Gardening, dog park, house cleaning, etc.:
Lily on the log at the dog park:
Tunch guarding the tomato plants:
I’m going Galt.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Usually wrong but never in doubt
Consistently wrong since 2002
New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.
They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!
I conferred with the team and they all agree – still not tired of winning!
The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.
This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.
Tick tock motherfuckers!
And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.
Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.
Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?
I was promised a recession.
The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.
So many bastards, so little time.
The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.
Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.
The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.
Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.
Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.
We are aware of all internet traditions.
No Justins, No Peace
An almost top 10,000 blog!
Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.
sarah in brooklyn
wow, tunch does not play when it comes to guarding!
robertdsc
ZOMG! Tunch! Outside!
/retires to Obama-logo fainting couch
geg6
Yay! John’s going Galt again! That means 6 posts that will, hopefully, break me of this evil spell the Real Housewives of New Jersey have cursed me with. John, that will make you my hero.
Quackers
The Log Dog and The Tomato Sphinx. What a pair.
joes527
OK. I haven’t seen that many pictures of Lily, and that isn’t a great picture but … Is she starting to look a bit tunch-esque?
JL
@geg6: A friend from Boston was hooked on the Housewives of Atlanta. Just tell yourself that this too will pass. I live just north of Atlanta and have never seen the real housewives show.
It feels like it’s 98 out and I’m watching the Sox/Braves play on TV. They are playing in Boston and the fans have on coats.
Library Grape
You guys watching Zakaria? Did you catch this bit from Zbig?
“In Iran, we have two different forces at work. You have those who are for more democracy but who are also nationalistic and you have those who are supporting the regime who in many respects are … very similar to our Neocons. They are Manichean, they look at the world as divided into Good and Evil and many of them see America as the personification of Evil…
[Obama] has struck exactly the right note. He’s offering moral sympathy, he’s identifying himself morally and historically with what is happening in Iran but he’s not engaging himself politically, he’s not interfering, because that would turn out badly and it could be exploited by the Neocons in Iran to crush the revolution, to wipe it out. I don’t know if the revolution will prevail, it may take time, but the longer it lasts the better are its chances. But we don’t want it escalate into a total showdown because if there’s a total showdown now, the chances are that the worst elements, the Iranian Neocons, will prevail.”
geg6
Let me first say happy Father’s Day to all the dads here. My dad departed the world suddenly back in 1999 and I miss him every single day. This is one daddy’s girl who will never stop mourning. A bright spot of what is usually a sad day for me, though, are those pics up top. I’ve fallen completely for Lily, but the shocking thing to me is how much affection I feel for Tunch. Never been one for cats (and that is actually putting it mildly to spare the feelings of all the cat lovers here), but Tunch has some sort of je ne sais quoi that is irresistable.
demkat620
@Library Grape: I think Zbig is reading that exactly right. The longer they can keep this going, the better its chances are. If it dissipates now, I think the neocons will get their wish.
Martin
Ooh, Cole is going Galt. So 12 blog posts from him today then?
jean
‘OK. I haven’t seen that many pictures of Lily, and that isn’t a great picture but … Is she starting to look a bit tunch-esque?’
I think I remember Dad saying she was on prednisone. An automatic pound packer (and mostly water weight). Hopefully, it will be a short course. Although, she HAS got a waist.
geg6
JL: I am completely ashamed of this whole NJ Housewives thing. I seriously NEVER watch this sort of thing and usually mock others who do so. But this is such a trainwreck! It’s every bad stereotype of certain Garden Staters. And you know how awful it is when you find yourself liking best and sympathizing with the only singleton (well, divorcee) who is slutty and self-centered and who has an arrest for kidnapping and collaborating with Columbian drug cartels in her past. And who also seems to have the best mothering skills of the bunch. It’s freaking me out.
shelley matheis
Tunch looks like he’s modeling for a sculptor.
Does Lily interact much with the dogs at the park?
demkat620
BTW, Happy Father’s Day to all you dads.
Took my son to his first MLB game last night.
Watching the Phils-O’s game now to see how the Phils will blow another one. Have to say though, Citizens Bank Park is beautiful and when Howard came out of the dugout the place exploded. It was great!
I love baseball!
Anton Sirius
(My sincerest, most profound apologies to Diana Ross for the following)
I’m goin’ Galt
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
There’s a new me coming out
I just have to live
And I wanna quit
I’m completely down with it
I think this time around
I am gonna do it
Like you never knew it
Oooh, I’ll make it through
I’m goin’ Galt
I want the world to know
I’m headin’ out the do’
I’ve got to deny the world
All that I can be
And all my abilities
There’s so much more to me
Somehow, I have to
Make them just understand
Make them read the Fountainhead
And oooh, how I’ve planned
I’m checking out
There’s no need to fear
And I just feel so good
Everytime I hear
I’m goin’ Galt
I want the world to know
I just can’t take no mo’
I’m goin’ Galt
I want the world to know
I’m headin’ out that do’
I’m goin’ Galt
I want the world to know
My time card’s punched, fo’ sho’…
Dave C
I don’t know about anybody else, but watching and reading about all the goings on in Iran has put me in a mood for some Rage Against the Machine. I haven’t felt like this since the big Iraq War protest in Chicago that shut down Lake Shore Drive. Of course, all the protests turned out to be completely ineffective, but, damn, they were cathartic, if fleetingly so. Here’s hoping for better results for the Iranian people!
D-Chance.
Just spent the better part of 7 hours burning. Anything. Everything. My lots never looked so orderly and clean.
Screw the lawn mowing… it’s now 90 degrees. Maybe Tuesday. Then, creep a few more feet into the next-door neighbor’s lot with the pruning and underbrush clearing and burning. She pays her POA dues, but hasn’t seen the place in a decade, so I’m clearing it and using it myself. Doing so makes MY property look bigger and better.
Library Grape
@Dave C: Speaking of Rage Against the Machine, did you see the video Nico Pitney put up that was created by an Iranian for his cousin in Iran? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_cj9MEk16M&feature=player_embedded
smiley
Has anyone played around with bing? How is it supposed to be any better than google?
Added: Tiger Woods has lost his mojo.
moe99
Well it’s going to hit a high of 59 in Seattle, so I’m heading for the fleece. Then taking the dogs out for their run/retrieve duties.
Comrade Stuck
@shelley matheis:
Sometimes Dogs and Cats form gangs. At some point, don’t be surprised if Cole renames them Bonnie and Clyde.:–)
I’m going Galt too, and this is one reason. Wizbangs analysis on the NYT”s keeping secret it’s hostage reporter for 7 months
They are so like the same thing.
They never ever give it a rest.
Dave C
@Library Grape:
Yeah I did. It was great, though I was somewhat disappointed that the last minute or so–which I think is the best part of the song–got cut out. Oh well. Still really great work by whoever made it.
Notorious P.A.T.
@geg6:
Sorry to hear about your dad :(
Cats are funny; they seem standoffish at first, but they grow on you.
Elie
Library Grape @ # 7 —
Yes I heard Bryzynsky’s viewpoint which I thought was a great insight. In fact, Fareed’s show, as usual was very very informative — the only show I really watch on Sundays anymore. Also liked his guests (can’t remember names) one from Columbia and the other an expert on the internet and various media for networking — very useful and helpful to me in understanding the potential of what is happening in Iran for shaping a lot of what will happen in the Islamic as well as the western events and interpretations that will follow.
Too little of this kind of discussion on teevee anymore…
Betsy
My kitty Chompers goes Galt.
Elie
Oh and John — Lily’s whole body language is different from a week ago just seeing that photo of her laying there. Just amazing!
Betsy
Also, LOVE the outdoor Tunch pic! So great to see he’s not confined by an electric field to that couch.
robertdsc
Haha, Betsy. Chompers is just like my KC. They love the box.
On a literary note, I finished The Da Vinci Code this weekend. Up until the end, I found it a very nice read. The ending was garbage, but the story and historical tidbits were nice.
Betsy
@robertdsc:
Yeah, I don’t know what it is with cats and boxes. I can’t get a package without her exploring the box as if it might possibly be EVEN MORE SPECIAL! than any previous box she’s ever experienced.
demkat620
@Betsy: Chompers is beautiful. I love cats with those noses. I think it makes them look very silly when they are trying to look down on you.
JenJen
It’s Log, Log, it’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood.
It’s Log, Log, it’s better than bad, it’s good!
Everyone wants a log!
You’re gonna love it, Log!
Nice to see the peaceable kingdom over at Chez Cole.
The Saff
@ Betsy:
Isn’t that the truth? In the living room, there’s a box that doubles as a cat playpen. Several toys ended up in it, too.
demkat620
@JenJen: Tunch doesn’t look very peaceable.
Martin
In the face of a 13% pay cut, we’re being creative with our yard improvements this weekend and recycling as much stuff as we can. We’ll be putting in a larger veggie garden than planned. We were going to build a wee 2×10 one, but now we’ll put in an 8×10 one in addition to that.
I have a feeling we won’t see that pay cut reversed, either. After 15 years, I’m not thrilled about having to look for a new job.
Montysano
Sarah Watkins of Nickel Creek on Prairie Home Companion, singing Norman Blake and John Hartford songs. Wonderful. Without Prairie Home, Car Talk, and This American Life, life wouldn’t be nearly as sweet.
freelancer
I just learned via Mark Gisleson’s blog, that Wichita’s Minor League ball club is called the Wingnuts. I so want this hat.
Lesley
Tunch has his FIERCE! on. (It’s not easy looking that way with fluffy white fur.)
Lily looks adorable as usual.
JenJen
@demkat620: On second glance, you’re right. He looks like a statue; a statue that’s about to pop a cap in your ass.
Linkmeister
@freelancer: Only $20 at the team store!
burnspbesq
@freelancer:
Buy two, and give one to that girl you were talking about last week.
burnspbesq
There are so many great hats in minor league baseball.
I’m kinda partial to the Carolina Mudcats.
http://mudcats.milbstore.com/store_contents.cfm?cart_id=0443587767971141111081051407420092106&store_id=49&dept_id=-1&product_id=1498
freelancer
Yeah, about that…
We were at her friend’s apt Friday hanging out, and after most of the people there had left, she threw down the gauntlet again, about how crazy she was about me, but if I liked her, and wanted to give things a shot, I’d need to go back to Christianity. It felt like quite a sucker-punch, but like someone remarked earlier, at least I wasn’t hip deep in a 2 year old relationship before this happened.
terry chay
Bill Maher on the Democrats
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/21/bill-maher-democrats-have_n_218593.html
AhabTRuler
@Linkmeister: Oh, I am so buying a jacket as soon as I have the money!
gex
@Notorious P.A.T.: I’ve often opined that it is very difficult to get to know and like any cat that isn’t your own. They are just so different around their owners than they are around strangers and acquaintances. Not so with dogs. Those extroverts make friends everywhere.
dianeb
That is a great picture of Tunch! He looks so regal, like a king surveying his kingdom. Have you thought about selling posters?
AhabTRuler
Fixeteth!
burnspbesq
@ Freelancer:
Ouch. Quite the screwed up situation.
I am probably not telling you anything you haven’t already figured out, but at the end of the day you gotta be true to yourself.
freelancer
No worries, we click enough where we can remain friends.
JenJen
Oh, dear. Apparently Big Hollywood is very upset that Tony Hawk desecrated the Holy White House Shrine during the Iranian Worst Crisis Revolution Wolverines ever. Or something.
Comrade Stuck
@JenJen:
From your link.
They get creepier every day.
LD50
@dianeb:
It’s Tunch’s world. John and Lily just live in it.
AhabTRuler
@JenJen: They are offended by a skateboard? Apparently they’ve never listened to the Nixon tapes.
Comrade Stuck
An interesting article by Robin Wright of Time on the rhythms of revolution Iranian style.
LD50
@Comrade Stuck:
And here I thought snark about ‘Zombie Reagan’ was an exaggeration.
Comrade Darkness
@Library Grape, I have to throw out a well placed: “well, duh” here. Thanks for setting up the target.
harlana pepper
I pity the fool rabbit that tries to eat yer tamaters!!
burnspbesq
@Comrade Stuck:
Wow. Greg Gutfeld is really a putz.
freelancer
Also, I hear from credible sources that water is really wet.
freelancer
Fixed.
You Don't Say
I don’t believe that’s Tunch. Where’s his blue-striped background?!?
HyperIon
@robertdsc:
That was my reaction.
So Tunch goes outside on his own?
I thought he was an indoor cat.
LD50
@HyperIon:
Tunch goes wherever the fuck Tunch wants, pal.
asiangrrlMN
@AhabTRuler:
Fixed again! I love that picture of Tunch. He looks fierce, contemplative, and regal all at the same time.
@gex: Agreed. My sister-in-law has never seen my cats because she brings the kids over, and my boys don’t like noise. Raven will love up anyone within a few minutes, but Shadow is much more wary around strangers. However, the three of us passed the last few hours cuddled up on the papasan in the basement–them snoozing and me reading.
Lily’s looking great. That’s one huge-ass log, though.
@freelancer: The Wingnuts are a local team, and they were playing my St. Paul Saints last night. I immediately thought of BJ when I heard “Wichita Wingnuts”, and I laughed my ass off.
@Betsy: Chompers is goooorgeous! I love cats with sploodges on their noses.
Litlebritdifrnt
I had to shave Nelson, the one-eyed wonder cat today due to excessive dreadlocks, his winter coat is shedding and in an attempt to remove it Nelson keeps licking it turning it into the nastiest dreads you have ever seen, he looks like the worst kind of back alley homeless pet you can imagine. The new coat that is growing is glorious, but in the meantime he looks like guy who sleeps in a cardboard box and who pees on himself on a regular basis. So it was time for the cat trimmer today. After an initial mauling (blood was drawn) Nelson realized that it also involved a good firm cuddle and nestled down with his head in my arm while I rid him of the “locks” I am now hoping that he looks respectable enough that folks walking the neighbourhood don’t think he is being neglected.
Betsy
@demkat620:
@asiangrrlMN:
Thanks, guys! :D I hope you see this – I was gone all afternoon and evening so couldn’t respond till now.
asiangrrlMN
@Litlebritdifrnt: Did you get pics of the rastafarian cat before you cut off the dreads?
@Betsy: She looks really small. Is she?
John, I can’t stop staring at Tunch. That is such a fabulous pic of him. It’s hypnotizing.
Betsy
@asiangrrlMN:
Hmm – I’m not really sure, actually! I think she weighs about 8 lbs? She’s just over a year. When we got her she was 5 months old and weighed 4 lbs. So I think she’s got a little bit more growing to do, but not much. She smaller than Tunch, but so is a Shetland pony.
Ellid
How did you get the King of the Futon outside to tour his demesne?