Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Maybe you would prefer that we take Joelle’s side in ALL CAPS?

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

“Let’s not pretend [Trump] wants to engage in high-minded discourse.”

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

‘Museums aren’t America’s attic for its racist shit.’

President Biden is doing good where he can, and getting it done.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Fight them, without becoming them!

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

with the Kraken taking a plea, the Cheese stands alone.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

There’s always a light at the end of the frog.

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If you are seeing this, it is because I am still out to dinner and this pre-scheduled thread came up.

I am sure this will fuel rumors that Tunch is actually running the website. That, of course, is absurd, because everyone knows Tunch hates WordPress.

And since I am Tunch is writing this ahead of the time and have no idea what the score is, let me restate how much I hate Dallas.

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  1. 1.

    Emo Pantload (fka Studly)

    I share teh Cowboy hatred, but can’t exactly get behind Michael Vick, either. Bah.

  6. 6.

    Yutsano

    @Jim: Which do you hate more? (Keep in mind there is only one right answer to this question.) Whichever one that is, root for the opposite.

  7. 7.

    Hann1bal

    I have a question here: Is it worth it to subscribe to Mother Jones? I just got an offer from them, see, and I’m sort of thinking about it. The only magazine I’m currently subscribed to is National Geographic (I get it for the pictures). Anyone have any thoughts?

  9. 9.

    Thoroughly Pizzled

    So some people are already saying that Coakley deserves to lose in Mass., because then, obviously, that will get us a public option, or even better. I really don’t know how their minds work.

  10. 10.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    I hate the Cowboys, and you should too. But since all right thinking people should root for the ‘Aints, my spouse is reading and I’m surfing the web rather than watching the game.

  14. 14.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    I don’t know what all of you are doing, but I just received from Netflix, The #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. I am in total love. If you haven’t seen it, I have to highly recommend it based on the pilot, which all I’ve watched so far. The woman who plays Precious is mesmerizing.

    They’re predicting 50 degrees here tomorrow. Can I get a halleluia AMEN!? And possibly spell-check?

  16. 16.

    Max

    @Bad Horse’s Filly: I watched it over the summer when it was on HBO. @John Cole was watching it too, if I remember correctly.

    I love Jill Scott (Precious), her acting is great, but her singing is amazing.

    My fav song of hers is here.

  18. 18.

    SarahLoving

    @JohnCole

    Did you see that Andrew actually admitted to being an idiot over calling for Napolitano’s head? He writes thusly:

    My first impulse – that Napolitano should take the fall – was one expression of this, reflecting the British notion that the minister involved should resign whether or not he or she was directly responsible for the debacle…
    That was my first impulse. But I understand this is culturally British – and even a relic as British politics have become less principled since. So my “off with her head!” initial response was ill-advised, even dumb in retrospect.

  19. 19.

    Emo Pantload (fka Studly)

    Can anyone describe this tag-team QB thang the Eagles have going? Seems to run counter to everything I thought I knew about the position.

  20. 20.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @arguingwithsignposts: I could just dive into Smudge’s eyes and drown of happiness. Whut. A. Luv.

  21. 21.

    Joshua Norton

    Hey Tunch. How about giving us the Admin password in case you want to, you know, take a nap or something. It will never go beyond this immediate blog. I promise.

  22. 22.

    geg6

    Gotta cheer for the cross state team, much as I cannot feel good about cheering for a team with Vick on it. But as a Steeler fan, the Cowboys must always DIAF. Meanwhile, I am finally getting over the hangover from my embarrassing drunken bacchanalia last night with my John which ended with us drinking cheap shots in the local VFW while playing Motown on the jukebox and singing along. Loudly.

  24. 24.

    arguingwithsignposts

    Well, unless the tides turn drastically in the second half, it looks like y’all will have another week to hate the Cowboys.

  26. 26.

    Yutsano

    @geg6: You are a prime target for a good karaoke night. I wouldn’t recommend taking me though. I went barhopping with a friend in Corvallis (you’d think during the OSU school year would be the time to go, but it turned out to be much more fun in the summer) and we went to a place with karaoke. My turn came up and I had a ballad queued up. I actually heard folks groan when it started then the part where I came in came up. According to a friend of mine jaws dropped all over the bar. They expected a massive crash and burn, they got a tender version of the song. I even had folks slow dancing to it. So uhh yeah I kinda wreck the whole point. Or not.

  31. 31.

    Glocksman

    @RedKitten:

    He’ll be an excellent addition to the Steelers offense 23 years from now. :)
    The mad jumping skillz will make him a much sought after receiver.

  33. 33.

    Midnight Marauder

    The Eagles are absolutely imploding on themselves to close out the half. Go ahead and put up another score, Romo. You know you want to.

  34. 34.

    Yutsano

    @Max: I have been predicting a BJ baby boom here for quite some time. It wouldn’t hurt my feeling to be proven right in this regard. :)

  39. 39.

    RedKitten

    @Emo Pantload (fka Studly): Me too. Can you imagine if they made adult-sized ones? They would be incredibly popular at parties.

    Oh, and for the record, the walls in my powder room aren’t actually Smurf blue. They’re more of a muted aqua, but the lighting was a bit off.

  40. 40.

    demkat620

    @Emo Pantload (fka Studly): I can explain it for you.

    Stupid.

    How’s that three year extention for Andy Reid looking now Jeff?

    God I am sick of Andy Reid. And I can assure you that this will be a direct quote at tonight’s presser:

    ‘I didn’t put the team in a position to win.” Fire his fat ass now.

  41. 41.

    Seth 4:10

    What is the fascination with Jerry Jones? Does any other owner get that much attention during a game?

  42. 42.

    Glocksman

    @Notorious P.A.T.:

    I shake my head in wonder as well…
    ..at the lack of it.

    As a lifelong Steeler fan (and Colts fan after the move to Indy), I just can’t understand why anyone outside of Dallas would be a Cowgirls fan.

    ..though as they say in Poland, que sera, sera. ;)

  44. 44.

    Mark

    Does anybody need a new dishonest NY Times reporter to dislike? Jennifer Steinhauer, the California correspondent, really irks me. She is the master of equivocation – instead of noting that California wingnuts refuse to play ball in the legislature, she falls on the tired old fallacy of “low legislative approval”:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/us/10calif.html?hp=&pagewanted=all

    “California voters are distinctly unimpressed with the roles played in the crisis by the governor and legislators. Many lawmakers cater to the fringe elements of their respective political parties and are beholden to special interests that finance their campaigns. A paltry 13 percent of registered voters approve of the job the Legislature does”

    I disapprove of the job the legislature does, too. But that’s because republican nutbags and governor jerkoff have a veto over any form of adult decision in the state.

    Steinhauer, of course, never mentions Prop. 13 when she writes anything, as though the Democrats just need half the votes in the legislature to get things done and they’re too incompetent to do so.

    I sent her an email and called her on it. I told her she was disingenuous and distorted the situation in California. She said she would not communicate with me if I called her a liar. The truth hurts, girl!!!

  45. 45.

    Moonbatting Average

    @Glocksman: In my case, I “tolerate” the Cowboys ’cause my better half is a fan. so there you go. Also, hating on Vick is a bonus

  47. 47.

    Fax Paladin

    @Thoroughly Pizzled: Wow. I think it’s been a couple of decades, at least since I read the story your name comes from. I don’t even remember the title or who wrote it, but I remember the phrase…

  49. 49.

    A.Political

    Tunch owns the the domain….he need not trifle himself with mere postings…he has John to do that.

  53. 53.

    Doctor Science

    @redkitten: …painful …cuteness. Warning: his hijinks will not necessarily seem so cute when he’s twenty. Not that I’m thinking of my first-born or anything …

    Distractions:

    Warriors of Ice puzzle. Extra-hard IMHO.

    Book: The Demon Breed, by James Schmitz. If James Cameron wanted to do a movie with a plot and characterization, this would be an amazing choice.

  54. 54.

    geg6

    Yutsano @24: Well, people were pretty much laughing at us, I am sure, but too polite to do it too loudly. Thaddeus Horne @35: It’s true that we’ve all done this at some point. However, you would think that at ages 51 and 62, we’d have gotten this sort of thing out of our systems decades ago. Apparently not though. Embarrassing as it was and as much as we’ve suffered for it today, it was hella fun at the time.

  56. 56.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @Delia:
    That’s actually a pretty fun idea. I’ll have to work on that in Photoshop tomorrow. Stay tuned.

    In other news: F**k me! I finally get WoW installed, start it up, and it immediately prompts me to install a patch … a 1.4 GB patch.! WTF!

  57. 57.

    Tattoosydney

    @yutsano

    Where I come from drunkenness is a national pasttime, so thanks!

    3am, been drinking sugar cane spirit in the street with the beautiful people of Lisbon. Life is good.

    My best friend would say – if you don’t like it, fuck off, fucker. Excuse gratuitous swearing – it’s been that kind of night. How you?

  58. 58.

    KG

    @Emo Pantload (fka Studly): they use Vick in the “Wildcat” formation (which really isn’t anything other than having a back up take a snap). The Jets have been using Brad Smith the same way lately. The Jets have been using it to run honest to FSM option plays, and the few times I was subjected to Eagles games this year, it looks like that’s what they were doing to.

    Almost everyone started doing it after Miami did it a few years ago losing their starter. They stole it from Arkansas where McFadden would be used in it quite a bit.

  59. 59.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @jeffreyw: Yeah, I can see that. How old was she? Smudge is nine months, and it’s still pretty pronounced. Hopefully she won’t grow out of it. It’s distinctive. :)

  60. 60.

    lamh31

    Saw “It’s Complicated” with my friend. I don’t know about her, but I really enjoyed it. A little to much ole people sex for my taste (kidding ole folks), but Meryl Strep & Steve Martin did not disappoint! And I’m a little more infatuated with Alec Baldwin, even though he called his daughter a “pig”. Ya’ll just don’t understand him like I do…LOL!

  64. 64.

    geg6

    lamh31 @58: I’ve always had an odd crush on Steve Martin. Just find him attractive for no good reason. Meanwhile, I am considering watching “(This Is) Spinal Tap” which is available OnDemand. For about the 1,000th time. My only hesitation is that every time I watch it, I start using all the catchphrases in casual conversation. And you can’t imagine the weird looks you get when you start complaining about midgets trampling Stonehenge.

  65. 65.

    Persia

    @Glocksman: I have to disagree: I think the Dallas cheerleaders are fine.

    Because you weren’t using some sort of ridiculous ‘men I don’t like are girls’ analogy back there, right? Because seriously, I graduated middle school, like, two decades ago, and it was lame then.

  66. 66.

    Emo Pantload (fka Studly)

    Well, that was a nice Eagle drive while it lasted. One was bound to happen at some point in the game, eh?

    Oh, and Mrs. Pantload is wishing unpleasant things upon Vick. Think Joe Theismann. Not. A. Fan.

  72. 72.

    Emo Pantload (fka Studly)

    @geg6:

    Smart comedians get their share of groupie-wannabes. My mom thought Woody Allen (as well as Steve Martin) was all that, and I suspect she wasn’t the only girl to think so. Oh, and it works both ways; don’t even get me started on Sarah Silverman. rawr

  74. 74.

    Midnight Marauder

    Is Jerry Jones really chumming it up with W. in his luxury suite right now? Wow, that is even more gross than the trailer for this new Mel Gibson movie. I can only hope that the terrorists somehow still find a way to win this ballgame.

  77. 77.

    Yutsano

    @Tattoosydney: I decided to indulge myself since I’ve done some housework and went and snagged some ice cream from a fast food joint and am now eating soft serve with chocolate covered pecans. I have the house totally to myself and I turned off the football game and am now watching “Ratatouille”, another movie it took me too long to see but I’ve fallen in love with. Otherwise I still have to do laundry at some point tonight but I’m all caught up.

  78. 78.

    Emo Pantload (fka Studly)

    If this were the NFL network, you can be sure Brooking’s little pep rant would include a juicy MF-er in there.

  81. 81.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @AhabTRuler #36

    Wow, amazing photo. They make a perfect yin-yang Tao symbol, don’t they?

  83. 83.

    Glocksman

    @Persia:

    That they are indeed.
    Though it takes more than mere sex to seduce me away from the Steelers*.

    *I might consider turning if the Dark Side offers unlimited power along with teh seks. :)

  87. 87.

    Ann

    I think Tunch could be a brilliant blogger. Go kippy!
    And go Iggles! (I’m from Philadelphia and that’s how we say it there, although things are not looking too good.)

  88. 88.

    Glocksman

    Though if I were seduced by the Dark Side, I’d use my newfound power to both choke every AQ operative to death while ‘persuading’ (weak minds are easy, dont’cha know?) the House and Senate to vote for single payer healthcare.

  89. 89.

    Gravenstone

    @arguingwithsignposts: Yeah, there have been a few major updates since Lich King launched. Currently patch 3.3 so you’ve got some catching up to do to download the full monty. Looking forward to seeing you in game once you get it all down.

  90. 90.

    ellaesther

    I just saw this on TPM, and had to come over and share it with y’all:

    Despite selling his only home in Massachusetts, former Gov. Mitt Romney (R) voted last month in the state’s Republican primary to choose a candidate for Sen. Ted Kennedy’s seat using his son’s address and has already mailed in a ballot for the Jan. 19 special election.

    I blame ACORN.

  94. 94.

    jl

    Hey, Tunch, enough with the joshing. You should let Cole post something soon. I think he’s been the doghouse long enough. He does pretty good foodie posts. Given him a break, OK?

  97. 97.

    The Ace Tomato Company

    I am still having a hard time coming to grips with all the bed wetting surrounding the recent shutdown of Newark airport.

    Have we become a nation of paranoid and hysterical weenies? A free society comes with some risk, but apparently we’re willing to trade that for an incompetent securtiy state and a pathetic press corps which treats every minor incident as a terrifying grave threat and a reason to go into full lock-down mode.

    All this will accomplish will be to prove that terrorism works spectacularly.

    2 weeks ago, an incompetent terrorist manages to burn off his ballsack and, as a result, we’re shutting down major international airports and staging a full scale manhunt because some lovesick graduate student wants to be with his girlfriend. Sure, he acted like a fool, but is the response really proportionate?

    Me thinks the government got burned and are throwing the book at him to cover their embarrassment.

    I also feel badly for all the poor passangers needlessly stranded for hours, but if we all pulled our heads out of our asses, we wouldn’t be overreacting to all this in the first place.

    All you people defending this security charade and a bunch of terrified cowards who deserve neither liberty, nor security.

    I swear, if this were the Cuban Missile Crisis, we would have been so scared of Communists, we would have forced the entire country to hide under our beds, immediately before we pissed our pants and feinted.

  98. 98.

    Glocksman

    @PTirebiter:

    I sure have because I can forgive or overlook every sin except two.
    One is being a wingnut Republican.
    The other is being a Cowboys fan.

    IOW, I don’t mind if she imagines I’m Jim Kelly or Kordell Stewart if she doesn’t mind me imagining Jennifer Aniston or Miki Tan in return.

    Being a Dallas fan is beyond the pale…

  99. 99.

    MikeJ

    Tattoosydney still around? I made up a batch of that Portuguese milk liquor he talked about, and I guess it’s about ready. How do you serve it?

  101. 101.

    MikeJ

    @RedKitten: My biggest regret in life is that I blew off going to the card game of a friend of mine that she played in. That’s what I get for being faithful to my girlfriend in DC and my girlfriend in ____.

  102. 102.

    Glocksman

    @RedKitten:

    Without going into salacious detail, I find her incredibly hot for some reason.
    I can’t put it into words why, but Captain Happy can’t be debated with.

  103. 103.

    Emo Pantload (fka Studly)

    @The Ace Tomato Company:

    “I swear, if this were the Cuban Missile Crisis, we would have been so scared of Communists, we would have forced the entire country to hide under our beds, immediately before we pissed our pants and feinted.”

    Are you saying this was not the case? I’m old enough to remember duck-and-cover drills. Yeah, we were hiding and piddling ourselves — when we weren’t destroying careers by the assload merely by pointing and shouting, “Communist!”

    Wonder why we’re so good at being afraid of our shadow? We’ve had a couple generations of practice.

  107. 107.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    I think the Dallas cheerleaders are fine.

    Me too. Do the cheerleaders at least benefit from Dallas winning?

  108. 108.

    Emo Pantload (fka Studly)

    @Glocksman:

    Do *not* tell me you’ve had celeb fantasies?! I mean, there are actresses that will absolutely glue my eyes to the screen (Amy Adams and Vera Farmiga come to mind, and don’t get me started on Elaine May from back in the day). But none that have ever gotten Little Emo’s, er, “attention.”

  111. 111.

    MikeJ

    @burnspbesq: Not those on the Acela. I hate hate hate flying through there (goddamned Virgin/Continental codeshare), but taking Acela from DC to PennSta you have to pass through.

    I was on Acela the day the AA flight went into Jamaica Bay and environs and you’d be shocked at how much a non-terrorists aircrash screwed up rail travel.

  112. 112.

    Yutsano

    @RedKitten: I dunno. My brother finds her doable but she just looks cute to me. Of course I don’t bat for her team so that may have some influence there.

  114. 114.

    ellaesther

    @Sentient Puddle: Ooooh, so WordPress is actually a sentient (no offense to you, of course), if evil being which was able to sniff out and reveal the truth!

    Perhaps. I think it would be irresponsible not to speculate.

  117. 117.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    I have a question for the ladies of Ballon-Juice – I got lash extensions this week – has anyone else gotten them? How often do you have to have retouch them? I’m amazed at how much of a difference they make. Of course I had no eyelashes to speak of before. Likes, dislikes, etc…

    And yeah, I know it’s a girly topic…but the boys are discussing what gets Mr. Happy’s ‘attention’ so turnabout and all.

  118. 118.

    PTirebiter

    @Glocksman:

    I guess I should have known that. It was after the crowd cheered Michael Irvin’s broken neck at Veterans, when I first I realized that Philly fans are nothing, if not gracious. Oh, and best of luck with your imaginary friends.

  119. 119.

    RedKitten

    @Bad Horse’s Filly: Thanks. :) Yeah, he’s really starting to get the hang of that thing. At first, he wasn’t sure what to do with it, and so would just tap his feet like a bathroom-stall Republican. Finally he figured out that he can jump in it, and he’s been doing the one-legged bouncing ever since, the goofy baby.

  124. 124.

    arguingwithsignposts

    Yet another F**K Me! Download the 1.4 GB patch, log in and I’m downloading ANOTHER 500 MB patch! God, Mac OS doesn’t even do this sh*t. !#%$@#%!!

  125. 125.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    @RedKitten: Other than the hour and half to have them applied, 1 by 1, so far, I’m thrilled with them. No more mascara, no eyeliner (for some reason the process darkens lashes at the root area, so kinda looks like it’s already there). My makeup routine is down to about 3 minutes in the a.m. and no racoon eyes by noon.

    How often I have to have them re-applied will be the real tell – 45 minutes and $75 every 4-6 weeks is what they said to expect.

  126. 126.

    madmommy

    @RedKitten:

    I love that he’s bouncing left-legged. Just wait till he’s had it a while. My little guy would sort of run a few steps then jump, which caused a swing/bounce effect that was a guaranteed giggle-fit for him.

  127. 127.

    Glocksman

    @PTirebiter:

    You misunderstand.
    I am not a Philly Eagles fan.
    I am a ‘anyone except the cowboys’ fan.

    If the Cowgirls beat the iggles and went down in defeat to Brett Farve’s Vikings next week, I’d proabbly even be more happy.

  133. 133.

    Emo Pantload (fka Studly)

    @Glocksman:

    “there were more serious disagreements that drove us apart.”

    I’m sure there were, but sometimes something like that proves emblematic of failed romances, eh? One of my ex’s, for example, I refer to as “The Bad Girlfriend.” All I have to do when describing her to others is state, “she actually liked Friends,” and they immediately get my drift. (No offense meant to you; and I find Aniston easy enough on the eyes, but the only thing I’ve seen her in that I haven’t wanted to walk out on or turn off is Derailed.)

  138. 138.

    Garrigus Carraig

    Been an Iggles fan from the womb, & I would rather we had not made the playoffs than get pwned by Dallas two weeks in a row. Pitchers & catchers cannot come soon enough. GC+5.

  139. 139.

    Sentient Puddle

    @arguingwithsignposts: I forget, but isn’t there an option to download the essential files, and then have the download continue in the background while you play the game? I seem to remember being able to do that in one of my trials, which let me get into the game after about 15 minutes.

  141. 141.

    PTirebiter

    @Glocksman:

    I understood you perfectly well. It doesn’t change my thinking. You put on your make-up, and became a Philly fan for the night. Part time whores are not any more, nor any less respectable than their full-time colleagues.

  143. 143.

    FlipYrWhig

    Apropos of a few concurrent discussions, I can’t say that I have ever noticed any aspect of a person’s eyelashes, and I assumed it was something that perhaps women noticed about other women but to which men were utterly oblivious.

  144. 144.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @Sentient Puddle:
    But I couldn’t join the BJ guild with the trial version. The trial version was a really quick download. It’s almost finished now. Hopefully there are no more surprises.

    ETA: It would seem to make sense to me that they would incorporate the patches into new sales of the game, and leave the patches for people who have older versions.

  149. 149.

    abscam

    @Thoroughly Pizzled: I held a sign for Coakley yesterday when they were taping the debate aired today. Brown’s supporters greeted us with repeated one finger salutes and referred to all of her supporters as communists. One guy even brought his homemade tea bagger sign to hold up. I cannot in my wildest imagings understand why any sentient, intelligent human could possibly prefer these people’s candidate. All anyone needs to do is look at his positions–he’ll take us right back to the Stone Age.

  164. 164.

    Mnemosyne

    @WaterGirl:

    In that picture, she was about six weeks old. She’s almost seven months old now. G (aka my spousal unit) found her and her sister in the parking lot at his office. Someone else took her sister, and we have finally decided to keep Charlotte.

    She immediately decided that our cat Keaton was her new mommy, which is a little weird since he’s a neutered male. He’s a really, really nurturing neutered male, though, so he rolled with it.

  165. 165.

    MelodyMaker

    Oh. No. Cuteness war is … hang on.

    edit: ok, I’ll get back to ya. You win this one, yutsano. fukr. John Cole did put my tortie on the front page.

  166. 166.

    Mnemosyne

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    Now that she fetches, Charlotte will soon be the next YouTube star with her repertoire of fetching, jumping five feet in the air to try and look out the peephole in the front door, and taking a shower in the litter when G refills the litterbox. I just have to make him haul out and charge the good video camera and we will have the new Maru.

  167. 167.

    WaterGirl

    @Mnemosyne: I have never been around kittens (only grown cats) so it’s amazing to see how different she looks at 7 months compared to her baby picture. :-) Very sweet photos with Keaton, too. You said you “finally decided” to keep Charlotte… has she been with you for the whole 6 months?

  168. 168.

    Mnemosyne

    @WaterGirl:

    It’s funny that she suddenly grew these high cheekbones like a supermodel after having her fuzzy kitten face. We’ve had her the whole time — we were the only ones willing to take her and her sister home for the weekend when G first found them. Someone else in his office was supposed to take both her and her sister, but she backed out. Someone else took her sister a few weeks later, but Charlotte just stayed. We kept saying we were just fostering her, but clearly we were fooling ourselves.

  169. 169.

    mcd410x

    I hate to tell Bill Simmons, but the two teams that are big-play passing teams lost today. Maybe running is important (NYJ-Cin both rushed for 171 yards; Dallas 198-56).

  170. 170.

    MelodyMaker

    Welcome home, asianGrllMN. It’s getting warmer soon. I’ll be running around in shorts by Wednesday.

  171. 171.

    WaterGirl

    @Mnemosyne: I had a dog like that. First I kept him for a week while my friends (who lived next door to the people that abandoned him) went on their one week vacation. Then I was just keeping him until they found someone who could take him (so he wouldn’t be moved to yet another temporary location and then have move again). Then I was just keeping him for a few weeks until my friends fenced in their yard and could take him. Before you knew it he was my dog. I never wanted a big dog, a boy dog, or a black dog, and he was all three, but he was a truly great dog and we never looked back.

  172. 172.

    Mnemosyne

    @WaterGirl:

    Of the three cats, she’s the only one who will regularly sit in my lap and not just on special occasions, so that didn’t hurt her chances. ;-)

  173. 173.

    WaterGirl

    @Mnemosyne: No, I don’t suppose it did! :-)

    Three weeks ago I lost my sweet kitty. I was never a cat person, but I fell for him like a ton of bricks. He had the best personality, met me at the door, sat in my lap, snuggled with me at night, came when I called him, used the scratching post, was part of the pack with the dogs. I miss him terribly and I can’t imagine ever finding anyone like him again.

    I am watching all the kitty pictures with great interest and they all seem sweet. But when you have a kitten, how could you ever know what they will look like and what the personality will turn out to be?

  175. 175.

    Steeplejack

    @Persia:

    SNL is way past its prime. At least I can remember when Charles Barkley was a good basketball player. SNL funny–not so much.

  176. 176.

    Beej

    The Cowboys need to lose and lose and lose and lose. Maybe after 5000 or so losses, they will have atoned for daring to call themselves “America’s team”. Then again, maybe not. There is, of course, only one pro football team which can even consider calling itself America’s team-the Green Bay Packers.

  177. 177.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Mnemosyne: Aw, your Charlotte is sooo cute (as are the usual resident cats, Smudge, Bea, Toby, Henri, Momo, etc., and, of course, our FYWP overlord, Tunch). I have read that neutered male cats actually do really well as adopted mommies of fostered kittens, so Keaton is in good company.

    All the kittehs are teh cute, obviously, so I declare a tie.

    But, for the pure joy of it, RedKitten wins the intertoobz for her vid of SamKitten bouncing around in glee. Yutsano knows me all-too-well. I let out a big “Awwwwww” when I clicked on the link.

    @MelodyMaker: Take a picture of you in shorts as evidence! Thanks for the welcome back. It’s good to be back.

  179. 179.

    Steeplejack

    @WaterGirl:

    I miss him terribly and I can’t imagine ever finding anyone like him again.
    __
    I am watching all the kitty pictures with great interest and they all seem sweet. But when you have a kitten, how could you ever know what they will look like and what the personality will turn out to be?

    You can’t know ahead of time, but that’s part of the, er, rich tapestry of life or some such. [&#042cough&#042] You’ll find another cat–if you want to, and when the time is right. The new cat won’t be like your recently departed sweet kitty, but you’ll have a new great relationship–the relationship that you’re supposed to have with the new cat.

    Short version: it’s all good. You’re hurting now, and that’s okay. Remember the good times. They will come again. Take it from this ol’ cat wrangler.

  180. 180.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Steeplejack: Seconded. WaterGirl, there will never be a cat to replace your beloved, but there can be a cat who will fill your heart in a completely different way. Kittens are a crapshoot when you get ’em, like kids. If you would rather know the personality of your cat, it might be better to get an adult one. At any rate, your heart will let you know when you’re ready.

  181. 181.

    Glocksman

    @PTirebiter:

    Ha!
    Though if the Brett Farve who has 400+yard and 3 touchdown games* shows up next week, I wonder if you’ll be so humorous then??

    *Of course the risk is that the Brett Farve who throws 7 INT’s, 3 of which are returned for TD’s will show up instead.

    I guess that’s part of what makes watching the Vikings (I normally don’t care about the Vikes either way) interesting.

  182. 182.

    Glocksman

    @mcd410x:

    My real team is teh Stillers and has been since 1974.
    That holds true despite being a lifelong Hoosier whose second favorite team is the Colts.

    I cheer the Colts on unless they’re playing Pittsburgh.
    That said. on more than one occasion I’ve wondered if I’d make it out of the sports bar alive after shouting ‘YES’ when Pittsburgh scored against Indy.

    Despite the dirty looks I always have, so I guess we redneck Hoosiers are either more civilized than English soccer hooligans or we just really don’t care after all. :)

  183. 183.

    Max

    Can I just say how much I LOVE how the PUMA’s are using some serious pretzel logic to blame Obama for the things coming out in the Halperin, etal book about WJC and HRC.

    Next week is going to be so much fun!

    Also, too. Did anyone see Donna Brazile “debate” Liz Cheney? Donna said on Twitter she was going to, but I’m in CA, so I didn’t see it.

  184. 184.

    Mnemosyne

    @WaterGirl:

    But when you have a kitten, how could you ever know what they will look like and what the personality will turn out to be?

    Older kittens — from about 4 months old on up — will have fairly developed personalities, so you’ll have a good idea of what they’ll be like from the start. Young kittens are definitely a crapshoot, which is one of the reasons Charlotte was on the bubble for so long. We had to wait and see what direction she was going before we could make a final decision. If she turned out to be a loner, we were all going to be much happier if we found her a home where she could rule all with one paw. So far, it looks like she wants to be the new #2 in the pecking order but is otherwise perfectly content living as part of a pride, so I think we’ll be okay.

    We lost two cats in two years — including my sweetheart Boris, who I’d had since my last year of college — so I understand the reluctance to get another animal that’s going to break your heart someday. It helped that we had two at a time so when we saw how lonely Boris was on his own, we went out and got him a kitten. (Which he didn’t appreciate at first, of course. ;-) My mom and my brother both had only one cat and they both swear they’re never going to get another one because losing that one after 17 or 20 years was just too painful.

  185. 185.

    PTirebiter

    @Glocksman:
    I like to think I keep my sense of humor come rain or shine.
    I grew up in Los Angeles rooting for the old Rams, so it was pretty much a necessity.
    The truth is, after the second loss to the Giants, my expectations hit bottom; last night’s beat-down of the Eagles pretty much made my season. I’m expecting the Cows to beat the Vikings, but if Favre is off the charts, and we lose a close one, I’ll be fine. Oddly enough, when they’re not facing Dallas, I pull for the Steelers and pour on the Iron.

  188. 188.

    Flugelhorn

    @Beej: Flugelhorn

    I get so sick of you butt-hurt, Cowboy haters and this “Daring to call themselves America’s Team” rant that comes out of ignorant mouths.

    The Dallas Cowboys never dubbed themselves “America’s Team”. Wow, wouldn’t that be great if you could choose a title for yourself and everyone else just had to repeat it over and over again until it eventually became truth?

    NFL Films back in the 70s dubbed Dallas “America’s Team” and since that time the general media has run with it. You know why? Because it is true. The Dallas Cowboys have far and away the largest fan base of ANY sports franchise in the US, Football or otherwise. It was true in the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, the 00s and it is still true today. You do not become THE most Valuable franchise in the sports universe because no-one is watching you.

    Go look up merchandise sales figures over the past 40 years and then come back and tell me I am wrong.

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