Can’t figure out what I want to do this evening, although since I have already missed happy hour, my options are kind of limited. At any rate, someone sent in this pic of a tongue with a dog attached, stating I should adopt it:
If Bill the Cat was a dog, he would look like that. Also tonight, my friend sent me a picture of her kitty, and has been yelling at me for two days for not posting it:
At any rate, here is an open thread.
Stuck in the Funhouse
And just in time. We have not had our Sarah Palin fix today so maybe this will fix dat.
xyzzy
Sweet lamprey of Santa Fe, that is one seriously cute kitten!
smiley
Cat gut and the Orange Eye, Crime fighters. The tongue meets meat suspects while the gut awaits scratching.
Laura W
Ahhh….I just got in, put on the jammies, poured a cocktail, and logged on to see Armani.
He is so your dog, John.
And that kitty is so my kitty.
This is what I call Happy Hour.
demimondian
Oh, noez! A day without Sarah is like a day without graft!
South of I-10
The cute is powerful with the kitteh
Laura W
John Cole’s Balloon Juice
Brought to you by Tunch & Armani
How fucking perfect is that?
Tymannosourus
Just discovered that Wheel of Fortune is like catnip for one and a half year olds. So many lights, sounds and letters. My daughter’s blank gaze is her seal of approval.
Laura W
Geez. Wake up, Laura! Utilize the massive Power for Good that is BJ.
That cute Jack Russell mix is a 6-month-old boy living in the Columbia, SC, area. As of last week he was looking for a Forever Home, having been rescued from what was a bad situation, apparently. He gets along with other dogs and kids. Cats not specified, but of course he does!
If you live in these parts and have any interest in connecting with his foster persons, please post in this thread, and er…never mind…just email me at [email protected].
canuckistani
You could pay full price for drinks.
demkat620
@Laura W:
My Jack(the SPCA gave him that name) is 5 years old. JRT’s are the best. That would be a good dog for you John. Just think how happy your parents would be to see you carry on another family tradition.
Tim in SF
You missed happy hour? It’s happy hour here in San Francisco. Hell, it’s always happy hour somewhere. Google a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge and have a drink!
comrade wingnuts to iraq
just finished reading "All The Pretty Horses" by Cormack McCarthy. Hell of a childhood, Cole…
srv
Crap, I missed the Deschutes special Wed. at Toronado. I need a beer to cry in to.
Jon H
You haven’t posted my scorpion, Crabby Patty, carrying her newborn brood on her back.
J. Michael Neal
Eddie has an oncology appointment for Monday the 15th. He’s finally acting like has paw bothers him, but not that it hurts. More like it itches like hell. He got really excited at dinner time, like usual, so I’m feeling pretty good that he can go ten days before he sees the doctor.
schooner
I miss Bill. /aacckk,barf,drool
Laura W
@J. Michael Neal: Ah, that’s so hard … ten days is an eternity to wait for news. He’s a very lucky boy to have you loving him and doting on him. So many don’t. (I read your blog post about his rough start in life.)
Was just cleaning out the 35 pet rescue emails in my yahoo account since this morning. Dunno why I even click on the titles, sometimes. (Except to ferret out the cute kitty ones to torture myself with and the JRT ones to torture John with. There is another JRT at a shelter…an abuse case… in my in-box. Not gonna forward. You’re welcome.)
J. Michael Neal
He’s Special Ed both because he’s marvelously unique, and because he rides to school in the short bus.
Laura W
@J. Michael Neal:
Donning a very stylish and snappy helmet, surely.
JGabriel
An underage cat doing the full frontal? Isn’t that kitty porn?
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Litlebritdifrnt
Laura – drinking a Beach Dogs Cabernet this evening, saw it at the store and thought it looked interesting. I think you might like it cause it is a bit like Cabernet lite, it is not a chewy cabernet like I normally like, but it is definitely "lite" like the yellow tail you were recommending. Check it out.
kommrade reproductive vigor
Egads, 12 gallons o’ cute just poured out of my computer.
Laura W
@Litlebritdifrnt: I will put in on the "look for" list, thanks! As much as I was tempted by the rest of my 1.5 of Yellow Tail Shiraz in there tonight when I got in…I opted for the far more safe and forgiving Ketel One, tons of fresh lime, and Perrier. I have a very early morning tomorrow, and a long day. Almost without fail, wine wakes me up 3 hours after I fall asleep, and keeps me up. All the sugars, I suppose.
What are they doing to Rachel in her temp studio anyway? The lighting? She’s looked like she’s cried her eyes out all week, or has horrible allergies. The white eye shadow does nothing for her, but the way they have her lit from above? below? She looks all tired and puffy. And I think she’s gorgeous, so that’s no slam on her. (I put in that gorgeous part cuz I know she hangs out here. But I meant it, too.)
Indylib
I need to buy my daughter a new car. I have enough money to pay for it without financing, so do I go to Car Max and get a straight-up price or can I get a better deal right now at a regular dealership that plays games with trade-in values, end of the year sales and all that crap?
Litlebritdifrnt
Laura – you too? I drink a bottle of wine, go to bed and without fail wake up at 3am wide awake, it is weird! I have been known to put on BBC America, make myself a cup of tea and sit there and watch tv for a while before I can get back to sleep.
Laura W
@Litlebritdifrnt: I usually just lie there, tossing and turning and sighing and obsessing, pissing off the cats trying to sleep next to my legs, regretting shit I’ve posted on BJ in previous hours.
I like your solutions way better.
South of I-10
@Laura W
Re: Rachel Maddow, do you think maybe she has a cold? That is what it looked like. I had to stick with the wine, vodka makes me mean.
Tymannosourus
@Indylib:
I’d go fishing for deals at the dealer first…
Most dealers are having trouble, and I wonder what salesmen are willing to do in order to keep the cars stumbling off the lot. They gotta eat, ya know?
Laura W
@South of I-10: Mean girl!
Yeah, I thought it was a cold too, earlier in the week, as she sounded all nasal. But that is one long-lasting head cold since she still looks really puffy and squinty (but GORGEOUS! Luv Ya, Rach!)
TenguPhule
Pelosi caves to Bush, insists that being dicked is delicious
Worst, most hated man in office and Bend Over Pelosi still can’t refuse him.
And a big FUCK YOU to AP for leaving out that ’60’ votes are only needed for overturning fillbusters and Presidential vetos.
How quickly 50+1 is forgotten when Democrats are in the majority.
Fucking Wankers.
Wini
@Laura W: I should be studying for a law school exam rather than commenting, but I can confirm that the cold going around (I can’t believe the number who have it – including me) is quite long-lasting.
South of I-10
@Laura W: I don’t think it’s mean – who doesn’t look like shit with a head cold?
Church Lady
Indylib – Depends. Do you want new or used? Used – Hit Carmax first. New – I’d go down to my nearest Chevy or Chrysler Jeep dealership. They are really desparate. Heck, even the import dealers are desparate. Friend of a friend is a BMW salesman. His commission check for October (before the shit really hit the fan) was $25. Needless to say, he’s looking for a new line of work.
Stuck in the Funhouse
@TenguPhule:
Why get worked up over the numbers being what they are. It’s hard to judge Pelosi on making deals like this right now, because the wingnuts aren’t going to let anything pass to help the middle class one iota. They only gave in on the Wall Street bailout because they are their kind of people. And whether the AP calls it a filibuster breaker, or not, the fact remains the 60 vote majority will apply. And it’s 67 votes to overturn a preznit veto. This is all for show that at least dems are trying to do something to keep the big three from going chap. 11 at the end of the month. That may be a good thing, in that it will keep the wolves at bay until the new congress and Obama can actually bring relief that’s competent and focused on saving jobs, not just big wig bank accounts. And it will mean the bankruptcy courts will force some needed change in management style. This is the last big fuck you the wingnuts can make to the country who threw them out of power and stomped on their miserable pride.
Church Lady
John Cole – If you have room, and Tunch wouldn’t freak, you need to adopt that dog. The dog is SERIOUSLY CUTE! If I didn’t already have two, with very expensive health problems, I’d take it.
Laura W
@South of I-10: Er, I didn’t mean you. I was latching onto your funny comment re. vodka = mean.
I always know when I have to start explaining myself it’s time to go to bed. And toss and turn.
Laura W
@Wini: Nice to see you! And you’re right…I had one that started Labor Day weekend and it made my life hell for at least two weeks.
Props to GORGEOUS Rachel for pressing on with her show when she is still surely feeling like crap.
Laura W
@Church Lady: I think you should just keep saying that in every thread, every day, until he relents. I know I will.
I will happily facilitate the adoption.
(Find them both a warm Igloo, a chew toy, and some good chow on the transport voyage.)
South of I-10
@Laura W: Duh! I blame the wine and the fact that the hubby is making me watch a superbowl from the 70’s. Damn the "classic" sports channels!
Stuck in the Funhouse
I’m all for few gun laws, but latest action by the Bushnit Interior department is silly , not to mention unnecessary.
Safety concerns? not really.
Just what we need. A bunch of idiot gunslingers blazing away at Smoky Bear, while the Smith Family is marveling at natures wonders.
Wini
@Laura W: Hi! If Rachel’s feeling anything like I’ve been feeling, I absolutely give her lots o’ credit for toughing it out on the air.
Church Lady
Laura W – He really should. Of couse, I think everyone should have a dog (or two). Think of all the Christmas fun John and this dog could have with his parents and thier new puppies! Personally, I think this precious one pictured is much cuter than the puppies his parents are adopting. But, that’s just my very humble opinion. :)
Will Hunting
Let’s talk more about OJ. Everybody back to the last thread right now!
Cain
@Jon H:
LOL
cain
Cain
@Indylib:
Buy used. Worst piece of asset to buy new. Saturn generally will give you a straight up price without any haggling.
cain
Church Lady
J. Micheal Neal- I’m sorry about Eddie. It’s so hard when your pet is ill. I hit the link and saw his picture. Is he missing an ear, or does it just look that way?
Indylib
@Church Lady:
Looking for new and since the car needs to get decent gas milage and is going to be driven by a 19 yr-old who will never, ever get another car from me, needs to be high-durability and reliable, we’re looking at Toyotas.
Capelza Gradenko
Anyone seen this yet?
Bjorn Borg had it made and put on his site.
I’m tearing up.
http://www.bjornborg.com/en/Love/film/
Indylib
@Cain:
We looked at used, but the price difference is negligable for a late- model used at CarMax. You only save 2.5K or so for anything with less than 10, 000 miles on it.
J. Michael Neal
It’s not quite missing. It’s crushed against his head. I got him from the pound, recovering from blunt force trauma to the head. He got hit by a car, or someone swung a baseball bat at him, or something. He’s got a big, bald scar right behind the ear, his left eye weeps, and his jaw doesn’t fit together quite right, so there’s a bit of a grinding sound when he chews. As alluded to above, I suspect he also suffered some brain damage, because he is the stupidest cat I’ve ever met, which is quite an accomplishment.
Also the sweetest cat I’ve ever met. Apparently, running on fewer neurons, he just decided to do away with most of the neuroses that plague cats. He has no sense of social hierarchy, which frustrates my oldest, since he won’t either defer to her, or challenge her. When Monster hisses at him, Eddie just looks at her like she’s lost her mind.
Other than a desperate fear of getting put in the box, and taken to the vet, he’s the best adjusted feline I’ve ever had. The fear is perfectly justified given his history. In addition to the head blow, and now cancer, he had kidney stones two years ago. Catheters suck even if you can understand why it got shoved into you.
Comrade Stuck
@Jon H:
Second Cain’s LOL. I bet the little guys are cute as buttons. Can you pet them?
I think Cole has a bias against any critter not furry and with 4 legs. My Parakeet has 2 and your little darlings have 6, I think.
This cannot stand, and why hasn’t Obama spoke out or done something; :-)
Jeff
@Indylib: I like the Honda Fit and Scion Xd. Honda’s are a bit more expensive maintenance wise, but last. Both were top small cars by Consumer Reports this year. Cash also always gets you a better deal.
TenguPhule
Eight, actually.
Arachnids, not insects.
YellowJournalism
Just got finished watching Bill O’Reilly fan the flames of the athiest "billboard" controversy in my home state of Washington. I can’t believe the pastor they interviewed called the state the "armpit of America". Obviously, he’s never traveled outside of Washington. He also called the governor "ignorant" and along with the other talking head on there, blamed her for the entire situation, of which she really had no say in. An athiest group was allowed to have their own Christmas display next to two other religious displays under the law. I don’t see how this is Gregoire’s fault.
Oops, now they’re calling Hollywood intolerant for that hilarious Prop 8 The Musical on Funny or Die. Jack Black as Jesus is almost as great as Doogie telling everyone that they need to think of the money.
Comrade Stuck
@TenguPhule:
eight it is. thanks
srv
Did everyone know it’s the 75th anniversary of the repeal of the 18th Amendment?
TenguPhule
Doh!
TenguPhule +1
Brian J
Tonight, Bill O’Reilly was doing a book signing at the Barnes & Noble next to where I work. I was really hoping he would stop in once he was done, but alas, he did not. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to take a picture of him and me, as if he was my homeboy. Such a loss.
Dennis - SGMM
Five Blackwater Guards Charged in Shooting
One of the most disgusting aspects of the Iraq war has been the outsourcing of security and other functions to a bunch of heavily armed contractors who were answerable to almost no one. Inasmuch as these guys are being paid multiples of what the average grunt is making means that we aren’t saving a dime by hiring them. That the military hasn’t been built up enough to handle these tasks after years in Iraq suggests that Bushco’s real ambitions were to line the pockets of the contracting companies and to create a paramilitary that would do anything for money and keep quiet about it. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution delegates to Congress the power to raise armies. I just re-read it and it doesn’t say anything about that power devolving to the President.
Now if they can just indict some of the building contractors.
Church Lady
Indylib – I read somewhere that Toyota’s sales are down around 30% from last year. That ought to be worth a few dollars down in the negotiating.
When our oldest got her license we got her a new 2004 Chevy Trailblazer (6 cylinder). It get’s pretty good gas mileage, takes regular unleaded, is big enough to haul all her stuff back and forth from school, had OnStar (a very nice feature for parents that worry, or for someone that locks her keys in her car frequently!) and has never required anything more than routine maintenance. And they said that GM cars are crap – HA. As SUVs, even the smaller ones, are literally gathering dust on the dealer’s lots, it might be worth looking into. Last week, I noticed in the car ads that one of our local dealers had knocked about 1/3 off the price of a new 2008.
Studly Pantload
Laura W:
No sugars in wines. In fact, wine and straight hard booze each have the same number of calories (serving per serving), all derived from the alcohol — yer there beers and mixed drinks all have more calories. When you get sugars in your drink is when you mix, say, a rum and coke or a margarita. ‘Course, that don’t splain why wine seems to leave you wide awake in the wee hours, but thought I’d toss that out there.
Oh, and what’s with the "rumor" that the divine Ms. M hangs out here? And, yes, I did think I heard a head cold in her voice earlier this week, and was surprised she still a) jetted out to S.F., and b) continued to broadcast. Not that I’m not grateful for the efforts; the Mrs. and I are ardent viewers.
Cain
@J. Michael Neal:
I hope there is a hell for those who purposely try to hurt a pet whose done nothing to them. Grr.. Regards to Eddie…
cain
AnneLaurie
He’s actually a pretty good match for the "Shelter Pup" in Berkeley Breathed’s last few Opus strips.
But then, so is the World’s Ugliest Papillon, whom we adopted from a shelter 7 months ago. Sydney (renamed, because the Spousal Unit thinks he looks like he’s wearing a bushranger hat — one ear up, one ear down, black chinstrap marking) is now 85% housebroken. The people who bought him from the pet shop (that bought him from a puppy mill) dumped him because he "couldn’t be housebroken". The shelter took him back from his second home when they found he was spending 18 hours a day locked in a closet… not a crate, a closet… "because he’s dirty and he breaks stuff". Well, he did destroy my aging Thinkpad, and chewed right through a hollowcore door, as well as the usual random & expansive range of small chewable/breakable/eatable items one expects when one adopts a delinquent teenager, not to mention severely trying the patience of our 3 cats and the other two Papillons, and working my last nerve. On the other hand, he’s scary-smart and incredibly agile (first of our six Papillons who learned to climb the 6-foot bookcase to steal the cats’ food, or surf the kitchen counters) and ridiculously affectionate. And he has helped his 7-year-old doggie ‘brother’ get more exercise & lose the love handles… and I’m sure that JRT would be glad to help Tunch do the same!
Comrade Baron Elmo
Could there be a bigger shitstain blight upon the body politic than Ben Shapiro? Methinks not.
A few hunks of "brown gold" from the Shapiro Orifice:
Enough with the niceties. We don’t lose our souls when we treat our enemies as enemies. We don’t undermine our principles when we post more police officers in vulnerable areas, or when we send Marines to kill bad guys, or when we torture terrorists for information. And we don’t redeem ourselves when we close Guantanamo Bay or try terrorists in civilian courts or censor anti-Islam comics. When it comes to war, extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Enough with the words. Talking with Iran without wielding the threat of force, either economic or military, won’t help. Appealing to the United Nations, run by thugs and dictators ranging from Putin to Chavez to Ahmadinejad, is an exercise in pathetic futility. Evil countries don’t suddenly decide to abandon their evil goals — they are forced to do so by pressure and circumstance.
Enough with the faux allies. We don’t gain anything by pretending that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are true allies. They aren’t. At best, they are playing both sides of the table. We ought to be drilling now in order to break OPEC. Building windmills isn’t going to cut it. We should also be backing India to the hilt in its current conflict with Pakistan — unless Pakistan can destroy its terrorist element, India should be given full leeway to do what it needs to do. Russia and China, meanwhile, are facilitating anti-Western terrorism. Treating them as friends in this global war is simply begging for a backstabbing.
Seriously… William Kristol is Noel effin’ Coward compared to this douche.
kommrade reproductive vigor
Enough with this We shit. Enough with dweeby little bastards who think the sparse hairs on their balls make them a real man. Enough with their screaming for infinite war between bouts of spitting on the people who actually fight them. Enough with the blood thirsty, vain little cowards who sit in their climate-controlled homes convinced that every time they wank away at their keyboards they’re fighting the war against terrorism. Here you go Benny, one rifle, some bullets, some body armor. Don’t worry, those boots will fit like gloves once you’ve spent a few months trudging around in them.
Off you go to the front lines, dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, right?
Come back with your helmet or in it.
demimondian
@Studly Pantload: Actually, Codpiece, it depends on the wine. In particular, there are boatloads of sugar in the stuff that Laura W. drinks — Rieslings and the like — sweet wines which didn’t ferment to complete dryness. Italian Muscatels, and German style Rieslings and Gewurtztraminers are all sweet.
scarshapedstar
Wait a sec. She sent you the picture last night and had already yelled at you for two days?
I would be astonished, except I’m fairly sure my last girlfriend had this superhuman ability as well.
Studly Pantload
@demimondian:
I realized after my post that this was true mostly in my li’l insulated world of dry wines, but damned if I could again access the comments to post my correction. And that’s Mr. Codpiece to you, bub. = P
iluvsummr
For the beer lovers/snobs out there – do you know where I can get a particular Belgian lambic in California or anywhere in the US that will ship it: Mort Subite Kriek? (I just love that name: Mort Subite=Sudden Death). I first tried the Kriek in France and loved it, but haven’t been able to find anything but Lindenman’s lambics in the US.
D-Chance.
The football team sucks, but those Army camouflage uniforms are about 37 levels of awesome…
Laura W
@demimondian: My hero. Thanks. I was rushing off this morning and didn’t have time for the whole Residual Sugar discussion.
Lest you get the wrong impression of me, I normally don’t do sweet wines, or not as a rule, anyway. I do like the Dry Rieslings in the heat and with certain foods, but Sauv Blanc is my fave white grape. The issue for me is that even, and especially, the dry reds get to me. I think it’s partly whatever amount of grape sugar that remains, plus the yeast, and I suspect I’ve got an allergy to grapes. (Maybe oak. I get silly sick on an oaked Chardonnay.)
I hope all that was not in my out loud voice because if I say that aloud I’ll have to, like, actually think about whether or not I want to purposefully feel like shit every time I drink red wine, and where is the fun in that?
DougJ
This may be the best YouTube video ever.
Jon H
Second Cain’s LOL. I bet the little guys are cute as buttons. Can you pet them?
Actually, they are cute. Oddly enough, they have that "baby nature" of being kinda chubby and soft. They’re white, with two little black eyespots on the back (the dorsal eyes).
They’re born, not hatched, then climb on and ride around on the back of the mother for a few weeks until they’ve molted a few times. Apparently they obtain some kind of sustenance through the mother’s back during this period.
I don’t know if you’d want to pet them. I do admit to having thoughts of "popcorn baby scorpions" and wondering how they’d taste fried.
(The babies and their mom actually died a few months back. They were born in 2007. I sent the picture to friends and one replied "That’s the most disgusting beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.")