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.
It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.
We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.
A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.
A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires
All your base are belong to Tunch.
Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.
We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.
The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.
The revolution will be supervised.
A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.
The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.
I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.
And we’re all out of bubblegum.
In my day, never was longer.
Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.
Technically true, but collectively nonsense
Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.
Only Democrats have agency, apparently.
Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.
Why did Dr. Oz lose? well, according to the exit polls, it’s because Fetterman won.
If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!
“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”
A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.
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.