Tikka has decided to make his views on this election absolutely clear:
I don’t know about y’all, but I can’t take another debate. My spouse and son will be glued to the set while I’ll be at a bar with a friend in the science museum business. We’ll talk shop, mostly ignore the baseball game, and, for my part, try to weigh the pros and cons between bourbon and rye. (Cue the inevitable soundtrack.)
Tikka’s done my thinking for me, and I don’t need any more exposure the Cheeto-Faced Ferret-Heddit ShitGibbon, thank you very much.
Your plans?
PS: An alternate view: Tikka knows (as many Democratic candidates seem not to) how to engage the camera:
Elizabelle
Leave Tikka’s Billy Booosh alone.
(Boosh. Moose. Squirrel. Why yes, it’s “Melania” again. From last night’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She shows up about 2:20 in.)
The Pale Scot
There’s a pro side to sugery water and piss? :D
If it’s not Scottish it’s Crap!!
WaterGirl
I love Tikka’s button! I have it on good authority that my kitties would gladly wear that button if only they knew where to find it.
edit: you know, i still have my “dogs against Romney” magnetic strip on my car. I wonder if anyone is making anything like that? Puzzies against Trump. I would order in a heartbeat.
schrodinger's cat
Tikka rocks!
SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch
Tikkeh Masaleh!! Such a smart and good-looking pusseh!
The Ancient Randonneur
Long lines usher in early voting in Georgia. I voted in my home state the second absentee ballots were available.
MattF
I’m done with the ‘debates’. I concede that they were useful for people who had better things to do (and I don’t blame them) and they apparently had the desired effect. But I’ve hit ‘enough’.
Gin & Tonic
@The Pale Scot: Clearly you have never had a good rye whiskey (of which there are many.)
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@WaterGirl: If I knew where to find it, I’d send you kittties that button.
I’ll be recording a voice over for a presidential campaign commercial tonight. No, really. The election in Ghana.
“Change Now, Move Ghana Forward” seems to be the theme, based on the script.
Betty Cracker
That is one handsome cat!
RE: tonight’s plans, I don’t want to watch the debate. It will be unpleasant. But I don’t think I can NOT watch either. So I’ll probably watch the debate on the TV, follow baseball on the tablet and keep up with you jackals on the phone. Multitasking!
Iowa Old Lady
@Gin & Tonic: All my Canadian relatives drank rye.
RandomMonster
I’ll watch the debate, but mainly as a reason to drink.
Feebog
My plans for the afternoon? So glad you asked. Taking one of the dogs for a rabies shot in a few minutes. Then I’m going to a meeting where greedy developers will tell us how an outsized 440 unit apartment building in the middle of a single family home neighborhood is so necessary. Look, retail on the first floor! Look, 5% of the units reserved for affordable housing units! Look, pretty drawings showing happy pedestrians walking along practically deserted sidewalks! Look, bicycle parking that will never be used! Can’t wait for the Q&A.
WaterGirl
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): After I wrote that, I googled. Private browsing, of course, because I worried about what might come up.
I just ordered one! Puss1es Against Trump
Tom Levenson
@The Pale Scot: Scotch whisky is a delight. It’s also grown too damn expensive (and the prices have failed, so far, to reflect the post-Brexit pound.
I love Lagavullin 16, for example. At not-much-change from a Franklin, it’s out of my range.
Sazarac Rye, which I enjoy, is ~30 bucks a bottle. Whistlepig, perhaps more of a comparison, is fifty or so. I’ll drink Scotch more when the damage to my wallet is less than that my liver endures.
Gin & Tonic
@Iowa Old Lady: “Canadian whiskey” is mostly crap, and not generally rye (or not predominantly.) It is one of the original American whiskeys, though, and in recent years there’s been a major resurgence of craft distilling of various older formulations of American whiskey, including (perhaps especially) rye.
OzarkHillbilly
@Gin & Tonic: A good rye whiskey? That sir, is a contradiction in terms.
Tom Levenson
@Feebog: We just dealt w. a version of that in our single-family-home neighborhood. It sucks.
Tom Levenson
@OzarkHillbilly: You need to get out more.
Mike in NC
Tonight we’ll watch “American Horror Story: Roanoke” but take a pass on “American Horror Story: The Donald”.
WaterGirl
@Betty Cracker: I will be watching the debate on TV and BJ on my laptop. It’s the only way I am brave enough to watch. Last debate I realized I had no wine or chocolate in the house, and I definitely needed something!
Planning ahead this time. I will be fortified with comfort food for dinner (my mom’s recipe for macaroni & cheese) and wine! Chocolate chip cookie dough in the refrigerator in case of emergency!
germy
West of the Rockies (been a while)
I’ll be attending a lecture on the Shoemakers, a husband and wife astronomy team — the lecture description sounds like things will be part love story (how they met) and part science, an overview of their impact.
OzarkHillbilly
@RandomMonster: You need a reason?
Miss Bianca
Tom, you got your cat to express a political opinion? The Office Kitties just want to know who’s going to promise them more tuna and mice, and then they’re all like “What?” when I stare at them. Then they start chasing little bits of paper.
btw, I just finished “The Hunt for Vulcan” – well-done, indeed!
Roger Moore
I generally prefer bourbon over rye for drinking straight up, but I insist on rye in my Manhattans.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@WaterGirl: That’s awesome. I saw a very powerful one in the “people also like” crawl:
Miss Bianca
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Hey, speaking of animules, I caught myself looking at this little cutie in your home state!
OzarkHillbilly
@Tom Levenson: Ahh the Lagavullin…. Sigh.
West of the Rockies (been a while)
@RandomMonster: There’s always a reason to drink.
Iowa Old Lady
In today’s news from Las Vegas, presumably unconnected to the debate. Headline: “Cinnamon Roll Can Explodes Inside Man’s Butt During Shoplifting Incident.“
Miss Bianca
@The Pale Scot: sorry, but I have to disagree. These days, given the choice between a shot of single-malt Scotch and a good bourbon or rye, I’ll as often as not go for the latter.
So sue me! Send me to the Arizona Home for the Rude!
Patricia Kayden
Tikka Masala gets my vote!! Baud needs to procure her as his running mate in 2020.
Kristine Smith
@Tom Levenson:
Had a Manhattan made with Sazerac Rye at the rooftop bar of the Jane Hotel this past July. Delicious drink, plus a great view of the Hudson River. I’m growing fond of rye whiskey. Have tried only a few scotches. All I know for sure is that for me, peaty=blech.
Shell
I think Tikka’s look is called “Blue Steel.”
Patricia Kayden
@Iowa Old Lady: Glad I read that so I won’t be tempted to stuff a cinnamon roll can up my butt the next time I’m in Walmart. Whew!!
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Miss Bianca: He’s a doll! Dude’s an itty bitty little guy but what a soft eye, and I bet he’s charming. If you need a local report, have Adam or AL rustle you up my email. Of course, if OH canter is in Cleveland, you’re on your own…
SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch
@RandomMonster:
Has the list of drinking words and phrases for tonight been released yet?
The Golux
@OzarkHillbilly:
Thirded. My usual snort is Glenlivet, which I’m perfectly happy with; I buy it by the handle (though “handles” rarely have actual handles anymore). That works out to about $34 and change for a fifth.
OzarkHillbilly
@Tom Levenson: When I go out I don’t f around. Besides, if I’m going to ruin my liver I’m gonna do it with something that will eat up my sons’ inheritance.
Old Broad in California
Tikka is beautiful!
I’m going to a debate watching party tonight with a friend. I was promised all Hillary supporters in attendance and lots of wine. Still, if I didn’t really like the friend who invited me I would have begged off.
Patricia Kayden
@MattF: I’m such a wuss that I haven’t had the guts to watch any of the debates. But I relish the comments about them afterwards and I love the SNL mock debates. So glad that this is the last time that Secretary Clinton has to subject herself to being in the same room as Orange Bigot.
SWMBO
Posted earlier but updating the names. Is this Trump, Pence or Rubio?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS6lNDrCi88
@Elizabelle: Have you seen this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYagr8TdBl0
Shell
For safetys sake, I think we’re way beyond that.
gogol's wife
@The Pale Scot:
Mike Myers FTW.
K488
Beautiful cat looks like the Notorious RBG in that second photo.
SWMBO
Can I get a jail break? I’m in moderation limbo.
coin operated
Rye on the rocks….well…rocks. I wish Jefferson would come out with another batch of their rye…it was to die for.
Miss Bianca
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Having just taken an unscheduled plunge off the back of a taller horse, I have to say that I’m appreciating the little ones more and more! Sooo much easier to remount in the field!
Our stable guy at the hunt is coming back to Ohio to pick up a bunch of tack – if my new job comes thru’, I may just say “screw it” and head back there with him with a horse trailer. Little Cody just looks so sweet, and our new trainer is a wee little thing, I bet she’d love to turn him into an eventer!
(I must be crazy).
ETA: And of course I’d love a local report from someone knowledgeable! I’ll email the lady and find out where CANTER’s Ohio center is.
Betty Cracker
@Roger Moore: Co-signed.
@Tom Levenson: Speaking of absurdly overpriced spirits, I once got to taste a precious thimble-full of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon, which my uncle had procured through mysterious means. I’m happy to report that while it was good, it damn sure wasn’t $1K+ good. Booker Noe is good enough for the likes of me when I want fancy bourbon…
JPL
Yesterday, I voted for Her! I don’t plan on watching tonight, but I’m sure I’ll be notified if the Secret Service tackles him.
Cacti
In another example of that famous Donald Trump “extreme vetting”:
Trump’s invited guest, Malik Obama, the half-brother of the President, is a loud and proud supporter of Hamas.
WaterGirl
@Iowa Old Lady: @Patricia Kayden: All I can say is WOW. Of all the ways I can think of to “spice up lovemaking”, I can say with confidence that it would never involve sticking a can of cinnamon rolls from the dairy case up anyone’s behind.
jacy
Tonight The Boyfriend and I will be attending a screening of my favorite movie, Blade Runner (while my kids babysit his kids). Then, after all the kids are asleep, we’re going to crack open a bottle of wine and watch a recording of the debate. That may take more than one bottle of wine. In fact, it may take all the alcohol in the house…
Tom Levenson
@Miss Bianca: Thanks! Frankly, I was surprised my notoriously salty feline overlord stood still for the photo, but he feels very deeply about Mr. Trump.
West of the Rockies (been a while)
@Patricia Kayden:
I know, right? Damn, there go my plans for the afternoon.
Tom Levenson
@OzarkHillbilly: ;-). I have informed my 16 y.o. of your very sound strategy.
Elizabelle
@Patricia Kayden:
During the campaign. Probably it is. Hadn’t thought about that.
chopper
your cat’s all “I’m with purr”
Betty Cracker
@SWMBO: LMAO at both of those clips!
Origuy
@Tom Levenson: I get Lagavulin at Costco, for considerably less than a Benjamin. They also have good prices on Oban.
Fair Economist
@Iowa Old Lady:
The mugshot looks particularly apropos.
Hard to believe anyone would want the cinnamon rolls after that transportation methodology. Which brown is which?
Tom Levenson
@Origuy: Hmmm. May have to take a look-see next time I’m over on the Somerville/Everett line. (the nearest Costco to me). Seeing as I’m at home writing a book this year, that might be a while. I don’t get out much in a radius larger than a stroll.
OzarkHillbilly
@Cacti: Heh. Got a link?
JCJ
Maybe Tikka would like to listen to this…
http://www.musicforcats.com/
I am skeptical as to how receptive cats would be. My cat seems OK with Nine Inch Nails
schrodinger's cat
@Betty Cracker: I had to complete a project I was working, so I occasionally checked Balloon Juice and streamed the debate on my iPad, for the first debate. Needless to say I found many mistakes when I was editing my draft.
NotMax
OzarkHillbilly
@Tom Levenson: I hope you are speaking of your whiskey and not your child. I’d hate to be responsible for steering yet another impressionable young person down the wrong path in life.
schrodinger's cat
Save this poor kitten from the orange monster with tiny hands, vote Hillary.
trollhattan
@SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch:
List better not include “sniff” or I won’t make ninety minutes. Also, too, am ruling out “Bill Clinton” and “e-mail.”
mike in dc
@Elizabelle:
They are both appearing at the Al Smith dinner, which I believe is tomorrow night. So, one more time after this. But they’re expected to be funny, not ranty.
trollhattan
@jacy:
Been meaning to acquire a copy of “Blade Runner” but heck if I can sift through the various “director McCutty cut” versions to make a choice.
japa21
@Tom Levenson: Finally got around to reading The Hunt for Vulcan.. I can see why you made the short list. Now, I have to go pick up some of your other writings. What is the subject of the new opus in progress, if you are allowed to say?
West of the Rockies (been a while)
@trollhattan:
How about, “Buh-lieve me… Buh-lieve me.”
Cacti
@OzarkHillbilly:
Of course
WaterGirl
@efgoldman: I just looked at her twitter feed. She got some good ones in.
Roger Moore
@Origuy:
Is that the 16, though, or the 12?
trollhattan
@West of the Rockies (been a while):
Oy. Pair that with “It’s true; it’s true” and you have rapid liver coma.
Think we can all agree that a shimmy=chug.
RandomMonster
@OzarkHillbilly:
Every day!
trollhattan
@Roger Moore: Knowing Costco it’s three 12s in a pack, equaling a 36.
West of the Rockies (been a while)
@trollhattan:
Well then, I hope to get drunk on shimmies… That’ll be a good sign that Hilz is killing it.
NotMax
@SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch
The usual suspects.
“33,000 e-mails”
“Wrong”
“Never happened”
“I have the best [fill in the blank]”
Shana
@Roger Moore: We love Manhattans in our house. Almost always with Makers Mark. A couple of variations we’ve been enjoying lately: add an equal amount of Amaretto to the sweet vermouth in your recipe, or substitute Aperol for the sweet vermouth with citrus bitters.
You’re welcome.
Gin & Tonic
@Betty Cracker:
Way late in a dying thread, but I have to brag that a few years ago I went to a “bourbon dinner” with Julian van Winkle where we had the 12, 15, 20 and 23, and then some really extra-special never-ever-sold-at-retail treat.
But the W.L. Weller 12 is the same mash bill, at the same distillery, and under $50.
WaterGirl
@efgoldman: hmm, seems like you think that wouldn’t go well. I was impressed with the way Hillary handled herself at the last debate, hoping this is good in that respect, too.
Steve in the ATL
In closely related news, I had chicken tikka masala for lunch
Cheap Jim, formerly Cheap Jim
@Tom Levenson: Because if you don’t have the do-re-mi to buy a house, you don’t deserve to live in our neighborhood, right?
LAC
What a darling cat. Reminds me of my sweetie, deuce. Down to the ” oh, really?” expression. Not watching the debates and watching my Martini go down slow. Cheers.
sukabi
@germy: false on the face of it WITHOUT any snoping…when was the last time drumpf did anything nice for anyone AND NOT USED IT FOR HIS OWN BENEFIT?
Never, that’s when…