What would the season be without at least one story of wretched excess?
This one seems to fit the bill nicely. Ho Ho Ho!
Economic Stimulus:
from the Daily Mirror (London)
A British surgeon will spend an estimated 250,000 pounds ($370,000) to equip her luxury home in Gloustershire with a state-of-the-art, three-room suite for her two Great Danes, including cameras so that she can monitor them via the Internet while she is away.
Instead of an ordinary dog door, a retina scanner will control entry, and rather than rely on human stewards, the big darlings will be dispensed filtered water and dry food automatically in self-cleaning bowls.
A temperature-regulated saline spa is available for relaxing dips before turning in for the night on sheepskin-lined dog beds.
