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Party Animals

by John Cole|  February 5, 20156:57 pm| 43 Comments

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Naptime:

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Everyone gets along in the household because there are enough laps and treats to go around.

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  1. 1.

    beltane

    February 5, 2015 at 6:58 pm

    You are killing me with cuteness!

  2. 2.

    Roger Moore

    February 5, 2015 at 7:00 pm

    Yay! Pupdate!

  3. 3.

    Baud

    February 5, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    Awesome.

  4. 4.

    SG

    February 5, 2015 at 7:02 pm

    Awwww… Adorable. Assuming that’s Shawn in the Taz pj’s?

  5. 5.

    JPL

    February 5, 2015 at 7:04 pm

    That is a big cat. Thurston looks as though he has doubled in size, since his arrival at your bachelor pad.

  6. 6.

    ranchandsyrup

    February 5, 2015 at 7:06 pm

    Great pic. Made me smile.

    some pimpin’: My wife’s post on being in a hurry, parking adventures, and unexpected forgiveness.

  7. 7.

    WereBear

    February 5, 2015 at 7:06 pm

    Thurston is so tiny! I bet that won’t last.

    And, like all cats, Steve will be astonished. Then again, cats don’t know when they have grown either, as the many muffin cat pictures show.

  8. 8.

    MomSense

    February 5, 2015 at 7:06 pm

    Awwwwww.

  9. 9.

    mkd

    February 5, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    How adorable and maximum awesome…. I mean the Taz pjs. The kiddos are pretty cool also too.

  10. 10.

    satby

    February 5, 2015 at 7:08 pm

    Oh sweet!

  11. 11.

    SiubhanDuinne

    February 5, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    Oh oh oh oh oh

    I can’t stand it. That is so cute.

  12. 12.

    Josie

    February 5, 2015 at 7:18 pm

    Steve is such a sweet kitty.

  13. 13.

    jl

    February 5, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    Thanks for pet pix.

    His Huge Fluffy Steveness seems to be in serene command of the situation.

  14. 14.

    sharl

    February 5, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    Sweet and awesome. Thanks!

  15. 15.

    Pogonip

    February 5, 2015 at 7:23 pm

    A cute stack! Those are just about the best kind of cute.

    Thanks for the pupdate! Now can we have one on Ginger’s health?

  16. 16.

    Jeffrey Burr

    February 5, 2015 at 7:27 pm

    Steve later denied reports about the dog on the roof and referred questions to Matt Rhoades.

  17. 17.

    SiubhanDuinne

    February 5, 2015 at 7:33 pm

    I’ll bet Steve purrs like a teakettle. It’s probably very soothing for little (!) Thurston.

  18. 18.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    February 5, 2015 at 7:36 pm

    Thurston Howl I finds the warmest napping spot in the house. And Steve cooperates. Cool jammies, also too.

  19. 19.

    Pogonip

    February 5, 2015 at 7:38 pm

    As fat as Steve is, I’m surprised he’s such a good hunter. Maybe the birds figure anything that fat can’t move fast, so they let their guard down and then–pounce!

    I am glad he figured out that, though they are little and squeaky, puppies are for cuddlin’, not pouncin’. Does he play with them? A tomcat who was having a torrid romance with our barn cat, even though she was spayed, used to play with Fuzzy’s puppies. He was a sweet guy, I remember him fondly after all these years.

    What about Rosie? Does she play with the puppies? Does Lily sleep with them like Steve does?

  20. 20.

    Violet

    February 5, 2015 at 7:47 pm

    That is totally adorable! I’d love to hear more about how they all get along. Are the puppies allowed to roam around the house yet? How are Rosie and Lily dealing with them all? And how’s Ginger? How did her possible breast cancer turn out?

  21. 21.

    debit

    February 5, 2015 at 7:53 pm

    That is so sweet. Steve is a good boy.

  22. 22.

    Jacks mom

    February 5, 2015 at 7:59 pm

    That is just a perfect picture of love all around. Thanks John Cole

  23. 23.

    gogol's wife

    February 5, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    So, so cute. My BP just went down several points.

  24. 24.

    Pogonip

    February 5, 2015 at 8:36 pm

    @gogol’s wife: I bookmarked it so I can always see it.

  25. 25.

    Pogonip

    February 5, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    @ranchandsyrup: You have a NANNY? You may be the only 1%er reading this site. If you were a spy, you just outed yourself.

    And may the nice lady always have the life she deserves.

  26. 26.

    schrodinger's cat

    February 5, 2015 at 8:57 pm

    That’s a big flea

  27. 27.

    Pogonip

    February 5, 2015 at 9:04 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee.

  28. 28.

    schrodinger's cat

    February 5, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    @Pogonip: Laughing at me or my joke?

  29. 29.

    schrodinger's cat

    February 5, 2015 at 9:11 pm

    @gogol’s wife: Have you been Watching Downton?

  30. 30.

    Pogonip

    February 5, 2015 at 9:14 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: The joke. Can’t see you–are you funny-looking? :D

  31. 31.

    ranchandsyrup

    February 5, 2015 at 9:17 pm

    @Pogonip: lol. It’s her preferred job title.

  32. 32.

    Cephalus Max

    February 5, 2015 at 9:20 pm

    Stack o’warm fuzz. That’s awesome.

  33. 33.

    kc

    February 5, 2015 at 9:34 pm

    Love!!

  34. 34.

    Jay C

    February 5, 2015 at 9:36 pm

    OMG how CUUUUTE!!!!!!

    Thurston is SO little!

    And Steve is SO big – no wonder the little guy likes all that warm fur…..

  35. 35.

    bargal20

    February 5, 2015 at 9:54 pm

    Glenn Greenwald just blocked me on twitter because I suggested that his habit of organizing international adoptions for stray Brazilian dogs is a horrible waste of money that could be better spent dealing with the problem in Brazil itself. Imagine how much it costs an English Greenwald fan to import one of Glenn’s rescues and quarantine it for months. All this while unwanted stray dogs are euthanized in UK pounds every day.

  36. 36.

    Pogonip

    February 5, 2015 at 10:07 pm

    @ranchandsyrup: Hee. What’s her real title–Grandma? Sister (in law)? Nice neighbor?

  37. 37.

    asiangrrlMN

    February 6, 2015 at 12:08 am

    I can’t even comment coherently because I’m a blithering, blubbering mess over how freaking adorable Sir Willie Whiskertons III and the puppeh are together. I mean, look at them. They are just–

    ::faints from the cuteness::

  38. 38.

    SWMBO

    February 6, 2015 at 1:38 am

    This is a full service blog. The best full service blog on the internet.

    Love it all–Steve, Thurston Howl and Mr. Jammie Pants.

  39. 39.

    Amir Khalid

    February 6, 2015 at 1:41 am

    @bargal20:
    It does seem unlikely that there might be not enough people in a major Brazilian city to adopt stray dogs. Incidentally in which city does Mr Greenwald reside?

  40. 40.

    sm*t cl*de

    February 6, 2015 at 2:58 am

    Maybe the birds figure anything that fat can’t move fast

    You seem to have mistaken floofiness for adipose. The same mistake is often made about Mrs Spat.

  41. 41.

    Montarvillois

    February 6, 2015 at 5:55 am

    Keep the pics a comin’

  42. 42.

    ET

    February 6, 2015 at 8:11 am

    @JPL: Big and patient. Having a puppy lay on him and long enough to go to sleep?

  43. 43.

    karounie

    February 6, 2015 at 9:50 am

    As they wisely say on the internet, “stuff on cats = awesome.”

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