Thurston somehow fashioned the comforter into a circle and the plopped down in the middle of it:
When I found him, he of course started to pose:
I didn’t watch #nerdprom, but Chris Cilizza seems uber butthurt on twitter, so I am guessing she dropped some deep hard truths on those entitled pricks and it hurt them because they thought she was going to be all sweet and nice.
NotMax
Translation from Olde Doggish:
Buy me my own pet bed, already!
Keith G
Just back home from seeing Marc Maron in Houston. The man put out an awesome set and after the show he was so pleasant and generous with his time. I could really gush more, but it might become unseemly.
Great night!
lamh36
Well I saw a few journos already whining about Obama (dude make sure you see the Luther Obama’s Anger Translator bit) and I didn’t watch her but from da twitter, the journos weren’t impressed, but non-journos on twitter seems to have liked her.
But to be honest, no one has been able to best Obama since his first time at this mess. I think what really pissed the journos off is that Obama doesn’t use the NerdProm to be self-depricating. He has consistently used it to troll the journos present.
Omnes Omnibus
My Cocker used to trample things into a circle before sleeping – preferably beanbag chairs.
WaterGirl
Cole, big thanks for the post and the puppy pictures! I do have a bit of a crush on Thurston.
@lamh36: The president did so much humorous truth-telling tonight that I was reminded of Stephen Colbert at the nerd prom. I may have to watch that again tomorrow, too.
lamh36
that’s one cute pooch. So how big will he eventually get? And does he need ALOT of walking? I mean is he very hyper?
Violet
Ohhhh….I just love Thurston Howl! So cute. No wonder you had to keep him
Helen
I know ZERO about twitter. But I know a lot about Chris Cizzila. He is a dick. The end.
max
My black and tan never arranges things in a circle – it’s always some Escher-esque construction with a foot sticking out one end, maybe, and the nose poking out from somewhere else where you wouldn’t expect a nose to be. Generally looks more like the blob than something picture-worthy.
At any rate, if the elite journos are pissed, that’s always a good sign.
max
[‘Wish it would quit fucking raining.’]
Culture of Truth
Media seem mostly pissed that Obama brought the hammer down in an even bigger way than usual.
i.e., “Dick Cheney thinks I’m the worst President of his lifetime. I think he’s the worst President of my lifetime!”
“The Koch brothers think they have to spend a billion dollars to make America like one of these guys.”
NotMax
@efgoldman
Tampa has a hockey team?
Tampa?
Sheesh. Guess the Virgin Islands aren’t populous enough to field a pro team.
RobertDSC (Quad Intel Mac)
@NotMax:
Nope. You do that, he’ll ignore it and park his cute puppy tail anywhere else but there.
Helen
@Omnes Omnibus: You have bean bag chairs?
Karen in GA
Iggy digs before laying down if he’s on the floor. If I’m laying on the couch, he curls himself up on the couch near my feet, and tucks himself in wherever he can find room. Pretty impressive, given it’s a small IKEA couch and there’s barely enough room for me.
He has two pet beds. Smudge took one of them for herself, and Iggy let her, because she was not getting up. She didn’t move for anybody. She was a round, gray, ornery lump, and I miss the hell out of her.
Omnes Omnibus
@Helen: My boy died in 1985.
Ruckus
@Culture of Truth:
I think they are butt hurt that, first, none of them get that big a cut and second all their whoring together and it still requires a billion on top of that. They picked the wrong, I don’t want to insult any animal so horse is out, jackass maybe…..
steve herl
Looks like u finally bought a camera. I can make out the subject matter now
Helen
@Omnes Omnibus: So sorry. Really. So you are old. Just like me.
NotMax
@Ruckus
Lamprey.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Karen in GA: I’m so very sorry. They leave such big paw prints on our hearts.
patrick II
I like to watch Obama at the nerd-proms, and I think he enjoys it too. He takes a lot of crap from those assholes 364 days a year. On nerd-prom night he gets to give it back, with a dagger, a twist, and a smile. He is always funnier than the poor comedian who follows him, and draws more blood too.
Ruckus
@NotMax:
Based on actions, a very appropriate choice.
TaMara (BHF)
Nice way to end the night. A little Thurston Howl and then I watched Luther, Obama’s Anger Translator from tonight.
With that, I’ll call it a night.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Helen: Nah, Omnes is one of those damn kids. Get Off My Lawn.
ETA: Obummer at least has Grandpa Walnuts with a broom to keep people off his lawn.
Aleta
2nd picture … just set his pipe down to consider a sudden insight
1st picture … still working those eyes
Karen in GA
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Thanks.
patrick II
@TaMara (BHF):
At about 3:34 of that video, and under the comedic cover of the “anger translator”, Obama says what I think he has feels about climate change denialists: “… What about our kids? What kind of stupid, short sighted, irresponsible…”
Villago Delenda Est
It is NOT a nerd prom.
It is a hack prom.
lamh36
@TaMara (BHF): I must have watched the bit at the end when Obama got “really angry” and was too much even for Luther…lol
Aleta
@Omnes Omnibus: Can’t find anymore those quality bean bag chairs from yesteryear. Looked for one for the new dog. Wished we had saved the old dog’s one. Her collar and tags have been on the headrest of the driver’s seat for 17 years, though. Sometimes sounds like she just jumped into the back seat.
Helen
@Karen in GA: Oh so sorry. I was here on Thursday and read about you running to be with Smudge. So so sorry. You are a good egg Karen. A good pet mom egg. Love to you and Iggy. He will miss Smudge as much as you do I think.
patrick II
@Villago Delenda Est:
Point taken.
DTGstl314
@efgoldman:
Charlotte and Nashville also have NHL teams. But Atlanta’s pretty much SOL. They’ve already lost two separate NHL franchises who left for Canadian cities.
Hal
Nothing will ever top the Seth Myers and PBO. Watching the audience while Chump reacted to those jokes (favorite: said he’s got a great relationship with ‘the blacks.’ Unless the Blacks are a family of white people, I bet he’s mistaken”) was priceless.
Violet
@Karen in GA: Sorry about your Smudge. You did right by her. Sending hugs.
Helen
@BillinGlendaleCA: Yeah. How great was that? The problem is that those idiots won’t get the reference. Cuz McCain is a “statesman” or something.
Culture of Truth
@Hal: To me the best Obama moment will be his take down of Trump (“who killed Biggie and Tupac?”) Best Overall is Colbert.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Culture of Truth: I agree about Colbert, though I never saw Franken’s. You heard that right, Sen. Franken has been the entertainment at the Hack Prom 2 or 3 times.
ETA: What was especially good about PBO’s takedown of The Donald was what the President was doing in his day job at the time(sending OBL to the fishes).
Karen in GA
@Helen: @Violet: Thanks so much. I read the kind words in that thread Thursday night when I got back. It helped. Didn’t have it in me to respond, though — I just plopped on the couch and went to sleep. Starting to rejoin the world now.
rikyrah
POTUS was hilarious.
Bringing up Luther was a master stroke of genius!
PS-love the puppy pics. The puppy is so cute.
vheidi
@TaMara (BHF): Crap, I thought I was going to get Idris Elba
Keith G
But flag pins have no business being on a tux jacket fer Christ sake.
Culture of Truth
I wonder if President Obama was aware of Luther and wanted to do it or if staffers showed him footage of Luther and he said, ‘oh we have to do THAT”
Either option is hilarious
Violet
@Villago Delenda Est: I love “hack prom.” Much better name than “nerd prom.” Definitely need to use #hackprom when talking about it on Twitter.
SarahT
@Culture of Truth: My two (ok, maybe ten) cents: the Prez is always good at these type of events. Love how he just eviscerates the press. Especially enjoy his jokes re, birther idiocy. Also really enjoyed Cecily Strong – some excellent lines re, racist cops, libertatians, reproductive rights, and, um, Don Lemon. She sorta tossed off a line speculating that maybe Obama should have waited to be Prez ’til after Hillary, because then SHE could have fixed the economy & then HE would get to campaign while running away from a successful president – gotta catch that part again tomorrow.
Helen
@Keith G: This. Here’s how fucking paranoid they have made me. I was watching the President during the “yeah I love America, too” song. His hand was below his heart. My hand is always above my heart. And then I thought – YEAH – CUZ I HAVE BOOBS. But he had a flag pin on. WHEW at least he has a fucking flag pin on.
Mnemosyne (tablet)
@Culture of Truth:
I recall seeing a photo of Key and Peele visiting the White House a year or two ago, so I think the prez has been aware of them for a while and thinks they’re hilarious.
They don’t always get a lot of online buzz, but I’ve enjoyed every episode of their show that I’ve seen, and I’m an uncool middle-aged white lady. Even the fart jokes have a unique twist.
SarahT
@BillinGlendaleCA: Yes ! That was pretty awesome
Hal
@Culture of Truth: Key and Peele have several Obama skits since at least 2012. Someone must have been planning this since Luther’s first appearance.
Tenar Darell
@Culture of Truth: He’s met Key and Peele. Jordan Peele on Conan.
Smiling Mortician
I think the president is pretty well aware of all internet traditions. Remember when he owned the “Everybody chill the fuck out, I’ve got this” meme? He doesn’t have a lot of time to surf the web, but he does seem to grok what’s going on.
Mike J
Went to see how butthurt Cilizza is. This made me happy:
feebog
PBO absolutely killed it tonight. The Hillary joke was without a doubt the best of the bunch.
scav
@patrick II: Oh that anger transition was worth it. And then the usual soup of cluelessness bobbing around the audience throughout — always a draw.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@Karen in GA: My condolences on Smudge.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
Obama has masterful comedic timing. The cadences for comedy are quite different than those for oratory and it can be painful to watch a lot of master orators try to be funny.
askew
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym:
They really should retire the president speaking after Obama leaves office. No other president is going to be able to match Obama’s performance at these things. He could have been a comedian with his perfect timing. I can’t imagine anyone running in 2016 doing this without being massively awful.
Cecily wasn’t too bad, she struggled to follow Obama especially after the Luther bit, but she was a marked improvement over Seth, Joel, and Jimmy Kimmel. I’d love to see John Oliver do this next year before Obama leaves office.
askew
@Karen in GA:
So sorry to hear about your loss. That just sucks all around.
David Koch
@Culture of Truth: @Mnemosyne (tablet): yes, he promised to use Luther in the 2nd term. http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web03/2012/6/5/14/enhanced-buzz-3702-1338922516-6.jpg
David Koch
this is kinda cool, both Russell Wilson and BillBelichick attended
https://scontent-ams.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t51.2885-15/e15/11195570_1441410886155578_1658870485_n.jpg
Yatsuno
@efgoldman: If all goes well, no one in Phoenix will be watching them play hockey either. Although I’m leaning much harder towards the no on the new Seattle arena now that I know they have to cut out part of the city’s historical district to enact their parking garage plans.
Karen in GA
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: @askew: Thanks.
Suzanne
I am having one of those days that makes me wonder if my children are too old to be dropped off at a safe haven. I spent more time than I am really comfortable admitting thinking about what crime I could commit so I could get sent to prison for a while.
Mr. Suzanne just showed me a picture of a whole bunch of Marvel villains and asked me to name them, and all i could come up with was “Dicks-on-Head Guy”.
fuckwit
I’m glad Cole is back posting to his own blog again. To me, that says the recovery is complete.
One of the things that gets you when you recover from a disease, mental disorder, shitty job, bad relationship, addiction, alcoholism, bad habit, etc. is: what will you do with all the extra time? That kind of negative shit is immensely time-consuming. When it’s gone, finally you discover you have oceans of time you never had before. What to do with it?
I look at artists and musicians who recover from an addiction and that’s almost always a hugely fertile and productive period in their lives. Seems like Cole is there now, and damn glad for that. I hope he’s got lots of other great stuff (i.e. more fun than just blogging) to keep him busy too.
fuckwit
@David Koch: That’s cool, but.. who is that blonde in the pink dress in the middle?
Suzanne
@Karen in GA: Hugs to you and Iggy.
David Koch
@fuckwit: that is Belichick’s wife
Helen
@Suzanne:
I am not laughing at you. I am not laughing at you. I am not laughing at you. BUT I AM LAUGHING MY ASS OFF AT YOU.
Sorry. I am single with no kids. Every time I think I am lonely I think about you. Well not you, but people who think about prison. In the good sense. Oh hey I am bored. Would you trade bored? Yes you would but not for your kids.
Send them here for a day. And not a second more. Cuz I don’t want them anymore than you want to give them away. But thanks for the laugh.
Mnemosyne (tablet)
@fuckwit:
I remember hearing an interview with a musician who had been big in the 60s and 70s but lost a couple of decades to drug addiction and he said the thing that surprised him most was how much harder he had to work when he was an addict. He had been willing to walk 10 miles and do manual labor to afford his fix, but he didn’t have to do that anymore once he got sober and suddenly he had a lot more time to play music.
Karen in GA
@Suzanne: Thanks. Iggy’s adjusting okay. Smudge kept to herself most of the time, so I don’t think he ever really bonded with her. He’s kept pretty close to me the last couple of days, though, so I think he understands that something’s up.
Suzanne
@Helen: It’s all good. Seventeen-year-old me would be laughing her ass off at me right now.
Suzanne
@Helen: Most days are good, but today, they both found my last nerve and fuckin’ tap-danced on it.
Suzanne
@Karen in GA: Pets always know that kind of stuff. I’m glad he’s doing what he can for you. Hang in there.
Helen
@Suzanne: I get it. I have a friend who is an absolute Buddist. Every once in a while she calls me and says “How can I be Buddist when I wanna slap one of my kids?”
Dunno sweetie, I say. Have a drink!
Also Suzanne – of course they tapped danced in your last nerve. They know exactly where your last nerve lives. Cuz you’re their Mom.
cckids
@feebog:
It was great. I loved this one, though: “People ask me, Mr. President, do you have a bucket list? Well, I have something that rhymes with bucket list”.
I love that it seems to verify what so many of us here have been saying; the man has no further fucks to give, and he’s still President for 2 more years. Suck it Repubs!
BTW, for those who haven’t heard it, the Hillary line was “I have a good friend who, up till a few weeks ago, was making millions of dollars a year. Now she’s living in a van in Iowa”.
Also classic.
gwangung
I have even less sympathy for “journalist” butt hurt this year, considering they were sitting on their asses when some actual news was happening 45 minutes away.
JordanRules
@gwangung: Right. It’s a damned shame. The media should be part of our democracy’s saving grace but sadly, it’s the opposite.
Mary G
@cckids: I thought the “Khaleesi is coming to Westeros” line” above Hillary was funny too.
different-church-lady
@efgoldman: If Ottawa somehow puts the ultimate hurt on Montreal, this first round will bear a perfect hat trick of a silver linings for the Boston hockey fan.
different-church-lady
@NotMax: Not only does Tampa have a hockey team, they have a hockey team with passionate fans, a full arena, and a 21st century Stanley Cup.
different-church-lady
@Villago Delenda Est: Resolved: HACK PROM.
different-church-lady
@Keith G: Now, a flag cumberbund, on the other hand…
different-church-lady
@cckids: But that’s not accurate. The man has plenty of fucks left to give. But now he no longer has to give them to the wrong people. So it’s more of a “I don’t give a fuck about you assholes anymore” list.
Joel
@Culture of Truth: Colbert’s performance was a watershed moment in comedy. And a few other things, too.
Keith G
For the record, I just read Chris Cillizza’s Twitter feed from last night and no butthurt (can we retire this stupid term) was in evidence. Was John Cole in Steve’s “nip” stash?
There were some sour faces in the room at the WHCD, but in a room of that size in DC there is going to be a handful or so of those who cannot control their self important “knobbishness”.
Ajabu
@NotMax:
No, we have enough people. Not enough interest. Steel pan ensembles? Everywhere!
Tenar Darell
Funny or Die, Josh from Veep gets ready. Amusing. Probably funnier if I was up to date on Veep.
shell
That is one shiny, shiny puppy!
*****
Yes, the ‘Anger Translator’ is one for the ages.
And whenever you saw a couple of stone faces in the audience after a really good joke, you had to think…’that has to be Fox News’ table.’
D58826
@askew: Ok, I’ll bite and obviously I’m missing something in the world. The millionaire friend who now lives on a deserted island. Who was he referring to? never mind I misheard what he said. I need new ears
Elizabelle
@Villago Delenda Est:
Yes!!
Not #nerdprom
it’s #buttkisserprom
but #hackprom works even better.
Spike
@David Koch: What’s Frank Kaminsky doing there? This is Hack Prom, not Flop Prom.
Ruckus
@Helen:
We never found my mom’s last nerve. We looked, oh yes we did, but we were unsuccessful. However….. Later in life I figured out that we did find it, she just never let us know we had. She did know how to get even though. We must have stepped on that last nerve a bunch of times as she was far more than even.