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This Is What Happens

by John Cole|  February 8, 20123:21 pm| 136 Comments

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When you don’t come when I call because you are just too important to listen:

That’s right. You sit outside in the cold and snow and drizzle, while everyone else is inside getting treats.

Let this be a lesson for all of you.

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  1. 1.

    Comrade Mary

    February 8, 2012 at 3:22 pm

    NOOOO! Give her treats! She’ll be good, I promise! Give her some treats!

  2. 2.

    schrodinger's cat

    February 8, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    How can you say no to that face
    *makes sad eyes*

  3. 3.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    February 8, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    I don’t believe you actually called.

  4. 4.

    kooks

    February 8, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    seriously, don’t be mean to the puppeh!! #occupydoggietreats!

  5. 5.

    geg6

    February 8, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    Look at that face, Cole. Come on, man! Rosie is too cute to not have treats. Send her my way. We have a dog-sized hole in our household and we never, ever, ever deprive our doggies of treats.

  6. 6.

    JPL

    February 8, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    Maybe Rosie would respond to something other than dammed dog. Miss Moxie went to pets mart to have her nails clipped and they had a special that included nail, 15 minutes of grooming, and tooth brushing for $21.00. She looks pretty.

  7. 7.

    gogol's wife

    February 8, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    Sweet Rosie, love her.

  8. 8.

    EdTheRed

    February 8, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    This is what happens, Rosie, WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS!!!

  9. 9.

    deep

    February 8, 2012 at 3:28 pm

    Wasn’t there a Gospel parable along these lines? Like those who were ready when they were called got to go to the kingdom of heaven and those who didn’t were wailing and gnashing their teeth?

  10. 10.

    Bulworth

    February 8, 2012 at 3:28 pm

    Awwwww. Cmon, Dad. Let me in. I wantz to be with you all.

  11. 11.

    Comrade Mary

    February 8, 2012 at 3:28 pm

    Don’t make me come down there and wrestle those treats from you, Cole.

  12. 12.

    EriktheRed

    February 8, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    Attaboy, John.

    Show Him (her?) who’s boss!

  13. 13.

    Raven

    February 8, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    @EdTheRed:
    We now find ourselves among the Alps. The Alps are a very simple people, living on a diet of rice and old shoes. Beyond the Alps lies more Alps. And The Lord Alps those that Alps themselves.

    Professor Wagstaff

  14. 14.

    JPL

    February 8, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    @JPL: How’s it going? It takes a long time before the pain eases.

  15. 15.

    SW

    February 8, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    And then you get old and sick and you die and your owner digs out this old picture and asks himself ‘What the fuck was I thinking?’

  16. 16.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 8, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    But…but…I was taking a very important call from the Rih Santorum for President Committee! That’s why I didn’t come back right away! It was very, very important, they swore to me it was!

  17. 17.

    jl

    February 8, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    Tunch write this post?

  18. 18.

    JCT

    February 8, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    C’mon John — put the camera down and give the puppeh a treat!

  19. 19.

    kindness

    February 8, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    I linked over to an article on Buzzfeed (yea, I know) but one of the side highlights they had were really cute:

    30 pictures of cats in the snow.

  20. 20.

    Ivan Ivanovich Renko

    February 8, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    Oh, fer cryin’ out loud– this is Cole we’re talking about.

    She was back in the house milliseconds after the shutter clicked, and treats were in order.

    Cole talks heavy shit, but he’s a total sucker for his critters.

    (which is another thing I like about the guy)

  21. 21.

    waratah

    February 8, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    She is being punished for not falling in lock and step?
    Being an individual?
    Marching to a different drummer?

  22. 22.

    freelancer

    February 8, 2012 at 3:39 pm

    Holy shit, that’s Rosie?! She’s lost a bit of weight compared to older pictures, she looks like a completely different JRT.

  23. 23.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    February 8, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    The lesson for me is you get the damned dog in out of the drizzle and give her a treat. Don’t make me come over there.

  24. 24.

    wasabi gasp

    February 8, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    You sit outside in the cold and snow and drizzle, while everyone else is inside getting treats. – Julio Iglesias

  25. 25.

    Jager

    February 8, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    We happened to be out of treats last night, the old German Shepard walked into the living room poked his nose into my hand, turned, strolled into the kitchen, sat down and stared at the pantry door. This happened 3 or 4 times, he switched to Mrs J, same action. He finally walked up to me and gave one of his patented Schutzhund barks and I ended up giving him a piece of roast turkey. After his win,he laid down and went to sleep in one of his spots. Bastard!

  26. 26.

    Raven

    February 8, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    @freelancer: camera angle

  27. 27.

    Catherine

    February 8, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    Yeah, like we’re supposed to believe she didn’t get a treat. You sucker.

  28. 28.

    Trinity

    February 8, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    @Ivan Ivanovich Renko: This!

  29. 29.

    cathyx

    February 8, 2012 at 3:45 pm

    Oh my. I’m glad I’m not your wife.

  30. 30.

    Mary Jane

    February 8, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    @kindness: Aww, they’re beautiful. Thanks.

  31. 31.

    Raven

    February 8, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    @Jager: Good pupster! My Lil Bit knows exactly what time it is (even when dsl kicks in) and she comes up to my office and paws at me until I pick her up. I ask her “Is it time for dog food” and she jumps down and dances all over till I get up and feed her.

  32. 32.

    HRA

    February 8, 2012 at 3:48 pm

    Hmmm – Rosie looks like she is planning a bit of revenge.

    Kidding aside!!!

    Rosie really looks very good and trim now. Nice job, John.

  33. 33.

    Raven

    February 8, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    @cathyx: You’d be runnin for the border like a chattanooga houndog!

  34. 34.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    February 8, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    I know this probably isn’t the thread to bring it up, but I just found a notice in my email box stating that Bradley Manning has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. I truly don’t know what to think. What’s the take of the commentariat on this? Or has it been discussed here already?

  35. 35.

    cathyx

    February 8, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    @cathyx: I will put myself out if any man puts me out because he thinks I’m too important to listen to him.

  36. 36.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 8, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    OT, not in the spirit of the thread, but appropriate to many of the FP postings over the last week and a half:

    Cardinal Egan retracts his apology on sex abuse in his diocese.

  37. 37.

    MikeJ

    February 8, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    @The Fat Kate Middleton: Nominations are meaningless. There is no process to “nominate” anybody, there’s no list of people who are up for it from which one will be picked. You can send letters to random people in Sweden saying you think the creators of My Little Pony deserve a Nobel and it will mean every bit as much as any other person sending a letter.

  38. 38.

    Jager

    February 8, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    @Raven: When he wants dinner he sticks his paw in his stainless steel bowl and skates the damn thing on the tile floor, the earlier dog used to pick it up and throw it! BTW, stainless steel doggy bowls are a fine, long term investment, this is the third dog on this set, paid about 30 bucks for them in the early 80’s.

  39. 39.

    wrb

    February 8, 2012 at 3:57 pm

    Our Mother horse come to our bedroom window at dawn every and just looks. In a polite, respectful and friendly way, but one that says “you know that my children and I are hungry.”

    My sweetie can’t last 5 minutes of it.

  40. 40.

    eemom

    February 8, 2012 at 3:57 pm

    You let that doggie in before I call the humane society, you MONSTER.

  41. 41.

    MikeJ

    February 8, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    BTW, I saw neato stuff while out wandering around the state the past few days. Stuff like a snowy owl and the USCG practicing.

  42. 42.

    Frank the Tank

    February 8, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    Oh yeah….typical woman….she’s locking your actions into the memory banks….you’ll get yours later!!

  43. 43.

    Calouste

    February 8, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    @MikeJ:

    There is a process to nominate people for Nobel prizes, a fairly strict one, and the people who can put forward the nominations are either ex officio or by invitation. And in this case, because the people who put Manning forward are Icelandic MPs, they are ex officio nominators for the Nobel Peace Prize (as are members from all other Nordic parliaments). Now the Nobel Prize Committee hates this kind of publicity, so making a nomination public brings the chance your nominee gets the Prize to pretty much zero, but it is a valid and official nomination.

  44. 44.

    scav

    February 8, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    He’s pulled the same trick on us with the reply button, whad’ja think? Only I don’t think we’re as cute.

  45. 45.

    Elizabelle

    February 8, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    I’m thinking the doggie was inside long before Cole posted the picture.

    And that Rosie is fortunate she didn’t get tagged “Assholes”. This time.

  46. 46.

    donovong

    February 8, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    I’ll bet a dime to a doughnut she was in the door ten seconds later, with a treat.

    She is looking rather svelte, though!

  47. 47.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    February 8, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    @MikeJ: Didn’t know this – but I knew someone here would enlighten me. Thanks.

    @wrb: Love it! Reminds me of when I was working as a CNA in college, and one of our bedridden patients kept complaining there was a horse in her room. We wrote it off to impending dementia, until the morning I walked in to her room, and there was a horse sticking her head in the window. The care facility was located on the edge of town, adjacent to a field where mama and foal frolicked.

  48. 48.

    Raven

    February 8, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    @Jager: I love it!

  49. 49.

    Amir Khalid

    February 8, 2012 at 4:06 pm

    @The Fat Kate Middleton:
    m_c brought it up in a previous thread. Manning was nominated by a parliamentary backbencher in Iceland who thinks he’s the bee’s knees. The backbencher’s judgement is out of whack, though; she thinks Manning’s leaks brought about the Arab Spring and the US withdrawal from Iraq, both of which were already in motion when Manning did his deeds.

    Manning himself is clearly a messed-up kid who doesn’t belong in uniform, not some great fighter for peace. There’s no way he could be a serious contender for the Peace Prize.

  50. 50.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    February 8, 2012 at 4:06 pm

    @Calouste: Even more interesting. Thanks, Calouste.

  51. 51.

    Raven

    February 8, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    @cathyx:

    Don’t put me out
    on the street

  52. 52.

    Comrade Mary

    February 8, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    I need photographic evidence of Rosie with a treat before I stop rocking back and forth in the fetal position.

  53. 53.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    February 8, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    Manning himself is clearly a messed-up kid who doesn’t belong in uniform, not some great fighter for peace. There’s no way he could be a serious contender for the Peace Prize.

    Yeah, this was pretty much my take on it. That’s why I was so puzzled by this development.

  54. 54.

    Mnemosyne

    February 8, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    I see you managed to capture the demonic red glow in her eyes.

  55. 55.

    trollhattan

    February 8, 2012 at 4:11 pm

    Speaking of the kitchen, apparently so’s McMegan. Yet again.

    TBogg’s on the case.

    http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2012/02/08/kitchen-not-confidential/

  56. 56.

    scav

    February 8, 2012 at 4:11 pm

    I get the impression there are some pretty odd nominations every year for the Peace Prize, as though we really needed still more evidence that there are some extremely wacked out people in positions of recognition.

  57. 57.

    cathyx

    February 8, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    @Frank the Tank: Poor Frank. Have you been mistreated by a woman?

  58. 58.

    Strandedvandal

    February 8, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    You are arguing with a dog. A JRT no less. You will lose this argument Cole.

  59. 59.

    cathyx

    February 8, 2012 at 4:14 pm

    @scav: If Barak Obama can win it while waging war, then it’s kind of meaningless at this point, don’t you think?

  60. 60.

    The Moar You Know

    February 8, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    @trollhattan: Ye gods, THAT’S McMegan?

    She looks like Buckethead minus the mask.

  61. 61.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 8, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    It’s good to know that you treat your pets the same way you treat us. For some reason.

  62. 62.

    geg6

    February 8, 2012 at 4:18 pm

    @trollhattan:

    Heh. Though I must admit I have a wine refrigerator. I keep mine in the dining room. What, is there some sort of rule as to where it should be? Will McMegan think I’m gauche or something?

  63. 63.

    Josie

    February 8, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    Rosie looks so pretty and trim. You have done a great job with her, John.

  64. 64.

    ruemara

    February 8, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    I’m using this as an open thread. Drive found. I have no idea where it was, no one has stepped forward with a statement, it was on a shelf I know I checked multiple times. So it’s back, reeking of cheap lubricant and taiwanese knock off parts. So relieved, I immediately added new stock footage for new projects.

  65. 65.

    marcopolo

    February 8, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    I hope everyone has had a chance to watch President Obama bringing science back to the White House. If you haven’t, watch this clip of him with an 8th grader who built a marshmallow cannon.

    I suspect that young man will remember this day for the rest of his life :)

    And really, can you imagine any of the Republican presidential candidates doing this?

  66. 66.

    Carnacki

    February 8, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    @deep: Or she’s the Prodigal Doggie

  67. 67.

    JPL

    February 8, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    @geg6: Somehow I posted a reply to myself @14 but the comment was for you
    How’s it going? It takes a long time before the pain eases.

  68. 68.

    Amir Khalid

    February 8, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    @ruemara:
    They say these objects are inanimate. But in my heart, I know that the things know how to hide themselves when we’re not looking, and they do it because they take an evil pleasure in causing us no end of grief.

  69. 69.

    Shinobi

    February 8, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    Rosie’s slimness reminds me of the new toy that my ninja got to help with her weight. (She’s like the black version of Tunch.)

    I feel like Tunch needs one of these: http://www.amazon.com/FroliCat-BOLT-Interactive-Laser-Pet/dp/B0021L8W6K

    We turn it on about 15 times a day.

  70. 70.

    kdaug

    February 8, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    This is a bi-weekly occurrence with our German Shepherd.

    I just give the Golden yum-yums inside, in front of the door.

  71. 71.

    shortstop

    February 8, 2012 at 4:31 pm

    I don’t know what Kay is doing, but it can’t be as important as blogging about John Kasich’s speech for the ages today.

  72. 72.

    JPL

    February 8, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    OT…Did Mitt veto the health care bill in MA?

    Mitt Romney is firing back at the Obama administration on the issue of the mandate for health insurance plans (including those provided by religious schools, hospitals and other organizations) to cover contraception, ABC News reports, after White House press secretary Jay Carney noted that the same mandate was present in Massachusetts under Romney.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    “Mr. Carney needs to check his history,” Romney told reporters in Atlanta, Georgia……………………….
    Romney said that “that provision was put in Massachusetts before I was governor, and then when I was governor I tried to have it removed in our health care plan. So in the working on our health care plan I worked very hard to get the legislature to remove all of the mandated coverages, including contraception. So quite clearly he needs to understand that was a provision that got there before I did and it was one that I fought to remove.”

    link TPM

  73. 73.

    Mnemosyne

    February 8, 2012 at 4:33 pm

    @Shinobi:

    We’re on our third one of those, because Charlotte demands it be on pretty much 24/7. It’s great for as long as it lasts. I probably should see if they offer some kind of one-year warranty, but I’m afraid they’ll say, “You turn it on HOW OFTEN?!”

    @ruemara:

    There’s a “Twilight Zone” episode from the 80s revival where it turns out that everything in our lives is a dressed set and there is a team that sets everything up for each different moment. Things disappear because one of the set dressers forgot to move it from one scene to the next.

    Hey, it’s better than thinking someone in your house is trying to gaslight you, right? Personally, I blame the cats.

  74. 74.

    wrb

    February 8, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    @The Fat Kate Middleton:

    The horses all stick their heads in the window and visit whenever the window is open, especially the filly that was on last years BJ calendar.
    Lately Momma horse and our alpha cat have been slowly befriending each other. Cat will sit on the sill and she and the horse will study each othr. Now she holds still while the horse touches her with her nose and breathes her in.

  75. 75.

    kdaug

    February 8, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    @wasabi gasp:

    You sit outside in the cold and snow and drizzle, while everyone else is inside getting treats.

    – Genghis Khan

  76. 76.

    middlewest

    February 8, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    James Fallows is doing a Q&A on Reddit.

    DougJ should hurry if he wants to troll.

  77. 77.

    bemused

    February 8, 2012 at 4:37 pm

    @Shinobi:

    Our two kitties like their TurboTrac. We added a lighted ball along with the plain ball it came with. A few times a week in the middle of the night, it sounds like they are playing pool out in the living room.

  78. 78.

    geg6

    February 8, 2012 at 4:39 pm

    @JPL:

    It’s okay. John is suffering a lot more since their relationship was much, much longer and closer. And Otis so obviously favors me over him. I think we’ll be getting a new one sooner than either of us ever thought we would.

  79. 79.

    Julie

    February 8, 2012 at 4:39 pm

    @The Moar You Know: Seriously! I had somehow mentally concocted an image of her that looked a lot like one of the many blonde, aging beauty queen morning hosts on the Fox News.

    Also? Somewhere Martha Stewart is making a very disapproving noise at that cluttered-ass, concept-free kitchen. I’m just saying.

  80. 80.

    Amir Khalid

    February 8, 2012 at 4:39 pm

    @JPL:
    You tend to suspect that this might be one more example of Mitt economizing on the truth.

  81. 81.

    Loneoak

    February 8, 2012 at 4:44 pm

    Cole is the J. Walter Weatherman of Jack Russel Terriers.

  82. 82.

    pseudonymous in nc

    February 8, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize: publicity stunt. Slightly less of a publicity stunt when it comes from one of the groups that is allowed to nominate (e.g. elected legislators) than from J. Random Pressreleaser, but still a publicity stunt.

  83. 83.

    Redshift

    February 8, 2012 at 4:48 pm

    @JPL: I don’t have a link handy, but as I recall, this is one of those cases where Mittens (or his administration) did something the wingnuts would hate while he was actually functioning as governor, and then after he was running for president and pretty much stopped bothering to be governor, he took some opposite wingnut-friendly action that he knew had no chance of passing in MA.

    So Mitt’s statement is actually BS, but as long as Romney is forced to try to explain why he’s not responsible for contraception and abortion measures that were passed during his administration, it’s a win for us. As LBJ so delicately put it, “I want to make the sonofabitch deny it.”

  84. 84.

    Redshift

    February 8, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    @JPL: Another tell: he says “I fought against it,” not “I vetoed it.”

  85. 85.

    Marcellus Shale, Public Dick

    February 8, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    i can’t believe cole raw-moneyed his dog.

  86. 86.

    Elizabelle

    February 8, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    @trollhattan:

    God. That’s hilarious.

    McMegan looks like Emily Litella in that picture.

    It’s coming in to focus now.

    http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2012/02/08/kitchen-not-confidential/

  87. 87.

    kindness

    February 8, 2012 at 4:56 pm

    Ouch! McMegan looks like a troll that’s been dragged out from under the bridge.

  88. 88.

    Maude

    February 8, 2012 at 4:59 pm

    @wrb:
    Pretty soon kitty and horse are going to tag team you.

  89. 89.

    Hewer of Wood, Drawer of Water

    February 8, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: There’s a nice toasty place waiting for him. WWJD? Jesus would say, “Fuck you asshole”

  90. 90.

    kc

    February 8, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    How does she manage to look so demanding and eager at the same time?

  91. 91.

    Punchy

    February 8, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    In more important news, Snooki says she’s bisexual. So there’s that to consider while eating your fish dinner tonite.

  92. 92.

    scav

    February 8, 2012 at 5:03 pm

    @cathyx:

    If Barak Obama can win it while waging war, then it’s kind of meaningless at this point, don’t you think?

    Don’t know. I’m willing to entertain the idea that there’s more to what the prize is about than an abject lack of shooting at each other. It’s not exactly Gibbis of the Year or Nobel Doormat Prize. Not that I’m saying Obama’s getting it so early was their absolute best decision, but I generally chalk that one up to a global sigh of relief that guns blazing first was no longer the default USian way to enter a room.

  93. 93.

    Amir Khalid

    February 8, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    @Punchy:
    I shudder to imagine her taste in women.

  94. 94.

    schrodinger's cat

    February 8, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    @trollhattan: Does Matt Yglesias or one the of non-licensed barbers, he advocates for cut her hair. It looks so sad and limp.

  95. 95.

    Citizen_X

    February 8, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    Wait a minute. There were treats?

  96. 96.

    schrodinger's cat

    February 8, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    @Citizen_X: Tuna for Tunch and bacon for the doggies.

  97. 97.

    Face

    February 8, 2012 at 5:10 pm

    @Amir Khalid: I’ll assume your comment was pun intended. Pure genius.

  98. 98.

    SFAW

    February 8, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    I don’t know what everyone’s gettin’ all het up about – it’s not as if Cole strapped Rosie to the roof of his Prius pickup for a 12-hour tour (a 12-hour tour), without benefit of cat dog carrier.

    Although that would make him a monster of the worst sort. Probably get tried for crimes against dogmanity, he would.

  99. 99.

    Dracula

    February 8, 2012 at 5:12 pm

    I shudder to imagine her taste in women.

    I see what you did there.

  100. 100.

    cathyx

    February 8, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    If you are an elite, get your Romney Condoms now. Unless you’re Catholic, then you can’t have any.

  101. 101.

    Elizabelle

    February 8, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    The horror, the horror of which McMegan writes. And writes. Of her kitchen renovation. (Which I skimmed.)

    Woman’s got a house with two Jacuzzis and a water heater the size of a thimble.

    The horror.

  102. 102.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    February 8, 2012 at 5:17 pm

    @wrb: Oh. That’s so dear.

  103. 103.

    JPL

    February 8, 2012 at 5:18 pm

    @Hewer of Wood, Drawer of Water: Win

    The truth is that John is a softie and probably only left Rosie outside long enough to take a picture.

  104. 104.

    Hewer of Wood, Drawer of Water

    February 8, 2012 at 5:28 pm

    @JPL: All of these bastards who covered up crimes against kids for decades deserve a special circle in hell all their own. How the church can claim to have any moral authority over anything is beyond me

  105. 105.

    WereBear (itouch)

    February 8, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    THIS is genius PR, a heartfelt cause, and something well worth planning ahead for:

    Just One Day

    the No Kill shelter movement

    UNoccupy the shelters

  106. 106.

    2liberal

    February 8, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    @cathyx:

    Oh my. I’m glad I’m not your wife.

    i would have expected this response to the cole photo thread.

  107. 107.

    cathyx

    February 8, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    @2liberal: Can you be more insulting?

  108. 108.

    Amir Khalid

    February 8, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    @Face:
    @Dracula:
    I swear, I did not intend any reference to Aer Lingus.

  109. 109.

    WaterGirl

    February 8, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    @2liberal: I have tried to come up with some reason for saying that, other than the person being an asshole. I failed.

  110. 110.

    2liberal

    February 8, 2012 at 5:51 pm

    @WaterGirl: just trying to fit in. god bless you too. not to start any flame wars or anything.

    PS i doubt cole’s feelings are hurt.

  111. 111.

    maya

    February 8, 2012 at 5:56 pm

    @kdaug:

    You sit inside getting treats, while everyone else is outside in the snow and cold and drizzle.

    Kubla Khan

  112. 112.

    Birthmarker

    February 8, 2012 at 6:04 pm

    Honestly, I don’t think the kitchen is that bad. She says they are on a budget. They spent what they could afford to spend, and it is better than what they had. Looks much more functional. Many farm house sinks jut out some. I personally don’t keep multiples of things I don’t need, but alot of people keep things that
    I consider clutter.

    The only thing I would suggest to those who need to paint cabinets–don’t use what I call bed sheet white. Use a cream color. Benjamin Moore Navaho White is a good slightly almond white.

    Her writing Style is a tough read to me, and reminds me of a poor man’s Noonan. But I’ll cut her some slack on the kitchen.

  113. 113.

    trollhattan

    February 8, 2012 at 6:06 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    Just want to add that the dishwasher failed miserably in its primary task.

    I spent about ten minutes the first night just opening and closing the dishwasher door, and relishing the way it did not tip forward and try to kill me.

  114. 114.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    February 8, 2012 at 6:07 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: @Hewer of Wood, Drawer of Water: I suspect the son of a bitch is going to be feeling the heat for the rest of his life (and I kind of wish I believed there was an afterlife, just so he could have an infernal one), but this does sound like an old man who has lost his memory and his marbles.

  115. 115.

    harlana

    February 8, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    @freelancer:

    She’s lost a bit of weight compared to older pictures, she looks like a completely different JRT.

    that’s because her dad doesn’t feed her and leaves her out in the rain and snow. :)

  116. 116.

    Elizabelle

    February 8, 2012 at 7:04 pm

    @trollhattan:

    I felt so cluttered in La Megan’s kitchen.

    Maybe it’s better in “real life”, but I hated it.

  117. 117.

    Elizabelle

    February 8, 2012 at 7:06 pm

    @harlana:

    Rosie looks wonderful. I was so happy to see her.

    Glad it all worked out. (Remember how Cole was thinking he’d have to get rid of Rosie for Tunch’s sake.)

  118. 118.

    Violet

    February 8, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    How can you resist that face? Rosie is looking good, John! Healthy coat, lost a bunch of weight. She looks like a really happy girl.

  119. 119.

    harlana

    February 8, 2012 at 7:08 pm

    @trollhattan: i went to that atlantic article, i haven’t been able to get past the wine fridge part yet, i’m not sure i can manage it tonite – how the fuck do you sleep at night??

  120. 120.

    harlana

    February 8, 2012 at 7:12 pm

    I too was once sad that I lived in a refrigerator box in an alley and ate food out of a dumpster until I met a woman whose wine refrigerator was inconveniently located in the kitchen.

  121. 121.

    Lojasmo

    February 8, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    I just spent 36 minutes on the trainer, and walked my dog…FYJC. ;)

  122. 122.

    burnspbesq

    February 8, 2012 at 7:19 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Cardinal Egan has always been an idiot, but he’s really outdone himself.

  123. 123.

    burnspbesq

    February 8, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    @The Fat Kate Middleton:

    If the really want to help Manning, they should write to the Convening Authority of his court-martial and request that the length and (outrageous) circumstances of his pre-trial detention be taken in to consideration in sentencing. I hate what he did, but I don’t think we make ourselves more secure by throwing him away for life.

  124. 124.

    harlana

    February 8, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    i have seen a lot on BJ about this McArdle creature. thankfully, up until now, i have managed to avoid reading her. now I understand what you’re talking about. i just skimmed the thing, which was all i could manage. i admit i felt a little queasy not to mention, icky somehow. i don’t know how some of you guys manage to actually wade through this particular type of swamp. kudos to you.

  125. 125.

    harlana

    February 8, 2012 at 7:33 pm

    Rosie looks adorable, i was just tryin to yank John’s chain

  126. 126.

    STeller

    February 8, 2012 at 7:33 pm

    @wrb: we used to have a backyard pony who was very insistent that we adhere to her accustomed breakfast time. When the humans did not emerge with oats in a bucket at the appropriate hour, she would jump up on the back porch and “tap” the sliding glass door with her iron-shod hoof. She trained us well; we came running with the oats before she broke the glass. Then we got smarter and started closing the curtains before bedtime so she couldn’t see us moving around inside, awake, daring not to feed Her Highness ASAP. She was a great pony, in all other respects.

  127. 127.

    wrb

    February 8, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    @STeller:

    These horses are amazingly polite. Perhaps because they have mastered the oh-so-polite Look of Power.

    Giacomena (the filly) will also tremble her lower lip.

    Kind of surprising, as they are descended from Raffels, the Arab stud who famously broke his leg kicking the shit out of his stall when he wasn’t served breakfast first.

    His leg healed.

    Breakfast service improved.

  128. 128.

    harlana

    February 8, 2012 at 7:46 pm

    it is beyond my imagination the ability to be able to even make choices of any kind regarding my kitchen with the exception of replacing a failed major appliance, like everything else, nothing gets replaced until it fails. there are some pretty “frightful” things going on in my walls as well, i’m sure. considering my washer and dryer are stuffed into a tiny kitchen, i suppose i’ll just have to expand to make room for the wine refrigerator.

  129. 129.

    Cain

    February 8, 2012 at 8:27 pm

    @wrb:

    Our Mother horse come to our bedroom window at dawn every and just looks. In a polite, respectful and friendly way, but one that says “you know that my children and I are hungry.”

    That is so awesome.. I wish a horse would come to my bedroom window and say hello. Of course, I’m on the second floor, I might be frightened but maybe a little small part of me thinks that perhaps Pegasus came to visit!

  130. 130.

    amk

    February 8, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    you pig.

  131. 131.

    SiubhanDuinne

    February 8, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    McMegan looks like Emily Litella in that picture

    Nailed it! I was trying to figure out who she reminded me of. That’s it!

  132. 132.

    SiubhanDuinne

    February 8, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    @SFAW:

    a 12-hour tour (a 12-hour tour)

    Saw what you did. And thanks a heap for the earworm.

  133. 133.

    SiubhanDuinne

    February 8, 2012 at 9:05 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    You are so cunning.

  134. 134.

    Ohio Mom

    February 8, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    @Elizabelle: That’s what I thought too! But we’ll never hear MM sheepishly say, “Oh, never mind.”

  135. 135.

    charyl

    February 9, 2012 at 9:27 am

    Rosie stands in the cold, thinking, “All animals are equal, BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS!”

    :D

  136. 136.

    Dog is My CoPilot

    February 9, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    Awwww… animal abuse! :D

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