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Bitsy Update and Open Thread

by John Cole|  November 11, 20096:59 pm| 15 Comments

This post is in: Dog Blogging, Open Threads

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Just a reminder, tomorrow is the selection day for the final four for the Cutest Dog, and we are all still pulling for Little Bitsy:

A special thanks to those of you who privately sent checks to Evelyn to help with dog rescue efforts.

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  1. 1.

    Laura W

    November 11, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    Annie wants you to know, John Cole, that Evelyn Bridges rescues cats too! Lots of cats!

    But thanks for the thread anyway.
    You rock.

  2. 2.

    General Winfield Stuck

    November 11, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    somebody needs to say something here. So GO BITSY! and I am glad the voting is over.

  3. 3.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    November 11, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    Also, tomorrow we’re gonna find out who wins Oprah’s karaoke contest, I think. Although I’ll probably miss it because I’ll be at the dump all afternoon.

  4. 4.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    November 11, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    Someone could have warned me off of Hardball this evening. Tweety really lets his freak flag fly when the topic is abortion. What a moran.

  5. 5.

    Comrade Darkness

    November 11, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    I must have found something fulfilling to fill the gap of voting for Bitsy. That first week was rough, but now I’m okay.

    Give me a B!
    Give me an I!
    …

  6. 6.

    Comrade Mary

    November 11, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    Yay Bitsy! Whenever I start typing an “L” in my address bar, the auto-complete keeps bringing up the Vote for Bitsy page, so I’ve been on tenterhooks about this.

  7. 7.

    Something Fabulous

    November 11, 2009 at 8:26 pm

    All you crazy food posters in teh OT yesterday inspired me to go to the farmer’s market today with my remaining small change and buy some APPLES!! Farmstand folk were so smart; they cut up a bunch of varieties and laid out some toothpicks so you could try before buy. Thanks to the recommendations I tried the Pink Ladies and they were DELICIOUS (which is to say, much more yummy than Deliciouses are). I too had not bought apples in years because of the cardboardness of the supermarket kind, so thanks!!

  8. 8.

    ellaesther

    November 11, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    You know what I loved the most about the whole “Vote Bitsy” campaign?

    The sheer number of people who would write things like “I don’t have any idea what the fuck you people are talking about, but since it seems so important to you, I guess I’ll go vote Bitsy…”.

    We are such a community of curmudgeons, but a community we are!

  9. 9.

    Mary

    November 11, 2009 at 8:38 pm

    Cheering and praying for Little Bitsy . All dogs are cute but Little Bitsy stands for more than that and I was honored to vote for her in the last couple of days of the contest. I regret that I did not do it all along because of my fear of spam (and I have gotten no spam). Yay, Little Bitsy.

  10. 10.

    Betsy

    November 11, 2009 at 8:38 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead:
    Oh god, what did he do?

  11. 11.

    sylvia

    November 11, 2009 at 9:37 pm

    Thanks to all you Juicers for your support of Little Bitsy! We are hoping for good news tomorrow that she’ll be in the final 4. We couldn’t have gotten in the top 12 without all your votes – so thank you, thank you!!

  12. 12.

    Violet

    November 11, 2009 at 10:18 pm

    Yay Little Bitsy! I’ve been eagerly awaiting the day. I really hope she’s a Top Four finalist. She so deserves it and can help so many other animals in need. It’s been an honor to support her, Sylvia and Evelyn.

    Go Bitsy!

  13. 13.

    Steeplejack

    November 12, 2009 at 2:31 am

    I hope Bitsy makes the final four.

    I will deny it in court later, but when I was a very small boy my nickname was Bitsy. (WTF?! Still haven’t asked my parents about that.)

  14. 14.

    Zoolatry

    November 12, 2009 at 3:54 am

    We are two cats who live at Zoolatry. We do not like dogs very much, any dog. And we have learned (the hard way), that dogs do not like us.
    Just the same, we have voted day in and out, week in and out for Little Bitsy.
    She is one cute dog. We hope she makes “the final four” today because she deserves to be there. And we say thanks with appurrciation to everyone who has voted for her
    (and thanks to Evelyn who started all this, to Laura and John who supported it all the way along).

  15. 15.

    Steeplejack

    November 12, 2009 at 4:00 am

    @Zoolatry:

    Thank you for your ecumenical broadmindedness. You are an example to us all.

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