I forget which local grad student tweeted about Upside Down Dogs a few weeks ago, but it has been a near-daily source of chuckles for me every since.
Upside Down Dogs is my default browser page
The concept is simple: Wait for your dog to fall asleep in one of those belly-up positions, then snap a picture with your camera. One 180-degree rotation later, and Rex is grinning for the camera. Do this collectively, and it makes for a lot of time-sucking pagination that laughs away (briefly) whatever pain is on tap for the day. The site recently added some embeddable code.
UPDATE 12/10: Now there is Upside Down Dogs – The Movie
Sadly, Sweetness, our beagle, isn’t a back sleeper. He also likes to burrow under covers—actually, he whimpers if not properly covered—rendering him invisible to the camera. I do have two kids, though …
It is difficult to tell when Carter is upside down.