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Monday Night Open Thread

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Every morning when I wake up, Lily and I have our moment when I rub her belly and ask “Who’s the best doggy, who’s the best doggy, who’s the best doggy” until she gets all wound up. Here she is half way through the process rubbing her nose with her paws (saying “I AM! I AM!), before scampering all over the bed and then jumping off and getting the zooms:

And here she is, jumping up on my lap, getting all up in my grill to let me know she is tired of being ignored in favor of the moving pictures:

How can you resist that?

I swear to god that dog’s face melts hearts.

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  1. 1.

    Knockabout

    Perhaps you should let Zandar handle the open threads in the future as today proved he’s not even remotely qualified to discuss science.

  3. 3.

    General Stuck

    Here she is half way through the process rubbing her nose with her paws (saying “I AM! I AM!),

    LOL, charlie does the same thing with his paws, but after a wild tickle fest he loves so much. Dogs, what a sorry world it would be without them.

  4. 4.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Not sure what happened to my first post, but shorter SiubhanDuinne: When can we have some pictures of Tunch? Huh?

    (First version that got eated was much cleverer and more tactful, but fuck it, if FYWP won’t cooperate, I don’t see why I should.)

  6. 6.

    greggha

    We call the zooming “spedding,” but it’s much the same. Alas, our dogs are past that – one’s too old and the other is blind (his spedding is about 3 strides long before he starts to realize he might run into a tree).

    Dogs are great. Nothing against cats, but dogs are great.

  7. 7.

    RossInDetroit

    I swear to god that dog’s face melts hearts.

    Part of me knows she’s adorable because of 150 centuries of human meddling to make her that way, and part of me wants to give her whatever makes her happy because she’s SOOOO CUUUUTE!!!

  9. 9.

    SiubhanDuinne

    I have to add: I really do love Lily. She is a beautiful girl with a face that would melt Dick Cheney’s heart.

    Okay, maybe not his, but the Koch brothers’ hearts for sure.

    Um, Grover Norquist’s? Newt’s?

  10. 10.

    beltane

    My six year-old son recently decided he wants a “little dog” as opposed to our big fat dog. When he saw a Lily post a couple of weeks ago he got all excited. Seems that Lily was what he had in mind when he says he wants a little dog. I am now trying to keep him away from all images of cute dogs because I am at my limit with animals right now.

  12. 12.

    PurpleGirl

    YAY! A doggie thread… Lily is so cute in both pictures, but the in the second one, that staring right at you is her saying… “I’m here, let’s play. Look at ME.”

  13. 13.

    cathyx

    I saw a sad thing today. On a road I drive on almost every day there is an old man who walks his basenji every morning. Today I saw him walking alone.

  15. 15.

    JCT

    @Raven: I think they want you to put that camera thing down and amuse them.

    Lily puppeh for the win!

    We start our day like this as well. First the younger beagle repeatedly hits one of us in the head with her iron paw until we wake up. And then she plays wrestlemania with her sister on the bed until the covers are on the floor and the day begins. Lots of fun unless you have a hangover.

  17. 17.

    MikeJ

    @cathyx: When I was young and rockabilly bands played in punk clubs, the cutest girl in town would show up at shows and do the mashed potato. Which doesn’t really help you any.

    Was it you that was supposed to be 70s Cher for Halloween? Did we ever see pics?

  18. 18.

    4jkb4ia

    John Cole–

    You CANNOT watch anything like what I just saw and think your masculinity is in question except as a joke. Unfortunately I think they are going home.

    (What? I saw the finale of this last year!)

  23. 23.

    JenJen

    There is nothing in this world like Dog Love.

    That being said, just a short while ago the now 8-month-old Lord Stanley was having a difficult time pooping outside and I noticed something, you know, hanging out. Although the first instinct is to help a buddy out, maybe pull a little, you can do real damage and it’s best to just wait. Finally, he worked it out. Oh, so that’s where his new bandanna went.

    Whew, we got lucky that time. And that, my friends, is also Dog Love. :-)

  24. 24.

    Anne Laurie

    @beltane:

    I am now trying to keep him away from all images of cute dogs because I am at my limit with animals right now.

    Well, it might buy you some time if you explain that little dogs are at a premium here in New England… the few that come up for adoption are snapped up quickly… that’s why the chihuahua rescue people have organized transcontinental flights to re-home discarded “Paris Hilton purse dogs” from LA to NYC.

  25. 25.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @beltane:

    When they get sick of Newt will it be Bachmann’s turn at bat again?

    Not quite yet. They haven’t done a proper Ron Paul yet. But he’ll have the lifespan of a mayfly, so Michele will be back soon.

  26. 26.

    Jenny

    @beltane: There is only 6 weeks until Iowa caucus. Given the down time around Xmas and New Years, I don’t think there’s enough time for Newt to flame out.

    Baring a dead girl or live boy, Newt will win Iowa, come close in New Hampshire, win South Carolina and Florida, picking up Cain’s and Perry’s supporters, and securing the nomination by mid February.

  27. 27.

    4jkb4ia

    In the name of fairness, Afro-Blue has gotten so much publicity from being on this show that there has to be a jazz label that will sign them–perhaps even Blue Note. They have shown the ability to transcend what everyone else is doing.

  28. 28.

    Anne Laurie

    @JenJen: Better his own bandana than your expensive lingerie. Fortunately I’m in a demographic that buys for comfort not glamour, but there’s a reason the laundry hamper is kept in the one room not accessible to the household four-foots.

  33. 33.

    4jkb4ia

    @beltane:

    I don’t think it’s going to be her turn again just because of the quickness with which the people that should be for her left her. They seem to be looking for something else other than what she can do.

    Six weeks is plenty of time to destroy Newt if people are paying attention. Newt can look like a cynical operator with just the stories that have already come out.

  34. 34.

    RossInDetroit

    @JenJen:

    Good thing you discovered that. Some dogs habitually eat inappropriate things. You don’t want to find out what a Venetian blind cord can do to a dog’s gut. Or what it costs to fix it.

  35. 35.

    Jenny

    Lawrence O’Donnell is calling Obama the best presidential strategist in history, on his show, right now.

    Suck on that haters.

  36. 36.

    burnspbesq

    @Mark S.:

    That should make Yutsano happy, along with the 17 remaining Colorado fans. The Pac-12 has a new permanent doormat, and its mailing address is Tucson, AZ

  39. 39.

    jafg

    Another hard hitting fact based story by Gloom Porn addict Cole on the only thing in the world he understands…his dog….and I suspect the Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan would probably take exception to that statement as well.

  41. 41.

    JenJen

    @RossInDetroit:

    You don’t want to find out what a Venetian blind cord can do to a dog’s gut. Or what it costs to fix it.

    Oh, I will drink to that. I feel like Stanley and I just got a free pass from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Gods. I’ve heard nightmarish stories about dogs who swallow rope toys (never leave a pup or a dog alone with those) or nylons or even socks, but a bandanna is bad enough.

    Whew.

    Is this an open thread? Nice return to the NHL, Sid Crosby. Welcome back. Now buck the fuck up, would you?

  42. 42.

    RossInDetroit

    @JenJen:

    Our dog Geezer has chewed exactly one improper thing in 9 years and he didn’t swallow it. Some dogs seem to want to consume everything, no matter how un-foodlike. Seems to be a personality characteristic worth watching out for.
    However IANAVet.

  47. 47.

    licensed to kill time

    There is just nothing like the unconditional and uncomplicated love we give and get from our furry brethren.

    I also made a decision long ago that I only wanted animals that hung around with me voluntarily, like cats and dogs. It’s worked for me. And for them, I guess, since they are still hanging around, voluntarily.

  55. 55.

    Donut

    @Raven:

    They have the same expression that my 3 and 5 year old kids have when they are playing hard. You just wanna grab ’em and make ’em laugh some more. Kids and dogs.

    Beautiful pooches you have there.

  58. 58.

    Yutsano

    @burnspbesq: I had no idea how bad it was…until I got home and checked the news. I LOLed. This could get fun. Rodriguez vs Erickson should provide hijinks and entertainment for a few years.

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