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Otter time

by David Anderson|  February 7, 201510:06 pm| 30 Comments

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I’m doing fine, but I need happy otters to compensate for earlier this evening:

 

 

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  1. 1.

    satby

    February 7, 2015 at 10:09 pm

    Wait, what happened earlier this evening?

  2. 2.

    Yatsuno

    February 7, 2015 at 10:15 pm

    Proper authoritahs shall be alerted.

    Also too: OTTERZ!!!

  3. 3.

    John Revolta

    February 7, 2015 at 10:24 pm

    We all need to love each otter.

  4. 4.

    dmsilev

    February 7, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    Thank you. Just got news that a colleague at work died unexpectedly from complications of what we thought was a treatable cancer. Not a happy time, so otters are welcome.

  5. 5.

    Yatsuno

    February 7, 2015 at 10:33 pm

    @dmsilev: Damn that sucks. So does cancer.

  6. 6.

    dmsilev

    February 7, 2015 at 10:43 pm

    @Yatsuno: Yeah, no fun at all. It’s the second person we’ve lost (both to cancer) in the last three or four months. Sigh.

  7. 7.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    February 7, 2015 at 10:43 pm

    @dmsilev: Sorry to hear that, and I offer condolences.

  8. 8.

    PsiFighter37

    February 7, 2015 at 10:44 pm

    Last night in LA and it’s…raining! I suppose that will allow the 27% in CA to call Al Gore fat for a night or so, before it goes back to being the usual drought-ly weather that is going to turn this state into a desert over time.

    Meeting an old friend for dinner and drinks, and then I think I’m going to hit the sack. Did a relatively long drive to the middle of the desert to see my grandmother, who, despite her very right-wing politics, I love dearly for helping support my mom when she was young, single, and trying to handle the both of us when we were a bit more rambunctious than we are now.

  9. 9.

    Yatsuno

    February 7, 2015 at 10:50 pm

    @PsiFighter37:

    trying to handle the both of us when we were a bit more rambunctious than we are now.

    Umm…I’ve met you. Unless you were REALLY wild as a child, I don’t think you’ve slowed down that much.

  10. 10.

    Mnemosyne (iPad Mini)

    February 7, 2015 at 10:58 pm

    We let Keaton and Charlotte mix and mingle a bit today, but there was a big hiss-fest over the bedroom closet. Solution for now: keep that door closed and try again tomorrow.

  11. 11.

    satby

    February 7, 2015 at 11:01 pm

    @dmsilev: Very sorry to hear of your losses. Especially hard when the signs seemed hopeful. May they RIP

  12. 12.

    Corner Stone

    February 7, 2015 at 11:02 pm

    @PsiFighter37:

    Meeting an old friend for dinner and drinks,

    Going to reminiscence about the last 10 years of your post-adulthood?
    And then what, back to your life in the Flatiron BLDG on 5th Ave and 23rd?

  13. 13.

    Tommy

    February 7, 2015 at 11:13 pm

    @PsiFighter37: My only liberal family member other than myself is in LA. Stick our hand out of the window of your car and wave for me. We only tend to see each other when somebody in our family gets married or dies. He keeps saying come see me in LA man, we can have some fun. I might need to fire off an email to Greg and ask what his schedule looks like the next couple months.

  14. 14.

    Mike E

    February 7, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    @Corner Stone: My buddy had an apt at 12 E 22nd…we would admire that landmark from his roof, pretty cool.

  15. 15.

    Mnemosyne (iPad Mini)

    February 7, 2015 at 11:17 pm

    “Edge of Tomorrow” is on cable. I’m not a Tom Cruise fan, but he’s pretty good as a cowardly PR officer.

  16. 16.

    lamh36

    February 7, 2015 at 11:30 pm

    @Mnemosyne (iPad Mini): I saw EoT in the theatre. I really enjoy it. I’m no Cruuse fan so when I tell you I really liked I mean it. It was way better than I predicted and I actually like Cruise alot ij it. He should do more action conedy. really though, Emily Blunt was the real star and in a change of pace for Cruise, the female lead was the actully star of the action.

    So, I haven’t ordered movie from Cox On Demand yet, but I’m thinking I’ma order John Wick with Keanu Reeves. I heard it was good. If I like it I may buy it on Blu Ray.

    http://youtu.be/bvaftiAu7mw

  17. 17.

    Schlemazel

    February 7, 2015 at 11:31 pm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jWYUtQZhK0

    I’ll see your otters & raise you a red panda

  18. 18.

    Joel Hanes

    February 7, 2015 at 11:32 pm

    One of my favorites from the Silver Age of Blogging was Rivka’s “Respectful of Otters”

    http://respectfulofotters.blogspot.com/

  19. 19.

    Mnemosyne (iPad Mini)

    February 7, 2015 at 11:39 pm

    @lamh36:

    I’m liking it so far. It’s like “Groundhog Day” as a war movie.

  20. 20.

    Tree With Water

    February 7, 2015 at 11:50 pm

    My Otter Story: I was the only one in a small boat of real fishermen off Half Moon Bay, California that was pleased when a sea otter suddenly popped up and began to hang out with us. They were business-like fishermen, intent on catching fish. I was a sightseer with a line in the water. The otter was bad for the fish business, so we weighed anchor and moved.

  21. 21.

    lamh36

    February 7, 2015 at 11:54 pm

    speaking of movies that I want to see, I cannot tell ya much I looking forward to that new movie...Kingsman

    As always, I.AM.HERE.FOR.COLIN.FIRTH!!!

    One of my fav scenes in Bridget Jones Diary 1/2 is the fight scenes between Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. It was played as two ole white dude who were more windmills than putting up dukes…lol. For Kingsman, Mark Darcy learned to kick ass!!!

    The smartest thing the Kingsman movie PR team ever did was to keep the clips of Colin Firth in action, cause I’m def here for Colin Firth!
    Kingsman: The Secret Service – Mark Millar on Movie's Most Shocking Scene

    I keep reading about this church scene fight sequence that we see a small glimpse of in the trailers, but not much…all you see is Colin Firth, gun in hand punching some guy out…I.CAN’T.WAIT!

    the only complete fight sequence they’ve released is this one earlier I the film when Firth’s character is “introduced”

    Kingsman..Bar Fight Scene

  22. 22.

    Karen in GA

    February 7, 2015 at 11:55 pm

    @dmsilev: Very sorry to hear about your colleague.

    A co-worker’s wife died in a car accident last week — just 35 years old. They have a four year old boy. Damned shame.

  23. 23.

    Tree With Water

    February 8, 2015 at 12:08 am

    Deadspin.com is reporting a Princess Diana-like scenario- Bruce Jenner claims the pursuing papparazi caused him to rear end another vehicle into oncoming traffic near Malibu. One confirmed dead…

  24. 24.

    rikyrah

    February 8, 2015 at 12:16 am

    @lamh36:

    me too, lamh!!

    I can’t wait for this movie!

    Love me some Colin Firth

  25. 25.

    sm*t cl*de

    February 8, 2015 at 2:49 am

    Otters?
    http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/rare-monkey-eaten-otters-accident-british-zoo-28776415

  26. 26.

    opiejeanne

    February 8, 2015 at 3:09 am

    @rikyrah: Me three.

    I love the interview Renee Zellweiger did of Colin Firth, asking him about the scene in Pride and Prejudice where he takes off his shirt and dives into the big pond at Pemberley.

  27. 27.

    PsiFighter37

    February 8, 2015 at 3:11 am

    @Mike E: Dude, why are you outing yourself as an elitist to Corner? Now he’s going to rag on you for even existing.

  28. 28.

    Tree With Water

    February 8, 2015 at 3:21 am

    @sm*t cl*de: Two years ago a couple of otters staked their claim to a section of creek in the city of Sonoma, Ca. I walked that stretch a lot, and mentioned how great I thought it was to a more informed individual, who proceeded to explain the havoc the cute little bastards had wreaked with other wildlife during their extended visit. I guess that’s my other otter story.

    By the way, the Jenner traffic fatality accident now sounds like a worst case scenario involving tailgaters, speed, and sudden braking..

  29. 29.

    sm*t cl*de

    February 8, 2015 at 5:14 am

    the havoc the cute little bastards had wreaked with other wildlife during their extended visit

    Mustelids gotta mustelise.

  30. 30.

    Southern Beale

    February 8, 2015 at 1:37 pm

    Ah, otters. Did y’all hear about the endangered golden lion tamarin monkey who fell into a lake at the Brisol Zoo and was eaten by American otters? There’s a metaphor in there.

    Cue Sad Trombone …

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