Just a friendly reminder to pick up your Balloon Juice swag through the store icon to the right. Already we’ve hit close to a grand in profit for Charlies Angels Animal Rescue, so I’m really damned excited about that, and I want to thank each and every one of you and hope you are enjoying your purchase. And I haven’t even bought anything yet, because I am moving in three weeks and don’t want more stuff to lug!
At any rate, Laura W. passes along these pics of animals you are helping to save:
I don’t think I could take the business end of that puppy’s look in person. He’d be at home with Lily in no time.
BTW- I am exhausted and sore, and I have the slightest touch of sunburn. I love this time of year. I’m going to sleep like a baby.
SiubhanDuinne
LOVE!
MikeJ
Cry all night and wet your bed?
Tim (The Oher One)
RE: loving this time of year. Two words: Spring Training.
ChrisB
Finally got around to buying a shirt earlier this week.
Was saddened to see that Merlin Olsen passed away earlier today at the age of 69.
jeffreyw
A giggle of puppies.
jeffreyw
What do you call a cross between a dachshund and a chihuahua?
A chiweiner.
Catsy
God damn you. The fact that I can’t take that cat home is going to tear at me.
LuciaMia
Oh, that puppy. He’s got the same little whorl of fur on his breastbone that my dog, Katie, has.
srv
I guess the parental-units basement is finally done.
Carrie
I love my Tunch shirt but can’t buy anything else for a few weeks cause i is broker than broke.
Man, that is one seriously cute looking puppy. sigh….
Sarah in Brooklyn
Moving? Where are you going? How can you move with only one shoulder???
mr. whipple
I’m not a dog person and I want to take him home.
Chat Noir
If I were Warren Buffett-rich, I would donate all of my $ to animal welfare organizations. I admire people who work at animal shelters; I can’t even read the information I get from the Humane Society and the other animal organizations to which I donate because the stories are so gut-wrenching.
That said, I love my Tunch and Lily coffee mugs. Excellent work to all the Balloon Juicers who had a hand in getting the store up and running and to those who are buying stuff.
I love this blog.
Edit: I also like the new “Massa Massage” tag.
John O
Hats! I already have some swag, but would buy more!
Hell, I just bought a Secretariat hat to go with my Colbert Nation hat. If I don’t cover my head, it’ll catch fire.
jeffreyw
Two steps to a perfect lunch. Step one.
jeffreyw
Step two.
Anne Laurie
@jeffreyw:
Adorable.
If we lived closer, I’d take that little dude home in a heartbeat. (And in the second heartbeat, Gloria, the high-alpha twenty-pounder who’s been living with us for the last six months, would probably crunch him like a chewy. But I can dream… )
John O
@jeffreyw:
4th and long?
Jenn
@jeffreyw:
Damn cute!
Julie
That little guy is a dead-ringer for our puppy. Needless to say, he gets a lot of treats and belly rubs.
kommrade reproductive vigor
Way to play fair, you merciless S.O.B.
@MikeJ: Cry until someone shoves a tit in your mouth?
gogol's wife
My husband just made dinner while wearing his Lily apron. We can’t wait to have a dinner party and have him come to the table wearing it, with the caption “I, for one, welcome our new pet overlords.” Talk about a conversation starter! (I know it’s gauche to come to the table in an apron, but so what.)
Chat Noir
@John O: John O, I saw the videos you posted a couple of weeks ago of your dog and puppy (you were using your new Flip camera) — dangerous levels of cuteness there. We have that same cat perch.
MikeJ
@kommrade reproductive vigor: Could be Vitter like, that is, cry for the tit and then soil your diaper.
Snow on Snoqualmie Pass. Which is fine with me. We can have a blizzard as long as it stays up in the mountains where it belongs.
Just Some Fuckhead
I couldn’t be happier with my “I’m One of John’s Moms” high-waisted all-cotton panties.
MikeJ
@gogol’s wife:
Be glad he got the apron, not the thong.
Linkmeister
@gogol’s wife: Whoever made those rules needs to get over it.
gogol's wife
@MikeJ:
That’s quite a mental picture.
Chat Noir
Saw this video courtesy of Steve Benen. How does anyone without a heart or a conscience say no to this kid?
Carrie
@Just Some Fuckhead:
As long as they’re all cotton, sign me up!
John Cole
@Chat Noir: You gotta be fucking kidding me. Go google Graeme Frost.
That was the final straw for me.
Violet
Oh, the poor kitty and doggie. I’m glad to have helped those poor animals with my small purchase.
Laura W.
@John O: HATS R US!
The newest addition to the product line thanks to a request from a previous frequent commenter, now frequent lurker.
Here are two of the three kittens that belong to the Momma Kitty John posted.
And here is another darling puppy. Might be a littermate of the posted one?
WereBear
They are both adorable. When the dust of recent events settles, I plan to get at least one mug. One can’t have too many mugs.
Steeplejack
Kung Fu Hustle is a great movie. That is all.
ruemara
I will buy some swag, the minute I have some sales. But know, I would snuggle those beasts until they were bored with it.
Laura W.
@Laura W.: And it’s a really good thing I did not have to go to that shelter to take these photos today because I am pretty sure I would not have been able to resist the business end of this kitty’s look in person.
Oh Fuckhead…there are no words. Seriously. None.
jeffreyw
@Laura W.: Puppeh war!
gbear
@jeffreyw:
Can I drive to wherever you are to pick up that white pup? Jeez, what a cutie.
Mnemosyne
Right now I’m mostly impervious to kitty appeals because we have four (4) chasing each other around our small apartment and driving us INSANE. I have actual scars from being used as a kitty jungle gym. Apparently I’m as useful to bank off of during a turn as the arm of the couch is.
Olive is very cute, but her mommy can’t come pick her up too soon for my taste.
jeffreyw
@Laura W
Puppeh War!
jeffreyw
@gbear: Click on the st francis link there under the pic, takes ya to their web site.
SFAW
At the risk of being seen as a heartless bastard: I prefer the original version.
Not that I mind being seen as a heartless bastard, of course.
Something Fabulous
Broke not one, but two mugs while dishwashing recently. Clearly a sign from my pet overlords to upgrade, once my first INVOICE (I am working again too!) check shows up– next week, I hope!
Fergus Wooster
I’ll raise you one rescue cat: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43973485@N03/4326403642/
And rescue Rottie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43973485@N03/4326403654/
And no theological flame war. I like this thread.
Just Some Fuckhead
Any chance we can get some Tunch fur nipple clips in the store?
Annie
@MikeJ:
LOL…
@srv:
LOL….
@MikeJ:
LOL…
This is an extremely funny thread…Keep the comments coming. What a great way to end the day. I keep laughing, and my kitties are staring as if I have finally gone off the deep end.
General Egali Tarian Stuck
Game on
MikeJ
Not funny: just saw an anti-HCR TV ad targeting Adam Smith. They must think he’s wobbly. If you live in WA-9, give him a call a tel him to PTDM.
Interested to see who else has been targeted.
Ruckus
@John Cole:
And these are the ones we know about.
I would like to say more but daily I’m just about speechless with disgust. Something that would not cost more money, something that will make millions of lives (I was going to say better) livable, something that will benefit business big and especially small and something that is just the right thing to do. And conservatives can’t bring themselves to even consider it.
Fuckers.
And to tie my rant in with the current post, remember Mitt’s vacation? What did that dog do to anyone to deserve that kind of treatment? Are conservatives so narcissistic that they can’t even feel for a pet? I know, I know, stupid questions…
ETA Sorry for the rant, been away for most of the day and needed to vent. Puppieeeessssss.
Elisabeth
@Mnemosyne:
And yet, I suspect, you are quite happily insane. :)
I still offer to wrestle with the well-clawed Sam whenever he’s in the mood, despite the scratches and scars. Whatever makes him happy…
James K. Polk, Esq.
My Balloon Juice inspired kitty adoption, Claude.
Stupid lease preventing me from more than one kitteh.
jeffreyw
@Fergus Wooster
See those and raise ya.
jeffreyw
Damn you word Press!
More
Kristine
Didn’t Lily tell you? She wants a buddy.
ruemara
I give you His Supreme Royal Majesty, Smudge.
And Happeh Doggehs
Kristine
@James K. Polk, Esq.:
Claude is beautiful.
gbear
@jeffreyw:
Oh those two white pups are just too much. Unfortunately, my two cats are about as much as I can afford to take care of right now. Just spent about $360 on a dental visit for one of them about a month ago, and tonight I took her in to the vet for a butt hair trim (I couldn’t do it myself and it was neccessary) for which they only charged me $5.50. I love my vets.
AsiangrllMN would love one of my vets. She’s got her arms almost completely covered with really colorful cat tattoos.
jeffreyw
@gbear:
I’m leavin that hang right there.
Svensker
@James K. Polk, Esq.:
Oh, Claude is so handsome! Story, please.
Mnemosyne
@gbear:
I feel your pain. We got Keaton a butt trim (groomer calls it a “potty trail” and the vet calls it a “sanitary clip”) and yet he still managed to get a cling-on stuck to his tail.* I guess next time we have to trim his tail, too. :-(
Sadly, there’s a reason one of his nicknames is “Mr. Hankey.” I won’t say any more lest I spoil someone’s dinner.
mr. whipple
An oversight that lasted far longer than it should have was partly corrected Wednesday with U.S. lawmakers awarding their highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, to the women who served the nation as as Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs during World War II.
RedKitten
Will definitely buy some swag once I’m getting actual paycheques again. I think SamKitten would look prosh in a Tunch onesie, no?
mr. whipple
@Mnemosyne:
LOL. That’s why we call one ‘Mr. Crunchy’.
RedKitten
@Mnemosyne: I used to have to do that with our Lhasa. We groomed him ourselves, and I always clipped his butt, as well as about 4 inches of the underside of the base of his tail. You pretty much HAVE to do that with any sort of long-haired dog.
Annie
@James K. Polk, Esq.:
OMG, he is beautiful…Quite the man. Congratulations Dad…
WereBear
@James K. Polk, Esq.: Awww, he’s a beauty.
About that lease… you get another long haired black kitty… how are they gonna know?
Betsy
@James K. Polk, Esq.:
Oh, he’s gorgeous!! And I love the name Claude.
mr. whipple
Pelosi tells Stupak to bugger off:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/11/845302/-BREAKING:-Pelosi-Calls-Stupaks-Bluff:-NO-compromise!
SiubhanDuinne
Rachel’s doing a quite interesting interview with Nancy right now. Diplomatic as all hell, but she’s not putting up with Stupak’s shit any longer.
James K. Polk, Esq.
@Svensker: Before Claude, I had always rescued kittens. My thought was that I could “raise them right” and, well, I’m a sucker for teh cute. After reading BJ and seeing John rescue adult animals, I got inspired to do the same.
Sir Claude was the biggest kitty at the pound, also the fuzziest. He was the ASPCA staff’s favorite kitty. The were all super happy to see him taken home instead of destroyed.
Claude is the sweetest snuggle kitteh ever, too. His first night in my house, he climbed right up in bed with me and started purring. I am slightly allergic to cats, but Sir Claude doesn’t cause any problems.
I did have to buy a Furminator…
HRA
Thank you all for the photos of the pets and rescues. It was very relaxing and much needed after a long day.
Still have to go shopping at the store. I promise I will make it sooner rather than later.
Steeplejack
@James K. Polk, Esq.:
Great story. May you have many happy years together.
I am jonesin’ for a cat. Always had one or two for years, until about six-seven years ago, when my 21-year-old Russian blue died. Current apartment is too small.
Fergus Wooster
@jeffreyw: Damn.
Damn damn.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43973485@N03/4426372036/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43973485@N03/4425607791/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43973485@N03/4425607783/
I await your move, sir.
Tax Analyst
@ChrisB:
We Los Angeles sports fans who came of age in the 60’s have now lost 2 talented and exciting stars of that era, Olsen and long-time Los Angeles Dodger’s center-fielder Willie Davis (yesterday). Both were age 69.
I can’t count the number of games I watched and attended involving these two men.
This news makes me feel both old and sad.
jeffreyw
@Fergus Wooster: How the fuck does WP let you link three times? If I click the arrow that counts as my one. Bastards
jeffreyw
@Fergus Wooster: Damn breeders. I am child free ;)
Tax Analyst
On a more positive note, as soon as Tax Season is over I plan to purchase a few items of that precious Kitty Swag. Right now I don’t even have room for even a stinking mug in my over-crowded apartment.
Shit, I haven’t even checked my mail in at least several weeks, except to cull out the American Express bill so they wouldn’t put a hold on my credit card. I have this huge tote-bag full of crap to sort through sitting on top of a box full of mis-sorted CD albums.
SIA
@2 MikeJ
You are funny!
Fergus Wooster
@jeffreyw: As was I. Then I noticed a giant pea-pod next to my bed. . . .
Steeplejack
Anyone having problems with Opera and Adobe Flash?
I upgraded to Opera 10.50 about a week ago, then upgraded Flash last night when prompted to on a YouTube page in which the video wouldn’t play. Now it appears that Flash will not play any videos for me, and I keep getting the “Go upgrade!” message.
But the videos play fine in the universally reviled Internet Explorer 8. WTF?!
May be time for me to revisit Firefox or investigate Chrome.
RedKitten
Not pet-related, but I just uploaded a new SamKitten video to my url, if anybody’s interested.
Fergus Wooster
@RedKitten: I was about to mention that I meant no challenge to you. . .
kommrade reproductive vigor
@James K. Polk, Esq.: I like the looks of a cat that looks like he does whatever he likes.
Also!
RedKitten
@Fergus Wooster: Hey, there’s always room for more cute! She’s gorgeous (and I love the little barrettes….that just slays me.)
Ruckus
@Fergus Wooster:
Take it this is your daughter? She is just precious. Really like the last pic, but they are all good.
jeffreyw
@Ruckus: Hah, wait until she learns she was entered in a puppy showdown!
SiubhanDuinne
Yo SIA! Did you see, we’re supposed to get hail and high winds tomorrow? Kind of like a tornado with pebbles.
Comrade Mary
@Fergus Wooster: Oh, she’s a wee little Bjork-being! Has she shown an affinity for swans yet?
Cheryl from Maryland
That is so sad about Merlin Olsen. Let’s raise our BJ coffee mugs in salute to him and his pals on the Fearsome Foursome, Rosey Grier, Deacon Jones and Lamar Lundy.
Ruckus
@jeffreyw:
Yea but she won.
And I like puppies but kids is still more better.
AhabTRuler
Now what would be the perfect thing to send his friends and family?
Tax Analyst
@Cheryl from Maryland:
Agreed. A good idea.
Billy K
I would buy something if it could be guaranteed to go to cats only.
I’m just like that.
Billy K
I would buy something if it could be guaranteed to go to cats only.
I’m just like that.
asiangrrlMN
The one night I take off is the night flooded with cats and dogs (and babies, oh my!) Dueling babies? Bring it! Fergus Wooster, your little girl is too darling. RedKitten, SamKitten is, as always, so happy and healthy and handsome.
I can attest to the fact that the wearables are comfy and well-made. Next up, DIAF mug!
@gbear: That’s cool! Mebbe she wouldn’t mind you taking a pic and posting it here!
@jeffreyw: I think it’s because he just pastes the links directly into the comment without actually linking them.
@Laura W.: Those cats are so darling! I want all three.