Just discovered that Comcast Boston finally has BBC America in HD.
Three years too late, but I’ll take it.
Have fun in NC next week, kids. Don’t talk to any wooden chairs.
15.
Villago Delenda Est
I’ve been informed that I am cranky.
And, in other breaking news, water is wet, and Paul Ryan has run yet another sub 2 hour marathon, this one in under 1 hour.
16.
gogol's wife
I think I’m going to enjoy this convention a lot more than the last one.
17.
daveNYC
You should have had a link for the picture and have the picture itself over on ABLC. You know, for the LULZ.
18.
patrick II
It’s 405 miles to Charlotte, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark… and we’re wearing sunglasses.
19.
Biscuits
Cute!
20.
Corner Stone
@Violet: I love it that anyone over 30 knows when they hear the “chicka” riff that the other someone is talking about pr0n. And not the good kind of pr0n either, but the ’70s style full mustaches and untamed pubic hair.
Or is that just me?
21.
the Conster
Cole, one of the whitest white people ever, and ABL – Ebony and Ivory. This could be epic. Laissez le bon temps roulez! This has the making of a Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 2012 vibe about it – as your attorney I’d advise you to steer clear of the meth.
22.
replicnt6
@Violet: My thinking exactly. I was actually thinking about a dashboard cam for the drive. That would be funny. Plus, it will be useful in court in the (wholly unlikely) event of a fistfight.
23.
Cain
Man, why is it all like blurry and dark.. reminds me when someone took a picture of me, and all anyone could see of me was my smile, and my eyes. Damn cheshire cat…
More light dude, more light. Let’s see the piglets and the lady!
Jesus get aload of the fugginugly uniforms on Michigan!
26.
The Dangerman
Has ABL met SWF (Stout White Feline) yet?
27.
Violet
@Cain: I think the camera picked up on Lily’s white chest and belly for the color balancing. Since Lily’s kind of in the foreground, everything else is darker and blurrier.
28.
Schlemizel
Went to the Kieth Ellison Labor Day rally today. Van jones was one of the speakers and he had a really good punchline in the middle of a great speech: People ask me “Aren’t you disappointed in Obama?” I say no, I don’t compare him to the Almighty but to the Alternative.
I was actually thinking about a dashboard cam for the drive. That would be funny. Plus, it will be useful in court in the (wholly unlikely) event of a fistfight.
Absolutely no joke ~ one night I was waiting at a stop light to turn left and it was at the bottom of a small bridge. I look into my rear view mirror and see this car screaming down the hill and the driver and passenger (man and woman) are full on fist fighting. No joke. They are tearing at each other and neither one is looking where the car is going.
I can’t turn because of oncoming traffic. I could pull forward and hope to not get sideswiped as I try to get the hell outta their way but they’re doing like 50 and I’ve got 2 seconds to go somewhere, anywhere.
I pull through the intersection but stop short of turning into traffic and just brace myself. The guy somehow slams on the brakes and slides to a stop behind me by a couple feet or so.
They never stopped fighting, not for a second. Never even looked ahead, as far as I could tell. First gap I saw, I nailed it and get the hell away from them.
I didn’t know you were going to the convention, I guess having a newborn makes it harder to keep up with all kinds of shit.
And speaking of newborns, I sent Cole three pictures of our new baby; if he doesn’t put them up, I guess some of you guys will get on his ass about it…
Also too, ABL + Cole = endless sexytime comments on every BJ thread basically, yeah?
Well yeah.. cuz, she’s like the first available woman entering that threshold. The dude is a total lovable hermit. :)
43.
Dan
Cole just remember (as much as I love them both) little feat and 80s dead is not the way to seal the deal with a lady. If the two of you are going to blast tunes drunk late night LET HER PICK THE MUSIC!!!!
44.
Mr Stagger Lee
I’m going to wait for the movie version of ABL and Cole goes to Charlotte. I think Beyonce or Rihanna would be a good ABL, but who play John Cole?
45.
Corner Stone
@Alison: The only other women in there have been wives of friends or his mother.
We can’t let this opportunity go by so easily.
I was GOING to say, “Of course she’s smiling and laughing a lot, she has Lily on her lap,” but then realized that John regularly has Lily on HIS lap, and it’s done his disposition no good whatsoever.
62.
maven
The San Pornando Valley. Like. Fur sure. Whatevah.
63.
Mr Stagger Lee
@Violet: If he replays the role he played in the movie Cold Mountain, that might be a bit creepy,aside from that he would be good.
64.
Violet
@RedKitten: Just think how he’d be without Lily on his lap on a regular basis. Shudder.
65.
YellowJournalism
@Dan: Yeah, Sarah would do things that would give Cole a heart attack. He has three furry babies to think of!
@? Martin: Dude I wrote an entire recipe thread for you and you didn’t even show up.
67.
Violet
So are we getting a description and photos of what ABL and John are having for dinner? What drinks will be served? I’ll be sadly disappointed if we don’t.
68.
? Martin
@The Dangerman: Actually, San Bernardino’s primary problem is that it’s too fucking hot. But I like San Bernardino because it means that I’m on my way to the mountains.
And they are freaking out about cell phones in NJ.
Well, to be honest, I am freaked the F out every day commuting when I see people weaving in and out of their lane at 60mph, or doing 40mph on a freeway all while texting and not paying a bleeping bit of mind to the road or traffic.
I had somebody tailgate me the other day in my neighborhood as I was doing +5 over the speed limit and at first chance I got out of his way. As he passed me I looked over and saw him texting and he didn’t look up one time as he pulled up on the bumper of the next car in front of him.
71.
RedKitten
@Violet: Well, for a good chunk of his pre-Lily days, he was a Republican. The conversion came well before Lily, but I like to think that his subconscious knew that she was in his future and was turning him into a better person, in preparation for being deserving of such a fine doggie.
Actually, San Bernardino’s primary problem is that it’s too fucking hot.
But it’s a dry heat!
After the Air Base closed and the Santa Fe moved their yards to Barstow, SB’s primary problem is if a person isn’t selling crack, crank, or their body, good luck finding work there.
San Bernardino doesn’t even rate being called a dump.
The City of San Bernardino is going through bankruptcy, just canned a bunch of employees last week. Either they were bought by Bain Capital or sinned against Saint Ronnie; or both.
The way you can tell the difference between San Bernardino and the San Fernando Valley(aka The Valley) in the former they make meth, the later porn.
74.
Violet
@RedKitten: Good point! A Republican Cole might not have been able to deal with Lily. “Pull yourself up by your leash strap, Lily! Stop cowering and do your job! No doggie treats for you unless you earn them!”
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Keith G
@Violet: We already know. He was a polisher of Neo-con knobs, head over heads in love with invading brown people.
76.
khead
We see the Lily, but where is Tunch?
Also, Cole has to be in a good mood after the beat down WVU put on Marshall today.
@Corner Stone:
I was crossing the street and a guy in a Beemer went around to the right of the normal line of cars and almost hit me. He was talking on a cell phone and didn’t even know I was right in from of him. He was going at a fairly good clip.
I was thinking today as I heard the muffled loud music in a closed car that really loud music has to be distracting.
Now there will touch screens on dashboard that people will play with.
@Maude: I’m looking forward to self-driving cars being the norm. People just sleep or watch a movie or play on their phones or eat or whatever while they go from one place to another and the car won’t care.
81.
BGinCHI
Late to the thread, but here’s hoping Cole and ABL make a big splash at the DNC.
I’m guessing we can pick Cole out of the crowd as he’ll be the dude with the hat that holds two beers.
Where will you guys be? Do you have a certain press area or blogger area that you’re supposed to sit in? Can you walk around on the floor? What exactly are your credentials?
@Violet:
Out east we call that the subway.
What if there is a problem with the computer chip?
speaking of blue screen of death.
Edit, left out a word.
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Violet
Is this some kind of football play-by-play commentary? Because if not, I’m going to start thinking it’s Cole and ABL bow-chicka-bow-wow commentary. And that’s just creepy.
@Violet: Yea, way back, LIKE, last year we had football threads. Now these sissies just have soccer thread with Rambalalmbadingdong.
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RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist
I did not need to read all this road hazard stuff. New company car in the driveway, and I’m supposed to use it for anything under 6 hours of travel. After that it’s airplanes, which I haven’t even begun to worry about.
But enough about my problems. May ABL and CWM* have clear skies and smooth sailing on their trip.
*Cranky White Man
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Violet
@Maude: Subway, buses, light rail, whatever–those all involve sharing a vehicle with another person. Self-driving car means I can walk to my own car and tell it where I want it to go and it’ll take me there. I don’t have to walk blocks to the bus/subway stop, change three times, go up and down stairs and then walk to my destination at the last stop. It’s door to door service. It’ll be a life saver for older people who can otherwise stay in their own home.
Damn I haven’t been keeping up on current events. Good on you John Cole sir. And Corner Stone nailed it, there’s only one man who could play the film adaptation of our beloved blog owner’s life: a 40-something John Goodman channeling his inner Sobchak.
No. Pretty much every thing else tho. Except the PAC-12 network. Comcast doesn’t carry that here either.
Between the networks and ESPN(s) there’s a LOT of football out there tonight. A lot of crappy football…. but still football. :)
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guachi
For the Love of all that is holy, get a real camera!!!!
We have fantastic dog pictures posted on the front page taken with the Panasonic GH2. I own the GH1. It is truly a fantastic camera. Do all of BJ-dom a favor and buy one. You’ll be glad you did.
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Mr Stagger Lee
Youngstown State just beat Pitt, so no laughing at the Penn St fans for losing to the OHIO BOBCATS!!!!
115.
handy
I think Hawaii just might pull off the upset here and beat the spread through halftime.
116.
Dee Loralei
No football open thread all day. And Now Sarah P&T has let us down with no DrWho thread either! Sheesh, you people need to get on the ball.
And ABL and JohnCole are on twitter silence. I hope they’re cooking and drinking and stuff.
I’ve felt like a neglected child all day, and I fear I have reason for my feelings. Waaaaah.
Hope everyone is having fun, hell of a thunderstorm in Memphis right now. My dog Maggie is shaking in her special thundershirt, which doesn’t seem to be doing the intended job. And my football game doesn’t kick off for another hour CDT.
@khead: This 12 game shit has really fucked things up. We play Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and Georgia Southern here. I was am so bummed I ate my tickets and watched the Illini and the Dawgs at home.
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Sandia Blanca
@Regnad Kcin: They went to the RNC convention, of course!
My god. What a wonderfully friendly and emotive smile ABL has. Just looking at that smile makes even my misanthropic soul go ‘This is someone I would enjoy hanging out with.’
@Frankensteinbeck: And people think this loner dude should be typing instead of enjoying her company.
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Mary G
More (and better) pictures, please. Where is Rosie? I keep asking for a picture of Rosie?
123.
Tata
EEEEEEEEE! I love a good buddy film!
124.
Narcissus
Yeah we’ll need to see some Tunch reaction shots before we can judge the success or failure of this venture
125.
Whitney
Now, ya’ll be good, you, two!
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suzanne
Awwwww SHI-IT, that’s gonna be one helluva road trip. Comedy GOLD.
I wonder which of the commenters they’re gonna talk about.
127.
Warren Terra
@guachi: This. If we learned one thing from the model for this trip, it’s that you need to set out with the right equipment. And the camera you used to take that picture isn’t it.
128.
Waynski
Well, ABL looks like a fine American to me. Brilliant smile. We’re kind of known for that friendly smile John in the countries we visit where we’re not killing people. Have a great trip!
129.
ding dong
@Mary G: rosie was placed above the subaru seamus style and has run off and has john looking for her honking every five minutes .
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Waynski
@Corner Stone: I’m the plumber. I’ve come to fix the sink.
@Steeplejack: Yep. Last night we were talking about whether or not they were selling booze in the Dome, they were not.
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Corner Stone
@Waynski: I’m not sure I can pay your bill for you snaking the drain. Maybe we can work it out somehow?
Wait. Is that the pizza delivery boy I hear at the door?
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Corner Stone
If this first brutally fuzzy pic is any indication of what’s to come…there’s going to be a lot of really disappointed people commenting here over the next week.
@raven: Hmm, I may be wrong. They just showed a dude with a brew and the setup should be the same as last night.
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Corner Stone
Wait a second! I just looked at the perma link for this thread and it has a “2” at the end of it!
Is this some kind of fucked up time warp where some alien life force wiped our brains from the first thread with this title? Or did another ABL show up in WV at some point in the Cole pre-blog days? This has got gay DougJ film noir written all over it!
I demand an answer! I want the truth!
i hope you two have a lot of fun on the way to Charlotte, discovering more about each other and sharing the passion you have for people and politics
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Warren Terra
@Violet: Yup. I thought everyone understood this: our scribbler, famous for his late-night meanderings while in a chemically altered state, is setting off on a road trip to a national convention accompanied by his attorney friend from Los Angeles, who happens to be a member of an ethnic minority.
If there were any more parallels the Thompson estate might sue.
If this first brutally fuzzy pic is any indication of what’s to come…there’s going to be a lot of really disappointed people commenting here over the next week.
moreso that normal on FYWP?
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Corner Stone
@handy: Man, don’t be bringing that whole “reality based” response bullshit up in here!
It’s much more entertaining to consider that some alien force stopped the facial hair growth of Baud et al for 24 hours while they wiped our collective memories.
TUNCHIE! Wait, what?!? Hi, my Angry Black Overlady. You and Rosie are looking fooooine! Give Cole a hug and Tunchie a skritch for me.
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Corner Stone
Not sure I’ve seen such an obvious disparity between a #8 and a #2 team. No idea why Meechigan would agree to make this their first game of the season, even a couple years ago when this was set.
It’ll be a life saver for older people who can otherwise stay in their own homehit the gas instead of the brakes, jump the sidewalk & mow down a bunch of pedestrians.
This is why I am so in agreement with the need for self-driving cars. Bad enough right now, but as my fellow Boomers age into the ‘someone should take their keys’ demographic… shudder.
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Arclite
Of course ABL is smiling. She’s holding Rosie! Rosie could melt the heart of the Iron Giant into slag.
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Violet
@ABL:
How does Cole get entry into the convention? Does he get to go as your guest on your credentials? Does he have to apply for his own? How’s that work?
This election season was odds on to suck ditch water with a short straw, and then things suddenly turned around. With this power couple* on the job there’s hope after all. Do us proud!
*in the loosest sense.
ETA: wrong thread. I just woke up.
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Teejay
I know I speak for many when I say how much I enjoy the
title’s of your posts. “The Eagle has landed.” Priceless!
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Patricia Kayden
@ABL: Good to hear. Where does he live so we can make sure you’re not lying?
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Corner Stone
Snoopy showed up?
Oh. Eagle. Gotcha.
raven
Hi ABL!
TaMara (BHF)
I cannot tell you how happy it makes me that you guys are on this adventure together. Though Lily looks a little wary.
raven
Did he drag you to watch the EER’s demolish the Herd?
Violet
Cute! Lily looks a little bit thrown off her game. Maybe she senses a challenger for her throne of Alpha Female.
cathyx
We’ve been whining about this forever. You just now got the message?
Sandia Blanca
Hurray! Cranky and Angry should make a great combination for a road trip. Can’t wait for the play-by-play.
Violet
When are you going to start posting video? Now wouldn’t be too soon.
Elroy's Lunch
Cranky? Meh. Wait until you hit 60.
Have fun at the DNC!
Corner Stone
@Violet: Bow-chicka-bow-wow-wuh-uh-uh!!
MobiusKlein
Where is the promised fist fight?
Who is scoring the TKO, btw
raven
@Elroy’s Lunch: sheeeeet
Violet
@Corner Stone: That’s right. That’s what I’m talkin’ about.
Judas Escargot, Acerbic Prophet of the Mighty Potato God
Just discovered that Comcast Boston finally has BBC America in HD.
Three years too late, but I’ll take it.
Have fun in NC next week, kids. Don’t talk to any wooden chairs.
Villago Delenda Est
And, in other breaking news, water is wet, and Paul Ryan has run yet another sub 2 hour marathon, this one in under 1 hour.
gogol's wife
I think I’m going to enjoy this convention a lot more than the last one.
daveNYC
You should have had a link for the picture and have the picture itself over on ABLC. You know, for the LULZ.
patrick II
It’s 405 miles to Charlotte, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark… and we’re wearing sunglasses.
Biscuits
Cute!
Corner Stone
@Violet: I love it that anyone over 30 knows when they hear the “chicka” riff that the other someone is talking about pr0n. And not the good kind of pr0n either, but the ’70s style full mustaches and untamed pubic hair.
Or is that just me?
the Conster
Cole, one of the whitest white people ever, and ABL – Ebony and Ivory. This could be epic. Laissez le bon temps roulez! This has the making of a Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 2012 vibe about it – as your attorney I’d advise you to steer clear of the meth.
replicnt6
@Violet: My thinking exactly. I was actually thinking about a dashboard cam for the drive. That would be funny. Plus, it will be useful in court in the (wholly unlikely) event of a fistfight.
Cain
Man, why is it all like blurry and dark.. reminds me when someone took a picture of me, and all anyone could see of me was my smile, and my eyes. Damn cheshire cat…
More light dude, more light. Let’s see the piglets and the lady!
raven
@Cain: It’s, LIKE, because it was taken, LIKE, in low light. Sheeesh.
raven
Jesus get aload of the fugginugly uniforms on Michigan!
The Dangerman
Has ABL met SWF (Stout White Feline) yet?
Violet
@Cain: I think the camera picked up on Lily’s white chest and belly for the color balancing. Since Lily’s kind of in the foreground, everything else is darker and blurrier.
Schlemizel
Went to the Kieth Ellison Labor Day rally today. Van jones was one of the speakers and he had a really good punchline in the middle of a great speech:
People ask me “Aren’t you disappointed in Obama?” I say no, I don’t compare him to the Almighty but to the Alternative.
replicnt6
@Corner Stone:
FTFY
Why do you hate
AmericaSan Bernadino Valley?Corner Stone
@replicnt6:
Absolutely no joke ~ one night I was waiting at a stop light to turn left and it was at the bottom of a small bridge. I look into my rear view mirror and see this car screaming down the hill and the driver and passenger (man and woman) are full on fist fighting. No joke. They are tearing at each other and neither one is looking where the car is going.
I can’t turn because of oncoming traffic. I could pull forward and hope to not get sideswiped as I try to get the hell outta their way but they’re doing like 50 and I’ve got 2 seconds to go somewhere, anywhere.
I pull through the intersection but stop short of turning into traffic and just brace myself. The guy somehow slams on the brakes and slides to a stop behind me by a couple feet or so.
They never stopped fighting, not for a second. Never even looked ahead, as far as I could tell. First gap I saw, I nailed it and get the hell away from them.
Litlebritdifrnt
So are you guys going to watch Dr. Who tonight? Come on it would seem a travesty if you didn’t. (Providing John gets BBC America of course)
Corner Stone
@raven: That’s what they chose to be buried in?!
ETA, actually, they’re starting to grow on me a little.
Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.)
I didn’t know you were going to the convention, I guess having a newborn makes it harder to keep up with all kinds of shit.
And speaking of newborns, I sent Cole three pictures of our new baby; if he doesn’t put them up, I guess some of you guys will get on his ass about it…
Cain
@raven:
LIKE use a FLASH man, or somethin.. I mean that’s what the preview is for!
Alison
@Schlemizel: Ooh, that is a good line!
Also too, ABL + Cole = endless sexytime comments on every BJ thread basically, yeah?
jnfr
@Violet:
Yes, Lily looks…. uncertain. But ABL looks happy and fun. I’m sure she’ll be angry again soon.
Cain
Who informed you, that you were cranky? :-) We all know you’re cranky, it’s what we like about you.. especially when it shows up in your posts.. hehe
? Martin
Dude, we’ve been informing you of that for years. You’re only now listening?
Corner Stone
@replicnt6: Thank goodness I don’t live in the San Bernadino Valley.
Not a fan.
Violet
@jnfr: ABL always looks smiley and happy.
? Martin
@replicnt6: San Fernando Valley. San Bernardino is a completely different dump.
Cain
@Alison: <blockquote
Well yeah.. cuz, she’s like the first available woman entering that threshold. The dude is a total lovable hermit. :)
Dan
Cole just remember (as much as I love them both) little feat and 80s dead is not the way to seal the deal with a lady. If the two of you are going to blast tunes drunk late night LET HER PICK THE MUSIC!!!!
Mr Stagger Lee
I’m going to wait for the movie version of ABL and Cole goes to Charlotte. I think Beyonce or Rihanna would be a good ABL, but who play John Cole?
Corner Stone
@Alison: The only other women in there have been wives of friends or his mother.
We can’t let this opportunity go by so easily.
Dan
@Cain:
Dude totally wants her. The way he writes about her reveals a huge crush.
You think he’d be going to the DNC with Kay or Sarah Proud and Tall?
Lets be real people.
Violet
@Mr Stagger Lee: Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Odie Hugh Manatee
Black, white or green, that is not an angry lady!
Hiya ABL! :)
Corner Stone
@Dan:
It got him this far!
RoonieRoo
I hope you two have a lot of fun on this adventure together. Cole, be a gentleman.
Schlemizel
@Alison: Yeah and his whole thing was so well done. Don’t know how Keith scored him for the event but he was super.
If he is not bitter about the way he was treated how can I be?
Corner Stone
@Violet:
Walter Sobchak.
Maude
@Corner Stone:
30 And they are freaking out about cell phones in NJ.
Steeplejack
@Mr Stagger Lee:
Seth Rogen, of course.
The Ancient Randonneur
Chris Rock on Titter:
Anya
@Schlemizel: That’s Joe Biden’s favorite saying. He always says: Don’t compare me to the Almighty. Compare me to the alternative.
The Dangerman
@? Martin:
Born there, so I can say San Bernardino doesn’t even rate being called a dump. It aspires to earn dump status someday, however.
raven
@Corner Stone: I hate Michigan with an almighty passion.
JPL
@Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.): Cole seldom reads emails so try Anne Laurie. Hopefully, they will be posted before the baby starts school.
John - A Motley Moose
@Mr Stagger Lee: Seth Rogen
RedKitten
I was GOING to say, “Of course she’s smiling and laughing a lot, she has Lily on her lap,” but then realized that John regularly has Lily on HIS lap, and it’s done his disposition no good whatsoever.
maven
The San Pornando Valley. Like. Fur sure. Whatevah.
Mr Stagger Lee
@Violet: If he replays the role he played in the movie Cold Mountain, that might be a bit creepy,aside from that he would be good.
Violet
@RedKitten: Just think how he’d be without Lily on his lap on a regular basis. Shudder.
YellowJournalism
@Dan: Yeah, Sarah would do things that would give Cole a heart attack. He has three furry babies to think of!
TaMara (BHF)
@? Martin: Dude I wrote an entire recipe thread for you and you didn’t even show up.
Violet
So are we getting a description and photos of what ABL and John are having for dinner? What drinks will be served? I’ll be sadly disappointed if we don’t.
? Martin
@The Dangerman: Actually, San Bernardino’s primary problem is that it’s too fucking hot. But I like San Bernardino because it means that I’m on my way to the mountains.
TaMara (BHF)
@Mr Stagger Lee: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, of course.
EDIT: OR what Violet said. ;-)
Corner Stone
@Maude:
Well, to be honest, I am freaked the F out every day commuting when I see people weaving in and out of their lane at 60mph, or doing 40mph on a freeway all while texting and not paying a bleeping bit of mind to the road or traffic.
I had somebody tailgate me the other day in my neighborhood as I was doing +5 over the speed limit and at first chance I got out of his way. As he passed me I looked over and saw him texting and he didn’t look up one time as he pulled up on the bumper of the next car in front of him.
RedKitten
@Violet: Well, for a good chunk of his pre-Lily days, he was a Republican. The conversion came well before Lily, but I like to think that his subconscious knew that she was in his future and was turning him into a better person, in preparation for being deserving of such a fine doggie.
The Dangerman
@? Martin:
But it’s a dry heat!
After the Air Base closed and the Santa Fe moved their yards to Barstow, SB’s primary problem is if a person isn’t selling crack, crank, or their body, good luck finding work there.
BillinGlendaleCA
@The Dangerman:
The City of San Bernardino is going through bankruptcy, just canned a bunch of employees last week. Either they were bought by Bain Capital or sinned against Saint Ronnie; or both.
The way you can tell the difference between San Bernardino and the San Fernando Valley(aka The Valley) in the former they make meth, the later porn.
Violet
@RedKitten: Good point! A Republican Cole might not have been able to deal with Lily. “Pull yourself up by your leash strap, Lily! Stop cowering and do your job! No doggie treats for you unless you earn them!”
Keith G
@Violet: We already know. He was a polisher of Neo-con knobs, head over heads in love with invading brown people.
khead
We see the Lily, but where is Tunch?
Also, Cole has to be in a good mood after the beat down WVU put on Marshall today.
Alison
@The Ancient Randonneur: EPIC WIN. Bwahahaha
Maude
@Corner Stone:
I was crossing the street and a guy in a Beemer went around to the right of the normal line of cars and almost hit me. He was talking on a cell phone and didn’t even know I was right in from of him. He was going at a fairly good clip.
I was thinking today as I heard the muffled loud music in a closed car that really loud music has to be distracting.
Now there will touch screens on dashboard that people will play with.
Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.)
@JPL:
Done.
Violet
@Maude: I’m looking forward to self-driving cars being the norm. People just sleep or watch a movie or play on their phones or eat or whatever while they go from one place to another and the car won’t care.
BGinCHI
Late to the thread, but here’s hoping Cole and ABL make a big splash at the DNC.
I’m guessing we can pick Cole out of the crowd as he’ll be the dude with the hat that holds two beers.
raven
wrong
Violet
Actual question for Cole and/or ABL:
Where will you guys be? Do you have a certain press area or blogger area that you’re supposed to sit in? Can you walk around on the floor? What exactly are your credentials?
raven
Dumb ass Denard,
raven
@Violet:I don’t think they are here.
rikyrah
hi ABL!!
Double Nickel
@Elroy’s Lunch: Boom!
General Stuck
Lard hep us
Corner Stone
@raven: Probably shouldn’t try to throw his shoulder into that solid chunk of beef coming at him.
Bama just waylaying Meechigan.
raven
@Corner Stone: Fuck em. Damn, he’s back in.
Maude
@Violet:
Out east we call that the subway.
What if there is a problem with the computer chip?
speaking of blue screen of death.
Edit, left out a word.
Violet
Is this some kind of football play-by-play commentary? Because if not, I’m going to start thinking it’s Cole and ABL bow-chicka-bow-wow commentary. And that’s just creepy.
raven
@Violet: Yea, way back, LIKE, last year we had football threads. Now these sissies just have soccer thread with Rambalalmbadingdong.
RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist
I did not need to read all this road hazard stuff. New company car in the driveway, and I’m supposed to use it for anything under 6 hours of travel. After that it’s airplanes, which I haven’t even begun to worry about.
But enough about my problems. May ABL and CWM* have clear skies and smooth sailing on their trip.
*Cranky White Man
Violet
@Maude: Subway, buses, light rail, whatever–those all involve sharing a vehicle with another person. Self-driving car means I can walk to my own car and tell it where I want it to go and it’ll take me there. I don’t have to walk blocks to the bus/subway stop, change three times, go up and down stairs and then walk to my destination at the last stop. It’s door to door service. It’ll be a life saver for older people who can otherwise stay in their own home.
raven
@Violet: When I drank my car would do that.
Tim in SF
“The Eagle Has Landed” is what my friends say when the drug dealer has stopped by their house.
BGinCHI
@raven: Man, I haven’t been called a sissy in like 40 years.
Bless your heart.
raven
@Tim in SF: When I was at Ft Knox we’d go to Nap Town to see the cop man.
raven
@BGinCHI: did I misspell it?
khead
In the woodshed.
With a 2×4.
raven
@khead: The Auburn-Clemson game is a slobberknocker.
Corner Stone
The white boy almost had his head taken off on the QB keeper.
ETA, motherfuckin’ ouch!
Corner Stone
@raven:
We used to put it on “autopilot” to get home.
What a bunch of idiots.
khead
@raven:
Only decent game on right now. Everything else is a blowout.
Also, go Duke. I should get some kind of bonus for laying the 3 with them if they go on to win. I mean, it’s Duke.
Jay C
So how can “Angry Black Lady” be so angry ? Cuddling such a cute doggy?
Regnad Kcin
@Sandia Blanca: wait.
what happened to Stinky, Creepy, Gassy, Dork, and Baleful?
raven
@Corner Stone: The dude that fell out of the upper deck in the Ga Dome last night was hammered.
raven
@khead: You got the “Longhorn Network”?
handy
Damn I haven’t been keeping up on current events. Good on you John Cole sir. And Corner Stone nailed it, there’s only one man who could play the film adaptation of our beloved blog owner’s life: a 40-something John Goodman channeling his inner Sobchak.
S. Holland
Hooray hooray! Hourly posts please!
khead
@raven:
No. Pretty much every thing else tho. Except the PAC-12 network. Comcast doesn’t carry that here either.
Between the networks and ESPN(s) there’s a LOT of football out there tonight. A lot of crappy football…. but still football. :)
guachi
For the Love of all that is holy, get a real camera!!!!
We have fantastic dog pictures posted on the front page taken with the Panasonic GH2. I own the GH1. It is truly a fantastic camera. Do all of BJ-dom a favor and buy one. You’ll be glad you did.
Mr Stagger Lee
Youngstown State just beat Pitt, so no laughing at the Penn St fans for losing to the OHIO BOBCATS!!!!
handy
I think Hawaii just might pull off the upset here and beat the spread through halftime.
Dee Loralei
No football open thread all day. And Now Sarah P&T has let us down with no DrWho thread either! Sheesh, you people need to get on the ball.
And ABL and JohnCole are on twitter silence. I hope they’re cooking and drinking and stuff.
I’ve felt like a neglected child all day, and I fear I have reason for my feelings. Waaaaah.
Hope everyone is having fun, hell of a thunderstorm in Memphis right now. My dog Maggie is shaking in her special thundershirt, which doesn’t seem to be doing the intended job. And my football game doesn’t kick off for another hour CDT.
Boomer! Sooner!
raven
@khead: This 12 game shit has really fucked things up. We play Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and Georgia Southern here. I was am so bummed I ate my tickets and watched the Illini and the Dawgs at home.
Sandia Blanca
@Regnad Kcin: They went to the RNC convention, of course!
Frankensteinbeck
My god. What a wonderfully friendly and emotive smile ABL has. Just looking at that smile makes even my misanthropic soul go ‘This is someone I would enjoy hanging out with.’
Carnacki
ABL: Cole, stop putting Rosie in my suitcase!
raven
@Frankensteinbeck: And people think this loner dude should be typing instead of enjoying her company.
Mary G
More (and better) pictures, please. Where is Rosie? I keep asking for a picture of Rosie?
Tata
EEEEEEEEE! I love a good buddy film!
Narcissus
Yeah we’ll need to see some Tunch reaction shots before we can judge the success or failure of this venture
Whitney
Now, ya’ll be good, you, two!
suzanne
Awwwww SHI-IT, that’s gonna be one helluva road trip. Comedy GOLD.
I wonder which of the commenters they’re gonna talk about.
Warren Terra
@guachi: This. If we learned one thing from the model for this trip, it’s that you need to set out with the right equipment. And the camera you used to take that picture isn’t it.
Waynski
Well, ABL looks like a fine American to me. Brilliant smile. We’re kind of known for that friendly smile John in the countries we visit where we’re not killing people. Have a great trip!
ding dong
@Mary G: rosie was placed above the subaru seamus style and has run off and has john looking for her honking every five minutes .
Waynski
@Corner Stone: I’m the plumber. I’ve come to fix the sink.
Allan
Titles for the inevitable film version of this road trip?
Thelma and Lou
Tunch Is My Co-Pilot
Riding in Cars with Goys
Loving vs. West Virginia
Steeplejack
@raven:
He’s also dead, I saw on the news a while ago.
raven
@Allan:
Stranger Than Paradise
raven
@Steeplejack: Yep. Last night we were talking about whether or not they were selling booze in the Dome, they were not.
Corner Stone
@Waynski: I’m not sure I can pay your bill for you snaking the drain. Maybe we can work it out somehow?
Wait. Is that the pizza delivery boy I hear at the door?
Corner Stone
If this first brutally fuzzy pic is any indication of what’s to come…there’s going to be a lot of really disappointed people commenting here over the next week.
Violet
@Allan: Fear and Loathing in West Virginia
Narcissus
“He fixes the cable?”
suzanne
@ding dong:
In addition to the honking, Cole is alternately calling Rosie’s name and screaming “FOUR MORE YEARS!” while pumping his fist out the window.
Ben Franklin
Well I guess I’m not gonna be Obama’s guest at the Convention, but I have a nice parting gift.
Darkrose
The Adventure Begins!
raven
@raven: Hmm, I may be wrong. They just showed a dude with a brew and the setup should be the same as last night.
Corner Stone
Wait a second! I just looked at the perma link for this thread and it has a “2” at the end of it!
Is this some kind of fucked up time warp where some alien life force wiped our brains from the first thread with this title? Or did another ABL show up in WV at some point in the Cole pre-blog days? This has got gay DougJ film noir written all over it!
I demand an answer! I want the truth!
Baud
@Corner Stone:
I remember that episode. It was a good one.
Downpuppy
@Corner Stone: Lily is looking good. ABL is fuzzy.
Dude, we’re being played.
Just hope they keep having fun!
SiubhanDuinne
@suzanne:
All of them, Katie.
Corner Stone
OUCH!!
Sit down son!
Corner Stone
This Meechigan QB simply isn’t going to last an entire season. I don’t care how fast he is.
handy
@Corner Stone:
Ahem.
suzanne
@SiubhanDuinne:
WIN.
piratedan
i hope you two have a lot of fun on the way to Charlotte, discovering more about each other and sharing the passion you have for people and politics
Warren Terra
@Violet: Yup. I thought everyone understood this: our scribbler, famous for his late-night meanderings while in a chemically altered state, is setting off on a road trip to a national convention accompanied by his attorney friend from Los Angeles, who happens to be a member of an ethnic minority.
If there were any more parallels the Thompson estate might sue.
arguingwithsignposts
@Corner Stone:
moreso that normal on FYWP?
Corner Stone
@handy: Man, don’t be bringing that whole “reality based” response bullshit up in here!
It’s much more entertaining to consider that some alien force stopped the facial hair growth of Baud et al for 24 hours while they wiped our collective memories.
Corner Stone
@arguingwithsignposts: Probably?
ABL
Cole is the most cranky yet still hospitable guy in history!
KS in MA
Have a great trip!
asiangrrlMN
TUNCHIE! Wait, what?!? Hi, my Angry Black Overlady. You and Rosie are looking fooooine! Give Cole a hug and Tunchie a skritch for me.
Corner Stone
Not sure I’ve seen such an obvious disparity between a #8 and a #2 team. No idea why Meechigan would agree to make this their first game of the season, even a couple years ago when this was set.
ABL
@Violet: I have press credentials, but I don’t know what kind or where they get me. I’ll keep y’all posted!
Citizen_X
@Corner Stone:
THERE’S A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX! HERE COME THE AGENTS!
@ABL: She speaks! Yet she doth not give us a “+X” number.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@ABL:
Yer upsettin’ hiz rootine.
Gud fer u! :)
Kay Eye
@Mr Stagger Lee: I like Paul Giamatti. If he’s not available, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Corner Stone
@Kay Eye: Paul G-Matt is outclassed by about a hundred pounds.
CaliCat
A cranky white guy and an angry black lady, muy passione! Not sure if you’re both straight but if you are – bow chica bow wow – get your swirl on!
Anne Laurie
@Violet:
This is why I am so in agreement with the need for self-driving cars. Bad enough right now, but as my fellow Boomers age into the ‘someone should take their keys’ demographic… shudder.
Arclite
Of course ABL is smiling. She’s holding Rosie! Rosie could melt the heart of the Iron Giant into slag.
Violet
@ABL:
How does Cole get entry into the convention? Does he get to go as your guest on your credentials? Does he have to apply for his own? How’s that work?
Hope you have fun!
Corner Stone
@Arclite: Cole hates Rosie.
Arclite
@Corner Stone: Er, yeah, I meant Lily. My bad.
RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist
Ermahgerd.
This election season was odds on to suck ditch water with a short straw, and then things suddenly turned around. With this power couple* on the job there’s hope after all. Do us proud!
*in the loosest sense.
ETA: wrong thread. I just woke up.
Teejay
I know I speak for many when I say how much I enjoy the
title’s of your posts. “The Eagle has landed.” Priceless!
Patricia Kayden
@ABL: Good to hear. Where does he live so we can make sure you’re not lying?