Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

The willow is too close to the house.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

The revolution will be supervised.

T R E 4 5 O N

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Why did Dr. Oz lose? well, according to the exit polls, it’s because Fetterman won.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

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

A Senator Walker would be an insult to the state and the nation.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

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Now an official non-profit, Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue, the current beneficiary of all the Balloon Juice CafePress store profits, needs an official logo. If any of you graphics whizzes would like to participate, please submit your work through the Logo Contest blog. The winner will be selected by Evelyn Bridges, the group’s founder, and will receive a whole bunch of really cool swag from the Balloon Juice store. The contest will probably run for a week or two, or until we find the perfect logo.

Also, don’t forget to get that special someone in your life something from the Balloon Juice store (you can find the store by clicking the icon over there on the right). We have photographic evidence they will enjoy it:

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  1. 1.

    trollhattan

    Bitsy’s concern wrinkles and foldy ears never fail to make me smile. Can there be a better spokespup?

    Lily dares eat from a Tunch “Feed” bowl? She’s a bold one. The Tunch graphic needs a “caution, objects larger than they appear on bowl” notation.

  3. 3.

    Alex

    Sorry, non-profit or not: No!Spec.

    Pro-bono, sure. But there’s a huge difference, not that I expect that this will be a popular view, as much as I love this blog.

  4. 4.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    @John Cole: That’s obviously Lily’s twin sister, Tilly, enjoying a nom.

    BTW, when I meet a fellow BJ-er on the street and they are wearing their Tunch Obey swag, am I yelling Tunch (as in bunk) or am I yelling Tunch (as in bunch)?

    Inquiring minds.

  5. 5.

    Violet

    Can’t wait to see all the entries. If I had any artistic talent, I’d give it a try. You don’t want to see the mess I’d make with something like that, though.
    @John Cole: Huh. Looks a lot like Lily.

  7. 7.

    General Egal Tarian Stuck

    Someday, when I win the lottery, or inherit a bit shitpile full of money, (and I do have a couple of rich uncles, though they prolly still think I’m a Soviet Red). I do plan to create the mother of all animal shelters, for dogs, cats, gerbils, hamshers, and also a wing for wild critters of all sorts, especially endangered ones.

  8. 8.

    Laura W

    @John O: Shoot a self-portrait like Mithras did with his tee and I’ll put it up on the contest blog sidebar! I’d love to fill that thing with photos of people with their new goodies.

    (Did you ever return to the Patti Smith thread and see the amazing live links to Horses and Gloria I posted?)

    @BHF: Tunch as in MUNCH.

  10. 10.

    John Cole

    At some point we are going to have to come up with same gang signs so we can flash ’em to each other when we cross paths.

    I suggest the middle finger.

  14. 14.

    freelancer

    @John Cole:

    At some point we are going to have to come up with same gang signs so we can flash ‘em to each other when we cross paths.

    “The BJ.”

    You’ll be amazed at how many angry lurkers there are out there.

    ETA – Sorry for the double post. Link in first comment broke’d.

  15. 15.

    Viva BrisVegas

    I hate to be the one who points out the unfortunate difference between a “wiz” and a “whizz”.

    Well not hate so much as take childish glee.

  18. 18.

    General Egal Tarian Stuck

    @freelancer: The first one kept appearing then vanished a couple of times. Doesn’t matter, as I don’t have a clue what’s going on in this thread.

  21. 21.

    asiangrrlMN

    Aw, so cute! I have zero graphic design skills, so I will sit this one out.

    I cannot wait to get my Tunch swag. I may even post a pic or two of me wearing the sweatshirt or the long-sleeved T. Not sure about the unmentionable, though.

    I would love to see a picture of Tunch eating from a Tunch bowl.

  25. 25.

    Zuzu's Petals

    Just got my BJ mug (perfect handle size) and “OBEY” onesie for granddaughter.

    Her parents will get a laugh out of that one.

  29. 29.

    HumboldtBlue

    @WaterGirl:

    Bottom kitty has to be called Twister, has to be. The black cat should be named Mortimer (boy) or Emeralda (girl).

    Did I just type “bottom kitty”?

  30. 30.

    HumboldtBlue

    I can’t believe I haven’t checked out the store yet. Gotta have one of the Tunch steins, maybe the apron as well. That’s fucking awesome.

  35. 35.

    Something Fabulous

    @WaterGirl: Oh mai goodniz! Congrats on your choice– they’re beauties!! I love the extra-thick black stripes on the tabby especially. Boys or girls?

    ETA: aha, i see the response above! now, must go into a corner and think. brb.

  36. 36.

    asiangrrlMN

    @WaterGirl: OBEY! Yeah, baby. And, your new babies are adorable. As you may know, I have a very soft spot in my heart for the black kittehs. I actually like Mortimer for him. The striped girl is extra-cute, too. She says Chloe to me. I will be back with more suggestions later.

  37. 37.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @WaterGirl:

    Naming kittehs is a tricky business, sometimes you have to wait to observe their personalities to get a clue, other times Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta have worked for me. (I am still the proud owner of Lari(14 years of age), who is the only survivor of the Lari, Curly and Moe litter, and Alpha (12 years of age) who is the only survivor of the Alpha, Bravo etc. litter)

    I discovered that naming a kitteh “Trouble” is a really bad idea, because he will always live up to his name.

  39. 39.

    WaterGirl

    @asiangrrlMN: Yay on getting suggestions for kitty names. I also forgot to say the new kitties are litter mates. Clearly I need to do better at including all the pertinent information!

    Good choice on the thong. I almost posted to tell you that “obey” was definitely the way to go, but never did it.

    I keep forgetting to tell you that I read your “Tale of Two Kitties”. Loved it and loved the name. Seem to recall wondering at the time why you didn’t call it “Tail of Two Kitties” instead, but it’s been so long that maybe that is what you called it and I got that wrong.

  40. 40.

    Pasquinade

    @WaterGirl The kitties are so sweet.

    The only black cat that I ever owned (if a cat can be “owned”) was named Magic. He loved to climb the drapes, and was always in the window looking for me to come home.

    Black cat in French is chat noir. Le Chat Noir was a 19th-century cabaret in the Montmartre district of Paris now famed for its iconic Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen poster art.

    http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Starstore_Catalogue_LE_CHAT_NOIR_POSTERS__CHAT_NOIR_POSTER_8332.html

  41. 41.

    Linkmeister

    We once named a lilac-point Siamese “D.C.” for Damn Cat because he was the meanest SOB you’d ever want to meet. He’d perch on top of the fridge and slice at you with his paw as you walked below. None of that namby-pamby “claws retracted” business, either.

  42. 42.

    WaterGirl

    @Litlebritdifrnt: Maybe more information will help with name ideas?

    The black kitty is a boy. He’s happy go lucky and a big snuggler, and he loves to eat. He is already trying to steal the dog’s food. I get the sense that “trouble” might fit him, too, but I will take your advice on that! On his second day here, he snuggled up with my dog. He is definitely a lover.

    The girl kitty is very sweet and purrs a lot. She likes to burrow into the pillows on the daybed and loves to be held, though she doesn’t seem to be a lap kitty, and she’s always lying in some goofy position. So cute!

    Photos here.

  43. 43.

    burnspbesq

    @WaterGirl:

    My kitteh Laettner (who is recovering nicely from being fixed, thanks for asking) says you should name your kittehs Singler and Scheyer if they are boys, or Harding and Currie if they are girls.

  44. 44.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @Linkmeister:

    DH adopted a kitten in Desert Storm I, he named it Foxtrot Bravo (for Fuzzy Butt), he was Fox for short. My cats have been named for various reasons Lari (see above) Alpha (see above) Cadbury (my neice named her), Peaches (cause she is peach colored), Con (because we acquired him due to a huge con pulled on us by one of DH’s students his full name is Amy’s Con) Tilly (cause that was my nick name as a child, Tigger (cause he looks like a tigger) Max (cause he just looks like a Max)

  47. 47.

    Laura W

    @jeffreyw: I posted your “mug shot” (HA! GET IT?) from flickr on the logo contest blog’s sidebar. Hope you don’t mind? Didn’t see you around in threads today to ask you.

  48. 48.

    Chat Noir

    @WaterGirl: Gorgeous kitties. I always thought Penelope is a cute name for a girl cat (I have a Natalie who is a beautiful tortoiseshell — a picture of her made an open thread last summer and it was her proudest moment).

    Looking forward to drinking coffee tomorrow morning from either my Tunch or Lily mug. Can’t decide which one to use. Decisions, decisions…

  56. 56.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @LT:

    One of my kitteh’s (Arnamade) got stuck in a tree, so stuck in fact that he broke his hip and tail. $500.00 worth of surgery later he was the proud owner of a docked tail and a seriously pinned hip, I swear they are going to be the death of me.

  60. 60.

    WaterGirl

    Thanks for all the great kitty names so far, and please keep ’em coming! I am heading out to dinner and hope to find more great kitty names when I return.

    This is your chance to rescue these sweet kitties from being called “little girl” and “sweet boy”!

    Photos here.

  64. 64.

    gogol's wife

    @WaterGirl:

    I like both the earlier suggestions of Mortimer and Eddie for the boy. I have a tendency to give cats human names, often ones that mean something to me, like roles Alfred Drake played on Broadway or something. My girls look a little like yours, and they’re named Masha and Sasha.

  69. 69.

    Violet

    @WaterGirl:
    Your kitties are gorgeous! The striped kitty looks like a tiger, but I don’t think that name would work. Don’t like the associations, anyway.

    How about in honor of Catwoman, Selina (for Selina Kyle).

    Can’t think of anything for the boy kitty except obvious things like Inky.

  70. 70.

    asiangrrlMN

    @WaterGirl: Damn. Tail of the Two Kitties would have been great. Sadly, I just didn’t think of it.

    Ahem. I got my Tunchie swag today. Everything is high-quality, and I am wearing the sweatshirt (black, OBEY) as I type. I will post pics at some point. Wheeeeee! Tunchie’s on my chest!

    And, I love Friday night kitteh wars! Bring it.

  71. 71.

    daryljfontaine

    @jeffreyw: DO WANT.

    @WaterGirl: Your male has that little tiny tuft of white fur on his chest… when I first got my black cat, I thought he was a girl kitty at first, and named “her” Astra because of the little star of fur (for ad astra per aspera, “to the stars through adversity”). When I was corrected on the gender, I mentally flipped through “Astra/Aster… Zoroaster… Zorro.” And thus his name is Zorro.

    So naming these kids as a pair, my suggestion is Asterisk for the boy (Terry or Ricky for short), and Ampersand for the girl (Sandy for short).

    D

  73. 73.

    asiangrrlMN

    @jeffreyw: I’m always hungry when I look at your food pr0n.

    WaterGirl, I am not very good with names. I either go for the obvious (Shadow or Raven) or the really insane. I will still think about it.

  74. 74.

    MikeJ

    So naming these kids as a pair, my suggestion is Asterisk for the boy (Terry or Ricky for short

    Or Nathan Hale. You know, because he said, “I regret that I have but one asterisk for my country.”

  78. 78.

    John O

    I bought one of those Flip video cameras on a friend’s recommendation, should be here on Monday or Tuesday, and I went with the HD version. 2 hours, flip out USB port, allegedly even a complete moron can work one, so I hope I qualify.

  79. 79.

    mr. whipple

    @asiangrrlMN:

    “Ahem. I got my Tunchie swag today. Everything is high-quality, and I am wearing the sweatshirt (black, OBEY) as I type. I will post pics at some point.”

    Didn’t you get the thong, too?

    :)

  80. 80.

    John O

    I would like a polo-type shirt with a small “OBEY” Tunch logo where the stupid horse would be.

    Embroidered, of course.

    Mr W., you are a dirty old man.

  86. 86.

    John O

    @mr. whipple:

    LOL.

    I suppose I qualify now, too. *blush*

    In the middle of a huge battle between the dogs right now…very funny, the big girl is pounding the little one (there is roughly a 900% weight advantage), but not so much that the little one isn’t coming back for more, and Stella is letting Dweezil get plenty of good shots in, too. It’s fun to watch them interact and work things out amongst themselves.

    Wow! Dweezil retreats to the crate, and Stella does NOT follow him in.

    Respect.

    ‘Twill be my first video upload to the blog ever. Should be up by Christmas.

  89. 89.

    John O

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Yeah, he’s got plenty of spunk, too. He’s showing me a lot of want to right now, and I’ve a feeling Stella is going to get tired of this game first. Puppies make up with energy what they lack in size and strength. Though Stella is all of a year and half old.

    This is all good. Teaches Dweezil not to be (necessarily) intimidated by larger dogs, tires their crazy asses out, and bonds them.

  90. 90.

    John O

    @mr. whipple:

    Medium. I know some big ones who have all the music, have read all the stories and the bio. But I suppose that puts me way out on the right side of the bell curve in the overall public.

    Dweezil’s shows honoring his dad were fantastic and touching. At one point, they do dueling gweetar solos, Frank of course via videotape. D is really soft spoken and at least in person comes across as a well-grounded kid.

    Plus, I figure there aren’t many more than two of them in the world now.

  93. 93.

    mr. whipple

    @John O: All of our cats have multiple names, but 3/5 have at least one FZ-derived name. (Frank, Punky whip and Bamboozle.) My brother named one Sharleena, another brother named one Moon.

  96. 96.

    The Ace Tomato Company

    On a more somber note: The Obama Administration just cleared Yoo and Bybee of any misconduct charges in connection with the Torture Memos.

    When it comes to torture; Obama is an absolute disgrace.

  97. 97.

    General Egal Tarian Stuck

    @Just Suck Fomehead: Me and my Amazon Warrior Bride lives in a tree house. She hunts cooks and helps me tie the board to my ass when it’s time.

    ETa Fomehead? I like it, it’s you.

  98. 98.

    John O

    @The Ace Tomato Company:

    Yes.

    I do have this fantasy though that HCR gets passed, the economy starts adding jobs instead of shedding them, and Obama has enough political capital to do what I suspect he understands needs doing.

    And I cut him a bit of slack given all the bad guys killed, captured, rapping, and not getting tortured (allegedly) at least via public policy.

  99. 99.

    Annie

    I swear I want to rename my kitties “can opener” and “chicken.”

    I just went into the kitchen to open a new can of coffee, and one kittie was on — I mean ON — my foot purring like crazy

    This afternoon, I brought home a roasted chicken and our other kittie went crazy…Also, ON my foot.

    Can opener and Chicken… It works for me.

  102. 102.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @gbear: If it was anything I did, I apologize.

    But the funniest thing happened with my dog. He goes through about 3 tennis balls a week. Likes to chase ’em around for about a day and a half, then he chews them up. So couple days ago I’m in the hardware store looking for a Valentine’s gift for Mrs. Fuckhead. (Whenever I ask her what she wants, she tells me she whatever makes me happy so I get me something.) I go down the dog stuff aisle and see these SQUEAKING tennis balls. I buy two.

    Get home and play fetch with him a couple times with his new tennis balls. They are a little bigger than normal so they don’t go under the furniture. He seems to really like ’em. So then I squeeze one and it squeaks really loudly and he just totally freaks out. The only thing he’s ever had that squeaks like that is a baby rabbit he saved from the killer cat. He spent the next two days setting the tennis balls free; taking them outside and sitting them on the ground and nudging them. To no avail.

    Now he just sits under the pool table tending to the tennis balls. Every now and then when he’s carrying ’em around, he’ll accidentally squeak one and then drop it like he’s done something wrong, then nudge it a couple times before taking it back under the pool table.

    Oh golly, it’s just the cutest thing evah! And I might not have to buy new tennis balls for a long time.

  112. 112.

    Anne Laurie

    @General Egal Tarian Stuck:

    Someday, when I win the lottery, or inherit a bit shitpile full of money… I do plan to create the mother of all animal shelters

    There is a Cathy cartoon (don’t judge) where she goes to the shelter to find a dog, and as she moves from one pleading face to the next she goes “I could get a bigger apartment… I could buy a house in the country… ” to “I WILL BUY AN ENTIRE CITY AND LET ALL THE DOGS MOVE IN!”

    The Spousal Unit and I use that as a catch-phrase whenever we encounter one of the please-take-me-home adoption fairs, or get caught proning Petfinder.

  115. 115.

    soonergrunt

    OT–I’m sure I’m waaaay behind the times with this one, but I just found this site:
    Pete Hoekstra is a Meme
    Some of my favorites:
    My cat let someone else pet him today.
    Now I feel like John Ensign’s wife.

    I got into a fight with my brother this morning.
    Now I know what the Civil War must have been like.

    I just lost a game of Jenga.
    Now I know what 9/11 was like.

  116. 116.

    JWW

    John,

    Your doing a good thing. My heart goes out to you for the effort. May this be a total success.

  118. 118.

    Brick Oven Bill

    As an additional incentive to share your creative Talent in this worthy cause, I hereby offer to provide a free sex addiction clinic pass to the winner. This has a retail value of $150.

  119. 119.

    Mark S.

    Is there a better abbreviation for Valentine’s Day than VD? “What are you giving her for VD?” “Oh, the clap.”

  121. 121.

    Anne Laurie

    @WaterGirl: Those are the most elegant kitties! One of the Best Cats in the Universe was our late Maine-Coon-type Figaro, who looked like your black boy but with neat white front “gloves” that just covered his toes and white “boots” that ran up to his hocks. He came with that name when we adopted him, but his formal name became Figaro, Marquis du Carabas… he really managed to make his tail look like the ostrich feather in a Musketeer tricorn. “Theophile-Alexandre” wouldn’t be a bad name (Theo or Alex for daily use), but whatever he ends up with needs multiple syllables. As for your dressy little girl, if I remember correctly, the English word “tabby” comes from the Arabian word Atabiya, meaning ‘watered silk’…

  122. 122.

    Laura W

    @Brick Oven Bill: Bill, I do not think there are words in existence to express my gratitude for you staying on topic. Just this one time.
    You always come thru when it counts, Pal. I mean that.
    I could go for a cream puff. Got any left?

  123. 123.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @Laura W: Was that “sex addiction clinic” line a shout out to Tiger Woods? Did you see his apology today? What a fucking disgrace. Tiger Woods should have grabbed his crotch and asked who wanted a little more three wood. Welcome to America, Tiger, where it’s everyone’s fucking business what you do with yer private parts.

  125. 125.

    Brick Oven Bill

    I am all out of cream puffs LauraW. But there are more, purchaseable by means of my sweaty labor at The Facility.

    In addition to the sex addiction clinic pass, I will gift wrap a cream puff, and send it to the contest winner. John knows my email. All I need is the physical mailing address.

    But if it is a West Virginia or Rochester address, I was not born yesterday, and there will be no cream puff sent.

    These cream puffs come in packs of two, and the second will be sent only to North Carolina.

  132. 132.

    Carrie

    @Brick Oven Bill:
    Sorry BOB, but i really don’t ever want to see “cream puffs” and “your sweaty labor” put together in one sentence.
    it’s just a little icky, ya know?

  134. 134.

    vk

    if this is an open thread, i have a question…if we want to prosecute ksm in a civilian court and nyc isn’t the place (for whatever reason that i don’t agree with), with not DC? i live in DC, bring that jackass here to get his sentence.

  137. 137.

    dr. bloor

    @MikeJ:

    So you want Obama to tell career DOJ people which outcome their investigations should have?

    I’d prefer an administration that relied a little less on amoral midlevel technocrats to make Big Decisions about how to deal with war crimes committed during the prior administrations.

  138. 138.

    Ming

    Emmeline for the girl? and Schwumpfy Wumpfy Awwwwww for the boy. because that’s what I say whenever i look at him.

  139. 139.

    madmommy

    @gwangung:

    FWIW, the English team’s skip is a very cute blonde from Scotland.

    More importantly, there is a Facebook page for the Norwegian curling team. Not the team specifically, but their pants! 150K fans already. I love the internets!

  141. 141.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @Carrie: He’s a gorgeous dog. My favorite dogs growing up were German shepherd dogs and huskies.

    If I wasn’t already in the throes of connubial bliss, I might think about marrying ya for yer dog.

  142. 142.

    Tax Analyst

    @asiangrrlMN:

    @Tax Analyst: Gah. “Our Woodstock”?? Why the hell would they want to co-opt the biggest, dirtiest hippie fest of all time? And I think that woman just got off from work at TGIF.

    Well, you can clearly see the comparison between 500,000 young people gathering in a large open field to hear many of the top rock and folk bands and individuals of their era and and several hundred middle-aged and older Rear Guard Anti-Taxers adamantly opposed to taxes and…something else, also, too, maybe, gathering in some stuffy hall or auditorium in Crescent City, FL to be serenaded/inundated in complete and utter bullshit by several of the GOP’s most craven liars.

    Can’t you?

  144. 144.

    Carrie

    @Just Some Fuckhead:
    Hold the weddin’ Fuckhead, you know i love you but there’s no need. I can ship him to you if ya want him.
    I just need to lick lots of stamps and envelopes and in 6 to 8 weeks (according to canada post) parts of him could be yours.

  145. 145.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @Carrie: I was sorta thinking about yer boobies too. They were cute, although one looked a little bigger than the other.

  147. 147.

    MikeJ

    I’d prefer an administration that relied a little less on amoral midlevel technocrats to make Big Decisions about how to deal with war crimes committed during the prior administrations.

    It’s preferable to have people who aren’t political appointees making prosecution decisions about prior admins. I would prefer it if there weren’t so many moles in place, but they;re there, and we have to live with it. Or just declare a monarchy now that we have someone we like in office.

  150. 150.

    Tax Analyst

    Speaker at CPAC:

    “This is like our Woodstock. Except unlike the left gathering, our women are beautiful, we speak in complete sentences, and our notion of freedom doesn’t consist of snorting cocaine. Which is certainly one thing that separates us from Barack Obama,”- Jason Mattera of the Young America’s Foundation, at CPAC.

    Cocaine? WTF? Now without a doubt there was a lot of marijuana and probably quite a bit of LSD and other hallucinogens taken at Woodstock, but I’d be very surprised if very much, if any cocaine was snorted there, and if there was any it was probably by some of the entertainers. I really can’t picture someone out in the audience trying to chop lines of coke while sitting in a jam-packed field full of people, mud and inundated with occasional cloudbursts.

  151. 151.

    Brick Oven Bill

    Now I’m thinking about work. What a great week at The Facility! As I cannot discuss these matters with most of my co-workers due to the constraints placed upon me by Sexual Harassment laws, which out of respect for my employer I honor on his property due to the Fifth Amendment, these will now be shared with Balloon Juice.

    I would list the top three greatest things about The Facility to be (1) the exercise; (2) the people; and (3) I get to see what people buy, thus obtaining feedback what is really going on before any of the yahoos on Wall Street. So consider this week’s highlights with commentary. These comprise one man’s opinion, nothing more, and nothing less.

    ‘Anal Lubricant for Lovers’. Purchase of any product with this explicit of a name is not really a good idea for harmony as some people are not entirely comfortable with that whole aspect of certain communities. It was not very fun for me to touch this. My recommendation: stick instead with K-Y Jelly or Vaseline.

    I sell lots of vibrators, and plastic vaginas, but this week there was something special, an ‘Extra Orgasmic Vibrator’. This one was big. I suspect that in order to get that claim past the government regulators, there must be a bigger motor, or something. You could probably fit ‘C’ batteries in this one so it is possible.

    Well, anyway, when you sell something like this, your mind naturally wonders who bought it. The thought that crossed my mind, after quick checks of Arithmetic, Geometry, and Logic, was that the recipient was perhaps a person, hopefully female, that spent too much time around the Men of MSNBC. So I gave it a little hug, sighed silently, and sent it down the line.

  155. 155.

    Sonja Henie

    The girl kitty looks a little cross-eyed. You should name her Norma, after Norma Shearer.

    My neighbors found a tiny kitten the day Lana Turner died, so they named her Lana. They weren’t cat people, and my cat had died a month earlier, so they wheedled me into adopting her.

    I picked her up and turned her over and said, “Guys, I don’t think Lana Turner had balls.”

    So I got all clever and decided to name him after Lana’s dead mobster boyfriend, but I’m a big NRBQ fan, and I got mixed up and named him Joey.

    Some time later, my musician neighbor had a party, and guess who was there? And yes, our host regaled him with the tale of my daffiness. It was like junior high all over again!

  156. 156.

    Tax Analyst

    @gwangung:

    @Tax Analyst: That’s just mashing up the histories of the 60s, 70s and 80s.

    Now us DFHs have an excuse for it; we DID the drugs. Conservatives just flat out are ignorant.

    Yeah, the only thing the CPAC’ers are high on is Kool-Aid and Stupid.

  158. 158.

    burnspbesq

    I did something tonight that I haven’t done since high school.

    No, not any of those things – get your collective mind out of the gutter, y’all.

    I went to the Metropolitan Opera. I am now sitting inside Stage Deli, working on a piece of carrot cake.

    Too much fun.

    I don’t think I could live in NY, but I am glad that work brings me here 8-10 times a year.

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    gwangung

    I went to the Metropolitan Opera. I am now sitting inside Stage Deli, working on a piece of carrot cake. Too much fun.

    Damn, sure sounds like it.

    I don’t think I could live in NY, but I am glad that work brings me here 8-10 times a year.

    Ditto.

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    Yutsano

    @WaterGirl: Don’t ask me why, and I’m coming to this late so I apologize if this came up already, but the black male just says Merlin to me. There is a feel of magick around that one.

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    Tax Analyst

    @asiangrrlMN:

    @Tax Analyst: Huh? Their women are beautiful? Not from what I’ve seen, bay-bee. And yeah, cocaine? Sheesh. I thought that was for Wall Street bigwigs who needed a boost to rip off the little people.

    Yeah, well I refrained from commenting on the ladies looks…when I was very small my parents taught me it’s not nice to make fun of ugly people…

    From my somewhat dimmed recollections cocaine did not hit the counter-culture big-time until a few years after Woodstock.

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    tesslibrarian

    I think the girl looks like a Penny (Penelope). And your boy, if he’s a lover, could be Don Juan or Casanova, or given how debonair he is, Cary (as in Grant).

    Congrats on the new kids! I’m a little jealous–I really look forward to feeling up to adopting new kitty girls. Maybe in the fall.

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    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I would agree if they weren’t always crowing about how beeyewteeful their women are and how butt-ugly Dem women are. Whatevs.

    Ann Coulter. Nuff said. They don’t even have the sense to spot a trannie staring them in the face.

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    Zuzu's Petals

    @John O:

    I have the original (non-HD) Ultra model and love it. Just push the big red button in the middle … no brainer for sure.

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    MattR

    @burnspbesq: I was not too far from you. Just got back from MSG where I saw Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. Good show. Would have been better if tunnel traffic was not so bad that we missed the first 20 minutes of Beck.

    @Bad Horse’s Filly: That is pretty much exactly what I said when John adopted Lily. Only it was that Lily is obviously Ellie’s twin. And of course I am out on the town the night that Ellie makes it to the front page.

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    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Two words. Adam’s Apple. You know, the thing that gave away the CD’s in “Too Wong Foo”? I’ve never seen a woman have one like that ever. To be honest, sounds like BoB’s kind of woman.

  170. 170.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: I’m not necessarily saying there’s a there there…but her past is pretty murky, plus she has a bigger Adam’s apple than I do.

    BTW I think we have completed our nightly takeover of BJ.

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    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: He’s missing BoB being his weird flirtatious self. Plus there was a comment on an earlier thread (forget which one) that was a total bait for him. I think it mentioned Australia.

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    Gravenstone

    @WaterGirl: Way late to the party (and busting in on the Yutsano/asiangrrlMN duopoly) but the names that jumped out to me from the first pair of pics was Hobbes and Ghost. Now, sadly Hobbes doesn’t exactly fit for a femme kitteh, but there you are. Of course, I also pondered (briefly) Lol and Whut, so that shows where my judgment tends to lead when given free rein.

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    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: I think it’s a Schadenfreude thing. It’s really the only explanation that makes sense. Either that or he’s trying to inch BoB out of the closet one stupid statement at a time. He said once he’s getting some very strange homosexual ping off him. I’m like may Allah be with you.

    And the term I was looking for was triumvirate. But I do like my polysyllabry.

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    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: So, you, me, and Gravenstone are the Holy Trinity? That’s some scary shit, yo!

    Yeah, I remember TS saying that. Still. Better him (TS) than me dealing with B.o.B.’s weirdness.

  179. 179.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: I’m sorry, I know what you mean here, but every time I hear trinity all I can think of is the Cajun version of mirepoix. I’m sure it’s just the foodie in me though.

    I want you to think about this next statement I’m about to make very carefully, and I will qualify what I mean if you don’t get it. BoB is just like Gracie Allen. Discuss.

  180. 180.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: B.o.B. is the straight man?

    I would rather be food than part of the Holy Trinity. However, I want to be the (Un)Holy Ghost if I must be one of the three. You and Gravenstone can duke it out as to who is Father and who is Son.

  181. 181.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Sort of. George Burns (who said all his life that Gracie was forever the love of his life) said that Gracie said all these stupid things that he would riff off of, but she always thought she was smart. But he never did it to be mean to her, just to make a living as a couple.

  183. 183.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: They really had a great love story together. I don’t think he ever got over her passing away although he outlived her by 35 or 40 years. But I’m going off on a tangent. I’m just gonna call BoB Gracie from now on and see if he gets it.

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    Gravenstone

    I am far from Holy, so no Trinity for me.

    Although I find it humorous (to me, anyway) that this song is playing as the Holy Trinity is being bandied about.

    And yes, someonehad to work an 80’s era song into the mix. We’re slacking, we are.

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