»On practical applications of the dog

Two stories on the news wire caught my interest: "Dog Feces Left at Congresswoman's Office":

a Democratic activist Thursday of leaving an envelope full of dog feces at Musgrave's Greeley office.

Musgrave spokeswoman Shaun Kenney said someone stuffed the envelope through the mail slot in the door on May 31 and then sped away in a car. Kenney said most of the preprinted return address was blacked out, but staffers used the nine-digit ZIP code to trace it to Kathleen Ensz, a Weld County Democratic volunteer.

Ensz told The Associated Press she left the envelope at Musgrave's office but said it "wasn't in the office doors, it was in the foyer." Asked what she meant by the act, she declined comment.

and " Woman Attacks Dog Breeder With Chihuahua":

Early Wednesday, the woman went to the breeder's home, pushed her way inside and began fighting with the breeder as she tried to make her way to the basement to get another puppy, police said.

The breeder wrestled the woman out of her house to the front porch, where the woman then hit the breeder over the head numerous times with the dead puppy, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported, citing police.

As the woman drove away, she waved the dead puppy out of the car's sunroof and yelled threats at the breeder, police said.

And Aram Saroyan Armstrong's Pooptopia is a game exploring how "poo can be harvested to create energy or it can spread disease".

For a stinking-to-high-heaven example of the latter, just consider a picnic in Duboce Park. Another outstanding use of poop: poop as political commentary.