I think I am going to be eating beef vegetable soup for about two more days. I suppose there are worse things to eat. I froze two big containers, but I still have a bunch left.
Lots of pictures came in today, but this was my favorite:
Another exciting night playing games and walking the dog. Really loving the storyline of Dragon Age. First game in a long time I remember actually caring about the story.
Also, since it is rapidly becoming Christmas time, the best and easiest way to support this website is if you are going to order through Amazon, click the Amazon link up above and to the right before you go there and shop. Some months we earn up to 50-60 bucks through referral fees, which is cool.
JenJen
Which Dragon Age are we talking about? Isn’t there more than one?
Betsy
That is a fantastic picture – it conveys bounty and comfort and coziness, all at once.
D-Chance.
LSU just fell victim to the SEC wanting that “undefeated vs undefeated” Alabama-Florida championship. They wuz robbed.
valdivia
Love the pic John but where is Tunch???
We want Tunch.
General Winfield Stuck
Good thing cats don’t eat fruits and veggies.
Just Some Fuckhead
I can’t wait to report on my Brussels sprout soup.
Yutsano
@D-Chance.: Yeah that call was total crap. If I were a Tigger I’d be spitting mad right about now.
Jen R
Anybody watching the Breeders’ Cup? Is it safe to watch the Classic? (Yes, this is what I’ve been reduced to.)
And did you see the Turf? Holy shit, I love watching Presious Passion.
Fern
@General Winfield Stuck:
Ha! not true of all cats. I have a couple of cats that are particularly fond of asparagus. And made serious depradations on half a peach pie I foolishly left out on the counter.
Shell
Whose-ever picture that is…..where’d you get all those lovely tomatoes?
burnspbesq
Hurley and Laettner are depressed because Duke lost to Carolina.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/burnspbesq/twofer.jpg
valdivia
@burnspbesq:
OMG they get cuter every time you post a picture. Are they inside cats already?
jeffreyw
@General Winfield Stuck: looks like that cat ate a buncha veggies
General Winfield Stuck
@jeffreyw:
And sleeping it off. could be.
calipygian
I’m confused. Which one is the still life?
Yutsano
@valdivia: Not bad for a guy fighting off adopting them huh? Those critters sure have a way of worming into your heart. Exhibit A:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44164793@N05/4084418380/
Was originally a half-wild stray in my backyard. Now is fat and happy lord and master of the house. Should I warn our tax lawyer buddy?
General Winfield Stuck
@burnspbesq:
Ahhh, that’s just awful. :–)
burnspbesq
@valdivia:
The plan, for the moment, is for them to continue to be the “barn cats.” Not sure how they would react to the dogs and the oh-so-prissy house cat, or vice versa. There is a warm and off-the-ground place for them to sleep near the front door. We could also look at putting a cat portal into the garage door if there is enough clearance.
valdivia
@Yutsano:
another cutiepie. he definitely looks cozy ah? good job on getting him to be lord of your home. I see this is in burnpbesq’s future.
Jason Bylinowski
Yes, John Cole, I am also much enamored with Dragon Age. 15 hours in so far and planning on making a major dent in that figure tonight. Everybody talks about what a show-stealer Morrigan is, and she is certainly compelling if you’re into sarcasm, but my favorite character is Alistair by far.
burnspbesq
@General Winfield Stuck:
Caring about football is a new and unfamiliar thing for Dukies.
I am confident that they will be happier when basketball season rolls around.
Just Some Fuckhead
I love America.
General Winfield Stuck
@burnspbesq:
Them and me both.
valdivia
@burnspbesq:
sounds like a good plan but it does look like they are there to stay. and good for you on that! ;-)
General Winfield Stuck
@Just Some Fuckhead:
A Horse With No Name is a classic.
gwangung
I have a small confession to make: I actually like the Dukies in basketball. I like a program that’s relatively clean, very successful and pretty much fitting into an academically demanding school.
Just Some Fuckhead
@General Winfield Stuck: It’s the only thing that has kept me sane today. I’ve been listening to America, smoking dope and working on a paper for class. I tried watching the HCR debate on CSPAN but it was harshing my mellow.
burnspbesq
The kid is all spiffed up for one of his best friends’ sweet 16 parties.
Black tux, black shirt, purple vest and tie.
Looking gooooooood.
Hopefully his mom is getting photos.
valdivia
@General Winfield Stuck:
I love Sister Golden Hair.
AB
I almost always play games for stories, but I’m a busy college student and don’t do much except for studying and research during the term. I hear great things about the story for Dragon Age, but just looking at some of the demo videos makes it look like an RTS game, I sure do hope it’s not like that.
R-Jud
Cole:
Tuna soup, brussels sprout soup, mayo, baked beans, Glenn Beck’s appendix… I could go on.
Yutsano
@burnspbesq: That almost sounds like my brother’s wedding. He stuck us in white tuxedos while he and his groomsmen wore zoot suits. We all looked pretty damn good I must say.
Just Some Fuckhead
@R-Jud: The Brussels sprout soup is quite good, actually.
Yutsano
Also, since it is rapidly becoming Christmas time, the best and easiest way to support this website is if you are going to order through Amazon, click the Amazon link up above and to the right before you go there and shop. Some months we earn up to 50-60 bucks through referral fees, which is cool.
I’ll have to remember this since I do a lot of my holiday shopping online and my sister-in-law works for Amazon so I get a discount too.
AhabTRuler
Well that’s the last time I give you $10, rich man!
Bostondreams
Just a heads up for those of you playing Dragon Age on the PC. There are some problems with the new 1.01 patch if you run Vista. It will not allow you to run the game. You can get to the initial run screen (with the configure and install options), but clicking play does nothing. Best bet is to uninstall and reinstall, or update your Vista service packs.
Svensker
@General Winfield Stuck:
I had an old Siamese who was crazy for cantaloupe.
Bostondreams
@Bostondreams:
Oh, and OBVIOUSLY, skip the patch.
General Winfield Stuck
@Svensker:
Haven’t said it for awhile — cats are weird.
debit
@AB: I’m not a fan of RTS either, but there’s one game that’s the exception to the rule for me: Valkyria Chronicles for the PS3. It’s a mix of SRPG, RTS and Third Person Shooter (I also hate shooters). But I absolutely love it and played the hell out of it for the second time just recently. Because there’s only one battle per chapter, it’s easy to play for a bit, then set aside if need be. However, the story is decently done, IMO, and kept me engaged. I’m still debating on Dragon Age.
@Just Some Fuckhead: I hope it turned out better than my Chipotle Chicken Chowder. Bland, bland, bland.
Laura W
@valdivia:
Me too. Every time I hear that song it totally reminds me of me.
/Self-Referential, Garden Variety Narcissist
Elie
Hey thanks John! That is my kitty, Buddy, who does actually eat a few clippings of wheat grass and a little bit of diced tomatoes in his wet food once a day.
He is a doll baby and a demon — loves to investigate every new box or item brought into the house, steals chicken and things he likes off of the kitchen counter…is a champeen mouser and has to be kept out of the garage or he will keep us stocked with live mice for his amusement…lots of stories with THAT little habit!
He makes me smile — a LOT…
Elie
burnspbesq
I love it when the kitties wind themselves against each other…glad you are taking care of some of the wilder little ones…
Elie
General:
Cats are totally weird…absolutely and completely individualists known only to themselves — always that little mystery thing held back…
valdivia
@Laura W:
LOL. I love that song from when I was a teenager but I had not thought of the song in a long while until someone mentioned America upthread.
Jen R
Back to report that the
Breeders’ Cup Classic is not only safe to watch, it’s mandatory.
Try not to read the spoiler in the sidebar.
gsp
Would you also get it if I’m eventually being linked to the Canadian site? Thanks.
gsp
Would you also get it if I’m eventually being linked to the Canadian site? Thanks.
Yutsano
So yeah, I punted and ordered pizza. I confess to my fail openly.
RedKitten
I wonder — if I click through to Amazon, and then go from there to Amazon.ca, do you still get the referral fee?
Yutsano
@RedKitten: Since it goes from the initial home click I would assume yes, but don’t quote me on that.
RedKitten
Durr…I didn’t realize that gsp had just asked the same question.
Beg to differ on the baked beans. The hubby makes them from scratch, with lots of thick-cut bacon mixed in, and they’re quite nice. Unfortunately, he tends to make them in very large batches, which means beans for supper three nights in a row, which results in…well, you get the idea.
Yutsano
@RedKitten: Do not, under any circumstances, give that to the young one yet, lest you cause a toxic incident and HealthCanada descends upon your doorstep.
Just Some Fuckhead
@RedKitten: I make pretty good baked beans. I start with butter, chopped onions, green peppers and apple juice, reduced. Mrs. Fuckhead loves them, at any rate.
RedKitten
@Yutsano: That child provides enough toxic emanations as it is, without me feeding him baked beans. It’s rather disconcerting when I’m feeding him and he just nonchalantly farts in my lap.
Yutsano
@RedKitten: HA! Some of then never get over that.
Morbo
Link clicked; items bought. Fork over the free shipping, Amazon!
asiangrrlMN
Awwwwww, cute kitteh. But, but, but, I can haz Tunch, pleez?
Steeplejack
@burnspbesq:
Man, those two have really assimilated to indoor life in jig time!
Steeplejack
@Just Some Fuckhead:
I like their instrumental “Donkey Jaw.” In addition to all the usual ones, of course.
Steeplejack
I am listening to “Summer Madness.”
Kayla Rudbek
Can somebody in the Twin Cities bring this cat home from kitty prison?
Wile E. Quixote
@John Cole
Only 50 or 60 bucks after all of the link pimpage I’ve done? Jesus, I’m glad you have those regular checks from George Soros so that you can continue to feed Tunch and pay the salaries of the crack Balloon Juice staff, the crash-test dummies of the internet who read conservative blogs so that we don’t have to.
Seanly
@Jason Bylinowski:
Morrigan is voiced by the lovely Claudia Black. Loved her in Farscape and grew to like her role in Stargate.
DA:O is an awesome game. I screwed up first character so I backtracked. But already starting second character…
gwangung
“Lovely” seems like a terribly inadequate term for Ms. Black.
sbjules
Great picture, but where is tunch and where is lily? It feels like months since we’ve seen them.