A Fabulous Pigeon Found Wearing a Rhinestone Jacket is Reunited with Owner

A few weeks ago, the Fallen Feathers bird sanctuary in Glendale, Arizona received an especially glitzy new guest.

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He looked to be healthy, well taken care of and like he’s seen at least one red carpet. “He’s friendly and fits on your finger,” Jody Kieran, director of the sanctuary, told AZ Central. Appropriately, the caretakers at Fallen Feathers named him Liberace.

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Fallen Feathers spread the word about the fancy fowl via Facebook, the local news stations and papers hoping to connect him with his owner. If the owner didn’t respond within a month, Liberace would be put up for adoption.

But one question kept popping up over and over again. What is a flight suit?

The sanctuary blogged an explanation. A flight suit is a diaper for birds. It protects clothing and furniture when pet birds are out of their cages.

And clearly they are easy to customize.

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…The more you know.

Kieran appreciated all the concern and shares her posts garnered. She wanted to find the owner and get Liberace back to watching the TV westerns he favored in his own home. “This was a bird that was loved,” she said.

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If no one stepped up to adopt him, Kieran was even considering releasing Liberace in the wild.

Thankfully, a call came from someone in the area who happened to see a news story on Liberace on Instagram. It turns out Liberace’s real name is Olive, which, while not as glamorous-sounding, is still pretty cute. And just like that, owner and beloved, bedazzled Olive were finally reunited.

Now Olive can finally relax at home and watch his favorite movie, Lonesome Dove.

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December 17, 2018

15 Tweets That Perfectly Sum up Life With a Newborn

Parenting is an incredibly rewarding experience, but it’s definitely also hard, exhausting work. Newborns are especially tough to deal with because they’re constantly crying, pooping, or sleeping. That may not sound so bad, but wait until you experience a wailing newborn at 3:00 a.m. in the morning.

Newborns are tough, which is why I want to hug all 15 of these parents for making me laugh through my exhausted tears.

#1. This continues into toddlerhood but it can be any type of food or sticky substance, not just puke.

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#2. Times two if you’re doing it with a partner.

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#3. Mostly when you should be sleeping.

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#4. There’s no way to turn those things off at the beginning.

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#5. Totally normal question.

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#6. That’s sure to freak some people out.

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#7. Luckily, she won’t remember any of this.

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#8. Wait, we’re supposed to change?

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#9. I mean, nice try, though.

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#10. We’ve all cried over spilt milk if we just spent 20 minutes pumping it in the middle of the night.

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#11. The sleep deprivation is real.

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#12. Because we’ve all tried.

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#13. If it’s the latter I want to be friends with your kid.

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#14. I’m good.

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#15. See also: I’ve found my keys in the front door the next morning.

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Clearly they’ve kept their senses of humor!

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December 11, 2018

Rock Star David Bowie Once Launched His Own Internet Service To Rival AOL

David Bowie was a legend in our time, the likes of whom we may never see again. His genius knew few bounds. He was well-loved as a star of stage and screen, but it turns out he was also a bit of a tech visionary!

Back in 1998, David Bowie, international rock star extraordinaire, made a pretty bold announcement – he was launching his own internet service! Called BowieNet, the platform aimed to unite music fans around the world with uncensored access to the internet, as well as plenty of exclusive content found on www.davidbowie.com.

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Users would get a customizable home page, an email address (your.name@davidbowie.com), groups, chat capabilities, gaming and more.

Pretty much Facebook, except run by David Bowie, which makes it better.

It all started when two internet pioneers, Robert Goodale and Ron Roy, came to Bowie with an idea. How about an online fan club that would also be an internet service provider? Bowie was already using email and digital releases to reach his fan base, so he was psyched to give it a go.

The competition? America Online.

So, the laughter settled, Bowie went to work on his vision. Older folks will remember receiving CD-ROMs in the mail, finding them delivered with their pizzas or a few of them falling out of magazines offering free trials of AOL. But Bowie wanted to experiment with his CD-ROM. He created 3D-rendered environments, music and videos, along with the customized Internet Explorer browser. Some material couldn’t even be accessed except for online.

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He also interacted with fans, posting as “Sailor” on message boards and hosting live chats.

Bowie had big plans for his brand of early social media. But when dial-up internet disintegrated, his 100,000 subscribers trickled away. BowieNet shut down in 2006. No one much noticed. The announcement wasn’t even made until 2012. Ironically, the post appeared on Bowie’s own Facebook page.

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Bowie made a career out of being revolutionary. His accomplishments with BowieNet foreshadowed everything internet users are offered now. He couldn’t have known the power the internet would ultimately have in the music business. But he saw the potential and jumped in like he did with everything in his glitzy life.

Imagine if he launched BowieNet during the Ziggy Stardust days.

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December 5, 2018

15+ of The Most Hilarious Twitter Fails of the Year

If you’re the kind of person who can willingly amit your mistakes on Twitter, for a world full of strangers to see, you’re a better person than I am. Power to you.

Then again, that’s what social media is for, right? Humiliation?

Here are some of the funniest Twitter fails from this year.

1. What’s his nuts

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2. FML

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3. C’mon, Dad

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4. Uh oh…

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5. Nope

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6. Best tattoo ever?

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7. Lay off the bud

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8. This is epic

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9. Blew it

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10. Flippin’ the bird

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11. Don’t leave those laying around

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12. Not a great look for you

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13. More gossip fodder

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14. Grounded for life

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15. That’s a lot of Slim Jims

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16. Call the authorities

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17. LMFAO

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18. Please?

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19. Face plant

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20. DO NOT CRY

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Failure is funny, isn’t it?

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December 5, 2018

The Latest Viral Meme Trend? Moths

Figuring out what’s going to go viral is a seemingly impossible task. The ways in which an idea/theme/meme somehow manages to captivate the internet is a mystery to most us. Take, for instance, the latest trend of moth memes. Why in the world did it get so popular? There’s simply no telling.

It all started with this Reddit post: