Imagine you were willing to pay anything to find the best Lab puppy money could buy. Let’s say you’re not inculcated into the proper ways of going about this. Let’s also assume your children are begging you to get one online based on their own Google searches.

Finally you cave and send for the cutest pup in the litter based on a short video showing how vigorous, healthy and well cared for these...

I’ve been surfing the Web a lot lately. I’m just not a sports fan and I don’t have a TV anyway so it’s no surprise that I’ve been antisocially evaluating my online options more industriously as of late.

So while you’re watching the Super Bowl tonight, I’m busy playing WolfQuest, an online game for devotees of basic wolf biology and wildlife concerns in general.

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