FRIDAY SNIPPETS AND SOUNDBITES

• A 25-year-old guy from Maine with three children decided to raise some money for his family by auctioning off the back of his neck. He offered his neck as a permanent advertising spot. The highest bidder could tattoo him with an image of the company’s logo. Globat.com, a Web hosting company, put in the winning bid for $5,000. Find a link at this Web site to watch a movie of the guy getting his tattoo.

• Is it hard for you to imagine leaving your pet behind when you go to college one day? Well, if you pick the right school, you don’t have to say goodbye to Lassie. There are at least a dozen colleges that offer pet-friendly dorm rooms. Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla., has more than 40 pets in 3 residence halls. Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., started allowing pets 4 years ago and now has more than 60 rooms in 2 residence halls that are home to cats, dogs, hamsters, rabbits, and guinea pigs. Read more about it here.

• Have you ever seen a wallaby before? To their surprise, some people in Western England have spotted one running wild. It’s not a wild wallaby, though; it escaped from the zoo! The animal, which looks like a small kangaroo, is normally spotted in Australia or New Zealand. Motorists have been warned to watch out for the two-foot-tall bouncy guy. Check out the whole story here.