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Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

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

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Let there be snark.

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People are complicated. Love is not.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Not all heroes wear capes.

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Evelyn From Charlies Angels passes along a thank you note:

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Balloon Juice community for another generous donation to Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue in Brevard, NC. With this last check, over $3,000 has been given to CAAR to help the animals. The 2011 calendar has really helped increase the money received and we would like to thank all who sent pictures of their own pets to make this such a huge success. As of today, we have saved 405 animals since Jan. 1, 2010. Without your support and compassion, this would not have been possible. So please keep buying Balloon Juice and Charlie’s Angels products from the store and help us help the animals.

Evelyn Bridges
Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue
Follow us on FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Charlies-Angels-Animal-Rescue/314155757576

In addition to this, they should be receiving another $3,000.00 from all of our sales of holiday items and Calendars (which are still on sale, btw- it is not too late!). Because they run such a lean operation, every purchase you make really does go a long way towards helping these animals. So, thanks, guys.

And a special thanks to Laura W., who really was the brains and the motivating spirit behind the store and has spent hundreds of hours on this stuff, as well as Ahab and several others who have done lots to help. I’m just the pitch man and have the easy and fun job.

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  3. 3.

    geg6

    How did our Henry get down there to Evelyn’s place?

    If that’s not Henry (the blonde Lab), then it certainly is a very good likeness.

  5. 5.

    Carnacki

    I bought two, one for me and one for a gift. For those on the fence, I hear the calendars are good for a WHOLE year. So you can buy it and it’ll still be good in January.

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    debit

    Thanks. I was having a “losing faith in humanity” kind of day. This helped a lot. I’m going to order some more stuff tonight, for the childrens and such.

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    Mary G

    Link to their PayPal page

    There is a page with pictures of all their rescued animals who now have new homes, very cheery to see them all smiling.

    O/T I hate rain. Someone tell me about your horrible weather so I can be properly grateful to live in California.

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    Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther

    Since I suspect Laura W. herself to be too classy to do this, I’ll just say:

    And hey now! If you think (rightly) that Laura W. is awesome sauce for doing this, why not go to her etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/laurawinzeler (at which you can use this code to get a 15% discount MOSAICCATS22) and/or blog http://laurawinzelerdesigns.blogspot.com/ to check out her amazing mosaics? They are very, very lovely indeed. (And often pet-themed!)

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    Yutsano

    I’m home sick, and really should be asleep and/or nursing a bowl of chicken soup, but this is cheering. Makes me even more grateful for my Lily Pad. :) Y’all know you want one.

  17. 17.

    Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther

    Ok, ALRIGHT ALREADY!!

    I have finally broken down and bought a BJ mug, even though the last thing this house needs is one more mug.

    But a) good cause + b) the “I can see Russia from this blog mug” is just too much awesome to be denied.

  19. 19.

    CT Voter

    @Mary G: OK, I will. It’s been cold enough for long enough that 33 degrees now feels warm. And when it actually makes it up to 33, it still feels like 16, because of the wind. I live in fear for when the next heating bill shows up.

    On the plus side, we’ve had no snow here in CT.

    Unlike Syracuse, NY, for example: over 70 inches of snow since Dec. 1. How sick is that?

  24. 24.

    Violet

    @Yutsano:
    I hope you feel better soon. It stinks being sick during the holidays. I was sick last week and now I’m trying to finish painting three rooms in the house so I can move the furniture back in and be ready to host Christmas. This was all supposed to be done last week, but being sick for a week really set me back. Ugh. I think I’ll finish but it’s going to be a late night tonight.

    I don’t need another calendar, but am going to buy a Lily mug after Christmas when I have a moment to breathe.

  25. 25.

    Mnemosyne

    @Mary G:

    I’m home sick with a migraine and all I’ve heard all day is the rain. A tree from the condo building next door fell over and blocked the driveway on Saturday night (fortunately, a couple of brave souls were willing to go out into the rain and cut it up with their power saw so they could clear it).

    Current prediction is that it’s going to rain all the way through Wednesday. Hopefully not too many hillsides will come down where the Station Fire was.

  26. 26.

    Mary G

    @CT VoterUgh. Thanks. 61 degrees that feels like 50 degrees feels much warmer now. My rheumatoid arthritis is killing me; I could not survive in CT or Syracuse.

    @Mnemosyne: I know, drip, drip, drip for days now. And the clouds are down to sea level or there’s fog, too, it’s so dark in my house in the middle of the day.

    I agree about the hillsides. I turned on the local news last night and they were all “Everything’s fine! We have K-rails!” as if we haven’t seen K-rails floating down the street in the mud.

    Edit: fail due to apostrophes??
    This is my brain on drugs.

  27. 27.

    quaint irene

    Each year one of my Mom’s Christmas presents is a dog calender, of some kind. This year it’s the BJ”s. Yay!

    Miss Katie appears on a couple of the pages.
    ***********************************

    Those dogs in the photo at the top of the blog, look a little like, “you woke us up for this?”

  28. 28.

    Maody

    Mao Mao is so very happy with hers though her mother had a heck of a time trying to pry it out of the mailbox. She walked with me down the lane in the full moon to the meadow, watched me yank and tug and cuss a little which always amuses her.

    Thanks Anne Laurie – it’s great.

  29. 29.

    Evelyn

    @CT Voter: Evelyn here. First, thanks to everyone for supporting Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue. The two dogs in the picture with me are 2 of my own 6 rescued dogs. Andy is the yellow lab, about 12 yrs old and is my perfect gentleman.Had him about 6 yrs.Belonged to a OTR trucker who could not keep him Bob is the Brittany mix, about 6 yrs old. My husband found him in the forest while walking our other dogs and brought him home. Bob is our lover boy. My other 4 would not cooperate with photo op…:)

  30. 30.

    Laura W.

    @MattR: Matt, it was on Cyber Monday. You must’ve been out cyber shopping. My dear pal, Ann, takes the sugar plums that dance in my pointy head and makes them into wonderful Photoshop art for my use. She created the calendar cover with me. Thanks for being so quick to help with the direct link to the CAAR site and their paypal button, which is also accessible on the main page of the BJ store in the link to their web site in the second sentence.

    Is that Evelyn in the picture? Could she please TELL US ABOUT THOSE DOGS??

    It is indeed, CT Voter. I’ve asked Evelyn for a bit of the backstory on Bob and Andy Bridges, the only two of hers willing to join her for the photo shoot. (I suspect when the girl pets heard it involved wearing makeup on a Sunday, they hid under stuff, understandably.)

  31. 31.

    John O

    Well, right on.

    I believe I will break out the Tunch sweatshirt, in honor of my beloved Slushy who from what I can gather was Tunch-esque. Except for being fat.

    RIP, buddy, and bless those who save animals.

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    Clutch414

    @CT Voter: Meh, it’s not so bad. Breaking various snowfall records is an annual event here in the ‘Cuse.

    Plus, it’s not like all 70 inches fell all at once. There was a 4-day long lake effect storm the first week of December, then the weather got relatively warm (above freezing) right after and a good amount of the accumulation melted. Then the second storm happened and that’s how we got 70 inches total.

    Also, lake effect snow isn’t the same as regular storm snow (the kind that falls during a nor’easter). Regular storm snow is much heavier and wetter than lake effect snow. Lake effect snow light and fluffy. I’d much rather shovel lake effect snow than regular storm snow.

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