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Late Night Open Thread

by John Cole|  May 9, 201512:00 am| 39 Comments

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Had a bunch of things to take care of today, so I took the day off from the blog. Thought I’d give you a quick picture I took last week of my fraternity brother who was here last week for Alumni Weekend. When you crash here, you get a complimentary pet:

thurston

He’s such a stinker. His new favorite thing is to sit underneath my desk and when I am not paying attention steal the sandal/flipflop/slipper off my foot and make a break for it. Rosie just got her arthritis shot so she is feeling much better, and she and Thurston play all the time. It was 91 here, so they are popped and asleep.

Oh, and don’t forget, Harry and Chatman’s Barn With Inn B&B is opening soon, so if you are in the area and need a place to crash, or are just driving cross country and want to take a break in a pretty part of the country, stop in:

barnwithinn

They are now official! Here is their FB page if you want to follow along (lots of pics there). And Chatman is one of my top five favorite cooks in the world.

yum

Alright, I’m out.

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  1. 1.

    Cain

    May 9, 2015 at 12:02 am

    What is with you, and all these unmarried fraternity brothers and ex soldiers shacking up at your place? :-)

  2. 2.

    John Cole +0

    May 9, 2015 at 12:09 am

    @Cain: Mitch is married to his wife of forever, and Harry and Chatman are married to each other, so I know not of what you speak. I’m single, but don’t let Lily know.

  3. 3.

    ruemara

    May 9, 2015 at 12:15 am

    Do they know they’re about to pimped out as shirtless men with pets on your blog? I’m just wondering if there’s fair warning.

  4. 4.

    Hal

    May 9, 2015 at 12:24 am

    There was a dog outside my front yard this morning, so I opened the gate and let him in to give him some water and food. My own yappy terrier mix hates all other dogs but this stray really wanted to play with him. Animal control in my area doesn’t open until 10 so I just figured I would wait until then when the dog wandered off. Twice. Both time he came back and sat outside on the front porch whining. We ended up giving him a bath and a cut his matted coat.

    Dog turns out to be incredibly docile and very sweet. Not frightened, I could hand feed him and he was gentle (as opposed to little chompers who will claim your fingers and the piece of pepperoni you feed) and for once I was able to bath a dog that didn’t try to kill me. Hopefully they’ll find his owners, but I checked online everywhere and did not see any lost pet notices.

  5. 5.

    Pogonip

    May 9, 2015 at 12:54 am

    “He’s such a stinker. His new favorite thing is to sit underneath my desk…”

    Gee, in the picture he looks like a pretty big guy. I’m surprised he can fit under your desk.

  6. 6.

    MaryRC

    May 9, 2015 at 1:00 am

    @Pogonip: I was about to say! And frankly I’m impressed that a guy that size can snaffle John’s slipper and make a quick getaway before John can stop him.

  7. 7.

    Karen in GA

    May 9, 2015 at 1:06 am

    Baby Thurston, all snuggled up!

    Most of our new flooring is installed — just a couple of spots to be completed and a couple of things to fix. This is the first time I’ve seen the newly-open dining room wall, the new paint colors, and the new flooring as one cohesive interior. I’m actually very pleased with how it all works together.

    And tonight we put our living room back together after three months of chaos. Yay us!

  8. 8.

    Diana

    May 9, 2015 at 1:07 am

    OMG they are both so cute!!!!

    I don’t care how many unmarried military guys and fraternity brothers show up shirtless at your place….

  9. 9.

    danielx

    May 9, 2015 at 1:10 am

    Late night musical explorations, and one that I found in my archives recently that I hadn’t ever listened to. From Second Winter circa 1969, guitar and vocal by Johnny Winter with tenor sax by brother Edgar. The adjective that comes to mind on the guitar is fluid.

    Johnny Winter – Miss Ann

    Oh yeah, one of the co-authors of the tune is none other than Little Richard.

  10. 10.

    TG Chicago

    May 9, 2015 at 1:11 am

    Nice almost-matching on the collar and wristband.

    Video of Rosie and Thurston playing, plz!

  11. 11.

    Pogonip

    May 9, 2015 at 1:32 am

    @MaryRC: Wait till that poor man wakes up to find out that he is now known to the entire Internet by his Native American name of Runs With Slipper.

  12. 12.

    Aleta

    May 9, 2015 at 1:50 am

    @Karen in GA:
    What kind of flooring did you get ? And how do you figure out what wall color will go with it?

  13. 13.

    Suzanne

    May 9, 2015 at 2:10 am

    Thurston is such a cutie. Love seeing him all tenderly cradled by a big dude. Adorable.

  14. 14.

    JGabriel

    May 9, 2015 at 2:13 am

    John Cole:

    Oh, and don’t forget, Harry and Chatman’s Barn With Inn B&B is opening soon, so if you are in the area and need a place to crash …

    Wait, we can’t randomly crash at your place on short notice?

  15. 15.

    Mary G

    May 9, 2015 at 2:29 am

    Love that picture. Barn Within sounds awesome, maybe I could come in the fall. 91 is too hot for me.

  16. 16.

    Karen in GA

    May 9, 2015 at 2:32 am

    @Aleta: I got cross-sawn chestnut Pergo laminate, just because I wanted a nice medium brown color that would go with the brown stacked stone fireplace in the living room.

    The paint colors… ugh. A lot of samples painted on cardboard and hung on the wall. I finally just went with colors from a pre-defined Sherwin Williams/HGTV color scheme in the kitchen and dining room, and shades of greige (gray! No, beige! No, both!) in the living room and halls. The warm brown of the floor works with the fireplace, so the cool greige, blue and green on the walls throughout don’t make the warm colors in the fireplace stone look weird.

    Never again. I’m happy with the end result, but I’m never doing this again.

  17. 17.

    wasabi gasp

    May 9, 2015 at 2:43 am

    Craving a bowl of kellogg’s frosted chocolate nipples.

  18. 18.

    NotMax

    May 9, 2015 at 3:11 am

    Fiesta ware?

    Trivia: The red color of that line disappeared from stores during WW2 because that color glaze used uranium oxide and the government had taken control of all uranium for some reason or other.

  19. 19.

    Aleta

    May 9, 2015 at 3:55 am

    @Karen in GA: As long as Iggy’s happy, that’s all that really matters.

  20. 20.

    opiejeanne

    May 9, 2015 at 3:59 am

    @wasabi gasp: Oh, I’m so bad. I was thinking something along that line too. Chocolate man pron, yum!

  21. 21.

    burnspbesq

    May 9, 2015 at 4:08 am

    NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament opens on Saturday. Cornell against Albany at noon on ESPNU, the first of four games today and four more tomorrow. Could be your last chance to see Lyle Thompson as a college player. Don’t miss it.

    Women’s tournament started with ten first-round games on Friday night. Only one upset: USC, in its first-ever appearance in the tournament, shocked perennial contender James Madison. Fight On! Second round games are on Sunday.

  22. 22.

    NotMax

    May 9, 2015 at 4:22 am

    @burnspbesq

    Second round games are on Sunday.

    The war on Christians marches on…

    :)

  23. 23.

    Amir Khalid

    May 9, 2015 at 4:31 am

    @danielx:
    “This video is not available. Sorry about that.”
    Pout.

  24. 24.

    raven

    May 9, 2015 at 5:56 am

    @danielx: Two records but one side blank. Miss Ann is good but Highway 61 is IT!

  25. 25.

    ThresherK

    May 9, 2015 at 6:19 am

    Too cute for words.

    Reminds me of the Hotel Minnesota, an old PHC “sponsor” which promised travelers that every room had its own cat.

  26. 26.

    raven

    May 9, 2015 at 6:21 am

    Here’s the start of the footings, the roses in the background are doing great!

  27. 27.

    Baud

    May 9, 2015 at 6:30 am

    Just a reminder that we are all going to die.

    The World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola on Saturday, making it the first of the three hardest-hit West African countries to bring a formal end to the epidemic.

  28. 28.

    SFAW

    May 9, 2015 at 7:32 am

    @Pogonip: @MaryRC:

    And here I thought that fraters weren’t supposed to badmouth brothers to the outside world.

  29. 29.

    SFAW

    May 9, 2015 at 7:37 am

    @burnspbesq:

    Thanks for the tip. I was going to make some smart-ass comment about “but he’s no Mike French,” but after watching some highlights, he clearly is. Whether he’s a Frank Urso is another question, of course.

  30. 30.

    chrome agnomen

    May 9, 2015 at 8:06 am

    why should we crash at the b&b when we could crash at your place with a complimentary pet?

  31. 31.

    Betty

    May 9, 2015 at 8:56 am

    John, you do know Thurston takes your slipper to get you to play with him, right? So cute!

  32. 32.

    sm*t cl*de

    May 9, 2015 at 9:36 am

    when I am not paying attention steal the sandal/flipflop/slipper off my foot and make a break for it.

    He hasn’t crapped in the slipper yet? Clearly not paying attention to Lessons from Uncle Steve.

  33. 33.

    karounie

    May 9, 2015 at 9:49 am

    I like the matching bracelet and dog collar combination.

  34. 34.

    Tara the Antisocial Social Worker

    May 9, 2015 at 10:24 am

    Our border collie Rhea likes to take shoes. She doesn’t eat them, she just relocates them. We call it feng shoe.

  35. 35.

    SFAW

    May 9, 2015 at 11:34 am

    @Tara the Antisocial Social Worker:

    We call it feng shoe.

    Or even flung shoe (or flung shui?)

  36. 36.

    burnspbesq

    May 9, 2015 at 12:41 pm

    @SFAW:

    Lyle is definitely top five ever. Brown, Urso, McEananey, Pietramala, Thompson.

  37. 37.

    Freemark

    May 9, 2015 at 1:12 pm

    Saw the pic and thought he’s in bed “petting the puppy”. For some reason the thought just didn’t seam right.

  38. 38.

    SFAW

    May 9, 2015 at 4:44 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    McEneaney. (Assuming you mean Eamon.)

    Was at the Cornell/Maryland Championship game in 1976. Outstanding game, saw some amazing plays. Urso’s last-second assist was a big surprise, thought he was going for the shot.

    Also, being a Hop fan, was happy with the result.

  39. 39.

    Tara the Antisocial Social Worker

    May 9, 2015 at 5:40 pm

    @SFAW: With our other dog, Hera, it was more of a feng chew. Fortunately, she grew out of that.

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