Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

The revolution will be supervised.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Why did Dr. Oz lose? well, according to the exit polls, it’s because Fetterman won.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

The words do not have to be perfect.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Everybody saw this coming.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

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Vacation Blogging Part Deux

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More animal friends that I’ve met during my time away from work and politics.

This first pic is for my ma who detests spiders. Conversely, I love spiders and anything else that eats mosquitoes. I have no idea what species this is but the bandy legs looked cool to me.

spider

I think that I might have a better handle on this one:

horse

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  2. 2.

    Steven Donegal

    How’d you PhotoShop those mountains around that horse? That’s a pretty good trick

  3. 3.

    Perry Como

    How’d you PhotoShop those mountains around that horse? That’s a pretty good trick

    How did he get the horse into the airport bathroom? That’s an even better trick.

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    Zifnab

    I think that I might have a better handle on this one:

    Ride! I totally dare you to ride it! OMG, ride it!

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    Nikki

    I’m with you mom. Spiders are threats to national security (especially if I know a national secret and you hold a spider in front of me to get the secret out of me) and icky.

  11. 11.

    Tim F.

    Are you sure that is appropriate?

    My mom could out-cuss this blog, if that’s what you mean. Maybe you instead mean to say that the indirect sex jokes will embarrass her. Ha.

  12. 12.

    jake

    Overheard in an airport bathroom:

    Ride! I totally dare you to ride it! OMG, ride it!

    Sorry.

    The surprise is Tim F is moving to wherever these pics were taken. Safe in the mountains the last post many of us read will be:

    “Yeah, you thought I was joking about the seas rising muthafuckas! Drown, drown like rats, you low-land dwelling beotches!”

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    JWW

    No that is not an Orb Weaver, they build a full measure 2 or 3 level web. It is seasonal, and protects them from birds. The spider pictured, usually builds a web each day. Retracting the web as per the birds that will feed on it. If the local area has night feeders they rebuild the web each day, and if they have day feeders, they rebuiled each night. If you see one, you can watch them and see the skill, and weight loss as they weave.

  18. 18.

    Krista

    I am so impressed with Tim’s mom, and would love for her to give us a sample of her cussing prowess.

  19. 19.

    VidaLoca

    Jake,

    These things are not.

    No, that’s a scutigera — the bite can be somewhat unpleasant (or worse if you’re allergic) but they eat a lot of other insects that really are pests.

  21. 21.

    Xenos

    How do we know that Tim’s mom has not been commenting?

    Maybe she is DougJ, or BIRDZILLA!

    I would so love it if my mom had a secret life as Birdzilla.

  23. 23.

    jake

    From wikipedia on centipedia:

    Young centipedes have four pairs of legs are not so fugly looking when they are hatched. They gain a new pair with the first molting, and two pairs with every subsequent molting.[2] become increasingly vile with each new moulting until they look like feathers from Satan’s pillow, move like they’re fueled by crystal meth and cause men who aren’t afraid of insects or snakes to emit embarrassing, glass shattering (but entirely sincere) shrieks when they zip up the wall. They live anywhere from three to seven years, way too damn long for anything with that many legs, depending on the environment and aim of the startled home owner who throws whatever comes to hand and their unholy carapaces.

    Fixed.

    I know they eat real pests and usually they stay the hell out of my way, I don’t have to dance around screaming and everyone’s happy. But right now, if one of the cats were to come by and brush my foot with its whiskers, rescue workers would have to pull my ass out of the ceiling.

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    Punchy

    Tim, how about bringing your mom in for a guest-blogging session?

    Cat blogging, beer blogging, and now Mom blogging? Are we gunna get the skinny on the happenin’s at the local PTA? Can we finally find out what Old Mrs. Beatters Down The Street does with all those lawn jarts? Throw us a reciepe for one bitchin’ egg casserole?

    This promises to be good. Mrs. F, work your magic.

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    Bob In Pacifica

    Where I take my hikes on Montara Mountain there is a doe and her twins from last year. Having twin fawns survive is rare. The young ones are getting old enough to head out on their own now. I wonder if the whole family dynamics of twins has made a stronger connection among them. Anyway, they’re minor celebrities and are seen together often.

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    Bob In Pacifica

    Where I take my hikes on Montara Mountain there is a doe and her twins from last year. Having twin fawns survive is rare. The young ones are getting old enough to head out on their own now. I wonder if the whole family dynamics of twins has made a stronger connection among them. Anyway, they’re minor celebrities and are seen together often.

  32. 32.

    Focus On Your Own Damn Family!

    Recipe for Bitchen’ Egg Casserole, or as it’s known around here: Grandma Mickie’s “Y’all Wanna L’il Snack?” Egg Casserole

    Grandma Mickie is the tiny little Mother-In-Law of one of my good friends. Her mission in life is feeding anyone who crosses her threshold. Each time they cross it…..

    Grandma Mickie’s “Y’all Wanna L’il Snack?” egg Casserole

    12 eggs, beaten
    2 cups milk
    2T mustard
    1 box croutons – garlic/cheese is good
    2 cups shredded cheese – Cheddar preferred
    salts and peppers

    Butter a 9×12 casserole. Spread the croutons out. Top with the shredded cheese. Wisk salt, pepper, mustard, milk and eggs together. Pour over croutons and cheese. Bake at 325* for an hour or until a knife blade comes out clean.

  33. 33.

    Mike W

    Bake at 325* for an hour or until a knife blade comes out clean.

    Who am I sticking the knife blade in?

  34. 34.

    Larv

    JWW, are you sure about that? That looks a lot like an orb weaver to me, specifically Araneus trifolium, the shamrock spider. Here’s an image from Bugguide for comparison.

  38. 38.

    Jackie

    Looking at the photo of an Orb Weaver shown on Wikipedia, I’d say yes, it’s an Orb Weaver. Same identical banded legs, and body:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb-weaver_spider

    Ironically, I made Tim’s photo my screen saver for a few days – just to irritate my son’s girlfriend (who is terrified of spiders) – and now I have my own orb weaver with the coolest web outside off of my back porch. I don’t know if it’s a Charlotte or Wilbur, but it’s been cool watching and observing.

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