empire doesnât just end during the middle of a scene. Return of the Jedi doesnât pick up right where we left off. In fact, it ends with each characterâs fates so stable, Return of the Jedi takes place a full year after the events of The Empire Strikes Back. You canât hang off of a cliff for a full year. So that is not a cliffhanger. You donât walk out of The Empire Strikes Back thinking youâve only seen half a movie. You wonder whatâs going to happen next, how our heroes might regroup ⊠but with todayâs trend Empire would have ended right after Vader reveals their relationship to Luke with Luke literally hanging off a cliff.
Come back soon for âPlease Stop Showing Us Half A Movie (Part Two).â (Yes, Iâm dividing this up to make a point.)
Iâm so happy to finally share this with you!! Look at these FEATURES screaming..what is life?! from the titles alone, which songs do you think will be your favorites? Iâm so curious pic.twitter.com/u21Va3YQae
Bryan Donaldson, brewing innovation manager at Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California prefers to head to classic European flavors when the heat hits.
âI am going to go generic on this and say Berliner weisse,â he says. âThe smoothness of the wheat and the tart flavor of the fermentation make it eminently drinkable. The fact that fruit syrups are often mixed into beers of this style makes it perfect for any palate.â
While you can take Donaldsonâs advice and start furiously searching for Berliner weisses, there are other styles that fit this criterion as well. Weâre talking lagers, IPAs, Goses, pale ales, and more. To find them, we turned to the professionals for a little bit of help. We asked a few of our favorite brewers and craft beer experts to tell us the best, most crushable brews for summer 2023.
I recently had the opportunity to try Surlyâs Lemonade Ale on a recent trip. Just like the name implies, it is a dead ringer for lemonade. Itâs the kind of beer you want on hand when you want a crushable, citrus-filled summer experience on a hot day.
Tasting Notes:
The light and bright lemon flavor really shines with the accompanying acidity for a lightly sweet malt canvas. What could be more iconic than summer heat and lemonade?
Green Bench Sunshine City
Green Bench
Latiesha Cook, CEO, co-founder, and president of Beer Kulture in Saint Petersburg, Florida
The most crushable, thirst-quenching summer beer is Sunshine City by Green Bench Brewing. Argue with someone who cares because this beer will be my forever summertime vibe crushable beer of all time. I live in Florida and this beer is the vibe of vibes for me.
Tasting Notes:
Itâs tropical with fruity nectar and very bright to enjoy on a hot Florida day. Thirst quenching for sure.
21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon. This is a classic Summertime beer from a classy and classic brewery, 21st Amendment. A wheat beer with a subtle watermelon flavor. Whatâs not to love in a summery beer?
Tasting Notes:
Light, refreshing, and super crushable. Perfect at a pool, boat or grill it also travels really well and is an epic trail beer. You canât go wrong with this pick.
Creature Comforts Tritonia
Creature Comforts
James Bruner, certified Cicerone and brewing supervisor at Irwindale Brew Yard in Irwindale, California
Creature Comforts Tritonia is a cucumber lime Gose that hits all the right marks for a summer crusher. Gose is a German wheat beer that is lightly sour and slightly salty by style, allowing it to be refreshing and even rehydrating if under 5% ABV.
Tasting Notes:
This one from Creature Comforts hits the mark at 4.5% ABV, with the cool freshness of cucumber and crisp acidity from lime, balanced by fruity notes of coriander and refreshing salinity that dries your palate, leaving you wanting to drink more. Itâs the perfect beer for warm, sunny summer days at the beach, lake, river, or backyard.
Montucky Cold Snacks, is a perfectly balanced, light, and refreshing beer that also has really fun and cool branding. Itâs perfect for the season because itâs crushable, refreshing, and not too strong.
Tasting Notes:
Flavors of sweet corn, bready malts, citrus peels, and honey make for a wildly crushable, thirst-quencher of a summer beer.
Miller High Life
Miller
Justin Radel, brewing and cellar manager at The Bruery in Placentia, California
Miller High Life. Itâs light, crisp, and clean, making this beer one of the most crushable beers on the market. Plus, it looks pretty great in the classic, clear bottle.
Tasting Notes:
The lightly sweet bready flavor is complimented with a low bitterness making this beer perfect for summer.
Dogfish Head SeaQuench Ale. When I first heard about this beer, I read the grocery list of ingredients and the collision of styles and was on the fence. Then I was at their brewpub for a brewing session on a 100-degree-plus day. When finished, I headed directly to the beach.
âLet me give you a couple âroad sodas,ââ offered Dogfish Headâs Bryan Selders. He slipped me a couple of ice-cold 20 oz cans of this gem. One sip on the steamy hot beach and I became a believer.
Tasting Notes:
Itâs clean, crisp, tart with a touch of salt that just invites the next sip. Itâs a surprisingly complex, thirst quencher of a beer.
I would have to say a Lemon Radler. I would love to make one at Call To Arms, but we havenât yet so it fits the category. In my Avery days, we made a Lemon Radler every summer and it was hard to pull me away to another tap. They are generally low ABV so you can crush twelve of them. A good choice is Boulevard Lemon Ginger Radler. Spice and citrus. Whatâs not to love?
Tasting Notes:
When balanced with the base beer to create a beer-forward lemon drink theyâre hard to beat. The refreshing tartness of the lemon with the general summer flavor/aroma of lemonade and a light lager is too good to pass up for me. The addition of subtle ginger adds a little spice.
Pipeworks Pineapple Guppy
Pipeworks
Garth, certified Cicerone and owner of Garthâs Brew Bar in Madison, Wisconsin
Pineapple Guppy from Pipeworks is my go-to for thirst-quenching summery beer. Itâs practically a low-strength delicious cocktail. What could be better on a hot summer day?
Tasting Notes:
The slight juicy hop flavor of the pale ale merges perfectly with the pineapple flavoring. Hops and ripe pineapple. Thatâs practically summer in a glass.
Ted Cruz isnât about to let the Barbie movie âcontroversyâ go to waste. During a recent interview, the Texas senator used the film as an excuse to slam Hollywood for allegedly pushing âcommunist propagandaâ even though the studio has thoroughly debunked the claim.
At issue is a map that appears in the film that shows Barbieâs journey from her world to the real world. It looks like a child drawing complete with crayon illustrations and whimsical touches to show Barbieâs path. However, to show her journey, thereâs a few dashes next to Asia, which set off an international controversy because it looked too similar to Chinaâs nine-dash line used to mark its disputed claim over much of the South China Sea.
Never mind that the Barbie drawing only has eight dashes and is nowhere close to being geographically correct, conservatives like Cruz have had a field day blasting Hollywood over whatâs clearly a honest misunderstanding.
âI mean, itâs really a very simple cartoon. And so they have this blockish thing that is called âAsia,â and then theyâve drawn what are called the nine-dashes.
This is Chinese communist propaganda in which the Chinese are asserting sovereignty over the entirety of the South China Sea, and they donât have any right to it under international law, but they are trying to take it away from their neighbors there.â
When the Barbie map controversy first started, Cruz was one of the first to jump all over the latest culture war bauble by having his spokesperson issue a statement to USA Today.
âChina wants to control what Americans see, hear, and ultimately think,â the spokesperson said. âAnd they leverage their massive film markets to coerce American companies into pushing CCP propagandaâjust like the way the Barbie film seems to have done with the map.â
Hereâs the âpropagandistâ map. If youâre not filled with sudden desire to do communism, then you must be looking at it wrong. Ted Cruz doesnât die on these hills just for kicks. (He does.)
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from the titles alone, which songs do you think will be your favorites? Iâm so curious 
