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I learned my lesson a while ago that posting You Tube videos on my blog can have some undesirable consequences. A rather innocent video about kitty cats having an imaginary conversation had another link attached to it where the same kitties were having a rather foul-mouthed rant.

While it didn't offend my rather tawdry sensibilities, I also didn't think it belonged on a family newspaper's Web site and so I took that one down right away.

But some videos are worth the risk. So, click this link right here for a rather amusing video of a smart dog whose ingenious pet dad had a little too much time on his hands.  Warning: a crass word appears in the corner of the video, in case you are sensitive.

And then reader Linda Smith sent me a link to this video of Gin, the dancing dog, a contestant on the original British show that inspired "America's Got Talent." Nothing at all controversial here, but always beware of the other links lurking below. I did not check them out.

I posted Gin's dance routine to the blog several months ago, but those links were lost when we switched blog software a while ago. I think the performance will make you smile, as it did the normally surly judges Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan, and get you in the mood for the upcoming season of "American Idol," if you dig that sort of thing.

Enjoy.