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The domestic dog is often called "man's best friend." Well, it's no secret -- some of y'all's friends are super obnoxious. Just because you've known someone since college doesn't mean you have to let him drag you down for the rest of your life. Seriously, you can do better.

The derpy dog portraits featured in this week's podcast were drawn by Adam Ellis. You can see more of Adam's awesome work at his blog, here: http://www.booksofadam.com/
If you hated this video, you should probably avoid our Stupid 6 installment on dumb country music lyrics! It's here: http://www.woot.com/blog/viewentry.aspx?id=18238
The dog photos in this video came from the following Flickr users:
Labradoodle photos by "The hills are alive" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/hills_alive/5563602686/ and "jenly" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenly/3729395450/ and "BierDoctor" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/bierdoctor/394194023/
Bichon Frise photo by "mrRobot" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjarda/2339516878/
Shih Tzu photo by "cherie6c" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/12842205@N08/6018596607/
Pluto photo by "Jamesongravity" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesongravity/5074712582/
Pug photos by "Tumbleweed:-)" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_army_rolling_along/3620386818/ and "tarentula_in" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheene/3208527437/ and "Poi Photography" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/poiphotography/4748357908/ and "The Pug Father" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/fleur-design/428350122/ and "IndiePics!" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/13115694@N03/2994444242/ and "Ask Chewie" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/puglife/448477373/ and "audreyjm529" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/audreyjm529/160218981/ and "Яick Harris" -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickharris/1802156716/
All were used in accordance with the terms of their Creative Commons licenses.

It's hard to sell people stuff if they can't get a good look at it first. That's why we take so many product photos! But where do these come from? Well, visual light reflects off the surface of the items we're selling, and passes through a convex piece of glass called a "lens," which --

Oh, wait, you just meant --
Uh, Dallas. They come from Dallas.
Look for more "How Woot Works" videos in the weeks to come, as we slowly retract the veil of mystery which has shrouded our operations for so long, giving you a good, close look at the monstrous visage underneath. Will you still love us, after you've seen our true, hideous face?

If you know Mortimer, you know he loves basketball with an intensity rivaled only by... well, by every other feeling he has. He's sort of manic. But anyway, he loves basketball. With the season in jeopardy, he's freaking out.

WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS GRUESOME FOOTAGE OF OUR CEO'S PERFORATED FINGER.

The sun has set on Woot's first ever Monkey Games, a highly organized, month-long, company-wide effort to depress productivity! Some may question the wisdom of squandering so many workday hours on such frivolity -- but from our perspective, we'd have to say the Games were a huge success.
(Seriously. We have to say that.)
These games had it all, though! The intoxicating stimulant of victory! The total downer of defeat! And a genuine, season-ending injury for one competitor: Our head honcho, Matt Rutledge, who got his middle finger stabbed open on one of the dunk tank's sharp edges. It's a bummer, too, because that's the finger he uses to communicate with most. We stopped using that tank immediately, both because of its dangerously pokey protrusions and because the risk of shark attacks went way up with blood in the water.
Despite the boss's digital damage, the Monkey Games were pretty fun. Maybe we'll do it again next year!
Then again, maybe we'll all be dead in the Mayan apocalypse by then. You just never know.

Why isn't there an online Internet web page site devoted to novelty rulesets for the board game Scrabble? Maybe there is; we haven't actually done any research on this. But if there isn't already one, the person who creates it stands to make millions! (In nerd-bucks, a type of "cred" not redeemable anywhere for anything.)

It's Pet Week on the Woot blog! And what better way could there be to kick it off than with this video? (Don't answer that, actually.)

We're busting fresh and funky rhymes about life on the streets -- specifically about the high social price dogs pay when their people make them wear little jackets, or boots, or Halloween costumes.
This is on the REAL tip. Dogs were meant to rock the all-over fur look, y'all. Putting them in anything else is just an exercise in humiliation.
Now, we're not talking about sled dogs wearing boots on the trail, or police dogs wearing Kevlar on the job, or retrievers wearing PFDs on the hunt. We're talking about those dressed-up pugs you see in city parks whose owners probably should have gotten Cabbage Patch Kids instead.
A couple of the stills in this video came from the Eco-Pup photo stream on Flickr, and are used in accordance with their Creative Commons licenses. Eco-Pup is a Vancouver-based company that makes "luxury organic and Eco-friendly clothing and accessories for your pets," and we're sure they're really nice people, even if our resident MC Saint Bernard apparently wants to start a serious beef with them.
What do you expect, though? He's a dog; he always wants beef.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecopup/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecopup/5227301813/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecopup/4045056967/

Sure, he's only one person. And yes, he may be small. And sure, he may have an abrasive manner. But Ben the Over-Literal Dermestid Beetle is steadfast.

Throw at him what you will, world! This is one little Coleopteran crank who's standing firm for the principles that... uh, basically no one else cares about.
I mean, take this video, for example. "BOGO?" Who gives a crap?
Ben the Over-Literal Dermestid Beetle, that's who.
Photo credits:
Serbian tank photo by expertinfantry: http://www.flickr.com/photos/expertinfantry/5417094856/
Chicken wrap photo by Rick Audet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spine/2458127531/
Tevas photo by hiker32: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23304140@N04/2459432756/
Chai latte photo by sushi♥ina: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30360780@N02/5977227746/
All used in accordance with their Creative Commons licenses

Come with us to Gaylord, Michigan, the Paris of Otsego County!

Gaylord probably has lots of virtues -- but to us, it's chiefly known for being home to the famous Call Of The Wild museum of North American wildlife, a can't-miss stop for devotees of classic roadside attractions and for aspiring taxidermists alike.
Enjoy the video -- and if there's an interesting site or event near you that you think the Travelcam team should visit, let us know about it in the comments below!
Fat chance it'll be as cool as Call Of The Wild, though.

SEE Woot staffers go head-to-head in what we assume are OSHA-approved tests of skill, speed, strength, dexterity, and charisma! Take a vicarious taste of the sweet Thrill Of Victory! Or choke on the bitter Agony Of Defeat! (Either one's fine with us. What do we care? They both break up The Monotony Of The Workday.)

Friends, the 2011 Monkey Games are on, and you can follow all the action on our blog throughout the month of August. And watch the Woot blog for details on how you can play along at home, too!
You know, in case you find that it isn't enough for you to just act as one of our athletic supporters.

Everyone's always saying how great pizza is. Well, what's so great about it? It's good at exactly ONE THING. It's high time someone took pizza down a peg.