adorable rat story

A new study in the journal Science has found that rats can be helpful — the first instance that such behavior has been documented in rodents.

The researchers placed a free-roaming rat in an arena with a caged rat. Over the course of several days, the free rats realized they could nudge open a door and release the caged rat.

After figuring this out, they did so repeatedly, day after day.
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“They then did what we refer to as a celebration,” said an author of the study, Peggy Mason, a neuroscientist at the University of Chicago. “The trapped rat runs around the arena, and the free rat appears excited and runs after the trapped rat.” (via)

awwwwwwwwAW!!

now, if they could just figure out how to escape nscience's murderous grip.

this is the best version i could find

Steve Johnson of the buffalo bills scores on the jets and then celebrates by mocking Plaxico Burress and then the jets. Burress, as you may recall, was out at a club and shot himself in the leg. Because Johnson went to the ground during his td dance, the bills were charged a 15 yard penalty. The jets won the game in part because of the ensuing touchdown...

the saddest happiest video ever.

look how happy the vols are to have beaten vanderbilt. i want to be excited with them, but i can't get past the vanderbilt part. they almost had me at "the one thing tennessee always does is kick the shit out of vanderbilt." god, that locker room is spectacular.

anyway, great win, vols. here are some highlights:



one more next week, plz!

party time!

i've only felt compelled to run to a central celebratory spot for one reason, and that's an important tennessee football victory. and had i been awake for the announcement of bin laden's death, i wouldn't've left my house. but these people did!

here's one featuring the new freedom tower, which grows taller and taller every day. just like our freedom!

happy KISMET day!

today is KISMET day on dictionary.com
what are you doing to celebrate?
thanks tanya and leslie for the info.

chipotle gold foil : 1MAR - 30JUN

The burritos are going to be wrapped in gold foil! There are going to be a bunch of new billboards and radio ads! And they're printing an in-house newspaper called — we're not kidding — The Gold Burrito Digest. Which is certainly an ... um ... evocative name for a marketing pamphlet at a fast-food restaurant.

chipotle is celebrating themselves, and they deserve it. via.

happy AIDS day!

happy 901 day

celebrate memphis any way you can. bbq, elvis music, grizzlies, 901 tequila, soul food or soul music, etc. buy a present for your favorite memphian.

happy 7 and 7 day!

celebrate by drinking 7 of them!

and also happy national macaroni day! how lucky are WE!

HAPPY BEARTHDAY TO 2PZ!!!!!!!!!

that's right! your favorite blog on all of the internet, 2PzNaPpod is...

ONE BEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i know! i can't believe it either. we want to thank all of you, our loyal followers. you've all made this a real treat for us. we're celebrating today by posting classic 2Pz posts from the past year. so buckle up and enjoy this trip down memz lane!