Why is this dog sad?
Because people aren't donating enough to the ScienceBlogs fundraiser... Isn't it worth a few bucks to cheer her up?
(Actually, that's not true-- donations thus far are in excess of $3,000, and Seed has promised some additional matching funds. But how could I resist the opportunity for a shameless appeal, and some Friday dog-blogging?)
(She's really very easy to cheer up, as you can see after the cut:)
All it takes is some smelly gym clothes for her to roll on:
(If you really want the full effect, there's a movie of her ecstatic rolling at my old blog. The one linked in the main post is 3MB, and there's a smaller version linked in the comments.)
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