Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Also, too.

The house always wins.

Han shot first.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Good luck with your asparagus.

Screw the Judean People’s Front. Splitters.

I showered with Rahm and all I got was this shitty blog.

Usually wrong but never in doubt.

Hot Air and Ill Informed Banter

Word salad with all caps

Saul Alinsky is my co-pilot

An almost top 10,000 blog!

Too inconsequential to be sued

Lighten up, Francis.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity.

Nevertheless, she persisted

I thought we were promised Infrastructure Week

The revolution will be supervised.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense.

Shocking, but not surprising.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

We have all the best words.

This is how realignments happen…

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Much Needed Respite Open Thread: Duck, Dogs and Kitteh

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I’m going to do my best to ignore the news/internet today. Like everyone else, the last week has really taken a toll on my psyche. So here is some of what keeps me sane:

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Two and a half years and I’ve yet to convince her she’s not a cat. My poor couch.

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Here’s Gabe wondering when I’m going to put the clean sheets back on his bed.

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Bixby, exhausted after a night of fireworks. Which never bothered him, until this year, but he’s been really out of sorts since I got sick and I am not allowed out of his sight. Ever.

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I found these at the store a few weeks ago. Striped peppers. Very pretty, normal orange pepper flavor. One ended up in stir fry, the other in a salad.

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And finally, here is Penelope getting her morning scritches.

That’s it – the other ducks and kittehs declined to offer you respite today.  Maybe another day…

Notes: I have a Guest Post from Werebear coming up and I’m also gonna need some camera advice real soon, when I can stick around and participate in a thread. Thanks to everyone who gave me great advice on the Chromebook earlier.

That’s it! Respite open thread.

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Thursday Evening Open Thread: Monumental

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Barring universal conversion to Islam (which is vanishingly unlikely, for reasons) the making of what Terry Prachett referred to as ‘I Can See Your House From Here’ monuments will not perish from human society. That granted, what shall we put up in our public spaces to valorize our strength? Well…


Nancy Schon’s monument stands across from the Boston Common and not far from the State House. The mother duck is, by design, nicely sized for a toddler to sit on her back. There’s a ‘Make Way for Ducklings’ spring celebration every year, where people bring their kids dressed up as ducks, and the ducks get dressed up for local events, too. There are probably purists who are offended by the objectively pro-cop bias of the original book (a friendly policeman holds up traffic to permit the duck family to cross a busy street), but the ducks themselves are blessedly non-partisan.

I have fond memories of the Central Park Alice in Wonderland and Balto statues, which also have a noble history as climbing structures for small children.

Maybe we should stick to using animal or kiddylit statues for our commemorative sculptures, for a generation or two?

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Ducks To The Rescue!

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This is really more TaMara’s backyard, but it looks like we need a new open thread.

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Open Thread: Duck Herding, But FOR MEN

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Over here, I said! Get a move on — over here! What did I tell you — get over here now! Move it! Home! Follow me, I said! Come ON!

Anything for a bucket of grain. Because I’m bent like that, I keep thinking there’s a metaphor in there somewhere…

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Wednesday Evening Respite Thread

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In honor of TaMara’s latest rant:

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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: True Colors

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From commentor Ema Ema:

Inspired by WaterGirl’s One Good Thing thread, here is one good great thing from my [Central Park] garden – blooms!

White…
White Wisteria
Ema Ema - white magnolia

Pink…
Ema Ema - Apple Blossoms
Ema Ema Apple Blossoms Closeup

Red…
Ema Ema - Red

Yellow…
Ema Ema Yellow Buds

Cyclamen…
Ema Ema - Azalea

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Semi-Respite Open Thread: DUCKS!

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Not ducks, just a few Brooklynites failing to observe proper social distancing:

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Respite Thread: Ducks and Kitties

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Respite Thread: Ducks and Kitties

It is a trick of the phone camera lens that Gabe looks like a smushed Jabba the Hutt.

I am in total despair over humanity right now, so let’s take a break and focus on some good stuff. As I’ve mentioned, I’m house hunting, so I’ve been cleaning, packing and paring down.

So one day, I thought to myself, the cats haven’t used the cat tree in a year, I should give it away. One less thing to move. A few days later, Cats in the Tree began happening  Suddenly they were using it every day, several times a day.

They are just mocking me now. Freakin’ psychic, mystic fur babies.

And here’s a short video of duck baths. I give them fresh pool water every 4-5 days (which they immediately muddy up) and they love a fresh pool and I love watching them splash around.

Share some good stuff with me…

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Respite Open Thread: The Blog’s Three Favorite (Non-Controversial) Subjects

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Like this guy, I am tired of watching Republicans behave badly.

Click on pic for full effect:

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Repost: Ben Afquack

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So ICYMI, I broke the blog. Seemed the cute kitteh photos were the culprit. Watergirl said the only fix was to trash it, then dump the trash. It. Was. That. Bad. LOL

Here is Ben Afquack again. I may try the photos again later to see if I fixed the issue – in a post I can quickly trash if it does it again.

Enjoy!

BTW – it took me weeks to convince Penelope Pearl she was actually a duck.

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Respite Open Thread: You Deserve Some Ducks

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I can’t think of a better way to finish up before the holiday season, than with some ducks for you. (Although, I may have a Christmas Eve Menu for you later today, depending on how the house cleaning goes).

The weather has been beautiful the last few days, so I’ve left the patio door open so the cats could spend some time in the backyard. Meanwhile, I’m trying to work. But an open patio door leads to these constant interruptions:

Ducks are not quiet…and there are always duck rumblings in my backyard.

A friend and I are going to start a dedicated Youtube channel for the ducks. She wants to do some graphic art with the ducks. so there may be merchandise, Just waiting for my GoPro to arrive. Because they HATE cameras and my only chance of catching their antics is via stealth.

Here they are, complaining,  after 22 inches of snow was dumped on us Thanksgiving week.

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That was after they had to spend a full day literally cooped up, until it was warm enough for them to venture out. And yes, I had to shovel a path and a roosting spot for them. Otherwise, all you’d see would be the little tops of their heads as they scooted through the duck-deep snow.

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Bonus Christmas Kitteh:

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It’s his favorite spot this holiday.

I have all my cooking done and have vowed not to venture out again after seeing my clients today and picking up a forgotten item at the grocery store. Had a sweet surprise this morning, one of my oldest clients, who I have worked with since long before Bixby, bought me a nice gift, BUT also went to a boutique pet store and bought beautiful leather toys, and baked goods for the pups. He laughed as he handed the bag to me and said, “I realized as I walked through the store, I had no idea what to buy dogs.” I thought, Great Danes are even tougher to buy for, but he did great and Bixby and Scout love them.

It was the sweetest thing. Buying my pets presents will always win me over.

How are you coping with the holidays? I know it can be a tough time. Last year was the worst for me, but this year, I’m feeling more hopeful. Maybe it’s that nice gift Congress got me.

Check-in in the comments, we’re all in this together.

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Respite Open Thread: Scout Turns Two

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Difficult to believe, but Scout turned two on Sunday.

Here she is lounging in the sun this summer

And here she is her second day with us.

Hard to believe my gangly legged lapdog is all growed up.  Her training, which got a bit sidelined when Bixby got sick, is going so very well. Don’t tell Bixby, but she’s been such a breeze to work with, I almost forget to do training with her some days. I have put my name in as an emergency foster if needed with our favorite Great Dane rescue group. I think everyone is settled enough and ready for that if needed.

Now the ultimate test. Facebook video:

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Thursday Morning Open Thread

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I posted this on the book of faces this a.m., still confused how it all came to this:

My mornings now consist of a big white duck following me around the yard, squawking to be picked up and snuggled like a puppy. No longer happy to just get scritches. Once I pick her up and dutifully snuggle her, she’s happy to resume being a duck and waddles off when I put her down.

I just did not see this coming. I kept thinking she’d grow out of it.

smh

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Penelope, mud-covered as always

She’s unique, that’s for sure. Luckily, Maddie and Mabel do not judge her for her weird obsessions, nor have they developed her habit of needing human interaction. They are happy for food, fresh pool water, and afternoon lettuce breaks.

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Respite Open Thread: Some Serious Respite

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Okay, before I turn everything off for the night, I needed some respite. And then suddenly babies started showing up everywhere. So here they all are.

And my very own daily cuteness. Sometimes I just sit in the backyard and watch everyone play together. Dogs, cats and ducks.

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Feel free to add to the momentary relief with cuteness of your own.

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Open Thread: Raft of Ducks

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I assume if I do not post the occasional duck photos, there could be trouble. So here you go. Since Maddie and Mabel run from me whenever I have a camera, this is the best group shot I can get:

Ducks are messy. Happiness to ducks is any and all mud. Some ducks can’t hide it as well as others:

The cutest part of this is she runs up to me like this, wanting to be picked up. She has to be satisfied with scritches.

 

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P.S. Tomorrow we’ll have another WereBear guest post, so get your cat questions ready!

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