Stanley Cup.
Also, Wasted Hippie at 9 pm central.
My geranium bloomed (aka the pansy back-up plan) in the last 36 hours:
Finally, this is a crappy pic, but I loved Tunch’s glare:
Behave! But not too much.
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Stanley Cup.
Also, Wasted Hippie at 9 pm central.
My geranium bloomed (aka the pansy back-up plan) in the last 36 hours:
Finally, this is a crappy pic, but I loved Tunch’s glare:
Behave! But not too much.
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Chat Noir
Ah Tunch! That’s exactly what we need in the midst of all the bad news coming from the Gulf.
Jared
“…I loved Tunch’s glare.”
Ah yes, the “I will cut you” glare.
The picture is great! No worries.
MattR
As always, the file name is as entertainting as the picture.
robertdsc
Perhaps Tunch’s Furminator leftovers can stop the leak.
I bow to our feline Overlord. He iz king!
Mnemosyne
Pretty boy! (Not you, the cat.) That’s definitely the look of a cat who’s saying, “You know what? You’re OK for a monkey.”
schrodinger's cat
@Mnemosyne: We don’t really know what John looks like, do we? It is hard to beat kittehz in the looks department though, they are such beautiful and graceful creatures.
Tunch rules!!!
Thx
— Tunch fan
Keith G
Tunch looks like a wasted hippie, post munch out.
lamh32
Oh good Lord.
Far be if for me to give any repub the benefit of the doubt, but unless this woman is some type of politician “Tiger Woods”, this is just too ridiculous to even fathom?
And then there were 2…Another Haley denial…
Violet
@lamh32:
It’s enough to make you wonder if she’s been taking Amb!en and has been sleep-sexing, or something. That’s crazy.
schrodinger's cat
Tunch: This kibble is not good enough, where is my sushi grade tuna?
lamh32
Paul McCartney’s White House Fête
PeakVT
Can we put Tunch in a sub and use his glare to cut through the some pipe?
smiley
OT, I guess, but I hate where I live. From today’s paper:
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It’s been about three weeks since Holder said he hadn’t read the Arizona law. They’re really stuck on that.
geg6
@lamh32:
Damn. She has slutted her way through the whole state party.
In good news, the prezzie made a pretty damn good speech on the economy and who fucked it up and who fixed and continues to fix it. Benen has the text, I believe.
J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford
Let’s Go Blackhawks!
If the Blackhawks win the Cup and the Bulls sign one of the star free agents (1st choice: James, 2nd choice Bosh) I just may be able to make it through this dismal White Sox season.
The Fire winning a trophy would help a great deal, also, too.
Oh yeah, and the Cubs need to miss the playoffs. Can’t forget that.
Bad Horse's Filly
Always good to see the Tunch-man.
I saw this this a.m. and found it both inspiring and heartbreaking. These are some resilient people.
Gulf Coast Residents discuss implications of spill
geg6
@lamh32:
No way I’m missing that when it airs. No fucking way.
soonergrunt
I submit the following for your edification:
Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan is an article in Foreign Policy magazine by Mohammad Qayoumi, President of California State University, East Bay. He grew up in Kabul and came to work in the United States in 1978. Since 2002 he has volunteered his time in reconstruction efforts, serving on the board of directors to the Central Bank and as senior advisor to the minister of finance.
While it’s not a perfect example of pre-war life in Afghanistan, it does show how Kabul was, and there was a stable, functioning government there.
Between the Russians and the Pakistanis, that is in ruins, but the simple fact is that anyone who likes to claim that Afghanistan is a lost cause or that it’s doomed to fail or that it’s a medieval society or any of the other memes that westerners who want to end what we’re doing there does not know the history of the country, and they do not know the Afghans I knew.
I could go on all night, but I doubt I’d sway anybody’s opinion.
Chat Noir
@lamh32: Coolness! I wonder if he’ll play a special version of “Michelle” for Michelle Obama. I heard a clip of his concert from DC last summer where he dedicated the song to her.
/swoon (love McCartney!)
jl
I interpret Tunch’s ‘glare’ as a look of affectionate contempt he has deigned to throw towards his miserable human straw boss.
Amanda in the South Bay
So, Senator Daniel Akaka, Democrat of Hawaii, wants to make some changes to the post 9/11 Gi Bill that would actually hurt me financially in a big way.
All I’m thinking is that he is a fucking piece of shit, and any Dem who votes for this is also a fucking douchebag.
Hopefully I’ll be done with school and employed in a decent job before this even passes, but it fucking pisses me off to no end.
*The part about BAH rates being lowered for people going to school half time, whereas you get the full rate for going part time right now. It really does financially impact me, since I’m going to school part time while working a pretty hefty schedule.
Tonal Crow
That’s not a glare. That’s the steady attention of true love. I think you’re going to have to apologize for assuming that Tunch was up to no good when you found him in the shower at 3am.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Oee of these things is not like the other
One of these things just doesn’t belong…
Maybe even two of those things….
Karen in GA
The positive side of the spill — more Michael Sheen. You know he’ll be playing Tony Hayward in the inevitable movie.
(Yes, in this context, the term “positive” is used very loosely. I mean, I like Michael Sheen, but not that much.)
Violet
@Karen in GA:
They do look remarkably similar, don’t they?
Mnemosyne
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Malia is 11 and Sasha is 9.
‘Nuff said.
NeenerNeener
@geg6:
If you sleep your way to the bottom you’re doing it wrong…
El Tiburon
Also the glare on Tunch.
I just replanted a geranium from a pot into the backyard. It’s looking good but no bloom yet.
lamh32
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
the sign of the apocalypse for me was when the Jonas Brothers played “Superstitious” with Stevie Wonder in one of those odd Grammy duets. The joke at my Grammy watching party was “do you think Stevie even knows who he’s playing with?”
Karen in GA
Sorry, I’m still stuck on the “positive side of the spill” thing. What’s sad is that I was telling someone recently that if we were to switch over to nuclear energy, I wouldn’t trust the US government to regulate it or oversee its safety.
I said that within 6 months we’d all be glowing in the dark — “and CNN would be running happy segments on the advantages of bioluminescence.”
It figures.
smiley
@soonergrunt: Books like “The Kite Runner” have really helped me understand, at least a little, and become curious about that part of the world. Also, the discovery the NG Afgan girl makes me curious about the background of the people of central Asia. Anyone know any good anthropology or travel books on the region?
Paula
Ugh. Obama needs to stop indulging the girls’ Jonas brothers mania, for the sake of our national musical heritage. /backseat parenting
SiubhanDuinne
Well, I haz a happy because a Big Package was waiting for me at my front door when I got home tonight. Even better, it was from Cafe Press. Een better than *that*, it disgorged two Balloon Juice mugs (one with each slogan), two tote bags (“Tunch is Watching You” and “OBEY”), and a t-shirt with a tasteful portrait of Tunch and “Ballon Juice” beneath the picture. The mugs and totes will be put to use beginning tomorrow; the t-shirt, however, is long-sleeved and will languish in my closet until it cools off in Atlanta by about 30 degrees.
It’s all beautiful stuff. The on-line illustrations don’t really do justice to the great artwork or the terrific workmanship. I am very pleased. And saving puppehs and kittehs through Evelyn’s rescue facility is a bonus, of course.
The Dangerman
Is that a glare…
…or has he used so much energy getting from the floor to the dresser that he can’t open his eyes all the way?
arguingwithsignposts
Sigh. It’s only wednesday and i feel like i’ve been through a wringer – the I/P attack, the BP spill (I grew up on the gulf coast in Texas). Tomorrow, I’m going to the doctor again for some anti-depressants, because this world has become too scary for even Lady Smudge to counteract.
lamh32
The Tribute to Sir Paul McCarthney is now streaming live at White House Blog:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live
Neutron Flux
@Karen in GA: About 19% of the electricity produced in the US comes from nuclear.
The industry had it’s own Deepwater Horizon, and evolved from that safer and more reliable.
lamh32
Darnit,
Looks like the WH livestream only showed Obama’s speech, not the performances. I guess you have to wait til PBS broadcasts the performances.
Curses!!!
Annie
Notice that Tunch is sitting on a hard, wooden table. Does the glare have something to do with John turning his lovely soft window seat into an atrium?
@arguingwithsignposts:
Hugs and kisses to Lady Smudge. It it time for new pictures.
QuaintIrene
Tunch’s glare? I don’t know. To me, his look says more like, “Drink me in, folks.”
Steeplejack
Tunch’s look is pure love. When cats squinch their eyes at you like that, it’s lurve. Still may be followed by mayhem, but it’s love.
SiubhanDuinne
@arguingwithsignposts: You may or may not know it, but I (and I would imagine a LOT of people around these parts) — well, I don’t actually know the word; it combines worry/concern with cheerleading — anyhow, that.
Lady Smudge has been a FSMsend, no doubt, but sometimes a few counseling sessions or pills or both make all the difference. You are truly one of my favourite commenters here, and I’m so glad you’re asking for help now.
I’d send a {hug} but it’s too farkin hot. But maybe Miss Smudge will drape herself across your neck. You know, to show affection. Because she’s just that awesome.
Karen in GA
@Neutron Flux: That’s the thing — when I think “nuclear power,” I don’t immediately assume “impending mushroom cloud.”
However, when I think “nuclear power overseen by US deregulation freaks,” I assume “reading at night by the light of my very own flesh.” Followed by “until it sloughs off from the radiation poisoning.”
We’ve had a generation raised on “private industry can do no wrong,” and who knows how many of them are entrenched in our government. I wouldn’t trust them to oversee a charcoal grill.
I’m just angry and venting. Don’t mind me.
Neutron Flux
@Karen in GA: No prob. I missed your POV.
I can see your concern, but would tell you that from where I set, there is no sign of that happening. Today at least.
MTmofo
See the Olbermann interview with former Ambassador Edward Peck. Peck was on one of the flotilla vessels.
Mark S.
Ken Griffey, Jr. just retired. Should he be in the HOF? His numbers are certainly worthy and he’s never been accused of juicing, but, man, he was such a nonentity for the last ten years of his career. Any baseball fans want to weigh in?
Gatsby
Tunch is so pleasantly plump!
Daize
John, thank you for the Tunchster photo. His loveliness is balm to the sadness of current things….
Joe Lisboa
Ump robs Detroit Tiger of perfect game on last out of the 9th . There are no words.
Boo
Anyone with a cat will know those eyes are ‘love eyes’. Pure adoration.
asiangrrlMN
Tuuuuuuuuuunchie! He’s not glaring! He’s loving you up, cole! I love love love that cat!
@Mark S.: No. He was a really good player early on, but no.
@geg6: If it is to be believed. And, even if she has, so what? I mean, other than her being a traditional family values/morals kind of person (which, to be fair, I don’t know for sure she is, but she’s a Republican), who cares? If it’s good for the gander, it’s certainly good enough for the goose.
@arguingwithsignposts: I hear ya. I have TWO cats and anti-depressants, and it’s still not enough.
Corner Stone
@Joe Lisboa:
Sure there are. They just all end with *fucker.
Ash Can
So there will be a Game 5. That’s fine. Now, to bed.
PS: That big white ottoman is looking at me funny.
(I keed, I keed. I love da Tunch.)
asiangrrlMN
@Ash Can: Good. That means I may actually get to see another game. I couldn’t believe the FINALS aren’t on network during the week.
Yutsano
This one is for RedKitten. Mostly because it involves A) Nova Scotia B) Sidney Crosby and C) puppehs. A very adorable one at that.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/05/31/ns-sidney-crosby-rcmp-dog.html
I am fully aware she may have seen this, but it’s still too sweet to not share.
@asiangrrlMN: I know that look. I get it from my furballs all the time. That’s a glare. JC has committed some unforgivable sin. Hopefully the Tunch shall be merciful and spare his life.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Teh puppeh! Swooooon from the cuteness. And, Raven gives me that look, but he’s just caught halfway in blinking “I looooove you”. It’s not a glare! How are you? Thought you might me outie tonight.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: I’m about, just not posting from work because of the IE issues. That and today was pure fucking hell. Oh well, tomorrow then two days off. I have an interesting dinner planned to try and cheer my brother up. Pork chops stuffed with two cheeses, prosciutto, and sage, and risotto. I’ll make plenty. :)
JDG
OMG, KAOS Radio Austin! Awesome! I listened to them back in the day when they were running an illegal transmitter out of someone’s back yard in east Austin. Those were the days… there were actually TWO unlicensed stations for a short while, so totally awesome (especially because KVRX only gets 12 hours out of the day on their frequency; the other 12 hours is KOOP, which is only occasionally as good).
/nostalgia