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Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to present to you our Cute Firedog o’ the Week, my brother’s dog, Addison. Here he is looking all studly in the snow.
However, if you get to know Addison, you will find that he’s one of the nicest dogs in the world. He has impeccable manners. He’s very considerate and kind.
He’s an excellent listener and never interrupts.
And he always has time for you, no matter how many squirrels may be scampering through the yard or how many of his squeaky toys his brother Houston has absconded with. Addison is there for you and wants to know all about it.
He is an international man of mystery, a light-absorbing stealth-puppy. And I love him from the tip of his coal black tail all the way to his little black velvet ears.
If my brother shows up in the comments tonight, you’ll have to get him to sing you the Addison Song. Hooray for Addison!
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Trex! Woof!!
TRex!! Doggies!
hiya!
TREX
Aw, what a cute pup
TREx!!!
DANG
Addison — love that name. A great name for a great-looking dog.
Addison!
zeddish?
Addison is too cute! A 60 foot Therapod needs soemthing more in the junkyard category.
boing reverse one and a half somersaults with three and a half twists, in the free position, no splash (’natch)
g’evening everyone – that is a cute doggie, TRex
woohoo, glad to be back in the Lake – I had totally forgotten that Aunt Mary and Uncle Jim were Faux News watchers on their big screen tv – other than that little hiccup, I had a great time, watching old movies, eating, drinking, and talking our way down that dusty old road of life called Memory Lane.
boy i’ve missed the Lake. (kicks off paint-spattered flip-flops & settles into vacant beach chair.) Cute dogs! Makes me miss my LuLu (RIP)
hello puppies!
i c4n haz ch33zb3rgr?
AZ Matt @ 11
A Black Lab is a hefty dog…!!!
AZ Matt @ 11
In my book, a 60 foot Therapod can have anything he wants.
I’m just sayin’.
heh heh… great stuff… a dog blog…
wish I had a pic of my bestest chum of all time: Lucky… border collie/ black Lab mix… smartest dog ever… and another great listener… tho upon occasion, given to gaseous emissions which make him an outdoor dog…
Welcome back, Suzanne. We missed you.
Suz!! Welcome back!
Hi everyone!
Love Labs! Wish I could have one, but they are higher-maintenance than my current lifestyle allows.
Maybe if I ever get to retire …
Suzanne @ 12
hiya suzanne!!!
CTuttle @ 16
Oh, he’s not so big, our Addison. He’s about 25 pounds, I think.
TRex
and Suzanne is back
Suzanne @ 12
We certainly missed ya, Ma Cheri…!!!
Anyway, black labs are my favorite ;-)
Evening, pups! Are those pups yours, TRex? Or your brother’s?
Have you noticed a lot of come-from-behind victories in Fenway this year?
Suzanne! C’mere and give us a hug, love. Boy, have we missed you.
TRex @ 24
That dog is 25lbs?
Or am I thoroughly confused?
Evening firepups!
Such a cute pup! I had one that thought he could slither along the living room wall and slide up onto the couch without my noticing. A 70 pound black dog on beige carpet-not the brightest bulb but a heart of gold.
peanutbutter @ 27
Goldens are better :P
Suzanne @ 12
So Bush’s seventh rerun of his “Ain’t Things Great in Iraq?” speech went over well, did it?
burnspbesq @ 22
We think he’s a Chow/Lab mix. He has blue-black spots on his tongue and he occasionally lapses into uber-serious mode, where he seems to feel the weight of the world on his shoulders and stares out the window and sighs a lot.
He’s a sweetheart.
Yikes — no joy at Fenway right now
Elliott @ 33
Too much hair :-P
soh
dhimmicrat morphs to
dharmacrat which rhymes with
karmacrat and on to
karmadog.
sic em Addison!
Welcone back, Suz!
TRex @ 35
he’s a handsome dog
Hi, Suzanne! Welcome back. How was your visit with the family?
Addison is gorgeous. I wanna scritch those ears!
(((pups)))
Freaking Yankees!
(stomps, swears at feeble Bosox bullpen!)
peanutbutter @ 37
ya got me there!!
TRex @ 24
Are you starving him or something?
Addison isn’t really very big. He looks like a Lab in the face, but his legs aren’t very long.
That snow isn’t especially deep.
Good timing by the ACLU. Phone solicitation on payday, and in the middle of the Mets game to boot.
“Yeah, yeah, how much do you want? A hundred? Sure. Just shut up and send me the envelope. I got a game to watch.”
TRex @ 35
OK, explains the tail, which is questionable (tho some labs have a curled over tail when happy). But I still have a hard time believing that’s only 25lbs of dog up there. Got to be 50 minimum…
twȝk @ 15
=
I’m no pet wrecker. I luv puppies. No. Really.
Elliott @ 33
I deal with a half-lab, half-golden. The best and worst of both worlds.
The whole story would take all night, so I’ll give you a hint – he goes swimming when it’s below freezing.
I’m calling my brother’s wife to ask what Addison weighs. I would hate to have misinformed you guys.
burnspbesq @ 47
They ought to try and hit up Red Sox Nation right now — bet they’d get similar responses.
LoudounLib @ 36
I swear, Cardiac Sox!!! :P
Welcome back, Suzanne! Glad to hear your visit was mostly enjoyable, minus the Fox Noise ;0)
Evening Cassie, how are you feeling? Still feverish?
Anyone wanna tell me what today’s Friday News Dump was?
TRex @ 46
My brother has a Lab/Daschund mix . . . picture a lab that’s been cut off at the knees, and you’re pretty close.
He’s got a white patch around his neck, and my brother almost named him “Bishop.” My brother said “I’ve always wanted to say ‘No Bishop! Down Bishop! Bad Bishop!’ And then if he still doesn’t behave, I can swat Bishop with a newspaper.”
We missed you, Suzanne, other than your quick tube time the other night. Sorry about you having to watch Fox….
madmommy @ 54
The thermostat says 100 but I feel better than this morning when it was 99.5
GordonM @ 50
Ha ha ha! I can imagine!
I’ve had a number of labs. Sweet, hardworking, friendly dogs.
TRex! I’m up late enough for you! But just barely, I’m whipped.
Sweet dog. I have a big black lab myself. Just want to say, it’s not studly, however he’s a sweet gentleman. Studly is not in conflict with being a sweet gentleman. Theoretically. And that’s my last coherent thought of the day.
GordonM @ 50
on purpose?
No answer from her or my brother.
Addison may weigh much more that 25 pounds. That was just a guess.
Really, though, he is not one of those massive Labs that move like an out of control freight train. He’s very neat and compact.
Peterr @ 56
Did I read this correctly?
Did Gates actually say that there might be a chance that we would be DOWN to 100,000 troops in Iraq by the end of NEXT year?
I’d like a kilo of whatever he’s smoking.
That. Just. Can’t. Happen.
If it does, we should all be ashamed.
burnspbesq @ 22
We’ve got to figure out a way to pool our monies so we can all retire. This is just stupid and not at all green for us all to have our own places.
Suzanne @ 55
the CIA banned water boarding?
oops thermometer
SnarKassandra @ 59
Temps normally vary thru the day. Just keep drinking all the liquids Aunt Betsy keeps telling you to drink ;-)
Hey TRex
What happened to ATAAAACK ATTAAAACCK
We have attack poodles in the Dem leadership.
They must be trained.
BigMitch @ 29
You’re not a Yankees fan are you?
Suz — Nice to see you again.
Welcome back, Suzanne.
and – not causally related – now for a brief look at our special cousins across the pond.
and our very near future.
If the pup who posted the link on legally converting USD accounts to swiss, norwegian, or euro denominated accounts in European banks, that might be real helpful.
Ain’t it grand to be our poodle?
Doggie looks like a lover, not a fighter. A real sweetheart!
Good night firepups. I started celebrating Friday and Gonzo’s last day a bit early, so I’m going to watch a movie and go to bed.
See you all tomorrow.
carolyn urban @ 60
mine’s not too studly either, pretty laid back dude
TRex @ 62
But that is part of their charm, especially that table-clearing tail! Which may explain why I have no knick-knacks in my house.
Sigh. Nobody even noticed i was gone for a week. (makes note to self, don’t take family-induced break from toobz at same time as Suzanne)
madmommy @ 63
It was a pound puppy, so no one really knows, but either combination is rather bizzare when it comes right down to it.
Kevster @ 69
It’s Friday, chill out. I’ve OD’d on angst this week.
petwrecker @ 49
HAI
FTFY
phred @ 70
Oh, I’m just rooting for a good game. Something exciting.
Dr. Esfandiari on her treatment in Iran’s prison.
“I was treated in prison with utmost respect. And I think the reason was that I always kept a barrier between myself and the interrogator. And I was always very polite to them. And they were, as a result, very polite to me.”
What? No waterboarding and sexual humiliation?
-GSD
P.S. She credits her release to a letter from Lee Hamilton.
TheOtherWA @ 74
Nite! Did ya’ll notice that Tony Snow left with a standing O, and, AGAG left with no fanfare…!!! 8-)
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 77
Welcome back to you too! :-)
Suzanne @ 81
Amen, says the Cubs fan.
As a warning to Bush Dogs. Everywhere. A sign that the general public isn’t buying what they’re trying to sell anymore. JoDog!
madmommy @ 76
LOL!
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 77
sorry ndfg – want some of this cake my vienna trained baker stepfather brought up – kinda a cross between a pound cake and a coffee cake
TRex @ 51
Sounds like a betting pool. I’m gonna say 53 pounds.
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 77
I noticed and missed you. I just was too busy to post.
((((newdealfarmgrrrlll))))
BigMitch @ 82
Big Papi’s up-it ain’t over yet!
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 77
welcome back!
LoudounLib @ 85
thanks! the withdrawal pangs were FIERCE!
Feel better, Snarkita. Fevers just make you feel punky all over.
welcome back ndfg
In case you read this far, to love a dog from the tip of his tail to his ears would seem to omit the best part.
Suzanne @ 55
Last day for Tony Snow and Alberto Gonzales.
And Senator Ted Stevens name came up during a trial in Alaska. (and not in a good way)
BigMitch @ 29
Belicheck works for the Patriots.
-GSD
BigMitch @ 82
Sure you are ;) Me, I liked the calm realxing 5 RUN LEAD THE SOX JUST BLEW. Nope, I’m not upset…
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 77
Is it okay if I miss you retroactively?
Here’s a pic of my golden retriever as Spuds McKenzie.
GSD @ 83
IMHO, Dr. Estafandi was taken along with three others to force the return of four iranian diplomats seized early this year in Kurdistan and only recently returned (under the table). They had no intention of harming her but they did want their people back.
Darn it, Burnsesq. Mets drop one in bonus baseball.
madmommy @ 76
Speaking of knick-knacks, true story: my cat sent me to the ER once. She was chasing a moth around the house, and knocked over a glass votive holder on the coffee table and broke it. While cleaning up the glass I got a piece of glass embedded in my finger.
‘Evening, Al. You’ve been busy!
TheOtherWA @ 74
Night, WA!
Suzanne @ 88
Yum! thanks! Sorry you had to endure Faux news tho.
phred @ 101
Who’s pitching for the Yankees, and could he put a few more necklaces on??? As anal as Steinbrenner is about hair and beards I’m surprised he would let that slide.
Suzanne @ 81
X 7
CTuttle @ 84
gah, i caught his farewell speech on cspan and he *snif snif* shed a tear.
LoudounLib @ 106
but she didn’t mean it, LL!
stitches?
RonD @ 107
Still am, RonD. Puttin piccies on da Blogs! and starting to post things to them. will formally announce when ready (end of next week if lucky.)
any new news on the barksdale front?
LoudounLib @ 106
Which, of course was not kitty’s fault. If you had only been more careful LOL
no Elliott, it was just a small shard thankfully!
madmommy @ 110
Hey, they tatooed Okajima and Papelbon…!!! 8-(
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 77
We missed you farmgirl, just didn’t know you were away from the tubes! Thought you were sick of us…
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 95
You said you were paint spattered…painting what?
(Welcome back!)
madmommy @ 115
It was the moth’s fault for trespassing in my house! ;-)
barry @ 98
barry, this is a family blog
/s
LoudounLib @ 116
oh good!
Vizcaino pitching for the Yankees.
althespook @ 91
the last few hours i’ve been busy reading last week’s worth of posts & comments, yes indeedy you’ve been a busy little spook. Great new blog!
peanutbutter @ 58
And loyal. As in, don’t try starting a conversation with anybody while walking one. Even if she’s really hot.
Elliott @ 61
Are you kidding? He breaks ice, then sits down in the water. He deliberately gets muddy so I’ll let him swim in the ocean. All winter long, I towel icicles off his you-know-what when we come in from a walk. And then he just wants to go out and do it again.
LoudounLib @ 120
I see you read the Cat Council’s Communique on the matter. Wise move. I always try to stay on the CC’s good side. My cat his claws and teeth and sleeps on my crotch. ‘Nuf Said.
BigMitch @ 82
Something exciting like Posada throwing out a runner to end the inning.
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 77
I noticed! Where were you?
BigMitch @ 104
Unfortunate, but not problematic. Would actually like the Phils to end up as the wild card. Would rather face Cubs or Brewers than Padres in the first round.
We’ll get ‘em tomorrow. Shea is just going to be in-SANE if Pedro gets off to a good start.
CTuttle @ 84
But with lots of questions about how the Justice Dept. spent $7 million on entertainment in the last few years…
LoudounLib @ 120
Poor kitty is only doing it’s job. Do your cats bring corpses as favors to you expecting lavish attention and praise?
kirk murphy @ 121
Since when?!?!
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 124
Oh it’s more than one, it’s TWELVE, count them, TWELVE blogs now. If you jump to any of the links here look for the “blogswarm” links and follow them. You can get rss feeds for all.
Bear in mind, I’m getting PAID to do this. My boss is either weird, crazy, or a genius. Probably all three.
madmommy @ 110
Vizcaino last I checked. I didn’t notice the necklaces tonight, but I’ve seen a lot of the young’uns wearin’ ‘em lately. Clearly my fashion sense is way out of date. I figure Steinbrenner will let anything slide at this point if it gets his team back in first. Maybe he’s keeping the harrassment to a minimum… nahhh…
BigMitch @ 123
ghezunhent
madmommy @ 131
Oh, yes, my stud muffin brings me all sorts of ‘offerings’!!!
GordonM,
He’s got your number!
hey LL!
wuff! Thank you. Walking the dog.
madmommy @ 131
Mine is one of those pampered indoor types, but I bet she would if she could!
er…umm..except when it’s knot?
CTuttle @ 117
Don’t know about tattoos, but I think Papelbon burst a blood vessel about that blown save — did you see him walk off the field after the 8th?
althespook @ 114
Stop with the teasing, AK. What have you got? *G*
phred @ 134
They were hard to miss, several of them, silver and beads and such. Steinbrenner did make Damon cut his hair and shave when he defected to the dark side. He’s not been the same since.
hey petwrecka!
kirk murphy @ 140
But, I coulda sworn it was a ‘Foul-Mouthed Fem Blog’!!! ;-)
Loo Hoo. @ 142
All in due time, my precious. All in due time.
Margot @ 119
was only going to be gone for the weekend to repaint my mom’s hallway, ended up staying an entire week & painted entry way & living room with cathedral ceiling as well. worth it tho as it’s the most chipper i’ve seen Mom since Dad died last winter. Dining area with other end of cathedral ceiling in two weeks 8-)
CTuttle @ 136
One learns to look before stepping outside lest the bare foot land on a most unpleasant surprise. Mine left a rather juicy field mouse on the doormat one morning. The memory still gives me the heebie jeebies. I’ll never forget that sensation on the bottom of my foot, half asleep as I went out for the morning paper.
BigMitch @ 127
I thought his passed ball earlier was much much more exciting :)
Have the Sox and the Scumbags actually been playing for four hours and 35 minutes, or was there a rain delay?
Suzanne @ 88
Whoa! Quality Control, er, DHS here! We demand a 100% sample of all Vieniese or Vieniese inspired products, including pound cakes, coffee cakes, or any baked goods including sour cream in the ingredients (you can keep your damn opera). The safety and security of the nation depend upon you following your patriotic duty.
They are still talking about the MoveOn ad. The military has become too political which is dangerous and and I am glad that MoveOn recognized that and pointed it out and people should be grateful about it.
Where’s wangdangdoodle!?
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 147
Wow, sounds good. I’m in the process of painting my house inside & out as well. Takes a while when you do it yourself. Is someone living there now?
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 147
Right On, Nice moments to spend!!! 8-)
althespook @ 133
yes, i noticed & plan to visit ‘em all. Lucky you! Does your boss need a great pre-press artist? *g*
TRex! Suzanne! newdealfarmgrrl! (not necessarily in any specific order).
Just wanted to drop by before crashing – have work tomorrow at 0730.
Question, TRex? Are there 3 Addison pix? I don’t see one of him standing in snow, just lying on deck w/ paws crossed, and side view, lying in grass. Now, my monitor is a bit out-of-focus, but am I missing one?
Second, re too-much-angst–I tuned in for a little light late night after watching Bill Moyers’ roundup of all the ignored
warnings/clues/evidence/negligence leading up to 9/11/07. Listening to the tapes of the FAA people, left on their own with no guidance from “the top”, and the bits from the flight attendant, Ms. Ong, on American 11, I just wanted to cry. I rarely do that, but this a.m., listening to the last chapter of the audio diary of Iraqi Dr. Hassan, the tears nearly overflowed while driving to work. All of which followed by anger, fury even (watching Condi Rice deny her responsibility, grrrrr).
Anyway, I’m sorry to bring up the angst. Thanks so much for the nice doggy pictures. And thanks to whoever suggested I Can Has Cheezeburger – I regularly go there to relieve the gloom that comes from too much “current events.” G’nite everyone.
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 147
Wow. I did the same for my mom when dad died. Not the ceilings though. I just can’t do ceilings. Good farmgirl.
Nothing new on my end, Al. A new something up at my place about the structure of a police state, but you’re the man on the Barkesdale story. The band has a big show tomorrow, so between that, work, and blogging, I haven’t slowed down much.
How you can be writing 12 blogs is off-the-chart to me.
(Salutes)
Alecia @ 152
I don’t understand what all the fuss is about? For one thing, didn’t he get that nickname from his own troops?
GordonM @ 151
watching as Token, the cutest dog in the world, pre-washes cake plate
what cake?
Alecia @ 152
Very good point. If nothing else, the ad proves Bush has politicized the military.
Suzanne @ 161
Dang, almost don’t have to wash…!!! ;-)
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 156
YES YES YES YES YES (but he’s broke paying me right now so it may be piecework for a while)
contact us PLEASE at michaelkilgallen158 at gmail.com
(this will majorly get me attaboy points)
madmommy @ 143
Maybe not, but I’m not happy about that double he just hit…
Damon not his old self, since he shaved.
Also, Damon 4 for 6, just hit another double.
Elliott @ 160
That’s what I read as well. I believe it came when the rotations were extended from 12 months to 15. But since when have the pearl-clutching wingnuts let the truth get in the way of a good hissy fit?
Elliott @ 160
You would think the nuclear bombs on the B-52’s would make a bigger news story, no?
This is for Suzanne and NDFG.
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 147,
Wow, a cathedral ceiling? I’d be paint-covered, not just spattered. Good for you! I bet she really enjoyed the commpany, too.
ESPN out here in the Bay Area for a bit – just swinging through to get the baseball scores…
BigMitch @ 166
…and stranded, last hoorah…!!!
RonD @ 159
I have custom software. I’m not kidding; we retooled it to upload to giggle bliggersphot.
and no, we don’t sell it.
burnspbesq @ 150
Weather’s clear as a bell — it’s been a wicked hit fest.
BigMitch @ 166
My dislike for the evil empire is boundless. Truly.
SnarKassandra @ 169
and here is your cake.
madmommy @ 175
You and I certainly commune…!!! *g*
Get yer rally caps on, Sox fans
peanutbutter @ 154
Yep, Mom. We don’t want her up on a 12-foot step ladder, so i volunteered myself. Used to be a sign painter, which translates well to painting walls. fast, good, & rarely spatter, if i do say so m’self. No false modesty here *g* It’s always a thrill to see how perfectly the color schemes work out.
CTuttle @ 177
And I am doing my best to train up the next generation.
Sox get the leadoff hitter on in the 9th.
thanks, cassie (hugs)
Ben & Jerry’s Jamaican Me Crazy…best sorbet evah. Just sayin’.
LoudounLib @ 144
Loose Nukes?B-52’sLoudounLib @ 178
Captain at the plate, with Drew aboard…!!!
madmommy @ 167
you have a point there!
Suzanne @ 181
hugs back!
ccmask @ 168
you just might, you just might.
eat your cake y;all! or aunt betsy won’t give you dinner!
Meanwhile, in the league where we play real baseball …
Phils cut Mets lead to 5.5. Braves and Nats are in the 12th.
Cubs win, Brewers lose, Cubs lead by 1.5.
Dodgers and D’Backs tied, as are Padres and Giants.
CTuttle @ 184
Damn, ‘tek struck out. 2 outs to go though…
Baseball at its best.
Take that C off his jersey and put up a K.
go Dodgers!
RedSox, don’t lose!
burnspbesq @ 189
Oh don’t even start… married a Pirates fan…
kirk murphy @ 192
And go Nats! If nothing else, they’ll help out the Mets.
burnspbesq @ 189
My Braves are not so great this year. I saw them years ago when the stadium was so empty you could have a conversation with a player from the mezanine. The Mets look damn good this year, and I would be pelased as punch to see the Giants end up at the bottom of their division.
BigMitch @ 191
Sunday, The Rocket versus Curt…!!! 8-)
tejanarusa @ 157
(((((( tejanarusa )))))))))) we all feel the angst. It’s why we get a little boisterous with teh silliness Late Nite. Helps refuel us all.
petwrecker @ 183
Love it!
I was cleaning out a closet this week and found my Dead Beat Club tee shirt with the big pink eye. *S*
I hate the Yankees.
grrrr…FTFY
sTRIKE HIM OUT!!!
Game over. The Yankees win. THUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH YANKEES WIN!
Aargh!!! :P
Geeze. Okay, so are they getting ready to dribble the ball across the field? Or wait, kick it across the court? Uhm…or punt the hockey across the net?
*confuzzled*
SnarKassandra @ 188
yes ma’am.
pretty tasty, too!
ccmask @ 168
Yeah, I blasted those #$%&@ sorry examples of “journalists” at CNN this afternoon for their puerile coverage of the story and sent them this email:
Do you think I went overboard? *g*
Game over. Evil triumphs tonight.
Nite all… Nice watchin’ the game with you, but it’s way past my bedtime… better luck tomorrow I hope :) Go Sox!
oooooooh I can feel the love. It is so warm, and comforting.
I share in your joy.
burnspbesq @ 206
Oh good, they dropped the pigskin in the corner pocket?
Suzanne @ 161
That defense is patentedPatraeus, trademarkedGonzo and copyrightedSnowjob. Cought it up, Token!
75 year old Julio Franco at bat against the Nats.
phred @ 207
Nite, phred!!!
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 196
:)))
BigMitch @ 201
well at least somebody’s happy.
mercy! there are a lot of anti-Yankee fans here.
ccmask @ 158
Whoa! Didn’t do the ceiling! (Nor Windows *g*) Err, well, a few touch-ups where i pulled the 12-ft stepladder too close to the side walls & … well, lets not talk about those little misjudgements.
(yawn) baseball
guess it is time to start talking about … oh, what shall i choose from? hot flashes? labor and delivery? pms? beige, i think i’ll paint the ceiling beige? after all, we are a foul mouth fem blog
Mad Dogs @ 205
Sic ‘em!
peanutbutter @ 203
just let them go
they’ll come back to normal
peanutbutter @ 209
PB, I wuuves ya!!!
peanutbutter @ 209
And put the biscuit in the basket, and put a bulge in the old onion bag. Fore!
My apologies to any non-sports fans, here. I really am sorry for any role I played in hi-hacking the blog.
I love dogs. And I missed NewDealFarmGirl while she was gone.
LoudounLib @ 211
Hey, it’s possible! Does anyone know how old he REALLY is??
Suzanne @ 216
Go, Girl!!! 8-)
Suzanne @ 216
laughing!
petwrecker, thanks for that B-52 vid — finally watching it
Suzanne @ 216
yawn too. At least they don’t play football every single night.
Mad Dogs,
I think you just might have woke somebody up. Damn, what a shame it is to be living in perilous times with these shmoes as our “journalists.”
ccmask @ 168
Wouldn’t you? This is the freakiest of the freaky non news story.
It really scares me. How could this possibly be a one day story? Something is terribly wrong with the MSM. It really hasn’t even been covered much on the blogs, come to think of it.
Everyone I know who used to sound like that takes Valtrex.
madmommy @ 222
Actually the graphic says he’s 49. Great story, I hope he hangs around the game for a while!
I think we need to go easy on Fred Thompson.
He’s only do’n it cuz his wife wants him to.
Loo Hoo. @ 228
It’s making NO sense to me.
I’m still shakin’ my head
Suzanne @ 217
In true foul mouthed spirit….*f* the f-in beige, go for black! It’s the new black.
CTuttle @ 223
My cousin wants to paint a mural on the wall in glow-in-the-dark paint so we can only see it at night but he won’t get in trouble with the managers.
my fever hot flashes are turning into cold flashes. good night.
madmommy @ 222
49, I think. There are hundreds of players in MLB who weren’t alive when Franco made his MLB debut.
SnarKassandra @ 234
Sleep well, Cassie.Hope you feel better tomorrow!
SnarKassandra @ 234
Good night! Get lots of sleep, hope you feel better.
kirk murphy @ 229
Is that a valium formulation made up especially for TRex?
When I had my restaurant Yankee spring training was right down the street. A good customer of mine was a yankee. He used to come in all the time to get a Fox’s Ubet Chocolate Egg Cream in a frosted mug. He let me wear the World Series ring a couple of times. What a sport.
sleep well cassie and hope you feel better in the morning
SnarKassandra @ 234
Nite, Cassie!!!
good night Cassie – hope you feel better and the virus leaves pronto.
BigMitch @ 221
never ever apologies for joy fun and out of control enthusiasm for your sporting elite.
ever!
Mad Dogs @ 205
They do damn well know it. They are covering up while the pentagon tries frantically to find out what happened and how to fix it. (see one of my blogs for details.)
But the NCA didn’t have to do this one if i understand what my sources are telling me. It involved moving them from one storage bunker to another, something a lower level commander can do. What happened next is unclear but it seems very likely that the real warheads were somehow swapped for inert training ones, which had been restickered to look like real ones. The real nukes were then stickered as inert and loaded into the ACM’s for shipment to Barksdale for decommissioning.
I wish I could reveal my source on this but i’d better not until this gets resolved. but the chain of command for the Minot nukes was seriously compromised.
madmommy @ 236
thanks
Rest well Cassie
burnspbesq @ 235
Wasn’t Franco a bat boy for Honus Wagner?
madmommy @ 247
lol ;-)
SnarKassandra @ 176
Yum! Thank you … (munch, snarf) my mom is a little too into wholesome eating, not enough sugary goods to go with my coffee (licks frosting off fingers)
ccmask @ 239
Did he swear you to keep his name secret?
Sleep well, Cassie. Feel better soon.
althespook @ 244
And these people are running “our” war? ye gods.
Maddogs: Absolutely did you not go overboard. Excellent letter. I would love to see that front paged somewhere!!
madmommy @ 247
Oh no you didn’t…!!! ;-)
burns, this is the last Nats homestand at RFK. Next year they move into their new digs.
edit: to clarify, they’re playing at home thru 9/23 and will finish the season on the road.
oh, egad!
CTuttle @ 254
The obscure old timer reference for the sports addled among us. You’re welcome ;0)
petwrecker @ 256
waa waa
You should see the sports pages of the English papers. Meltdown doesn’t even begin to describe it.
England lost 36-0 to South Africa at the Rugby World Cup, and lost to Australia by eight wickets at the 20/20 World Championships.
althespook @ 244
I thought the law was nukes do not go by plane anywhere, only by roads?
BigMitch @ 250
No, he wasn’t an allstar. Buddy Caruso. He’s still a very good friend of mine.
LoudounLib @ 255
Yaay! What an awful place to watch baseball.
Had some fun watching futbol there, though. Remember the World Cup qualifier against Guatemala in the fall of 2000?
petwrecker @ 256
If that’s what the Repugs will center upon, we win regardless…!!!
ccmask @ 239
Tell us about the chocolate egg cream thingy? A specialty drink?
Oh dear – I hope not.
The indication for the regular Valtrex formulation is painful enough…can’t imagine how bad it would have to get to require Val*um.
ouch.
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petwrecker @ 256
Spineless, gutless weenies!!! Where’s the outrage for Boener’s horrendous remarks? I swear to God you’d think that Kerry, especially, would see this tempest in a teapot for the stupidity that it is. Are there no Dems left with a backbone and the guts to tell the truth?
Doggies! I don’t have one, but I want to get one. Any suggestions for a guard dog?
(Late to the party, not going to even try to catch up.)
I did see something about bat boy, but I thought he retired with the tabloid…
hey wdd!
ccmask @ 260
My! that’s comforting. I’m sure to rest easier now
burnspbesq @ 259
Wow, at least the Evil Empire lost in other climes…!!! ;-)
ccmask @ 261
You may have to explain to people what an egg-cream is. Hint: You didn’t use fresh eggs, did you?
ccmask @ 260
no, the command directive is that no nukes fly as loaded weapons (one reason for the hue and cry in this case) since 1968 because of all the crashes. In some cases nukes are shipped by specially equiped C-130 aircraft for decommissioning or repair. For inter-base transfers they normally go on rail cars which are mocked up like any other but are actually rather neat inside and have lots of troops and radio stuff. And in some cases they go by convoy on a truck or trucks, again with heavy security.
burnspbesq @ 262
I do remember when that was going on.
And it was always good times watching the Skins there!
Hi Trex. I’d very much appreciate reading your take on this: http://www.pamshouseblend.com/…..aryId=2933
wangdangdoodle @ 266
HEY!
wangdangdoodle @ 266
What experience do you have with dogs? What sort of place have you got? How much time can you spend with the dog? (If you like discuss with me at facebook; I know a good deal about dogs, but need to know more about the sort of place it would be in before I can make some suggestions.)
Hey, WDD. Very difficult to beat a German Shepherd as a guard dog…guard and companion, or pure guard dog?
wangdangdoodle @ 266
Hey WDD!
Get thee to the local shelter and find a friend. I have found that shelter dogs are wonderful, it’s like they understand you saved them from a gruesome fate and they are forever grateful.
Elliott @ 268
welcome to the club. we have stickers (reading “fucking live nuclear warhead, YOU FOOL!”)
BigMitch @ 221
((((( BigMitch ))))))) i dunno baseball from CalvinBall. But i like hearing people talk about it ‘cuz my dear old dad was a baseball fan. Nice background noise i assoiciate with beautiful summer nights.
wangdangdoodle @ 266
American Staffordshire Terrier. The most vicious looking sweetheart of all time.
“Calvinball”…LOL…thanks, newdealfarmgirl. That neuron hadn’t fired in awhile.
Play of the day in the world of sports today has to be the Wombat’s second goal. That was a world-class finish. And an unbelievable pass by Lilly to make it possible.
Loo Hoo. @ 264
Well, my restaurant was New York themed so I would get nothing but crazy NYers coming in and this was in east Fort Lauderdale.
You have to use the best chocolate syrup and that is Fox’s Ubet.
Directions:
Take a Frosted Mug and put about an inch of milk in the bottom. About 6 squirts of Ubet and then fill with Seltzer to the top. Stir it up and it gets a big foamy head on it. Best thing (besides yoohoo) for a hangover.
for burns, and anyone else interested:
DC baseball stadium construction cam
Margot @ 227
And they pay money for this “journalism”? Must be like:
-Editor: Did you cover the fire last night at Bubba’s?
-Writer: Fire…? Oh yeah (quickly turns on the gas stove)…ahmmmm…it was kinda orange-ish, and…(sticks hand in flame)..ahmmmm…warm…Yikes! no make that hot, real hot-like.
-Editor: So, any damage?
-Writer: Ahmmmm…a burnt finger?
-Editor: Huh? Finger? It was a barn full of cows!
-Writer: Gulp! (looks hurriedly in the trash for last nights barbecue ribs)…oh yeah…ahmmmm…there was nothing left but bones.
-Editor: Great! Let’s run with that.
ccmask @ 253
Good content. No doubt.
madmommy @ 266
Just sent Kerry an e=mail saying that if he had any spine he would be president today. They just don’t learn.
Al-
Before I forget I read the other night that you mentioned something about being able to get to Mars much faster in some sort of new transport? I wanted to check it out, my oldest has been asking me why we don’t send astronauts there, only to the moon. It’s hard to wrap a 6 year old’s brain around the distances involved. Can you send me a link so I can share it with him?
wangdang, i had a burglar (in custody at the time) tell me that he had no fear of big dogs – just toss em some meat – but would skip houses with little dogs. he called ‘em ‘yappers’ and said they were so unpredictable, ya never knew what they were gonna do next
of course, token would run over to a burglar and tell em ‘if ya scratch behind my ears, i’ll tell ya where the good stuff is’
Don’t you just love revisionist history, JCS Chairman Pace:
“One of the mistakes I made in my assumptions going in was that the Iraqi people and the Iraqi army would welcome liberation, that the Iraqi army, given the opportunity, would stand together for the Iraqi people and be available to them to help serve the new nation,” said Pace, who will leave the chairman’s job on Oct. 1. “If I knew that the Iraqi army was not going to be available, then I probably would have made a different recommendation about the total size force going in.”
Hello, who’s decision was it to disband the Iraqi Army…???
ccmask @ 284
Where does the egg come in?
petwrecker @ 256
Shrug. It keeps it in the news. I think they should just keep “denouncing” it. “I think it’s horrible that they called such an honorable man General Betray Us. You should never call anyone General Betray Us. It’s just a mean thing to say. I’m really disappointed that moveon.org–that M-O-V-E-O-N dot O-R-G–called him General Betray Us.”
althespook @ 271
Bent spear? Broken arrow?
290 comments in 74 minutes. Must be Friday night.
LoudounLib @ 267
Hey, sistah!
petwrecker @ 256
All the more reason to dig deep and give to MoveOn.
petwrecker @ 256
Have you ever had a lawyer who you feel is trying to be ‘one of the guys’ with your opponent’s lawyers? Wouldn’t you fire someone like that?
Pelosi, Kerry: No one respects you for saying that. Really. No one who’ll vote for you, anyway.
Suzanne @ 289
In general, burglars avoid houses with dogs. There’s almost always another house right by with no dog, no trouble at all. Most of them are looking for the least amount of trouble.
You could throw my dog a steak, but she’d still be barking like mad up to that point. Hardly a quiet entrance.
LoudounLib @ 285
you are one devoted sports fan!
Elliott @ 274
Hey YOU!
oh, and burns — I posted this for you a few threads ago, in case you missed it:
Jake Einstein, founder of the late great WHFS, passed away.
Mad dog at 205 — Good on ya. Thank you
CTuttle @ 291
It was Nancy Pelosi’s decision, dammit! She has telepathic powers! What other reason is there for the decision to disband the Iraqi Army? It’s also the reason Larry Craig accidentally plead guilty to disorderly conduct after getting busted for soliciting sex from an undercover cop in a public restroom. She’s a Jedi!
OK, now that the baseball game is over, we can plug in the jukebox.
John Hiatt.
Hi folks. Is there room left in the lake? Looks very full!
WDD, we love our Australian Shepherd and her brother (1/2 Aussie, 1/2 border collie)…but–to our very great surprise, the watchiest dog of all is our pound puppy, a Norfolk terrier. Ten pounds in weight, but therapod size in heart.
peanutbutter @ 299
my dog doesn’t bark. So when he DOES bark, only a handful of times, I know there’s something out there,
wangdangdoodle @ 266
Here you finally are, WWD. Got Quarters?
burnspbesq @ 294
I believe one of ‘em yesterday blew past 300 in the first 45 minutes. One of the preznit is blowing and speechifying ones.
wangdangdoodle @ 301
I’m trying to find something for ya!
peanutbutter @ 275
Backyard in the ‘burbs of N. Austin. Not a lot of time, unfortunatley. I probably need something more like an attack cat!
I’ll facebook ya with questions…
Madmommy: I’m not sure why it is called that. After you stir it,the head on it looks like egg whites whipped. Maybe that is the reason. Butlet me tell you–Saturday mornings I had a line of hungover NYers waiting for egg creams.
In fact, when that guy died of anthrax in the Palm Beach hospital, the guy who was guarding him in the hospital, stopped in for an egg cream. Well, after I made him one, he burps and say “I just left the hospital, I’ve been guarding Rob Stevens….
Well, as soon as he left, we wrapped up his glass in a rag and threw it across the street. We were so scared it was contagious!
WDD – any dog over about 28″ at the shoulder is enough to send most people running. Labs are protective (they puff up and bark deeply at any stranger), but really very very sweet. Any dog with a cropped tail is terrifying (you can’t tell if they’re friendly or not). Standard poodles are great for this (big, and smart enough to know when you want them to be scary, but wonderful sweet dogs).
There are sicko dog breeds that will bond to one and only one person, but if you have nieces or nephews, you don’t want to go there.
Margot @ 298
Tee-hee: these people don’t know Strlet 101:
repetition is publicity.
Jeebus…and I grew up next to Pasasdena, not Brentwood.
So glad the post-Nixon GOP forgot their ad man roots.
Keep throwing us into the Gen Betrayus patch, goopers.
Good evening dear friends!
Welcome home to the travelers.
LoudounLib @ 301
I saw that. Guess the servers ate my response.
Sad day. Alas, no more radio stations like HFS or WLIR.
Mad Dogs @ 285
LOL
Sounds like a 7th grader doing a book report from what she read on the back of the book.
Not that I, myself, ever did such a thing. ;)
Elliott @ 258
yup. and more absurdia..
waving hello to Laura and Betsy
welcome!
petwrecker @ 257
Tough oh mighty Kerry and Pelosi – they were just doing the job you gutless wonders were elected to do.
And for da record I missed ya NDFG and SUZ very much and happy to see both of you home safely.
burnspbesq @ 295
Heh, It’s Suzanne’s watch…!!! ;-)
Happy Friday night, Betsy!
burnspbesq @ 315
True, that. Remember the old HFS bumpersticker? Something about “home grown radio”
TexBetsy @ 314
Betsy! How are you?
RonD @ 276
That’s what Mr. wants. And he’s a take-charge Aries, so would be good at the “dominant male” role required with such an assertive dog.
Elliott @ 306
Here’s the trick. When your dog is a pup, every time he barks, GO and look at what he’s barking at and if there’s something tell him GOOD BOY. If not, don’t say anything. Go back to what you were doing.
When you do this with a pup thru his adolescence he learns two things. First of all, which sorts of things to bark at. Second, that you will come over and handle it, so he only needs to alert you to the problem. (And not, say, bark his fool head off for the next half hour.)
Labs *can* be obnoxious barkers, but I got my crew pretty well trained with this method.
Pic of an egg cream. And I used the old seltzer bottles. I had them in all colors and a guy picked them up and recharged them each week. Sold so many of these things and yodels.
wdd
Soul Sacrifice Santana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnamP4-M9ko
HI LL! HI BETSY!! HI PB!!! HI ELLIOT!!!!
HI Y’ALL!!!!!!
Twain @ 287
lolz, no wonder the dims are confused. they are getting coming and going *g
CTuttle @ 290
It appears that the decision was made at the civilian level well above Pace. I read that Bremer got the order from Feith during his (Bremer’s) first day on the job. Feith reported to Wolfowitz who, in principle, took orders from Rumsfeld, though some my friends with tinfoil hats believe that many of his orders came from Tel Aviv.
It would be interesting to trace that decision to its origin.
I am doing well, thanks. Y’all are having a good evening?
ccmask @ 284
Once upon a time I used to live across the street from the original egg cream place on Second Avenue and 6th Street in New York. All the stoned people would regularly come in for their late night Chocolate Egg Cream joneses. (They also come in vanilla). Good memories of late night New York. This was a couple doors up from the Fillmore East where Lenny Bruce would appear.
Laura Doty @ 329
Have you been getting into Cassie’s chocolate? I sense a sugar high.
Laura Doty @ 328
HI!!!
ccmask @ 312
cc, I love ya –
but your Infectious Waste procedures could use some work…
/s
Elliott, did you pinch that song off my front page? ;-)
TexBetsy @ 331
Yup. And we packed Cassie back off to bed…
ccmask @ 283
Dang, I may need that!
RonD @ 276
My last doggie was a German Shepherd … three-legged which didn’t slow her down a bit. Was able to be a 2nd-shift single mom with her watching the kids (ages 10 & 14 when I started that job).
Lulu’s original owners wanted her put down when she lost her leg at age one, “she’s not a perfect dog anymore” … luckily the vet found another family for her. & we thought she was the perfect dog.
Loo Hoo. @ 308
Ah-haaaaaa!
madmommy @ 277
Hi MM! I’ve thought of that, too. I’d save them all if I could.
Great googly-moodly, I can’t keep up with this crowd tonight! Who’s got DJ duty?
wigwam @ 331
I don’t know that executive ‘pixie dust’ is industrial grade…!!!
peanutbutter @ 338
Doesn’t take much these days. Scrunch up a pillow, kiss a forehead, and she’s off to sleep.
wangdangdoodle @ 324
WDD, the best dog I ever had, the smartest, sweetest, yet best watchdog ever, was my Great Dane. Big, but requires relatively little exercise because of a relatively small heart. Wonderful temperment, and SO smart. Remarkably little trouble. I had a small apt. at the time, and I would unreservedly recommend a Dane to anyone.
greenwarrior @ 333
Wow! I used by Belleview hospital. I love that area. Didn’t Zappa play there on Halloween also?
Hi Betsy! How’s thangs?
petwrecker @ 318
yup. and more absurdia..
Under Armour and Speedos! yikes
What are we doing to those men down there?
peanutbutter @ 335
I’m not sure if it’s the Myer’s cocktail I had for my fibromyalgia today (I mainline Vitamin C, B and magnesium)–or the fact that I spent a wonderful two hours listening to the founder of A World Without Armies, an organization working to de-militarize the world (starting with Central America). Both, pro’lly.
((((Lulu))))
Laura Doty @ 329
HI HI HI Laura!
Alicia @ 347
Pretty good. And by you?
Alicia @ 347
Did Humberto visit ya’ll???
kirk murphy @ 336
These were trying times Kirk.
CTuttle @ 320
ya’ll are so gabby, i’m having to w*rk on my first day back
CTuttle @ 353
Never made it this far north. A few raindrops. Very few.
Frank Probst @ 304
No no NO you eejit! It’s all BILL CLINTON’S FAULT!
Duh.
FunnyDiva
Addison reminds me of a dog we had when I was a boy. Labs are marvelous dogs. They are unfailingly good natured. If you can keep them from wandering away they’re wonderful pets.
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 279
BigMitch @ 280
Isn’t that a pit bull? The ex had one. I know it’s all in the raising, but…
TexBetsy @ 331
We are now that you’re here. How was your New Year?
FunnyD !
madmommy @ 278
Kitties, too.
RonD @ 344
I adore Danes, RonD – I think our pound dog Pluto is part Dalmatian and part Dane – but I’d have a hard time owning one because they are so short-lived. Don’t they usually only live to be 6 or 7 on the average?
Evening TexB! Glad to hear ya’ll didn’t get yet another soaking, and that you’re feeling frisky!
LoudounLib @ 337
Well, here’s the thing… ;)
looking sheepish
Jukebos
Dwight Yoakam — Guitars, Cadillacs
burnspbesq @ 360
Very nice thank you.
Elliott @ 348
SpeedosWaterBoardsCTuttle @ 352
que?
madmommy @ 364
I’m feeling frisky? For real? Not even in dreamland any more!
Suzanne @ 289
I’ve never had a chihuahua before cindy loo hoo. (Or upside-down fruit bat as TRex so expertly points out!) She can sense someone coming like no other. It’s obnoxious, and I have to make her be quiet, but I feel safer with her than any dog I’ve ever had. Kobe is the loviest, an American Eskimo that will absolutely take a hug over a steak, but not nearly the radar as the chihuahua!
Funnydiva2002 @ 357
Why not, everything else is…!!! 8-)
madmommy @ 288
it is still in the “very technical stage” but here is a good link. My Apogees blog will have this as its first story, so if you get its RSS you’ll have my general-audience explanation to use as well. It is also important to tell your young astronaut that this technology is still in its very earliest stages, so don’t look for nasa to launch next week! :)
marymccurnin @ 362
Except the kitties aren’t so good with the grateful thing. They assume it is your pleasure to serve them, and that is how it should be. Not a bad thing, just the kitty view of life.
KPIG
just finished a little feat song and now gotta willie ray hubbard rockin
at #366 I meant to say “jukebox”, of course, but I can’t seem to edit…
My faithful dog Whiskers says “hi” to Addison.
Alicia @ 369
Hah, the quickest forming Hurricane in recorded history…!!! ;-)
LoudounLib @ 366
Ok, I really fell behind trying to keep up, and I can’t seem to quote correctly tonight…
BUT!
Dwight Too-Tight Yoakum gets my juices flowing!!!
LoudounLib @ 366
How does he get those pants on???
Alicia @ 362
My understanding is generally about 9-12, but mine made it to 14. It’s the small heart thing-they grow so fast that their hearts can’t keep up, so, as they age, their relatively small hearts are prone to heart failure. Would recommend anyway.
TexBetsy @ 314
Good evening, dear Tex! Hope the healing is continuing for you. And that you didn’t have (or don’t get) the bug Cassie’s fighting.
I know you guys aren’t going to believe me here, but my dog used to do the deliveries for my restaurant. I would take her to the front door, put the bag in her mouth, and tell her to go. The customer would be waiting in front of their shop, and stop her and take the bag and GIVE HER THE MONEY!! They would say, Moppy, go home. And she’d come back with a bill in her mouth. Every time.
Hi Laura! Hi Betsy, WDD!
CTuttle @ 377
ooops! I’m in LA – we are bone-dry.
madmommy @ 380
paint?
madmommy @ 380
Pours hemself in.
RonD @ 361
’sup, RonD?
ccmask @ 383
How much of a tip did she take?
Margot @ 384
hey Margot!
I’m sorry, how he get those pants on is the complete opposite of what I was thinking…
madmommy @ 380
If it’s wrangers with a ring in a rear pocket, Suz, might know about it…!!!
althespook @ 373
Thanks! He now thinks he wants to be an astronaut. Last week it was a paleontologist, next week, who knows? His daddy turned him onto old Star Trek epis, so we have been talking about the difference between science fiction and science fact.
Funnydiva2002 @ 387
Pondering the crest of the wave, FD! And you?
From the WayBack Machine section of the jukebox:
The Dave Clark Five!
LoudounLib @ 376
well it worked just fine so as it was!
thanks!
madmommy @ 374
madmommy, my life with kitties ahs been different..
the stray kitten outside my front door I adopted ten years ago still purrs and rubs on me after he eats…
with full dishes and warm beds, everyone (all five) will come and sit down and purr and nap when I sit on the couch…
with full dishes and warm beds, three of my five will pop out to say “hi” when I get home….and keep saying “hi” til we make proper eye contact =) and sniff….
RonD @ 380
I don’t know if that’s what it is, but generally the larger the dog breed the shorter the lifespan. Those obnoxious chi-ermmmm yorkies will live to twenty whereas bloodhounds and danes more like 8 years.
Hi Margot! How’s the ankle?
Hi Margot! Hi Loo Hoo!! Hiya Betsy!!!
I’ve always wanted a Great Dane and a Chihuahua.
Not to breed, of course. Or at least not to each other.
madmommy @ 380
with a brush
Suzanne @ 391
Girl!!
wangdangdoodle @ 399
You’ll never regret getting a Dane.
ccmask @ 326
TexBetsy @ 386
Feet that unscrew at the ankles.
Suzanne @ 391
707!
wangdangdoodle @ 400
Well that’s good to know. Scary scene that would be.
madmommy @ 392
I have high hopes for my science-themed blogs (most of em) as there are really very few such around, particularly for the general reader. we shall see…
burnspbesq @ 395
sweet!
Suzanne @ 390
In that case I recommend mineral spirits.
owwwww.
image bleach, stat!
Woops, ccmask. Meant to ask what the flavor(s) was. Looks yummy!
TexBetsy @ 389
We never gave change. She made me a fortune. Except that one time……This guy Bobby down at the AIG insurance place is waiting for his lunch. He calls me back and says where the hell is she? I said I don’t know. So both of us left our spots and there she was , halfway between me and his store (about 7 doors down) laying down, and ripping the bag open with her teeth. It was so damn funny, I swear. And another time, a guy pulls up, leaves his door open to use the payphone. I’m sitting at the outside table talking with customers and I see her go to the guys car jump into the front seat, and comes to me with his wallet in her mouth. I freaked.
madmommy @ 374
Dogs are family, and cats are friends. Dogs are upset the moment you’re not around any more. Cats just want to hang out with you when they have a few moments. As long as you understand that difference, you can appreciate cats.
wangdangdoodle @ 402
Heh, I guess, Suz is ignoring my Wrangler typo…!!!
madmommy @ 405
I need some of those!
TexBetsy @ 406
hey texb! i have my new gmail. michaelkilgallen158 at gmail.com. only there a few times a day, but at least its something…:(:(
CTuttle @ 414
Yup.
ccmask @ 346
I remember Chuck Berry playing there. Can’t remember about Frank Zappa. I left New York in 1967 though. It was in the days Theolonius Monk was around the corner at the Five Spot and John Coltrane would be playing a couple blocks away.
ccmask @ 413
Lucky you didn’t get arrested.
RonD @ 403
Brindle is my fave.
LoudounLib @ 302
I’m sorry to hear that. End of an era.
CTuttle @ 415
She means what you know.
Cujo359 @ 414
I have had more than one cat that would come to me when I was upset. One in particular got me thru some big problems.
RonD @ 381
In general there seems to be an inverse relationship between breed size and lifespan. The big dogs just seem to wear out sooner, whether it’s hearts or joints. But even so, there are no guarantees. I had a cat who died of kidney failure at age 4 1/2. Cosmically unfair.
Anyway, I’d second the person who recommended adopting from the pound or animal shelter or vet. Good pet/human relationships are everywhere and sometimes just seem to happen.
FunnyDiva
Loo Hoo. @ 371
could it be because the chihuahua was originally bred for the pot and deep down they remember.
oh yes they do,indeed.
kirk murphy @ 397
Don’t get me wrong, they can definitely be loving, it’s just not the same as dog love. A certain aloofness and superiority in cats that I find entertaining. Whereas dogs are just as happy to see you if you’ve been gone for a week or just down to the mailbox.
OK Al. You’re in my book.
Hey, LL, are you going to the march tomorrow?
Redshift @ 422
Yep, and I don’t believe Damian is on the air anymore at WRNR. Pity!
wangdangdoodle @ 423
Nothing slips by her…!!! ;-)
peanutbutter @ 392
mineral spirits, or spirits of another sort?
TexBetsy @ 420
I know. When he got off the phone, I said, “Sir, my dog took this out of your car” and he looked at me like I was a martian. He opens his wallet and sees that his money is still there and says “I got two guestions: How did you teach her to do that and how much do you want for her”. I was very lucky he was a New Yorker:))
There are a lot of great recordings of “Pancho and Lefty” around, but this one is really special.
Redshift, I can’t make it, sadly — how about you?
TexBetsy @ 427
thanks. if you have a moment, it would help to email me there so I can get YOUR email back. (grumblesnarlfusssweargrinch)
True story:
One day, upon arriving home mid-afternoon, I heard a strange sound coming throught the door while unlocking it. I open the door-my dog has my beat-up old Yamaha acoustic guitar lying on the floor, holding it down with one paw while PAWING AT THE STRINGS with the other. It was perfectly clear that he had the concept, as playing that guitar was something I spent many hours doing, and HE DECIDED TO TRY IT.
I still have the guitar, with paw marks.
True, by all I hold holy.
Alicia @ 432
candy being dandy, but likker quicker, ya mean?
Showing my age…
Sky Pilot
RonD @ 437
That is so great! Love it!
Alicia @ 432
PROST!!
wangdangdoodle @ 439
Great choice…such a heavy song!
People out here like to dump unwanted animals on a country road. This is why I have seven cats and two dogs. I would like to dump those unwanted people in an ocean somewhere. Glad I have the babies, though!
greenwarrior @ 401
oh, what I wouldn’t give to have been able to see that. Listening to Monk made me decide to be a piano player.
Sweet:
http://aclu-sc.org/ourconstitution/
althespook @ 408
I have some favorites, but there’s always room for more! (I’m not sure if I’m too much of a science geek to be a general reader…)
RonD @ 394
Which wave? Where? Huh?
I’m hangin’ in, thanks. Lots of lurking at the lake. It was a pretty good week except for World/National news. Tomorrow is Symphony Chorale retreat: 8 hours with 120 of my closest friends reading big orchestra/chorus works (but with piano). My advantage this year: I’ve performed all but one of the works on our schedule before. Neener.
Anyway…I’m going to catch up w/ this last round of comments, give the cat his bedtime tuna and get some zzzzzzs.
Best to all FirePup palz. ((((((PUPS!))))))
FunnyDiva
Laura Doty @ 438
Liquor in the Front, and, P*ker in the Rear, my kinda place…!!! 8-)
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RonD @ 437
I won’t tell Mr. that story. He is rather protective of his Martins. Calls them “his girls”.
The Neo-Con Link to the ABC News Scandal
from Crooks and Liars by Nicole Belle
Will Bunch connects all the dots between Rupert Murdoch, ABC News, the neo-conservative cabal and …wait for it…the White House with an Iranian “journalist” who has a less-than-stellar batting average of being factually correct.
greenwarrior @ 419
I was there in the 70’s. That was such a great area, wasn’t it. It had it all. I loved it there but then I moved up to Yorkville (86th & 1st).
RonD @ 436
I believe you. Have you read about Alex, the “parrot” who exhibited human level intelligence, that passed away recently. He had a bigger vocabulary than the average human, used words in context, grasped the ideas of reflection (could tell his image in a mirror wasn’t him) television, (would discuss things seen there), and even abstract things like death. On the day before he died he suddenly announced “he was going to sleep, but he’d be back and not to worry”. He died in his sleep the next day.
I have long felt the myth of animals talking isn’t exactly a myth…we just lost the ability to hear them or something.
Laura Doty @ 420
sho nuff!
Hi LL!
Laura, ankle’s fine. I’ve been daydreaming of going roller-skating.
ccmask @ 383
how did she know which customers to go to? or did you only send her to one in particular?
RonD @ 437
Was he better than you?
LoudounLib @ 439
I absolutely believe it.
My ex used to clean his guns with our first lab intently watching his every move. We used to joke that someday we’d come down and find his guns disassembled…
Laura Doty @ 438
Liquor in the front, and, P*ker in the rear, ahh my kinda place!!!
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Margot @ 453
I’ve had that dream a lot. More often I dream of dancing.
Al,
My favorite science blog – the panda’s thumb.
What’s yout take on this former USAF B-52 guy on the Barksdale AFB nukes?
Margot @ 453
I’m so glad to hear it. Ready to clown around?
peanutbutter @ 455
A dog doing that wouldn’t worry me. A *cat*, on the other hand…I’d say time for a gun safe!
marymccurnin @ 424
I think some cats sense moods better than others. Mine were generally around enough that I couldn’t tell whether they sensed anything wrong or not. They could tell when I was angry, and usually stayed away, but for the most part I think they just liked being around me. That was comfort enough, usually.
Shadowstalker @ 442
Sadly, saw this all too often growing up on a farm. Seems like city people had the idea “plenty of room on a farm” without realizing that perhaps most farm families already had a full quota of pets. None of ‘em ever dumped the unwanted animals with food and/or money for their upkeep …
greenwarrior @ 454
I would just point her in the direction and the person would stop her. She knew some names but basically if I told her to walk, she did it until she was stopped, given money, and told to go home. She was quite a hit on the boulevard. Unless the board of health showed up, of course.
ccmask @ 454
No…but close….:)
Dang, I’m being chastised!!! Oops, sorry…!!! ;-)
newdealfarmgrrrlll!! Good to see ya, grrlll, missed ya!
CTuttle @ 464
(hands on hips) you know better than to forget your * and to double post a comment instead of waiting for one of the Mod Squad to free it from the p*ker filter.
LoudounLib @ 435
Yep, I’ll be there. I’m going to try to hook up with the Kossacks. And Ms. Redshift is DJing the CodePink event afterwards!
BTW, if you are a brit laker and have money in Northern Rock, you might want a quick dekkie at this.
Oopsie.
True dog story: My ex lived in San Fransisco in an apartment behind his grandfather’s house. He worked in a bar and got home pretty late. His Rotweiler was always waiting by the front door to go out for a potty break when he got home. One night he came in and the dog wasn’t there. He called him, and could hear the dog but he wouldn’t come. He walked into the kitchen and saw the dog under the kitchen table. As he got closer he realized there was a guy under the table as well. Seems the guy had broken in, the dog didn’t make a sound until he jumped the guy. Guy freaked and tried to get away and climbed under the table. Evidently they were both under there for an hour or so. The guy was so scared he wet his pants. Ex called the cops, and as soon as they arrived the dog walked away from the table and went outside to pee. The dog didn’t put a mark on the burgular, but I’m guessing he was ready to re-think his line of work.
wangdangdoodle @ 466
missed ya too, esp. your music picks!
Jukebox
Bob Dylan — It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Hey Suzanne, forgot to say hello. I should just follow Cassie’s lead and say…
hihihihihihihihi!
Suzanne @ 469
Yes’m, I’ll do better in the future…!!! 8-(
Redshift @ 468
Good on you and Ms Redshift! I’ll be with you in spirit!
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 473
Loudoon’s been doing a great job, too… Dylan, YES!
Would Mississippi take from poor Katrina victims to improve a port?
from Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch by Sue Sturgis
A Mississippi agency wants to divert $600 million in federal funds from a housing program created to help low-income homeowners who suffered losses in Hurricane Katrina and use it to spruce up the State Port at Gulfport, the Associated Press reports.
The MDA claims that the housing program has more than enough money to meet demand, making the diversion possible. “This funding will be an important part of helping the State Port Authority restore and enhance port infrastructure for economic development initiatives that will create jobs and improve quality of life for the citizens of the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” Gov. Haley Barbour said in a recent statement.
Oxfam America, the Mississippi NAACP and the Mississippi Center for Justice oppose the plan, however. “It’s just unfair,” Reilly Morse of the Center for Justice told the AP. “We’ve been told affordable housing was supposed to be a priority. Don’t rob the displaced to build a port.”
As we here at the Institute for Southern Studies documented in our recent report Blueprint for Gulf Renewal, there’s still a serious post-Katrina housing crisis on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Homeowners found the MDA’s grant application process to be difficult and time-consuming, and many are still waiting for checks. In the meantime, there are few affordable rental units available in the region, another barrier facing internally displaced persons trying to exercise their right of return.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development must approve the MDA’s proposal, which is open for public comment until Sept. 24. Comments may be e-mailed to actioned@mississippi.org, faxed to 601-359-9280 or mailed to Mississippi Development Authority, Attention: Disaster Recovery, P.O. Box 849, Jackson, Mississippi, 39205.
http://southernstudies.org/gul…..-poor.html
madmommy @ 470
Oh my gosh! What a great dog.
RonD @ 436
RonD, that’s so cool! He knew you loved the guitar and him. He just wanted to make sure you loved him more…
OHMIGOSH!! HI Suzannne! Missed you.
I haven’t forgotten about the cool tie. Just need to pull out the ole sewing machine…..
althespook @ 468
Yeah, I spotted that earlier.
Kinda “funny” how most of what we’re worrying about with respect to wars, current and planned, could vanish in a sudden cloud of Depression reality…
madmommy, great story!
wangdangdoodle @ 472
as an indication of the level of sophistication of our little snarqita, i’ve counted. She actually puts in one “hi” or “hello” for every unique laker who has commented on a given thread. The mind boggles.
no rush, laura – good to see all of ya – i really did miss my pups this week while i was spending time with my other family
love the burgler story madmom
althespook @ 482
A future presidential candidate needs to know how to work a crowd ;-)
Suz, it is really good to have you back with us.
althespook @ 484
Um, yes…with hats off to both of you.
Cujo359 @ 444
Burmese in particular are more like dogs than cats, in that they want the approval of people. Our cats always know when someone is not well or sad, and take care of them. We used to call Venus ‘Nurse Cat’.
Dylan’s closing Austin City Limits festival this weekend. And it’s spelled L-O-U-D-O-U-N.
Laura Doty @ 459
Yes ma’am. Well, I’m not in a walking cast yet, if that’s what you mean. But I will be soon.
althespook @ 483
you’re kidding!
TexBetsy @ 479
short answer: yes, of course they would
peanutbutter @ 445
Indeed. I may have to sign up for that conference call with Glenn on Monday afternoon.
TexBetsy @ 477
Haley Barbour would take the gold from his grandmother’s teeth.
peanutbutter @ 488
707!!!
peanutbutter @ 480
no it won’t because we understand money much better now. And the S and L crisis, in relation to the amount of the GDP it cost, was worse than this one AFAIK (IANAE however). What would actually get the economy would be a) no oil and b) no cheap merchant shipping. (Hint: the navies of all nations are designed to sink merchant shipping, especially the sub navies.)
wangdangdoodle @ 490
Loudoun is often misspelled, especially if you’re not from around here ;-)
Alicia @ 444
i used to go listen to him a lot. i think he was doing heroin. he’d often kind of nod out in the middle of a piece. even so, it was awesome being able to be there. i can see how hearing him would inspire you.
Laura Doty @ 490
That would be a lot of hi’s tonight!
TexBetsy @ 491
no i counted. for realsies. only once, but either she got incredibly lucky or she added them up. You LIVE with her, TexB, you surely know what she is capable of. we here on the lake only get flickers and they’re enough to blind us momentarily…
ccmask @ 480
He was one scary looking dog. Very big male, used to go running up and down the hills with the ex, so he was quite the specimen. Sadly, he was hit by a taxi on the way to the park one day to play frisbee. All the neighborhood kids were devastated.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Linked To Stomach Virus
from ScienceDaily Headlines
Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME, is linked to a stomach virus, suggests new research. The researchers base their findings on 165 patients with ME, all of whom were subjected to endoscopy because of longstanding gut complaints.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/re…..132933.htm
lol, president gore on SNL or E!news or something
really funny parallel universe
LoudounLib @ 500
I only spelt it Loudoon cuz I canno tpye.
Loo Hoo. @ 481
Years ago, before I came to Alaska, I had a lab runt who loved Schubert. Not any music, just Franz Schubert. I was playing a lot of piano muaic then. His favorite was the little A Major Sonata, Op. 120. He would erupt into musical howls at exactly the same places in the piece whenever I played it. He was also good for winning bets – I trained him to go up on the roof of the house.
Good Lawd! 500 comments about a DOG!
wangdangdoodle @ 500
Nah. She came on early.
althespook @ 452
we can hear them
it’s just that most people can’t be bothered to listen.
even the tiniest are individuals with,dare i say,personalities.
my mother saw one day when she was gardening, an ant.
it tried to pick up one of those looping caterpillars.
took one bite,froze,spat it out,then ran around in circles wiping it’s jaws on the ground.trying to get the taste out of it’s mouth.the caterpillar hightailed it out of there.
mum said she nearly fell over backward laughing.
althespook
I’ve been annoying everyone I know for a couple of months with suggesting that Iraq may be a back issue compared to the economy by the time the actual election rolls around.
ccmask @ 451
i moved from there to 81st between 2nd and 3rd!
althespook @ 373
The Lensman and Skylark Duquesne come to life!
Ed*ard Teller @ 459
I wonder if they’ve just gotten a bit blase over the years. It’s been almost twenty years since the Soviet Union broke up. Most Air Force personnel who remember the MAD days are probably retired by now.
Yep, kids today just can’t handle their nukes. ;-)
TRex upstairs with a new post
Don’t know if it’s jukebox material, but I just found an amazing cover version of “Eight Miles High” on YouTube … by Husker Du (!).
new thread: Late Late Nite FDL: Dinah Sings Bessie Smith
Suzanne @ 375
Ain’t they still the bee’s knees!!!! ;-)
Welcome back BTW . . .
Aw, madmommy. How sad? What bum luck.
may @ 511
when i was a very young ectoplasm we had a bird feeder in our backyard on a string (heavy string) from a sturdy tree branch. It was visited by many birds and then by squirrels who ate the leftovers. One day a storm came and broke the feeder, so we took it down to get another one, leaving the string in place. Later that day, before we had put up the new one, the squirrel came by for his snack. Normally he ran down the cord to the roof of the feeder and scooped up the seeds in his paws. But when he tested the string that day it was obviously not going to bear his weight. He did this several times with a very puzzled look. Then as I watched in utter amazement (i was like 12), he PULLED THE CORD UP IN HIS PAWS AND STARED AT THE FRAYED END WHERE WE HAD CUT OFF THE OLD FEEDER. he turned it around for about a minute before dropping it and scampering off.
I would have killed for a film camera at that point (LONG before videotape…)
greenwarrior @ 513
LOL. Such a small town for a big place. Best place to live on parade days, right?
burnspbesq @ 395
Havin A Wild Weekend! ;-)
Cujo359 @ 515
The problem with the piece by the air force serviceman is that W80’s are never left on ACM’s in storage. They are kept in secure nuclear weapon stockpiles surrounded by fences, armed guards, dogs trained to kill, and a number of things we aren’t told about.
And the airmen DID look. They saw dummy warheads and all was fine. But the crewman at Barksdale noticed one of the stickers was loose, and pulled it. and the rest is history.
Studly and nice and considerate are not mutually exclusive. Now I’ll go and read everybody.
althespook @ 524
Yes, so someone had to authorize their transfer to the ACMs. I just suspect that this someone was thinking it would be a clever way to get the things from one place to another. The other thing to keep in mind is that armed guards, etc., only function to the level that folks expect of them. After this many years of relative safety, I’d be shocked if a little apathy hadn’t set in.
It also strikes me as ludicrous that this is some form of saber-rattling. If you want to rattle sabers, rattle the sabers – don’t put them on public display as you take them to the dump.
The chances that this will turn out to have been something stupid seem to vastly outweigh the chances it was something nefarious.
I have one like Addison. He’s a beauty, black velvet, and a puppy through and through. And he has one lightening blue eye and he’s psychic. All I need to do is THINK about treats and he drops whatever he’s into and shows at my feet. One night I was dreaming about him, and I rolled over and opened my eyes for some reason, and there he was, standing at my bedside, looking at me, watching. I have had dogs and other animals my whole life, but never experienced this other connection thing with any of them. It’s awesome, eerie sometimes, but I swear he reads my mind, picks up on energies.
I suppose this is a somewhat pointless post, but it’s fun to have an avenue to talk about him. He came with his name, Gus, but we call him Ghost.
I think he’d love to romp with Addison. What a blessing the doggies are for us, eh?
:)
siri
I have side work at a kennel. Best.job.ever. Our kennel has an airstream and I’m the one who stays overnight with the dogs in case they have bad dreams and need some reassurance.
If you are ever in Atlanta TRex, bring Addison by for doggie day care. While you visit friends, he can play with some of the nicest dogs ever.
Here’s the link:
http://www.spotfordogs.com/
Trex, is he Grendl-like?