{"id":261,"date":"2009-03-26T16:04:29","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T16:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/03\/brain-break-pugs.html"},"modified":"2009-03-26T16:04:29","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T16:04:29","slug":"brain-break-pugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/03\/brain-break-pugs.html","title":{"rendered":"Brain Break: Pugs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Um, seriously?&nbsp; I&#8217;ve watched this video about 10 times today, and I snork with laughter each time. <\/p>\n<p>Not only have these pugs mastered the adorable &#8220;you are saying words that I understand&#8221; head-tilt, they&#8217;re sporting the names Mabel, Minnie, and Max&#8211;which just makes me imagine them as sweet old Jewish siblings looking forward to lunch with the grandkids.<\/p>\n<p>Give your brain a break and enjoy&#8211;1 or 2 or 10 times!<\/p>\n<p> <object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9uuqXXT7VYo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9uuqXXT7VYo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Um, seriously?&nbsp; I&#8217;ve watched this video about 10 times today, and I snork with laughter each time. 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