Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

If you’re gonna whine, it’s time to resign!

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

We still have time to mess this up!

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

You cannot love your country only when you win.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

No Kings: Americans standing in the way of bad history saying “Oh, Fuck No!”

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  8. 8.

    CynDee

    Sammy Claus is so cute.

    That said, here is what I used to say to my doggies: “Be good, or I’ll dress you up in dolly clothes.” I never had to do it once.

  11. 11.

    Annie

    You know Sam. Is that a happy or a sad face? Is she happy Tammy is sharing her pictures or is she really pissed?

    I must say she does look mighty fetching…

    If truth be told, i think we all want to see Tunch in his Christmas outfit. (And then a picture of John completely bandaged…)

  13. 13.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @Annie:

    If truth be told, i think we all want to see Tunch in his Christmas outfit.

    Prolly gonna be hard to find anything to fit Tunch. Is there a Big & Tall store for cats? Here’s what ya do John: get some blue painters tape and make a ring around Tunch’s neck and a ring around his midsection.

    Then spray paint him red.

    Then remove the tape and voila, Santa outfit. Add some blue for July 4th.

  20. 20.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    It is freezing here and raining, but no snow (thank goodness) we have the heating on but we also have a roaring fire in the hearth (I stopped at the wood shack on the way home), and I am sat here in my huge pink fluffy dressing gown, so all is good. Gonna bring in Con and Arnamade (the outside cats) after they have eaten their dinner. Con will sleep behind the computer monitor, Arnamade will go upstairs and sleep under the dresser in the guest room. Tomorrow I am going to weatherstrip every window and door in the house and then feed the birdies, they are going to need it. Spring can’t come soon enough for me.

  22. 22.

    valdivia

    I am in nyc and I am freezing. Snow coming tomorrow. Three blankets, lots of layers and still freezing. We tropical people never get used to this freaking cold.

  23. 23.

    donovong

    Hmm. Nice cabinets and tiles floors in that there house with that there cute doggie. But I wonder. Are those countertops granite?

  24. 24.

    Annie

    @Litlebritdifrnt:

    Here is DC, it just started snowing. I just came back from visiting my neighbors cats as I am their babysitter for the week. My cats are 25lbs each — that’s in Tunch lbs. My neighbors are 7lbs each. As I was playing with them, I kept thinking I would break them…My cats were not that small even when they were kittens…

  28. 28.

    Martin

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    Well, admittedly, I’ve already done something similar.

    In college my advisor had a white bunny in his office. We became pretty good friends over the 4 years and after a particularly nasty final in my 3rd year, I broke into his office and went to town on the bunny with a spray bottle with a heavy concentration of blue food coloring.

    It was a very pretty blue bunny for a few weeks.

  32. 32.

    South of I-10

    @jeffreyw: Happy Birthday! How could I forget?

    Thanks for the pet pics, John. It has been the day from hell, and that sort of helped. The wine helps too.

  33. 33.

    freelancer

    Alright, so I just caved and bought my tickets to Avatar. IMAX 3D, 7:00 tomorrow. $34 total.

    Slightly amused, considering the anti-corporate themes of the movie. Go Smurfs!

  34. 34.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @jeffreyw:

    Congrats, sexygenerian, on the milestone birthday! I did that one a few years ago. As the canary in the mine, I can tell you it’s not so bad, and regularly laughing your ass off at the sillier Balloon Juice threads will keep you young.

  35. 35.

    burnspbesq

    @valdivia:

    I am jealous. The best time to be in Manhattan is right after it snows heavily, as long as it’s not super cold and windy. The stillness is so cool. Bundle up and go for a walk in the park.

  37. 37.

    valdivia

    @burnspbesq:

    yes, I love the quiet that comes over the city. and I live right next to a park so that will be great tomorrow. I still hate the cold though. brrrrrr. ;-)

    ps and how are the kitties?

  41. 41.

    valdivia

    @burnspbesq:

    excellent news. Have I told you already I think their names are just the best?

    I promise to take a pic tomorrow of manhattan in the snow and post it so you can live vicariously.

  43. 43.

    burnspbesq

    @valdivia:

    Much appreciated.

    I was actually supposed to be in the city this weekend. The kid’s 16th birthday is Sunday; we were going to fly in today, go to the Duke-Gonzaga game tomorrow, go to the theater and sightsee on Sunday and Monday, and squeeze in a visit to NYU.

    Alas, there was too much homework not turned in on time, so I had to pull the plug on the trip to show my displeasure.

  45. 45.

    Martin

    @valdivia:

    I remember many, many years ago walking from Grand Central to WTC earlyish morning (7AM?) New Years’s Day while it was snowing with about 4-6″ having already hit. There were almost no cars and virtually no people and it seemed (for NYC) dead quiet.

    I think that was my last visit to WTC, now that I think of it.

  48. 48.

    Yutsano

    @burnspbesq: You can hate me later, but Go Zags.

    Actually Gonzaga is a fascinating school. Small Jesuit college known for really only two things: basketball and a premier law school. And IIRC basketball is their only competitive sport. (I’m thinking they might have baseball too but don’t quote me on that.) I got lost on their campus once without even realizing it, that’s how much the school blends into the city of Spokane.

  50. 50.

    valdivia

    @Martin:

    There is nothing like that quiet, which is so rare in NYC. Maybe on a Sunday very early morning you can experience that but the snow and the holiday/weekend thing just makes it unique. It’s best before they clean the streets too. NY NY!

  52. 52.

    valdivia

    @burnspbesq:

    so you are all set then!

    @Brian J:

    ugh. I heard or read somewhere that he was set up by someone in DC because being a bachelor was somehow not acceptable. Sigh. She just doesn’t seem like a good choice, but then again I am biased.

  53. 53.

    mcd410x

    OH on the internets: “You know what would make it easier to stay incognito? Stop being an attention whore.”

    Besides that, she’s vacationing in an exotic furrin country!!

    Also.

  55. 55.

    valdivia

    @Yutsano:

    you know having grown up with no seasons (rainy and dry is what we have down south) the experience of snow is miraculous to me, even when the cold bothers me. I love how you can smell it in the air before it arrives. and that silence.

    I am also deeply enamored of the desert. Being from the tropics that also seems miraculous to me, in a different way. Imposing, awe inspiring.

  56. 56.

    dmsilev

    Too funny: Sarah Palin can’t even go on vacation without calling it off early:

    Sarah Palin released a statement yesterday announcing that she and husband Todd have cut their Hawaiian vacation short, after some controversy over a McCain campaign visor Palin wore with former running mate John McCain’s name blacked out with a Sharpie.

    -dms

  57. 57.

    SIA aka ScreamingInAtlanta

    OMG she is the cutest little Santa! Tammy more pictures please! This makes me happy at the end of a wretched week filled with Lieberman, Nelson, McCain and other clowns, and rain, rain, rain and some more rain in Atlanta.

    Here’s a fun slant on the Franken quiet slap down of the person I now despise most in the world.
    http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/12/rousing-the-democratic-wing-of-the-democratic-party-or-what-part-of-no-dont-you-understand.html

  58. 58.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    Sarah Palin is an attention whore who cannot abide it when she gets attention. And come on, she just got what? $1 million for her book and she is too cheap to buy a new sun visor? I mean great FSM, couldn’t she get a freebie from Barnes and Noble?

  60. 60.

    MikeJ

    Small Jesuit college known for really only two things: basketball and a premier law school.

    What about Bing?

  63. 63.

    HRA

    I know that look Samantha is giving. Chooee who is almost a twin of Samantha gives those looks. Great pics of a lovely girl.

    Happy Birthday Jeffrey.

  67. 67.

    MikeJ

    does greasemonkey work with chrome?

    Not directly. Greasemonkey like scripts can be written, and there’s a growing library of code that allows some, but not all, GM scripts to be easily ported.

    In fact, it’s probably easier to write gm scripts and port them with a compatibility layer than to develop native chrome extensions because of the extra hoops you have to jump through for unloading/loading/debugging under chrome.

  68. 68.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    Since this an OT: By some miracle, the weather forecasters nailed the start time of the SNOW STORM OF THE CENTURY [Air Raid Sirens]. It’s already sticking and I might finally get to test out the snow shoes.

    @dmsilev: LOL.

    Well you can’t expect her to say she’d forgotten how Asian-y Hawaii is.

  69. 69.

    mr. whipple

    In fact, it’s probably easier to write gm scripts and port them with a compatibility layer than to develop native chrome extensions because of the extra hoops you have to jump through for unloading/loading/debugging under chrome.

    That’s exactly what I was gonna say.

  70. 70.

    valdivia

    @MikeJ:

    thanks. so cleek’s script for pie doesn’t work on chrome eh? I know nothing about script writing so if anyone ever gets a pie filter going for chrome please share!

    edit: @mr. whipple: thanks to you too.

  71. 71.

    Yutsano

    @MikeJ: I swear to FSM I thought you were talking about the new search engine, then it clicked. And if GU has a computer science/engineering department, I hadn’t heard of it.

    Going to Wiki:

    In the fall of 1920, Crosby enrolled in the Jesuit-run Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, with the intention of becoming a lawyer. He sent away for a set of mail-order drums. After much practice, he soon became good enough and was invited to join a local band made up of mostly local high school kids called the “Musicaladers,” managed by Al Rinker. He made so much money doing this that he decided to drop out of school during his final year to pursue a career in show business.

    I guess it kinda counts, though if any of us could imagine Bing Crosby as a lawyer you’re a better human than I am.

  75. 75.

    Brian J

    @valdivia:

    I don’t know anything about her. I just thought it was funny, because while he’s not a bad looking guy, just a dork–and I say this as fellow dork.

    At the risk of over stepping some bounds, I have to ask you something. I saw above that you said you teach at N.Y.U. If you don’t mind me asking, what do you teach, and have you ever been in a position to evaluate applications? If you’d feel more comfortable talking over e-mail or something, just let me know, and I’ll tell you mine.

  76. 76.

    Violet

    Samantha is adorable in her little Santa suit. Now she just needs a sleigh pulled by Tunch and Lily with reindeer antlers to make the picture complete.

  77. 77.

    burnspbesq

    @Yutsano:

    Nope. No Zag-hate from this direction. They do it the right way. IF Coach K got hit by a bus tomorrow, Mark Few would be my first choice to take over the Duke program.

  78. 78.

    RedKitten

    We actually got a bit of a Christmas gift today. We were rooting through a bunch of old miscellaneous crap folders on our computer, trying to get things organized. And lo and behold, we found a couple of videos that I had taken of Gibson, my in-laws’ Airedale, back in 2005. They had to have Gib put down this September, and we all miss him dearly, so finding that video of him running around and playing was just so unexpected. And the funny thing was that my husband and I had just been talking about Gib not an hour before, and how much we missed him.

    Go hug your doggies, people.

  80. 80.

    valdivia

    @Brian J:

    hey I am a dork lover here. and have always thought that our OMB director is the hawt. so a little disappointed that he went for a Village type instead of a more intellectually type. she just exudes CNBCness. oh well.

    no problem answering queries–I am too lowly down the totem pole to evaluate applications but I know pretty much everyone who does in my dept. It really really depends on where you are applying within NYU, because each dept/school has different standards, rules etc. If you want to get more specific I am happy to answer via email.

    edit–I teach Latin American stuff (politics, culture etc)

  83. 83.

    Brian J

    @valdivia:

    Opposites attract, maybe? I always think of two of my aunts and uncles. All are good people, but each isn’t exactly the same way. One aunt is warmer than the other and one uncle is a little more…relaxed, but that’s not exactly right word. Anyway, you’d think they’d match up with each others’ wived based on attitude, but they didn’t.

    It’s not so much about NYU but about higher admissions in general, specifically law school. I don’t mean to sound weird or paranoid, but I’d feel more comfortable talking over e-mail, if that’s okay. Would you rather me give you mine or vice versa?

  84. 84.

    valdivia

    @Brian J:

    oh I get the opposites attracts thing. she just seems vapid in that CNBC way, and he not so much. But I may be projecting! ;-

    no worries about paranoia. give me an email I will write back asap.

  86. 86.

    demkat620

    @valdivia: We people from the temperate climes, don’t much care for this snow shit either.

    On the other hand, the smallish dog is curled up with me.

    And all is right with the world.

  87. 87.

    Heresiarch

    So in general, I really like Balloon Juice, it’s one of my regular reads, but on this health care issue it’s become increasingly useless.

    John Cole had a post about how the Blue Dogs are idiots but when they lose the next election (due to idiocy) Obama and Rahm will be blamed by dirty Internet hippies. That’s retarded – Rahm & Co. are supporting the Blue Dogs. Dirty internet hippies should want to see the Blue Dogs get canned, just like they want to see Rahm pissed off – and these two things go hand in hand.

    The other day DougJ put up a post about how the Republican majority has been a myth for 30 years:

    The modern Republican party has never been a real majority party and it probably never will be. Democrats have been for stretches and have a chance to be again right now.

    And this proves that Democrats are not a shitty party because they have a real majority and yet are completely (or at least largely) unable to pass legislation.

    I agree with Krugman and Cohn and Klein, and believe we should get some form of HCR passed. But for fuck’s sake stop acting like everyone who disagrees with the bill is the equivalent of a teabagger.

  90. 90.

    General Winfield Stuck

    @Heresiarch:

    John Cole had a post about how the Blue Dogs are idiots but when they lose the next election (due to idiocy) Obama and Rahm will be blamed by dirty Internet hippies. That’s retarded –

    You see now. This is the sort of shit that makes blogging increasingly not worth it. Non stop stupid from every direction. Please, oh please Cole, convert this blog to a Pet, quasi, food video, movie blog. Screw politics and the trolls, and other assorted jackasses that seem to be growing from within and without by the day.

    It’s not going to stop. ever.

  92. 92.

    Brian J

    @valdivia:

    [email protected]. For all of those who’d like, you can Google me and see a picture of me and my sister sitting on Santa’s lap.

    Thanks, by the way. I’ll shoot you a message in the next day or so, when I can hopefully be concise.

  94. 94.

    freelancer (itouch)

    @Heresiarch:

    I agree with Krugman and Cohn and Klein, and believe we should get some form of HCR passed. But for fuck’s sake stop acting like everyone who disagrees with the bill is the equivalent of a teabagger.

    no one here has advocated that premise. In point of fact, this notion has been ridiculed explicitly by both DougJ and John. BJ isn’t splintering into insanity.

  95. 95.

    burnspbesq

    @Heresiarch:

    Did you happen to notice how many of the 86 comments that preceded yours had anything even remotely to do with health care reform?

    People are burned out. Positions are encased in large quantities of cement, bolstered by large quantities of rebar. Your chances of influencing anyone are exactly zero.

    Please, just give it a rest.

  97. 97.

    valdivia

    @Brian J: shot you an email already. write when you have time. I am buried in grading the next couple of days.

    edit– @General Winfield Stuck:
    I was following your previous thread effort at sanity and I take my hat off. really. not even one mention of green. or balloons. ;-)

  98. 98.

    demkat620

    @valdivia: Holy crap! In my lovely burb of Philly we are looking at 15-25 inches tomorrow. What are you looking at in NY?

    Mine is a Jack Russell Terrorist. But he really likes to sleep and cuddle. He is soooo cute. Tomorrow he’ll be a pain though. He might hate winter more than I do.

  100. 100.

    valdivia

    @demkat620:

    wow. tropical girl shivering at the thought of that!
    in the city they are saying 6-9 but other reports are saying only 6. I am supposed to get on a train to DC on sunday you guys think that will be possible given the storm?

    my ex-cats, they were taken over by my parents, love the snow, because they never go out and like seeing it fall. your poor dog has my sympathies.

  101. 101.

    freelancer (itouch)

    @burnspbesq:

    I was lamenting the fact that I had assumed a year ago that our political climate would hopefully be less retarded with an adult in the oval office. I was doing a google image search for the purple heart bandaid as a textbook example of this.

    Instead I stumbled across this priceless gem of a jpeg that completely captures Palin’s love of playing the victim. Pure Genius:

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/2969168563_1d1a4cfd23.jpg

  103. 103.

    Max

    I need to rant about the GAP…

    did you know that their regular length jeans for women are 33″?

    Yet, the average height for women is what, 5’3″.

    That would mean that, according to the GAP, the average woman is 53% leg?

    I am 5’8″ and the jeans at the GAP still require me to wear heels. Guess what, if I wanted to wear heels, I’d put on a fucking dress. 9 times out of 10, I’m wearing jeans because I want to be comfortable and heels are not.

    Oh, and if you even dared to think that just because you wear a certain size in 1 kind of GAP jean, you wear that same size in another style. Seems there could be as much as a 2 size swing.

    I hate buying jeans. I’m sorry to rant, but I bought very cute cowboy boots and wanted to find a good pair of dark wash jeans and it’s impossible.

    /girl problems

  104. 104.

    valdivia

    @demkat620:

    yeah NYC always gets less. Still I may have to wait and see how things are on Sunday about that trip. Trains usually have no problem but since I am traveling along that route one never knows!

  105. 105.

    demkat620

    @Max: nope, go see NY & Co. They have tall, average and petite. I’m 5’4″ and their stuff always works for me.

  106. 106.

    valdivia

    @Max:

    ok, I have to say I am one girl who loves the Gap because I have the opposite problem. I am 6 feet (I know, I know, how did *that* happen) and they are one of the only places where I can buy jeans with a really long leg, I actually buy their extra long stuff which they have online. Solved the problem of a lifetime. But I can see why it would be frustrating for others as I usually suffer in the other direction. :-)

    /girl with sympathy.

    edit–if you find pair that fits you really well from Gap, you can get the shorter hem online.

  109. 109.

    Max

    @valdivia: Admittedly, your problem is worse, and I do have shortish legs.

    There is nothing that brings out the self-loathing more than jean shopping.

  110. 110.

    tripletee

    @freelancer:

    Alright, so I just caved and bought my tickets to Avatar. IMAX 3D, 7:00 tomorrow. $34 total.

    Totally worth it. The most jaw-dropping film I’ve seen in, well, ever.

    People will bitch about the cliched story and ham-fisted characterization; those people should be ignored. Avatar is a pure piece of visual art and is worth seeing on that basis alone. Seriously.

  112. 112.

    valdivia

    @Max:

    yes jeans are the worse eh? when I find a pair that fits I buy 2 pairs just in case they stop making it! (I know silly girl me!) Since this happens only every couple of years.
    I actually find that the new jeans (skinny leg ones or low rise) fit very differently and have longer legs because they are supposed to go really low to the ankle, almost dragging (this is the way the young uns wear them on the subway!)

  114. 114.

    Max

    @valdivia: So funny. I do the same thing with lipstick, because far too often, the one I like will be discontinued.

    If only the boys knew what we go thru.

  115. 115.

    eemom

    @burnspbesq:

    hey burnsie. Speaking of disappearing from the tubz, did you notice that TRex made a big splashy comeback recently, and then vanished AGAIN?

    Interesting fellow, that.

  117. 117.

    Bob Dole

    @SarahLoving: That photo is wrong on so many levels. I have seen it before, and like many things about the divine Mrs. R, it always makes me shake my head.

    @ Bob Dole: What?! Bob Dole has made an unanticipated appearance in this thread!

  118. 118.

    valdivia

    @Max:

    Oh me too! I do it with nail polish which is hard because unless you keep it in the fridge it goes bad. A previous boyfriend thought I was insane when he saw the nail polish in the fridge. Yes, we go through much eh? But that is part of the fun, me thinks.

  120. 120.

    Bob Dole

    @freelancer (itouch): I would think that if you have that imbalance, any 3-D system is going to tend to give you headaches. Have you ever seen a 3-D movie that uses the polarized glasses? Like at Disney World (everyone reaches out to touch that damn kite!!)?

  122. 122.

    mandarama

    @Max:

    Max, I’d skip the GAP. Their clothes are made for coat hangers, not human beings. It seems to me that so many women’s fashion sources follow the “why aren’t you cutting your body to fit this fabric, rather than us cutting the fabric to fit your body?” malaise our culture is suffering from.

    I’m 5′ 3″ and fairly average. I actually like Calvin Klein’s jeans. There are way too many styles, so you have to try them all on, but they come in varied lengths and still have styles that won’t drop below panties in the back. And Macy’s usually has a sale so you can get them under $30.

    /sympathy with the girl problems

  123. 123.

    mandarama

    Wow, I had no idea how cathartic typing out that last comment would feel. The agita around here has been giving me chest pains for days; it’s so good to let it go…flying free, like the green balloons!

    I don’t remember who it was, but some commenter showed up a while back and said that he doesn’t recommend people to visit here because of all the pets and food and Not Serious stuff. Screw that guy.

  126. 126.

    President Ronald Reagan

    @tripletee

    @freelancer:
    __
    Alright, so I just caved and bought my tickets to Avatar. IMAX 3D, 7:00 tomorrow. $34 total.
    __
    Totally worth it. The most jaw-dropping film I’ve seen in, well, ever.

    People will bitch about the cliched story and ham-fisted characterization; those people should be ignored. Avatar is a pure piece of visual art and is worth seeing on that basis alone. Seriously.

    Does it shit all over conservatives like that Big Hollywood review that someone posted here the other day? Because if it does that’s a huge bonus.

  127. 127.

    President Ronald Reagan

    @Bob Dole

    @freelancer (itouch): I would think that if you have that imbalance, any 3-D system is going to tend to give you headaches. Have you ever seen a 3-D movie that uses the polarized glasses? Like at Disney World (everyone reaches out to touch that damn kite!!)?

    I love those glasses. I saw The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D and kept mine so I could wear them around outside of the theatre and see everything in 3-D. It was way cool.

  129. 129.

    valdivia

    off to bed guys and gals. time to curl up reading some Karin Fossum.

    good night y’all. enjoy the snow if you are on the path.

  132. 132.

    mcd410x

    I love that there’s a revolution going on in Iran that’s occurring at a rate of speed that so different from how we live that we are essentially blind to it.

    It’s right out of sci fi.

  134. 134.

    eric

    @Max: difference #2435 between men and women: women know which stores and designers have clothes that fit differently and how; guys…um, not so much. most guys reading this are silently saying to themselves: “really?”

    eric

  135. 135.

    President Ronald Reagan

    @Bob Dole

    @President Ronald Reagan: Youngster, Bob Dole knew Ronald Reagan, and Bob Dole knows that you’re no Ronald Reagan.

    Bob, is referring to yourself in the third person one of the side effects of those little blue pills you’re always taking?

  136. 136.

    Wile E. Quixote

    I love Stephen Colbert.

    Stephen Colbert: Dedicated Lieberheads, the real Lieberlovers out there, may notice there’s a subtle shift in Joe’s present position from what it was waaaaaay back 90 days ago, when he said this to his home state newspaper, the Connecticut Post:

    Lieberman: I was very focused on a group post-50, maybe more like post-55…and what I was proposing is that they might have an option to buy into Medicare.

    Colbert: Yes, he proposed an option to buy into Medicare, which technically means that yesterday he threatened to filibuster his own proposal. But that is easily explained: clearly Lieberman has gone from having ‘Joementum’ to having ‘Joementia.’ But I’m sure he’ll get great treatment. After all, he’s 65—he’s covered by Medicare.
    —The Colbert Report

    Can “Joementia” become a tag?

  138. 138.

    Anne Laurie

    Poor Sammie! I think these are the first photos you’ve shared where she’s not smiling. Some dogs love getting dressed up, but it looks like Samantha is the polar opposite of the dour, snappy Scottie from one of our training classes who turned into a total party animal when costumed up for Halloween. The rest of us would’ve given odds that his owner couldn’t get a satin toga & a glitter halo on Mac without losing a finger, but he was PUMPED all evening.

  140. 140.

    Steeplejack

    @John Cole:

    That is some sad shit right there. Even a little rat-dog can be turned into a killer if you do stuff like that to her. I must needs avert my eyes.

  141. 141.

    asiangrrlMN

    @jeffreyw: Hm. Can’t decide if I would eat that or not, but happy birthday at any rate!

    @Yutsano: Hi, honey, I’m home! Did you miss me? Nice pic, but I don’t see the legs.

    @Max: Easy. Do what I do. Or rather, what I don’t–buy jeans. I don’t wear them. I also don’t wear makeup, so I can’t relate to that, either. I gave up on jeans because I cannot find a pair to fit my flat ass, thick waist, stocky calves, and thighs.

    I do wear lipstick on occasion, but I use MAC, and they always have my colors.

  146. 146.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    You would love it here in D.C. right now, sister. We’re in the process of getting 1 to 2 feet of snow (I’m actually in suburban Virginia), it’s 28° outside, and everyone is freaking out. Good times.

    I got out of the Big Box Bookstore about 11:00 tonight, walked around to the grocery store on the other side of the shopping center and found it still in chaos. Looked like a plague of locusts had ripped through it. No bread in the deli, almost all the eggs and milk decimated. And all the heavy cream gone (which I require for my occasional cup of coffee). WTF is up with that?! “It’s the worst snowstorm in decades–let’s buy cream!” Crowds of people lined up at the registers like they were evacuating Saigon in ’75.

    Whatever. I’m supposed to go back to the BBB at 3:00 tomorrow, but I’m hoping that they will close the store before I have to go in. It’s supposed to snow–hard–all day tomorrow. Realistically, though–especially given that this is one week before Christmas–they’ll probably keep the store open against all odds, so I’ll go in and then have nothing to do all evening. Except think about how to get home afterwards. More good times.

    Anyway, it’s good to be home in the man-cave right now. I’m listening to stupid old songs on YouTube and occasionally going to the window to look down on the snow-covered grounds of the Steepleton Arms from eight stories up.

    Steep +1½

  147. 147.

    freelancer (itouch)

    R@asiangrrlMN

    FSM bless you. I went looking for it earlier this week with no luck.

    I’m learning slowly from your example and I’m staying the fuck away from most political threads. Too much gnashing of teeth out there and I don’t want to have an aneurysm at 27. video games, pets, food, OTs, charity, and cyber-terroristic snark seem to be the most sane outlets now.

    Hope your weekend goes well.

  148. 148.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Steeplejack: I have a friend in NC, and she was saying the same thing about her grocery store (though not the heavy cream part). I would love to get a foot or two more snow. And, I want sub-zero temps. It was twenty-two tonight, and my best friend was agape that I wasn’t wearing a coat. She’s from Florida. What does she know?

    @freelancer (itouch): It’s under sports blogging. Yeah, I am pretty much decided on my own opinion of the health care bill, and it distresses me to see all the destruction going on concerning the issue. Really, my heart just can’t take it. Hope you have a great weekend yourself.

    +1, but wishing I had the capacity to drink more.

  149. 149.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    And I want sub-zero temps. It was twenty-two tonight, and my best friend was agape that I wasn’t wearing a coat.

    I have that same heater body type. When I’m walking to work I often end up carrying my jacket when the temp is in the 50s and 40s, and people look at me like I’m crazy to be out there in my shirtsleeves (often short sleeves). But if I’m doing any kind of activity (even walking) I start throwing off heat like a reactor, and I get overheated if my jacket’s on.

  151. 151.

    KG

    So, I had to run up to the courthouse today to file some paper work. And guess who was in line for the attorney window in the clerk’s office right in front of me?

    None other than Orly Taitz.

    I wanted to say something to her but she just had this strange glazed over look in her eyes… lights on but nobody home type thing. Plus, she was constantly on her phone, apparently her website was hacked (again), and she was in New York for some interviews with people doing a documentary on her cases (I half assume it’s going to be a mockumentary, but we’ll have to wait and see).

    Just thought y’all’d like to know.

  152. 152.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Yeah. I was gonna say that if I’m wearing my trusty Braves baseball cap that’s almost as good as having a jacket. And sometimes I have to take that off for a few minutes because I’m blowing so much heat out of my enormous brainiac dome.

  154. 154.

    KG

    @asiangrrlMN: I shit you not. It was really kind of surreal. I tried to make casual conversation with her before it clicked as to who she was. Then I just kept trying to stifle a chuckle the entire time.

    And if I took a shower after every brief encounter with another dipshit lawyer, I’d likely never be dry.

  156. 156.

    gwangung

    @President Ronald Reagan: Pissing off Republicans might be the only charm AVATAR might have for me. It looks too Great White Savior Leads Noble Savages for me, though (the wallowing in metaphorical white guilt sticks in my craw).

  158. 158.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I can see a lolcat for that.

    Okay, I’m off to bed. Suddenly crashing, for some reason. Feeling incredibly sleepy. Narcolepsy. Must . . . crawl . . . to . . . bed . . . soft blanket . . . snrzzz . . .

  161. 161.

    BDeevDad

    What does Green Balloon Juice reference? It’s not yet in the lexicon, but I’ve seen it referenced multiple times the past few days.

  162. 162.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: My legs are under the plate, I’m wearing black sweats.

    I just treated my family to dinner, just got home. Fantastic meal overall, although we skipped the sweet ending (we were too stuffed). I’m not a huge fan of chain restaurants, however The Bonefish Grill ain’t bad all in all. Not everything is a hit but we definitely enjoyed ourselves and the food.

    The more I’ve been thinking about it the more I’m leaning towards applying for that other job. The money is almost twice what I make now, I’m qualified without being over (although they only require a diploma and I have a BA) and it’s in Seattle proper which I would adore. They also just listed the position so I have a bit of time to decide yet. I may have more details tomorrow.

  163. 163.

    Midnight Marauder

    @KG:

    So, I had to run up to the courthouse today to file some paper work. And guess who was in line for the attorney window in the clerk’s office right in front of me?
    __
    None other than Orly Taitz.
    __
    I wanted to say something to her but she just had this strange glazed over look in her eyes… lights on but nobody home type thing.

    I believe you are a far better person than me. I feel pretty confident that I would have pulled out a chloroformed soaked rag, dragged her into a broom closet somewhere in the boiler room of the courthouse, locked the door, thrown away the key, and done the rest of this country a favor of epic proportions.

    But then again, I am just a dude who cares about freedom. YMMV.

  164. 164.

    asiangrrlMN

    @freelancer (itouch): You going to bed? I’m not yet. Steepman is.

    @BDeevDad: Here you go. This was the first story about it. “Green balloons” was the safe phrase, and, of course, the locals added juice to it.

    @Yutsano: Oh, well, then, nothing to get excited about, is there? I thought you were showing FLESH. Hey, my friend in NC who got a lot of snow was gonna go to The Bonefish Grill tonight. Funny. And, at least apply for the other job. What could it hurt?

  165. 165.

    asiangrrlMN

    Goddamn it. Too many links. Part one:

    @freelancer (itouch): You going to bed? I’m not yet. Steepman is.

    @Yutsano: Oh, well, then, nothing to get excited about, is there? I thought you were showing FLESH. Hey, my friend in NC who got a lot of snow was gonna go to The Bonefish Grill tonight. Funny. And, at least apply for the other job. What could it hurt?

  168. 168.

    Midnight Marauder

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I like the way you think. I have to admit that I would have been sorely tempted to follow your plan.

    Always nice to meet someone else down for the cause of Freedom. I really don’t think we taunt wingnuts enough about their sudden “WHY DO YOU HATE THE TROOPS/SUPPORT THE TERRORISTS?!” change of stance. A) Those jokes never get old; and B) See A.

  169. 169.

    daryljfontaine

    @Midnight Marauder: I don’t even think you’d need the chloroform; just tell her there’s a copy of the REAL Kenyan birth certificate on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard’.

    The rest takes care of itself.

    D

  170. 170.

    Yutsano

    @Midnight Marauder:

    I really don’t think we taunt wingnuts enough about their sudden “WHY DO YOU HATE THE TROOPS/SUPPORT THE TERRORISTS?!”

    I swear to FSM if I hear a wingnut spout this bullshit off one more time I’m gonna throw the Republicans voting against the defense bill back in their faces. I’d love to see them justify that little fit all in the name of political gamesmanship. BTW does anyone know who the three Repubs are who dared to break the party line?

  172. 172.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I thought you were showing FLESH.

    Heh. You just wanna see me naked. You need to get some.

    And, at least apply for the other job. What could it hurt?

    I’m leaning towards that. In fact, I’m going through what all is keeping me from doing so. The main one is I don’t know enough about the company yet. Allah forbid I end up working for/with a ton of wingnuts!

  175. 175.

    Midnight Marauder

    @daryljfontaine:

    I don’t even think you’d need the chloroform; just tell her there’s a copy of the REAL Kenyan birth certificate on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard’.
    __
    The rest takes care of itself.

    Um, that’s all fine and dandy, but where is the fun in that? Did you think I just brought this dirty rag and bottle of cheaply purchased chloroform to this courthouse for nothing?!

    But that is a pretty solid Plan B.

  176. 176.

    asiangrrlMN

    @BDeevDad: Yeah, I’m not crazy about it, but that’s the origin.

    @Yutsano: Of course I wanted to see leg! I’m all about the skin, bay-bee. As for your other point, it certainly couldn’t hurt.

    And, as to the job, just apply. You don’t have to accept an offer.

    @Midnight Marauder: Oh my god. I am a sick and twisted woman because I cracked up over this. Man. That is all kinds of funny to me right now.

    +1

  177. 177.

    Jason Bylinowski

    I’ll just say right here that the movie Paranormal Activity is the reason I am still awake right now. Shit is definitely bumping in the night. Haven’t been this skeered since I discovered Slender Man. (If Lovecraft freaks you out, do NOT look this term up.) Don’t expect any great acting, but man, they knew what they were doing with the suspense. Shit on a stick. Thank God for X-a-n-a-x, is all I can say.

  178. 178.

    R-Jud

    @Max: I’m 5’11” so Gap’s one of the few places I can buy jeans off the rack. Victoria’s Secret, would you believe, offers a lot of inseam choices, and their sizes are not ridiculously small like the Gap, where I magically become two sizes larger than I am most anywhere else. The trousers at VS also have some nice flattering cuts.

    Don’t even get me started about buying shoes in a size 12. Nowadays I just give up and find the nearest drag queen for help.

  180. 180.

    Yutsano

    @arguingwithsignposts: In six hours you get the new love of your life. You get to experience a new definition of love beyond anything else you’ve had. Plus we’re gonna be as cantankerous as evah here. So ganbatte kudasai!

  181. 181.

    asiangrrlMN

    @arguingwithsignposts: Hey! You can’t just DEMAND to be cheered up. I mean, it’s not that easy–ok. Read the posts about kidnapping Orly Taintz. They’re pretty funny. And, think about how much fun you’ll have snuggling with Smudgey. What a doll.

  184. 184.

    Anne Laurie

    @BDeevDad:

    What does Green Balloon Juice reference? It’s not yet in the lexicon, but I’ve seen it referenced multiple times the past few days.

    Okay, I put a rough draft in the Lexicon. Who gets credit for the genius spin on Rod Jetton’s thuggery?

  186. 186.

    Yutsano

    @Anne Laurie: Can we just call it a groupthink definition? Jetton started it then we all pretty much ran with it. I never doubt the sheer genius I see here.

  188. 188.

    Anne Laurie

    @Max:

    There is nothing that brings out the self-loathing more than jean shopping.

    You forgot about…. swimsuits.

    Or for that matter, brassieres. Speaking of a situation where as soon as you finally find a brand & model that fits well and is comfortable, you’re well advised to buy every one you can find, because it’s going to be discontinued with extreme prejudice.

    I mean, I can and do live without jeans (go, AsianGrrrl!) but it’s not possible in most modern American settings to avoid brassieres and swimsuits entirely if you’re a woman over the age of 21.

  189. 189.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Anne Laurie: Yes, I completely agree with you about bras. I am a well-endowed gal, and it’s so damn demoralizing to try to find a good-fitting bra that is also cute. Forget swimsuits. I haven’t bought one of those in years, either. Too depressing.

    @Yutsano: I actually read that as dicknap. I made up the rest, but yeah, ok, maybe I do need to get laid.

    @arguingwithsignposts: Yes. Ben Nelson could definitely use a punch…somewhere.

    Night, all. I need to try to sleep.

  190. 190.

    Yutsano

    @arguingwithsignposts: Funny since she has a massive crush on Rachel. Of course this whole health care mishegas is taking a lot out of all of us.

    ETA: Ben Nelson could benefit from a punch in the neck too.

    I wouldn’t waste the effort. A vegetable peeler and lemon juice however, now that will be fun.

  191. 191.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Yes, I completely agree with you about bras. I am a well-endowed gal

    You know, for a male with other predilections that would be a major tease. However your feminine wiles shall have no effect on me. Nope, not gonna happen, nuh-huh.

  192. 192.

    Tattoosydney

    @Yutsano: @asiangrrlMN:

    Hello there. In Bangkok. Hot. Went today to see a temple with a roof covered in multicoloured mirrored tiles. Possibly the gayest thing I have ever seen. Also saw a 25 metre long gold reclining Buddha.

    TS + 3 (surprisingly good caipirinhas)

    eta: bugger. Everyone asleep.

  195. 195.

    demkat620

    Morning all! Snow here already. Probably about an inch. SUX! I have to run out and grab a couple things before it gets bad.

  196. 196.

    R-Jud

    @Anne Laurie:

    Or for that matter, brassieres. Speaking of a situation where as soon as you finally find a brand & model that fits well and is comfortable, you’re well advised to buy every one you can find, because it’s going to be discontinued with extreme prejudice.

    Ugh. I don’t have much of a problem finding fashion bras as 34D is not so obscure, but sports bras that actually do what they are supposed to? Insanely hard. The only one that works for me is the Enell sports bra, and it’s a) hideous; b) expensive; c) almost impossible to purchase without having to wait three weeks because they’re all on backorder.

    TattooSydney, so glad you’re enjoying your honeymoon!

  197. 197.

    WereBear

    @arguingwithsignposts: Smudge! That is an excellent name. The nicknames, of course, will follow.

    I had a Smidget, who was a wonderful cat.

    Sorry Steep is gone, because that description of DC during a snowstorm was exactly how my husband nostagically described it. Made me LOL.

  198. 198.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @AhabTRuler 12:17 am

    Very nice. It’s the portable chemical toilet that lends your snow scene that incomparable, ethereal, little-town-of-Bethlehem quality.

  199. 199.

    mandarama

    @eric:

    @Max: difference #2435 between men and women: women know which stores and designers have clothes that fit differently and how; guys…um, not so much. most guys reading this are silently saying to themselves: “really?”

    Yeah, that’s because for the most part, men’s clothing manufacturers think they have consumers to please, and women’s clothing manufacturers think they have victims to torture.

    My husband can walk into any store, pick up pants with his waist / inseam, and walk out. No trying on, and of course he never worries about whether they’re on sale, either–he’s just, “I need pants.” The one time he tried on some different designer, he said “These aren’t right,” and went back over to Dockers. Whereas if I try on something and it doesn’t fit in my regular size, I’ve been conditioned to think there’s something wrong with me rather than the jeans.

    Men aren’t gonna spend hours trying shit on, so Levi’s or whomever knows they better standardize. Women would like to not spend hours trying shit on either, but there’s not much choice. I can wear clothes in THREE size ranges, depending on the manufacturer. (Though I’m not delusional enough to think that the smaller number means I’m in fact smaller.)

  201. 201.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: LOVE Rachel, but watching her show was giving me agita I didn’t need. And, as for my boobies, if they can sway you, I would be VERY impressed.

    @Tattoosydney: Hi, honey. Glad you’re having a good time on the honeymoon. I’ve been to that temple with the lounging Buddha. Impressive, ain’t he?

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