Was watching the Giants game and got this panicked feeling as I suddenly realized I hadn’t heard the girls lately- “Did I leave them outside? What are they doing wrong?” and so forth. Went into the bedroom and found out why they were so quiet:
I guess that is about as good a way to spend Sunday afternoon as watching football.
muddy
Mmm, leg quarters. Tasty!
cathyx
I felt like doing that today too.
Shari
They really are sweet dogs
eemom
If I never comment again, it will be because I have died of teh cute.
Carrie
Holy crap, that is so gardamned adorable.
So comfy looking!
I wanna spoon with them.
ulee
I have two jack russell/whippet sisters. It’s 5 degrees here in maine. This is how they look.
Soonergrunt
Not being one to tramp on a new post, even an open thread, I’ll note with some small happiness that SOPA appears to be effectively dead, at least for the time being.
ACTA and PROTECT IP are still alive and kicking in the Senate, but this is good news.
PeakVT
Doggie ‘tocks? Think of the children, Cole.
Richard
Wash the sponsoring lawmakers mouths out with SOPA. What an odious piece of shit that bill was.
PurpleGirl
Yes, that picture is teh cute. LOL. Thanks JC.
Violet
So cute! Have they turned out to be good friends, now that Rosie is more under control?
Don’t think Ricky Gervais’s opening was as funny this year, but the Johnny Depp stuff was really good. Johnn Depp looked really nervous.
MikeJ
@Soonergrunt: I’m thrilled it’s dead, I just wish people hadn’t felt it necessary to lie so much about what it did and didn’t do.
It did 1) make US based DNS servers irrelevant 2) increase penalties for counterfeiting.
It did not require 20 years in prison for singing a song on youtube. In fact there was nothing about casual infringement by individuals in the bill. If you ran a web site outside of the US that had files that infringed on US copyright or sold dvds on the street in St Mark’s place you were in big trouble.
People kept making up all sorts of shit that simply wasn’t in the bill. Thank god and greyhound it’s gone.
Citizen_X
They’re resting up, John. They’ve gotta be up all night barking!
gogol's wife
That is adorable. They are so happy.
Why isn’t it a “Downton Abbey” open thread?
There’s a great article about Mitt Romney in this month’s Vanity Fair. Very informative. I highly recommend it.
gastropoda
Rick Santorum would have a cow.
FlipYrWhig
@MikeJ: I heard that if you sang a song on YouTube you’d be whisked away to indefinite detention, and only Ron Paul was speaking out against it.
SiubhanDuinne
Aww. They must be all shagged out from their 4:00 a.m. Bark Duet.
Citizen_X
Once again, we hear the jackboots of President Bush-Lite Obambi bringing us the DRONES, PEOPLE, DRONES! IN AMERICA!
Yeah, sure: a peaceful use for drones. Unpossible!
FlipYrWhig
@Citizen_X: OUCH MAH SIVIL LIBUHTEEZ!
Quarks
@gogol’s wife: Downton Abbey just picked up a Golden Globe. So, we’re on topic.
Maggie Smith rules.
Angela
Thanks for the pics. It’s the best part of today so far. They are so cute!
Yoki
Oxygen!!! Quick!! They need oxygen. Lift the covers! Do mouth-to-snoot resuscitation!
Dee Loralei
Who needs snugglebunnies, when ya got snugglepuppies? OMG teh cuteness! I just made a black forest cherry tort from Saveur.com, but I did it a bit differently, for my mom’s bday dinner.7 of us only ate a bit more than 1/4 of it. I do hope my neighborhood Obama group is hungry tomorrow or Tuesday, so they can get rid of the rest. It is like 12 inches tall! Fucking humongulous cake, my father said it was obscene.
pika
Two spooningfuls of sugar!
MacKenna
When I sleep I need to stick my legs and feet outside the covers too. I’m down with these dawgs.
ulee
“teh” has got to go. It is annoying. Please stop.
Svensker
@Dee Loralei:
You just come sit right her by me, little lady. And bring a piece o’ that thang. Yum!
@MacKenna:
Me, too! Hot tootsies.
Yutsano
@Svensker: PUPPEHS!!
@ulee: First you must kill the 4chan. Then you must destroy the meme. Good luck my child.
MikeJ
@ulee: nevar!
Loneoak
Hopefully the Packers defense will show up for the Golden Globes and lay down some brutal tackles on the red carpet.
khead
Yeah, that pic is full of teh cuteness.
Elizabelle
NYTimes: Huntsman is quitting the GOP race.
Southern Beale
Just heard Jon Huntsmann is dropping out of the race tomorrow.
lamh35
@Elizabelle: poss endorsing Romney I hear.
peej
@Elizabelle: What? Daddy decided not to throw his money away any more?
handy
@Southern Beale:
Another one bites the dust.
Elizabelle
Please let it not be America Select.
ulee
Huntsman quiting teh race? Teh end, it is teh end.
Southern Beale
Yeah kinda shocking he last this long, after all, he is the least crazy/most presidential of the bunch. My takeaway: never EVER speak Chinese at a GOP debate.
geg6
Damn, Cole. That is just an overdose of cute.
I need it. Henry has stopped eating altogether (though he is still drinking and will eat a treat). My John has finally come to the conclusion that it really is time to call the Rainbow Bridge people. We hope that Henry goes on his own, but this week is the end, either way. I can’t bear to see him so helpless much longer and John has finally resigned himself to the inevitable.
Even Otis is sensing that things are coming to the end. He is being sweet to Henry, this after years of, at best, pretending he doesn’t exist or, at worst, open animosity. John already is a basket case and I’m well on my way there. I just have to be the strong one until we say goodbye. And then I’ll fall apart like a cheap suit.
Give your doggies lots of love, Cole. And keep our Henry in your thoughts. He’s been a very, very good dog.
Schlemizel
Didn’t see the opening but what I have seen is what I expect – when you hire Rickey you should know whats coming & play along.
I liked the line “You’re so much better than last years audience. They had a right stick up their ass”!
Madonna had the right idea, insult back, too bad she is not good at it. They should get writers to come up with some zingers then its as if everyone is in on the fun.
pika
@geg6: Oh, I’m so sorry–have been through things similar too many times, though even given that, I can’t at all presume to know how you’re all feeling. I’m so sorry.
Linda Featheringill
@geg6:
My sympathies. A death watch is a very difficult thing.
[[hugs]]
Elizabelle
@geg6: Ahh. Thinking of you, Henry, and your family. Time is time.
re politics: hadn’t realized The State endorsed Huntsman today. Wonder if that’s a record, endorsed and out in hours.
http://www.thestate.com/2012/01/15/2114108/huntsman-could-bring-us-back-together.html
Gus
@geg6: I’m sorry.
jacy
@geg6:
My thoughts are with you. Remember a life well-lived is the best gift.
geg6
Thanks, guys. It’s crazy, but it really helps to share this. Even with online “strangers.”. Maybe especially with online strangers. I can share my anguish, you all get it (being pet lovers), and I don’t have to be strong. I really appreciate that.
Elizabelle
@geg6: Keep us posted.
Octavia Spencer wins best supporting actress. All right! And quotes Martin Luther King on the dignity of labor.
Schlemizel
@geg6:
I hope you can focus on the good times.
I know from my own experience that unloading here can bring a surprisingly heart-felt response that can lift your spirits. I don’t understand it but I have felt it. Hopefully knowing that a group of internet losers do care & feel your pain can be of some comfort to you.
Alison
@geg6: I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I have been there, and it is always so hard. And it’s not even a question of being strong – you’re human, and it’s painful, and there is nothing wrong at all with feeling and showing that pain.
Thoughts are with you and yours.
Yutsano
@geg6: He’s telling you it’s time. You’re listening. It’s a small comfort I know, but at least you know that. Big hugz hon.
thalarctos
@geg6: I’m so sorry. I hope that the grief recedes soon, and gives way to good memories of your time with him.
Karen
@geg6:
My heart goes out to you geg. It never gets any easier. *hugs*
Karen
I just realized that the only TV network show to win anything was on PBS. You need cable to watch the other shows. I guess since I won’t be able to afford to get Showtime or HBO, I won’t get to see those shows. Neither will anyone who can’t afford cable.
I am happy that they showed Morgan Freeman’s clip on The Electric Company. TEC was my introduction to him.
SiubhanDuinne
@geg6:
Am so sorry. It’s tough, but you know you’re doing the right thing. Hugs tou you and your John and an extra loving scritch for Henry.
And I know what you mean about “online strangers.” It’s so weird, but completely wonderful, what a community this is.
Mike in NC
@geg6:
Always a heartbreaking moment. We feel for you, truly.
gogol's wife
@geg6:
I’m really sorry. I’ve been following the saga, and I know how much you love and care for Henry. He knows too, of course.
Violet
@geg6:
I’m so sorry. You’re doing the right thing for Henry, but that doesn’t mean it’s the easy thing. Sending hugs.
Violet
@Karen:
Yeah, it’s really getting to where you can’t watch any of the best shows without paying for premium channels. But Modern Family just won, so that’s a network show.
policomic
@geg6: So sorry. Just give him all the love you can.
dance around in your bones
@geg6:
Aw, that sucks. The last time I went through this, we had called the vet to come and administer ‘the dose’, but our beloved doggie died in the night. I guess I felt better about that, but still…shit, it’s never easy.
Just….hugs. Things happen as they do, life sucks and all that.
PurpleGirl
@geg6: Oh, that is sad. But you and your John will feel better that Henry will be past the pain and discomfort he is feeling. Hug him and pet him; show him he is loved. You took care of Henry the best you could. And hug John, you both need to find solace.
Violet
Well that was a really lame Golden Globes. I don’t think Ricky Gervais was even trying. And I can’t believe “The Descendents” won so many awards. It was the one film I did see out of all the nominees and I thought it was average at best. Disappointing.
Dee Loralei
@geg6: Best wishes to you and your John, you are doing the best for Henry. You are doing an immensely difficult thing. Henry is telling you it is time. Remember the love and joy he gave you and celebrate his life……and sometime, many years from now, you will celebrate his death, and acknowledge his dignity. I am so sorry.
JCT
I’m terribly sorry geg6, this is always awful — good thoughts your way.
I spent the afternoon visiting animal shelters because I am going insane from solitude with my entire human and animal family 2500 miles away. As soon as I can convince myself that kittehs can tolerate a few days of being boarded every so often I’m going to find me some kitteh siblings to rescue and have them come live with me in my freaking trailer.
And thanks for that awesome pic, JC — first smile all day after AARON let me down.
FlipYrWhig
@geg6: Hang in, geg.
Mnemosyne
@Karen:
Almost all of the cable networks put their stuff out on DVD, so you can still catch up after the season. It’s not ideal, but at least you can find out why people are still raving about “The Sopranos.” You may even be able to check them out from your local library if you don’t want to pay to rent them.
In other news, my bicycle was stolen Friday night and I am very pissed off right now.
Garbo
@geg6: So sorry, geg. It just sucks, that’s all. Animal friends are such a gift.
suzanne
@geg6: Hugs. You and John and Henry are in my thoughts. I hope you can soon think only about how much you love him without the grief. More hugs.
ruemara
@geg6: Oh I’m so sorry. Know that you are freeing him, and you’ve given him a lot of love and joy. All my best to you, John and Henry.
That is one wicked cute shot. I mean, it is teh koot.
cay
love the haunches pic! glad your dogs stayed put!
MacKenna
@geg6: Blessings to you and Henry. My thoughts are with you. It really really hurts to lose a four-legged friend.
slightly-peeved
Sorry to hear that geg6. It’s always a tough time.
moe99
@geg6: A dear friend just lost her cat last night after a week of injecting him with fluids. And I’ve had to do the same for several of my dogs. I really feel for you. This is tough stuff.
Jebediah
@geg6:
I am so sorry. What you are doing and going through is so goddamn difficult and painful – take whatever comfort you can from knowing you are doing the right thing for Henry. Every one of us who has been there feels for you, and when you are able to look back and reminisce on the time you had with him, you’ll know you have nothing to apologize for. Little comfort now, I know, but someday it will be worth something.
You have my sympathy and condolences.
debbie
Karen:
My library has all the series on DVDs. I’m getting ready to start Sons of Anarchy, but I’ve pretty much seen every series I’ve wanted to.
ellie
I am sorry about your puppeh, geg6. I had to put my Ziggy down in early November. I can’t think about it too much; it is too painful. I miss hugging him.
kindness
I was just over at Failblog (needed a morning pick me up) and this is teh cutest dogs (with infant) in super hero costumes evah: (well worth clicking the link. If I could embed a pic I would have but I can’t).