DougJ is back so I’ll be on my way. Thanks to Doug for kindly inviting me to sit in and to everyone for the hospitality and the conversations. I had way more fun here in the last couple of weeks than I probably deserve.
Of course, this isn’t really goodbye for me. More of a farewell till we meet again. I’ll be cruising through your intertoobz, lurking in your comment threads, as always. Also blogging daily at The Detroit News and at my little hideaway where I say the stuff I don’t dare say out loud anywhere else, The Impolitic.
Oh, and I tweet. If you decide to follow me, tweet me to let me know. Code word — green balloons.
And one last thing. If anybody is wondering what happened to that kitten, turns out she was taken in by a neighbor and is happily enjoying the attention of an adoring teenager. So, anybody need two dozen cans of cat food?
Dork
OT: This USA v. Canada game is friggin insane. 5 goals in the second half and there’s still 10 mins + change left to play. 3-3 right now.
Dork
This is a sudden death game, right?
Valdivia
enjoyed reading you a lot! now I know where to find you
Litlebritdifrnt
The Palm Beach Post is reporting that the Temple shooter is a member of Stormfront
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/activists-tie-sikh-temple-gunman-with-white-suprem/nQB9q/
They speculate that a poster there by the handle “End Empathy” is him, Stormfront have also promoted his band of the same name.
J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford
Perhaps the adoring teenager and their new feline friend can make use of the two dozen cans of cat food.
Ben Franklin
enjoyed your brief viist. please return
Litlebritdifrnt
The Palm Beach Post is reporting that the Temple shooter is a member of Stormfront
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/activists-tie-sikh-temple-gunman-with-white-suprem/nQB9q/
They speculate that a poster there by the handle “End Empathy” is him, Stormfront have also promoted his band of the same name.
Elizabelle
You were a pleasure as guest blogger, and hope you will soon return.
Frees up some time for you to commune with your late aunt’s spirit. You should do something creative and daring in her honor. Something new to you.
Culture of Truth
I demand pictures to verify the kitten is safe.
stoned stats
How about the adoring teenager who got the cat?
Dogspeed, Libby Spencer.
FlipYrWhig
While cats are being discussed, I’ll add sad news from the FlipYrWhig household: we had to put to sleep one of our two cats this morning due to complications from kidney failure. Damn it.
c u n d gulag
I hope you get a chance to come back.
I really enjoyed reading your posts.
Best wishes! :-)
BGinCHI
I bet Bowles and Simpson could use that cat food.
cathyx
@Elizabelle: Why did I think of streaking when you said to do something creative and daring? Go for it Libby!
MikeJ
@Dork: 2 OTs, then a shoot out. Winner goes to the gold medal game, loser goes home.
Face
@BGinCHI: I was thinking a similar thing. Donate it to the local nursing home under the name “Mitt Romney’s Plan for the Elderly”
Culture of Truth
FlipYrWhig
So sorry. It’s never easy.
trollhattan
You did a great job and were an asset to the asylum. Be well!
Culture of Truth
People come and go so quickly here
Corner Stone
So now this blog is back to only 18 front page posters?
Litlebritdifrnt
Ha Ha great tweet
Linda Featheringill
@FlipYrWhig:
Sympathy. [[hug]]
Kidney failure can really make the poor little creatures miserable. If you can’t fix the problem, you need to put them out of their misery.
PurpleGirl
@BGinCHI: No, those bastards are guaranteed wingnut welfare for the rest of their lives.
kdaug
Humbly submit that everyone needs 24 cans of cat food (and a towel).
Go forth. Have fun. Do things that have never been done.
And twist one for Aunt Stania for me.
raven
You are cool. Happy trails.
pragmatism
you, madam, are a delight. keep up ze good work and don’t be a stranger.
Mike Nardozzi
Your local humane society is always happy to receive donated food.
TaMara (BHF)
I’ve enjoyed your posts. Hope we were well behaved. Also glad for the kitten. I understand the dilemma.
Betty Cracker
I’ve enjoyed your posts! See you around the ‘tubes…
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Litlebritdifrnt: I was just skimming over over Pierce’s review of the Sunday Gobshites, and I gather Jonathon Karl was having Noonan-esque swoons over Harry Reid’s brutal, cruel, ungentlemanly, scandalous, horrible attack on Our Poor Willard. It’s quite the worst thing ever said on the Senate floor. In the meantime, Our Willard has yet to address Trump’s britherism, Ted Nugent’s repeated threats of violence, and doesn’t have the balls to call out Michelle Bachman, Louie Goehmert and Steve King for the half-witted bigots they are.
ETA: and, what I came to say– I’ve enjoyed your posts, LIbby, and I look forward to seeing you again
chuck butcher
Tnx Libby
David Hunt
@FlipYrWhig:
My condolences. I’ve too have lost pets and have dear friends who have lost two cats to that specific problem. I feel your pain.
Libby Spencer
@Elizabelle: That’s a lovely thought.
@cathyx: Ha! Does the time I stood by the runway and flashed a passing plane full of skydivers count as streaking?
flukebucket
@raven:
Ditto.
Libby Spencer
@Culture of Truth: I’ll try to get one of them on the deck as soon as I get my camera working.
Libby Spencer
@FlipYrWhig: Oh no. So sorry to this happened. Condolences and {{{hugs}}}.
cat48
Thanks for your blogging. Keep us informed if the GOP goes ahead with Voter ID or changes any Voting Laws. I heard Mitt really wants to win his “home state” so Obama will be pummeled there w/ads. Mitt plans to drain Obama of all his funds running commercials in normally blue states so Obama can’t defend in swing states. He’ll be loaded after his Convention so we’ll see.
He’s gone to changing laws last minute in swing states now like in OH & having the Secy of State purge “nonvoters or illegals” in FL & VA. I thought he might hit MI next. heh
Punchy
Is there a reason it has to be you OR DougJ? Why cant both of you blog here? It’s not like Cole is trying to keep the writing all to himself. Hell, he has a guy on the payroll who only writes about soccer every 2 years, fer chryssakes.
FlipYrWhig
@Linda Featheringill: Yeah, he was getting by with subq fluids and a lot of TLC for more than a month after is diagnosis until yesterday, when it seemed to all descend on him — couldn’t keep food down, couldn’t walk straight, really foul breath, and just a dark mood overall. I think he had just become a wreck internally. I know it was time, but it still feels way too soon. He was practically indestructible the great majority of his life.
Thanks to you and Culture of Truth for letting me talk about it a bit.
FlipYrWhig
@David Hunt: @Libby Spencer: Thanks, it helps. And sorry to step on Libby’s bon voyage party.
Litlebritdifrnt
@FlipYrWhig:
I am so sorry to hear about your furbaby. My thoughts are with you.
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Exactly, where were they all when the whole birther thing was full steam ahead when Trump was spewing his utter lies every day on the MSM?
BTW there is a really funny hashtag on twitter right now
#FoundByCuriosityOnMars a few of my favorites:
– Donald Trump’s last shred of dignity.
– Huge mountains of mismatched socks.
– All those socks that get lost in the washer.
– Iraq’s WMD’s
– Actual examples of voter fraud.
– Another Romney offshore account.
– Romney’s tax returns.
raven
@FlipYrWhig:
MikeJ
@Punchy: As much as I enjoy having LS here, she’s got two other blogs, one of them an actual job. It’s not as if she’s going to vanish. You can’t keep up quality if you spread yourself too thin.
Libby Spencer
@FlipYrWhig: Not stepping on it at all. No better place in the world to process grief over a lost pet than in the company of this amazing Balloon Juice community.
Old Dan and Little Ann
Soccer games ought to end with an actual goal. Fuck the shootout nonsense. Let them run around endlessly until there is only one girl left with enough energy to kick one into the back of the net. Make tournament soccer games like NHL playoff games.
raven
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Yutsano
@Libby Spencer: Don’t be a stranger y’hear?
Libby Spencer
@Betty Cracker: Thanks so much Betty. It’s a honor to appear on the same page as you. Wish I had your gift for snark.
And thanks to everyone for your kind encouragement while I was here. Admit this place can feel a little intimidating so I really appreciate the support.
FlipYrWhig
@Litlebritdifrnt: @raven: Thank you.
Cassandra
I know how much you are hurting. Give yourself some time and then take comfort in good memories.
WereBear
@FlipYrWhig: So sorry to hear. My deep sympathies.
FlipYrWhig
@Libby Spencer: In lieu of further wallowing on my part, thanks for your contributions to this bloggy realm.
Ash Can
You were swell, Libby! And I too hope the muckety-mucks here let you keep a set of keys to the blog — I know you have a full plate but it would be great to see you post here some more now and then.
@FlipYrWhig: So sorry to hear that. Deepest sympathies on your loss.
trollhattan
@Old Dan and Little Ann:
I’d support your proposition but only if you add whoever has the ball must also go, “Woo-woo-woo-woo” in a Curly Howard voice during sudden death.
It’s only fair.
FlipYrWhig
@WereBear: Thanks — I read your pieces on the final appointment a while back and though they were a lot to take I think it did a lot of good in terms of knowing what to expect and how to think through the right course of action.
Betty Cracker
@FlipYrWhig: I’m so sorry.
Yutsano
@FlipYrWhig: Hugs good sir. It’s never easy to make that choice.
FlipYrWhig
Oh, man, y’all are too nice.
jlow
@MikeJ: Loser goes home- after playing France for the bronze.
Maude
@FlipYrWhig:
My last cat died of kidney failure. For a long time I would think I saw him out of the corner of my eye. Cats slink around and that movement is subtle when they are alive.
It hurts and I know how it feels.
WaterGirl
@FlipYrWhig: I lost my sweet kitty 10 weeks after the diagnosis. I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but I think I grew to love my guy even more after all the special care taking involved. My heart goes out to you.
Chat Noir
@FlipYrWhig: I’m so sorry about your kitty.
WaterGirl
I say keep the two dozen cans of cat food for the next kitty that you can’t possibly feed.
Glad to see you back this time, will be happy to see you again next time DougJ takes a trip, or maybe sooner.
Hey Doug, I hear Seattle is nice this time of year. And New Zealand is gorgeous. Surely you must have some relative who wants you to come visit? :-)
All the best, Libby.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
Thanks for all the fish, Libby. Please come back soon.
@FlipYrWhig: I’m so very sorry.
jnfr
@FlipYrWhig:
I’m so sorry to hear that Flip. It’s never easy, as we all know.
See you around, Libby, and thanks for the posts!
CAfan
This was Libby’s way of telling us that she was prepared to keep taking care of that kitten. Not that she is too dumb to know how to give away cat food.
Jeez, some people here….
WaterGirl
@CAfan: Completely agree! That’s why I told her I thought she should keep the cat food for the next kitty she can’t take in. :-)
Dennis G.
It was great to have you here for a while. I enjoyed you posts.
As some know, I grew up in Detroit and still have family there (my brother is the artist Maugre). I will encourage the reelations to plug into your work and add it to my reading list.
Cheers
sharl
Libby, I’ve been enjoying your writing since my lurking days over in Atrios’ comments; I’ll be seeing you around on the innertoobz!
And lookie there, an endorsement by Dennis G.; that’s a very nice thing, y’know…
Maude
Will be glad when you pop in here again.