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My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

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Bark louder, little dog.

This blog will pay for itself.

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The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

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I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Oh oh oh, that is the sweetest picture of Lovey and Thurston. Thank you for that wonderful pupdate.

  2. 2.

    Violet

    Awww…look at little Thurston! Congrats to geg6 and Lovey on finding each other! Can’t wait for more cute pictures.

    What’s the latest on Ginger? Does she have a forever home too?

  3. 3.

    Gracie10

    Oh hai furry bubbies. Rough day just melted away…

    Has anyone put in adoption applications for Thurston and Ginger?

  4. 4.

    Amir Khalid

    I think Mary G’s still interested in adopting Ginger, but there doesn’t seem to have been any recent communication between her and John Cole on this.

  5. 5.

    Violet

    Posted this in a previous thread, but since this one’s tagged “Dog Blogging” it’s a better fit here:

    Do you guys remember the post about the dog Nya who needed surgery because she had a diaphragmatic hernia and her insides had migrated into her chest cavity? The fundraiser finishes in less than 24 hours. Anything you can kick in would be appreciated.

    The good news is, Nya is currently in a foster-to-adopt situation and her hernia has completely healed. Sweet new picture of her in that last link.

  6. 6.

    TaMara (BHF)

    Sigh. So needed cute puppy update! Thanks. Now, who is taking that Thurston boy? You…over there… we see you…you NEED a puppy.

    My Vet sent me flowers today. As sad and awful as I feel, I think she feels just as badly. I’m taking them a chocolate filled Easter basket tomorrow.

    We are all settling into a Missy-less family. It’s always interesting to watch the dynamics adjust when we lose a pack member.

    Bixby went out to the farm today and had an awesome playdate, so I haven’t heard a peep from him. Nice to have a totally exhausted Dane puppy.

    Again, thanks to all of you for your thoughts and sympathies. It is amazing how much it really helps the healing.

  7. 7.

    Violet

    @TaMara (BHF): Very late to offer condolences but I’ve only seen your comments in threads where I’ve arrived too late. So sorry to hear about Missy. What a shock. I’m sure it’s a big adjustment for all of you.

    Glad Bixby has found a place where he can wear himself out. One less thing to worry about.

  8. 8.

    MeDrewNotYou

    Yay for Lovey! If only they’d perfect the e-bellyrub app.

    Also, dog threads are good for dog questions, right?

    Our dog Sophie probably ate a penny about 45min ago. (We can’t find it after dropping it and she loves to put every thing in her mouth.) Sophie is just shy of 1yr old and is 15-20lbs. Unfortunately our vet doesn’t open for another 7hrs. We gave her about 1tsp hydrogen peroxide but can’t find anything in her vomit. What should we do in the meantime and will she be okay until the vet sees her?

  10. 10.

    Violet

    @MeDrewNotYou: Unless you are seeing visible signs of her having problems, she’s probably fine until morning when you can call your vet. Hopefully she’ll pass the penny–you’ll have to do the poop check for the next few days. If she doesn’t then you’ll need to think about other action, but by then your vet should be well involved and can give you the right advice for your particular situation.

    Sorry you’re dealing with this. Scary.

  11. 11.

    MeDrewNotYou

    @NotMax: Thanks! That’s what I was hoping to hear. She’s acting normally now that the peroxide has run its course.

    One of these days I’ll get her pictures online. Sophie’s a total cutie, but even better in person. She interrupts her groomers and even the vet with unprovoked kisses and loves everyone. (Except her toys. She’s downright mean to them.)

    ETA- Thank you to Violet too. I’m just lucky we have a ton of plastic gloves for digging through the poop.

  12. 12.

    Karmus

    I think Cole is keeping Thurston. Maybe he is getting used to having at least one dog around who isn’t a bitch.

  13. 13.

    Scamp Dog

    @Violet: I donated back in February. Checking back just now, at least $265 has come in from Juicers, probably more since lots of donations were listed as Anonymous & didn’t have any comment. They need another $824 to reach the goal. Good luck Nya!

  14. 14.

    Suzanne

    PUPPIEZ.
    HUZZAH.

    They are adorable, and it thrills me that Lovey is going to live with a member of the pack, uh, readership, uh, herd of snarling jackals.

    I am ready for the weekend in a big way.

  15. 15.

    Jay C

    @Violet:

    Add a pittance contribution from me as well: this strikes a chord with me, as our beloved Jeremy (Himalayan cat) had a very similar problem: we thought, at first, he was asthmatic: x-rays revealed a percardial hernia (quite rare, the vets said) – with the same effect: he was hacking because his insides were pushing up against his throat. Anyway, thanks to modern veterinary medicine, (at a tidy price, though), he was repaired (and fixed, IYKWIM) and has been a happy purring love-boy ever since (5+ years now). It’s expensive treatment, to be sure: but I get reminded it’s worth it every time I give Jeremy a cuddle (and he doesn’t claw me) …

  17. 17.

    Violet

    @Scamp Dog: Yeah, I know a lot of people donated but maybe someone didn’t see the post. Plus, if people donated I thought they might like to see how well she’s doing. That last link has a great picture of her and it sounds like she’s doing really well!

    I’m not affiliated with the rescue group. I just really fell for her when AL linked the story. I’ve been following the donation page and decided to see if there was an update and there was! I hope she’s found her forever home.

  18. 18.

    Gex

    One of my roommates left a rotisserie chicken carcass out in the plastic container. I’m so fortunate my other roommate had quit her job in a fit a few days before or I might have lost Casey. And, when roommate 2 told me about that I realized that after losing Kate, if that had gone bad, I might be in jail now because I would have snapped and I don’t know what I would have done.

  19. 19.

    Violet

    @Jay C: Awww…I’m so glad the treatment was available for your Jeremy. And glad he’s recovered so well. I’m sure any penny you donated to Nya’s cause is very much appreciated. Like I said in the previous comment, I’m not affiliated with the group but for some reason her story really touched me and I wanted to give the fundraiser a little boost in its last few hours. Plus let people know how well she’s doing.

  21. 21.

    PurpleGirl

    Cute puppeh picture. So glad Lovey has found her home with Geg6. Best wishes to Geg6, John, Koda and, now, Lovely to form a great family.

  22. 22.

    seaboogie

    I have a new adoptee that I can manage with my schedule and meager resources at the moment. She is a female (ovipositor – check!) cricket missing half one of her antennae, and seems to have a fondness for tiny slices of strawberry. I’ve given her the handle of Jemima.

    She joins me and my 19 year old deaf kitty in the “messed up chicks” palace that I call home, aka a cottage that used to be a garage, but still sweet and quaint – like the inhabitants here – including our newest guest.

  23. 23.

    seaboogie

    Thurston appears to be “working it” in the photo. How he hasn’t been adopted yet is apparently as much of a mystery to him as it is to us. What a puss on him!

  28. 28.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @raven: I think he wants a new thread.

    We haven’t even properly trashed this one, yet.

  32. 32.

    geg6

    My baby girl! Love, love, love!

    Wish we could manage them both. But Koda will have enough on her paws with Lovey.

  33. 33.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    I did the only thing that makes me want to drink again this morining, TAXES.

  34. 34.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    Masked gunmen in Kenya, probably Republicans looking for King Obama’s birth certificate.

  36. 36.

    Schlemazel

    @NotMax:

    I know we have some commenters fro Oz and I thought they usually hold up the night shift pretty well.

    I am an early riser out here on the frozen tundra but I don’t dawdle over my morning cup so I usually don’t have much to say at 10:00 UTC.

  39. 39.

    raven

    @BillinGlendaleCA: Yea, we’re the opposite, we own the house next door too and we have our done. I’m not sure how necessary it is now but we figure a couple of hundred bucks is worth it.

  40. 40.

    Mustang Bobby

    @raven: Mine went to the Pontiac Restoration Fund. Took a big hit on Tuesday, but worth it: charcoal filter for the gas tank vent, MAP (manifold air pressure) sensor, and new wiper motor.

  43. 43.

    ThresherK

    Thurston is overacting for the camera, as typical. Of course, that’s what we love about him.

  44. 44.

    Mustang Bobby

    @raven: No, this is the charcoal filter that captures gas fumes from the tank and keeps them from stinking up the atmosphere. Part of the pollution control system, and it had a bad solenoid. The fuel pump and filter are functioning within normal parameters.

  45. 45.

    raven

    @Mustang Bobby: I had a Chevy wagon and remember putting a “catalytic converter” test kit on it. It was a pipe that replaced the converter. I left it onl

  48. 48.

    NotMax

    Heh. Cable and internet went out.

    @geg6

    Dunno if you’re a Paul Simon fan, but if so, would be neat-o to rename Koda’s new buddy Krome.

    @raven

    No, missed it. My nap raged out of control.

    Did you enjoy it? It’s one I’ve never seen, but it’ll come around in the rotation again .

  49. 49.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Mustang Bobby: After our hike last week, the kid and I saw and old Chevy in the Griffith Observatory parking lot. Told her it was a ’59. I knew because my mom drove a ’59 Parkwood wagon.

  50. 50.

    NotMax

    @Mustang Bobby

    Know it used to be owned by a very elderly nun here, but she must be long gone; still see her ancient (pre-boxy) Volvo tooling around on the roads from time to time. Pretty sure it’s a ’59 model.

    Just out of curiosity, any of the shows you go to ever display a Mercury Capri? The ’71 I bought new from the dealership ($2800!) still holds fond memories. V-6, standard shift. Got a consistent 33 mpg.

  52. 52.

    NotMax

    @raven

    After NY state instituted emission testing at inspection time, took my ’68 Chrysler Town & Country wagon (440 V-8) in and the mechanic told me in astonishment that it tested lower the new cars with all the emission control gear on them.

  53. 53.

    Phylllis

    Last work day before Spring break. Managed to talk hubby into taking a day off next week for a day trip to Charleston & lunch at Husk.

  54. 54.

    Mustang Bobby

    @NotMax: I haven’t seen a Capri at a show, but I remember them well; they had a trim piece on the side that looked like a horizontal hockey stick. They were very popular when I was in college (’71-’74) and I’d love to see one again.

  57. 57.

    satby

    I really see some Rottweiler in Thurston, which my sweetest rescue is partly too. Smart and sweet, it will be a lucky someone who adopts Thurston.

  60. 60.

    NotMax

    @Phyllis

    Enjoy. Have a weak spot for old buildings re-purposed as restaurants. Should you ever find yourself in St. Paul, add Forepaugh’s to your visit.

    There’s a similar type restaurant here, which was an old-time general store. Atmosphere is nifty but cannot recommend the food (in direct contradiction of the hoity-toity food critics). Overpriced, under-portioned and inconsistent quality.

  62. 62.

    Cliff in NH

    @ThresherK:

    Skipped the bone, Ignored the ethernet cable to the laptop, attacks several pieces of firewood. (from a rather difficult bucket, considering how tight the wood was packed in the bucket)

    Think that was how it went.

  65. 65.

    ThresherK

    @Cliff in NH: My cat will gnaw on wood. Gawd knows why.

    @NotMax: Ahh, the Amazon. Two years removed from being a Volvo guy, I have just re-committed to four years additional with my car (new tires).

    By that time I hope Volvo brings over their European V40 and irons out the kinks.

  66. 66.

    Cliff in NH

    @ThresherK:

    Well, I think that one was pine, and it doesn’t taste that bad fresh seasoned and split. I guess it’s the origin of chewing gum or something like that, right?

  67. 67.

    ThresherK

    @NotMax: Don’t know how many of them were sold stateside, but my older brother had one before I reached driving age.

  69. 69.

    NotMax

    Dang it. Fingers not friendly with keyboard tonight. Fixed.

    @ThresherK

    Unless there’s a near lookalike could swear saw a V40 on the road here, bring driven by our Congressional rep.

    100% certain it was a Volvo of some sort, as was right behind it at a red light.

  70. 70.

    Phylllis

    @NotMax: Most every restaurant in downtown Charleston is in a building that started out as something else. Some work, some don’t. A favorite of ours is Fleet Landing, which is in an old Naval intake building. A typical meal there will allow you to watch the ferry back and forth to Ft. Sumter and dolphins doing their thing.

  71. 71.

    NotMax

    @ThresherK

    Per Wikipedia:

    The Mercury Capri was marketed in North America by the Lincoln-Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company. The Mercury Capri was sold in the US as three distinctly different cars over three decades. The Capri for the 1971–74 model years and Capri II for 1976–77 were Ford captive imports made by Ford of Europe in Germany. At its peak, Capri sales in North America were the highest for any import model except the Volkswagen Beetle. These Capris, now fairly rare, are becoming sought after for restoration because of their styling, performance & relative affordability. The Capri from 1979–86 was a rebadged Ford Mustang made in the US, and from 1991–94, a convertible from Ford Australia. Source

  72. 72.

    Elizabelle

    I hope Thurston and Lovey can do some reunions, in time. They are going to miss each other.

    You might find that even nose out of joint Miss Lily is distressed to see a puppy leave.

    If it was not for nursing, we could all wonder if Ginger raided some other dog’s nest for puppies.

    Thurston looks like a gestational surrogate puppy. No poodle apparent.

  74. 74.

    max

    @NotMax:

    These Capris, now fairly rare, are becoming sought after for restoration because of their styling, performance & relative affordability.

    If you want to indulge your nostalgia, buy one now before they get really expensive.

    max
    [‘They’re really expensive.’]

  75. 75.

    ThresherK

    @NotMax: Okay, I forgot where you are. Was this the new V40*? Because there was the S40-based version ending a decade ago.

    And perhaps your Congresscritter’s image would be burnished by driving around in an oldish, but not really old, FWD Volvo. It really depends on your congressional district.

    ETA: Yep, that first-gen Capri. Even as a tween, I noticed a “trimness” about it I never saw in American-made compacts.

  78. 78.

    NotMax

    @NotMax

    Definitely not an S40.

    Reason I surmise it may have been a V40 was because the rear matched the pix of the V40 in your link above.

  80. 80.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @Phylllis: We love Fleet Landing. Hyman’s, of course, is a repurposed dry goods wholesalers with the original (1887) wrought iron spiral stair prominently preserved.

  84. 84.

    GHayduke (formerly lojasmo)

    @MeDrewNotYou:

    If it is stuck in the esophagus, it should be causing her discomfort..If it is in her stomach, it will pass.

    i wouldn’t go to the vet unless she seems squirrely.

  85. 85.

    geg6

    @NotMax:

    Heh. That’s a good one, but I’m keeping Lovey for her name. I’m uncomfortable changing my pets’ names when I adopt them because they have heard their name and know it, I think. I just want my fur babies to be happy and comfortable, so I ascribe human characteristics to them and it makes me feel better. ;-)

  89. 89.

    Pogonip

    @Elizabelle: He does seem pretty smart–that’s poodle. Or at least it used to be before the AKC became all about the bucks.

    Did anyone see that clip Jemima Harrison ran of the AKCbots being interviewed? They really were like robots, programmed to insert “happy, healthy dogs” in every sentence. It was creepy.

  91. 91.

    Joy in FL

    @Violet: Thanks for the info on Nya. The last time I had checked the fundraiser, there was not an update on her. So good to see good news for her. I donated earlier, but I might again.

  94. 94.

    Lurker

    Methink Thurston is for keeps in the Cole household. After all, if you can handle two dogs, what’s a third? Plus, Steve will be happy to have a playmate.

  96. 96.

    JoyfulA

    @Violet: I do remember Nya very well. I have the same condition—my stomach is residing between my left lung and my heart—and I’d never known of anyone having that problem before, although the docs say it isn’t all that uncommon.

    I have insurance to pay for Monday’s surgery, but I gather Nya didn’t, so let me kick in.

  97. 97.

    Violet

    @JoyfulA: Good luck with your surgery. Hopefully you will have the same good result as Nya.

    Thanks to everyone who has donated for Nya. She looks like such a sweetheart.

  98. 98.

    InternetDragons

    Re: Swallowing penny. There’s zero reason to even call the vet unless your little guy is in visible distress.

    I worked my way through undergrad school as a vet tech and my father and grandfather were both vets, so I’ve had at least some experience with the ‘pet consumes various denominations of small change’ thing.

    Do whatever makes YOU feel most comfortable and at ease, though. I’m just saying it doesn’t sound like it’s anywhere remotely in the neighborhood of an emergency situation.

  100. 100.

    SWMBO

    @MeDrewNotYou: I believe you should take her in. There was a post going around facebook about a pup who died after chewing on a phone charger. It had zinc (toxic level) in it. Most pennies are copper clad zinc nowadays, I believe. Copper can be toxic on its own but the 1-2 combo probably should be checked by the vet. This is late enough, you have probably already taken measures anyway.

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