I’m assuming someone will hop in later with a super bowl thread. Until then, here’s a pre-game thread. I’m recording the kitten bowl because Scout is fascinated with the commercials. Meanwhile, cooking and cleaning is how my day is going. Just made a big batch of puppy training treats.
Sundays are generally politics free for me.
Open thread
TaMara (HFG)
Did I tell you guys that Bixby locked himself and Scout in the bathroom on Friday and I had to take the doorknob off to get them out? Silly puppy.
Mnemosyne
Kitten Bowl is the best. I like it even more than the Puppy Bowl, and I love the Puppy Bowl.
Brachiator
I ran across a delightful CBS Sunday Morning interview with Linda Ronstadt, who has retired from performing due to her illness. Still a wonderful personality with a great perspective on her life and career.
It was very cool to learn that her former boyfriend Jerry Brown had visited with her over Thanksgiving.
Here she is singing with two friends on the David Letterman show.
https://youtu.be/o2XcBL6kWn8
sukabi
@TaMara (HFG): lol. What do you do with 2 horses locked in the bathroom? Good time for a bath as a deterrent?
TaMara (HFG)
@Brachiator: I really enjoyed the interview, too. Here’s the link to interview.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/linda-ronstadt-a-voice-from-the-past/
Elmo
The dog cookies look good – I may try those. Right now we are making treats for the pack by putting chunks of beef heart in the dehydrator.
JPL
@TaMara (HFG): The local CBS station preempted Sunday morning for super bowl coverage because why not. Thank you and Brach for mentioning what was on.
My friend’s dog locked herself in a bathroom for hours and panicked which meant sanding and refinishing a door. I’m glad your result wasn’t as bad.
raven
We were going to bail on a party this year since we had quite a few no-shows last year and I spent a ton of dough on goodies. We mentioned it to a couple of friends and the said “oh, no, we love your party. We went ahead and I’m making my old standby jambalaya and now I’ve had 4 cancellations in the last hour! I do like the focus on Atlanta’s music and civil rights history on the CBS pre-game.
Barbara
Probably not going to watch. My MO recently has been to tune in If it is close in the fourth quarter.
Miss Bianca
Oh, we like to make those up at the Mountain Hacienda! We add those little bite-size pepperoni, so they are pumpkin-PB-pepperoni puppy treats!
opiejeanne
What channel is showing the kitten bowl?
Jeffro
I’m watching, but it’ll be hard pretending it’s actually the Saints vs the Chiefs for three hours.
Anyway…GOOOOOO NOT-PATRIOTS!!!
Dorothy A. Winsor
My building is having a Super Bowl party, which is apparently group watching with snacks. Mr DAW says he’s going. If it weren’t for the football, I might too.
A Ghost To Most
I bought a six foot cat tree from chewy.com, but after setting it up, I realized it was sized for kittens, not 2 18 lb-ers. So I rebuilt it with 3 cat sized platforms. It is now the favorite place in the house for them.
Miss Bianca
@raven: Forgot it was Superb Owl Hand Egg Tournament ths afternoon…neighbor has invited me and D over for fajitas and treats…dunno, tho’, we were planning to brew this afternoon.
Steeplejack
@opiejeanne:
Hallmark Channel. Cat Bowl on now, Kitten Bowl rerun at 5:00 p.m. EST.
A Ghost To Most
@Jeffro:
Robert Kraft – super-MAGAt
Bill Bellichick – super-MAGAt
Tom Brady – super-MAGAt
Coincidence, or MAGAt’s team?
chris
Superbowl? Even Canada is up for it.
Via Reddit
zhena gogolia
So that’s why nobody was in church today.
Steeplejack
Doctor Zhivago just started on TCM at 4:30 EST. Russian accents, or lack thereof, may be critiqued.
Balloon Juice favorite The Lion in Winter coming up at 8:00 EST for non-Superb Owlers.
raven
“I’m assuming someone will hop in later with a super bowl thread. ”
Why? Who would? Betty got tired of getting a raft of shit every time she put on up and Cole. . . well, who knows?
Duane
@Jeffro: Finally, something to unite our country. Even Patriot fan’s are rooting for GOOOO! LA!
NotMax
As for the football thing, while would completely disagree with the use of hilarious in the blurb, it’s harmless and contains some slight amusement value, even with the RT interviewer’s annoying habit of lapsing into a patronizing Yakov Smirnoff imitation.
Super Bowl: We asked Russians what they know – and the results were hilarious
@Brachiator
Had one intense interaction with her – entirely on a professional basis – and from that would take issue with “wonderful personality.”
Barbara
@Steeplejack: I am going to watch Lion in Winter — one of my favorites!
HeleninEire
Here’s my contribution to the Superbowl. I haven’t a clue. Never did.
But oh Holy Hell. England beat Ireland in the 6 nations rugby last night? WTF? Ireland had been the champs for years. And they were the favorite last night.
Perhaps I should go back and cheer them on. Except for the fecking fact that they’re OUT.
Gotta say I’m so glad I wasn’t in an Irish pub last night!!
NotMax
@Barbara
One of but a handful of movies which unabashedly conveys just how freaking cold those castles were!
Doug R
@TaMara (HFG): You need to install one of those bathroom doorknobs with the hole in the middle. In an emergency you can use a thin screwdriver or awl or unbent coat hanger to unlock.
Sab
@TaMara (HFG): No you didn’t tell us. As pet owners we should know, just for protection.
Sab
@HeleninEire: Glad you are home.
Aamerican football sucks because players are so damaged
Rugby is fun.
Skepticat
@TaMara (HFG): A friend in California had his cat somehow get into a wall, and he ended up taking out large sections of drywall to retrieve the critter. They do these things just to drive us crazier. It’s working.
zhena gogolia
@Steeplejack:
Yes, I loved the idea that they were going to force Julie Christie and Rod Steiger to do Russian accents. That’s the only thing that could possibly make that film worse.
Brickley Paiste
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_players_with_chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy
Steeplejack
@zhena gogolia:
Inorite. Words failed me (eventually) last night. At least it got me to go to bed early.
Mnemosyne
@Brickley Paiste:
So they should be putting helmets on the kittens for the Kitten Bowl?
Mnemosyne
@Brickley Paiste:
So they should be putting helmets on the kittens before letting them play in the Kitten Bowl?
zhena gogolia
@Steeplejack:
Worst movie ever made! Poor Boris Leonidovich.
Steeplejack
@zhena gogolia:
I don’t think I’ve seen more than a few minutes of it since it first came out. David Lean at his most soporific.
NotMax
@zhena gogolia
When it comes to the films of David Lean, it was always safe to eat off the editing room floor.
;)
zhena gogolia
@Steeplejack: @NotMax:
Brief Encounter is very good. We’ll give him that.
eemom
Dump said today he would be reluctant to let little Barron play football because he hears bad stuff about the sport.
First semi-intelligent, semi-responsible, semi-befitting of a normal human being statement he’s made in the entire course of his “presidency,” and nobody’s paying attention, cuz everybody’s watching the Superbowl. #sad #soverysad
zhena gogolia
Bozhe moi, the rainbow over the hydroelectric dam and the balalaika over her shoulder.
Thank God Colin Firth as Darcy is coming on public TV in 8 minutes.
zhena gogolia
@eemom:
I’m afraid that is probably only meant as a slam against people “taking a knee” and not really any kind of intelligent statement.
NotMax
@zhena gogolia
Quite possibly the only time the word brief is suitable when talking his films.
;)
Steeplejack
@zhena gogolia:
No argument.
Steeplejack
@zhena gogolia:
Stop torturing yourself!