Overslept, and didn’t get out of bed until around 8, and was in a generally grumpy mood until I checked my email and found this:
I guess things could be worse.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.
Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.
With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.
Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.
The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.
Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.
Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.
Impressively dumb. Congratulations.
Republicans do not pay their debts.
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson
There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.
If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.
That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.
You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.
“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber
Innocent people do not delay justice.
Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?
We can’t confuse what’s necessary to win elections with the policies that we want to implement when we do.
Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?
Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
This fight is for everything.
These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.
Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.
Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.
DougJ
8 is oversleeping? What time do you normally get up?
"Fair and Balanced" Dave
On the bright side, the dog is now able to pick up "Animal Planet" off the satellite ;-)
D-Chance.
8 is almost bedtime for us nightworshippers.
Michael D.
Ahmmm, is it just me, or is that like, the worst photoshop ever?
Punchy
Lampdog!
Carrie
Yeay, that’s my pup!
He’s doing much better now.
John Cole
@DougJ: Normally 6:45 to 7, or whenever the cat wakes me up. Eight isn’t a really late start to the day, but I had shit to do this morning and specifically set my alarm clock for 7 to make sure I was up.
It will apparently go off at 7pm tonight.
Laura W
@Carrie: So how long did he wear his accessory?
I think my cat kept hers on for 12 minutes.
(Actually, I’m the one who caved. Couldn’t bear to see her in such frustrated distress.)
Pretty pup!
canuckistani
Yeah, it’s a good morning when you wake up and your testicles are still attached.
Hedley Lamarr
I read that these gadgets were distributed to the fellows who dined with Obama last night at the Will house.
Carrie
Surgery was on Monday and they said 10 days….i don’t think we’ll last that long though.
Thanks, he’s a good pup.
Gus
Reminds me of my buddy’s dog, a pit/husky mix. She was about the sweetest, most mellow dog I’ve ever known.
JL
@Carrie: I had a golden retriever that had to wear one. When he was outside trying to sniff the flowers or whatever dogs like to sniff, he would get his shade caught in the dirt.
Bob In Pacifica
When I see dogs with those things on I get this mental image of a drunken dog party the night before and this being what happens to the dog who was wearing the lampshade.
Comrade Stuck
That dog has to be French.
Carrie
@JL:
We have about a foot and a half of snow here,
what he does is scoops some up, casually walks in the house and dumps it on the rug.
His way of getting back at me, i guess….
R-Jud
Our cat Zeno wore a lampshade for a week once, and the entire time I was tempted to hot-glue some layers of lace around the inside to make it look like a Tudor-era neck ruff. Strangely, my husband was opposed, even though I argued that Z couldn’t possibly be more embarrassed than he was.
Joshua Norton
It’ll be interesting to see how many wingnutz write pandering columns this week about how humble Barack was and how they were all so surprised at how great his manners were and how he wasn’t "hollerin’ for iced tea" throughout the dinner.
Actually, if Bill Kristol writes his next column about how he now has faith in Obama and how awesome he is going to be, we are all in deep shit.
The Other Steve
With our Dachshund the lampshade was dragging on the ground, and she couldn’t eat or anything because of it. We found this inflatable donut collar… called the Procollar.
I give it two thumbs up. They cost about $25-30 instead of $15, but it’s easier to put on and the dog loves it a whole lot more.
The Other Steve
Bleah, when my cat had a lampshade, she’d just eventually get the thing covered in crap from the litter box. disgusting
Iowa Housewife
@Laura W: I know what you mean. My dog had to wear one once and I still giggle about her trying to get out of a room that had two doors. She kept banging into the doors, cracked me up, but I felt sorry for her and took it off.
R-Jud
@The Other Steve:
Z never had that problem, but he would put the lampshade against the wall so that you couldn’t see his face and then fall asleep like that.
bago
It’s 8:17 and I’m still up. I blame teh wimmenz.
David Hunt
A good friend of mine had to put one of those things on their cat (I considered that cat to be almost mine) for about a week to keep her from biting out stitches. She eventually managed to live with it. It was kinda amusing/pathetic to watch her habitually try to wash herself and end up just licking the inside of the collar. She did that quite a bit as she couldn’t actually wash herself and therefore felt (hell, was) dirty. The night that she got to get the thing taken off, we went out to dinner right after that. When we came back (c90minutes later) she was damp to the touch from all the determined washing she did!
Damned at Random
Poor Wolf
J. Michael Neal
Eddie didn’t need a lampshade. It’s now eight days since the surgery, and he’s left his stitches pretty much alone. He came out from under the bed last night for quite a while. I’ll try to get a picture up of him when I have a chance. Fortunately, he doesn’t realize what the camera does.
J. Michael Neal
Here’s a photo of Eddie, minus a leg.
jake 4 that 1
@Laura W: [Coughs uneasily] When the big fat blob had to have surgery on his shoulder, I … uh … made him a little robe thing so neither he nor the tiny bag of hate could mess with the incision.
Shut up! He’s clumsy enough as it is without a big bowl on his neck!
jake 4 that 1
Poor Eddie. I hope he’ll be all right. I hope he doesn’t blame you for his predicament and use his remaining pointy parts to fuck you up.
harlana pepper
I plant a kiss on Eddie’s noggin — there, there, fella
Punchy
How freakin bizzare is this?
Part of me says the ‘rents must be whacked, and therefore this is proper….but the other side of me says since when are kids judged to be in harm’s way purely based on their monikers?
Carrie
@J. Michael Neal: Poor Eddie.
Such a gorgeous kitty.
comrade scott's agenda of rage
Our three-legged dog has to wear the collar every night because otherwise, he chews himself to death.
Yeah, we’re on allergy shots and other medications but a large chunk of this is mental, not sure why.
The ProCollar looks better from the dog’s standpoint but I don’t see how it really blocks the canine from reaching a lot of areas, like paws and such.
Laura W
@jake 4 that 1: Lacroix would be proud, Sweetie Darling.