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You are here: Home / Pet Blogging / Dog Blogging / Home Again (Open Thread)

Home Again (Open Thread)

by Betty Cracker|  October 10, 201510:35 pm| 102 Comments

This post is in: Dog Blogging, Domestic Politics, Sports, Ugh

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I made it back home from vacation just in time to lay around and watch college football all day. (Go Gators — the unexpected Beasts of the East!) 

Upon my return, I was reunited with my boxers, who pretended to be lap dogs for awhile. Here’s what that looks like, if it’s your lap:

  

They can look disturbingly gorilla-like when they’re right up in your grill.

It was a great vacation, but damn, I’m tired. I haven’t slept in a bed worthy of the name in a solid week.

Open thread!

PS: Does anyone know why Mizzou’s Mauk is suspended?

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  1. 1.

    raven

    October 10, 2015 at 10:37 pm

    We were only gone for 4 days and the day we get back Lil Bit tears her ACL. Surgery is Monday and then the poor little girl is in for extensive rehab, In other good news they say once one goes the other often follows.

  2. 2.

    jeffreyw

    October 10, 2015 at 10:39 pm

    Impressive, but can they do this?

  3. 3.

    redshirt

    October 10, 2015 at 10:41 pm

    A dog’s nose is a hell of a thing.

    It’s weird. Look at it. LOOK AT IT!

  4. 4.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 10, 2015 at 10:53 pm

    @raven: Thinking good thoughts for Lil Bit and you guys. It’s often the case that the ACLs go close together. Is the Bodhi still doing well?

  5. 5.

    Betty Cracker

    October 10, 2015 at 10:53 pm

    @raven: Poor baby. Hope she recovers quickly and fully.

    @redshirt: I know! The pebbly texture, the shape…dog noses are just deeply weird.

  6. 6.

    gf120581

    October 10, 2015 at 10:54 pm

    Beautiful day weatherwise, my Cubbies triumph and go back to Wrigley with Arietta scheduled to pitch…oh and the Benghazi committee farce may have been blown up for good and all by that whistleblowing ex-staffer.

    What a great day!

  7. 7.

    dmsilev

    October 10, 2015 at 10:54 pm

    A commenter at the NYTimes had what I think is the best solution to The Speaker Problem:

    Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah for Speaker! He is handsome, patriotic, accomplished, intelligent, well mannered and unlike the denizens of DC someone who actually knows how to win.

    As a front man–er horse–for the GOP he would fit right in. He is owned by a millionaire and is quite accustomed to being guided by midgets (apologies of course to jockey Victor Espinoza). As far as we know there are no skeletons in his closet–he’s been drug tested and unless he managed to slip out of his stall one night for a rendezvous with a cute filly down the shedrow, a virgin.

    With a little training he should be able to manage the speaker’s gavel–or just stamp his hoof to get attention. As far as herding members of Congress he might have more success than most–would you want to tick off a 1,200 pound stallion?

    (from the comments on Gail Collins’ piece)

  8. 8.

    Mike J

    October 10, 2015 at 10:55 pm

    Josh Rogin @joshrogin
    Benghazi committee staffers had “gun buying club” for “chrome-plated, monogrammed Tiffany-style Glock 9 millimeters” http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/10/politics/benghazi-committee-investigation-political-hillary-clinton-brad-podliska-lawsuit/ …

  9. 9.

    PaulW

    October 10, 2015 at 10:56 pm

    look at those puppy eyes! they scream “why you leave mum but I’m glad youre back don’t leave again”

  10. 10.

    raven

    October 10, 2015 at 10:56 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Yea, he’s in the rack with his mommy, I’m on the couch!

  11. 11.

    Tommy

    October 10, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    @raven: Best wishes. Played sports my entire life at pretty high level. Not had a broken bone nor a torn ACL. A torn ACL my worse fear. But the good is modern medical care rocks.

  12. 12.

    redshirt

    October 10, 2015 at 10:58 pm

    @Betty Cracker: I would love to have a dog’s nose. It reveals a secret world we can’t know with our senses. Heck, some of them can smell cancer.

  13. 13.

    JPL

    October 10, 2015 at 10:58 pm

    @dmsilev: I saw that comment and the Gail Collins piece.
    I also enjoyed the whistle blower’s piece about the Benghazi committee. It appears that they are going to say they fired him because he was anti-Clinton. I wonder which story the media will push. Chickens do come home to roost.

  14. 14.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 10, 2015 at 10:59 pm

    @redshirt:

    All right, that’s it. I’m definitely not going to get any sleep tonight.

  15. 15.

    JPL

    October 10, 2015 at 11:00 pm

    @raven: Poor baby indeed.

  16. 16.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 10, 2015 at 11:00 pm

    @gf120581:

    Cubbies!

    Cubbies Cubbies Cubbies Cubbies Cubbies.

    CUBBIES!!

  17. 17.

    dmsilev

    October 10, 2015 at 11:01 pm

    @JPL: “We fired him because he was too anti-Clinton” has got to be the lamest, least-believable, excuse of all time. This is the House GOP after all. They’ve been burning Clintons in effigy for the last 25 years.

  18. 18.

    ? Martin

    October 10, 2015 at 11:02 pm

    So California has banned conceal carry on school and college campuses. Brown also signed the automatic voter registration law, so we’ll be adding about 6.5 million new registered voters. One less barrier to voting.

    Our profound thanks to Oregon’s governor Brown for leading the way.

  19. 19.

    redshirt

    October 10, 2015 at 11:02 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    CUBBIES!!

    Indeed. Or as I like to call them this year, Red Sox Midwest (Dodgers being Red Sox West Coast).

  20. 20.

    Tommy

    October 10, 2015 at 11:03 pm

    @gf120581: I would have preferred my Cardinals just sweep your Cubs, but I wanted you and not the Pirates. So know we are going to battle.

  21. 21.

    benw

    October 10, 2015 at 11:04 pm

    Here’s hoping the Mets can hang on. What’s with MLB players, esp. pitchers, growing out their hair this year? They look like a bunch of middle-inning relievers from the 1970s!

  22. 22.

    Morzer

    October 10, 2015 at 11:06 pm

    Anyone else see Andrew Sullivan expressing his hatred for HRC?

    http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/were-you-molested-by-a-real-estate-lady-bill-maher-and-andrew-sullivan-clash-over-hillary/

  23. 23.

    redshirt

    October 10, 2015 at 11:07 pm

    @Tommy: You’re gonna lose game 3 and be down 2-1 in a five game series. Tight rope to walk.

  24. 24.

    redshirt

    October 10, 2015 at 11:08 pm

    @benw: Hipsters. Millionaire hipsters in this case.

    Also, Mattingly: SHAVE THOSE SIDEBURNS!

  25. 25.

    NotMax

    October 10, 2015 at 11:09 pm

    @redshirt

    Hey now, the Dodgers have, forever and a day, been known as Da Bums.

    (You can take the team out of Brooklyn, but you can’t take the Brooklyn out of the team.)

  26. 26.

    Lee

    October 10, 2015 at 11:10 pm

    There is something from app.stitcher.com (or close to that) that is causing havok with Chrome.

    I’ve had to switch to a different browser with everything disabled in order to get to the site.

  27. 27.

    Tommy

    October 10, 2015 at 11:11 pm

    @redshirt: Yes. Jake Arrieta is unhittable. Would not surprise me if he threw a no hitter.

  28. 28.

    ? Martin

    October 10, 2015 at 11:11 pm

    Also California has banned use of antibiotics on livestock unless prescribed by a vet. We’ll see how that plays out.

    Also signed a bill requiring crisis pregnancy centers, which are often run by anti-abortion groups to ‘compel them to notify clients of the state’s free and low-cost alternative programs for family planning, prenatal care and abortion.’ Some people are of course screaming about attacks on people’s faith. Nobody cares.

    It’s interesting how different the politics here on the ground in CA differ so much from what you hear nationally. Nobody here is afraid of the NRA or anti-abortion groups.

  29. 29.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 10, 2015 at 11:12 pm

    @benw:

    I was just thinking that. Also, the heavy-lidded, slightly slack-mouthed look, like drummers (no offense to any drummers among us, but you know what I mean).

  30. 30.

    redshirt

    October 10, 2015 at 11:12 pm

    @NotMax: No doubt, but the current (or recent) Dodgers team is heavily populated by ex-Red Sox.

    Along those lines, we have this Hanley Ramirez, who has a hell of a bat….

  31. 31.

    NotMax

    October 10, 2015 at 11:12 pm

    Where’s RtR to squawk that the team with the most “Benjamins” is a shoo-in?

  32. 32.

    redshirt

    October 10, 2015 at 11:14 pm

    @Tommy: No hitter is unlikely, but how about 8 innings, 5 hits, no runs?

    I suppose it’s theoretically possible the Cards could win game 3, I just wouldn’t bet on it.

  33. 33.

    redshirt

    October 10, 2015 at 11:14 pm

    @NotMax: UNLIMITED. TEXAS. RANGERS.

  34. 34.

    JoyceH

    October 10, 2015 at 11:15 pm

    Openthreadwise, I’ve just published a new novel, another Regency romance – fans of Regency, find it here –

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016CRSLUU

  35. 35.

    redshirt

    October 10, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    @JoyceH: What is a “Regency tradition”?

  36. 36.

    FlyingToaster

    October 10, 2015 at 11:17 pm

    @Lee: Get the NoScript add-on and disable Stitcher.com.

    Stiticher and libsyn are banned from my work laptop (this one) Firefox, because they either slow down or crash everything. If I have to run one of them, I run Chrome, like you and a bunch of others. It fails, mind you, but more gracefully.

  37. 37.

    Tommy

    October 10, 2015 at 11:18 pm

    @redshirt: The only positive is we beat the best pitcher in baseball two times last year.

  38. 38.

    I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet

    October 10, 2015 at 11:19 pm

    @redshirt: Oliver Sacks’ experiment:

    Sacks has written about his own drug use once before, almost 30 years ago, in “The Dog Beneath the Skin”, a case history included in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. But in the story – of a young man who spends a night taking speed, cocaine and PCP and awakes to find that he has an acutely heightened sense of smell – Sacks concealed his identity behind a pseudonym: “Stephen D., aged 22, medical student.”

    It’s a vivid and amazing story if you haven’t read it.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  39. 39.

    benw

    October 10, 2015 at 11:21 pm

    @redshirt: MLB players are hipsters now? I’m old.

    @SiubhanDuinne: yeah, both pitchers for the Mets/Dodgers have that going on tonight. Whereas Arrieta and Kuechel both look super-intense when they’re pitching. It’s funny how different people can look when they’re so focused that they totally don’t care how they look at that moment.

  40. 40.

    NotMax

    October 10, 2015 at 11:23 pm

    Baking experiment underway at the moment. Using the usual beer bread recipe but replaced the beer with spiced apple cider. Also added a smidgen of peanut butter. Was going to use raisins rather than peanut butter, but turned out that have less than a handful of those in the house.

    We shall see…

  41. 41.

    JPL

    October 10, 2015 at 11:25 pm

    @dmsilev: I really wish there were a way to buy popcorn futures….. I jus don’t see that going well..

  42. 42.

    Betty Cracker

    October 10, 2015 at 11:33 pm

    Lord, this Cal vs Utah game is unbelievably sloppy.

  43. 43.

    Anoniminous

    October 10, 2015 at 11:40 pm

    @redshirt:

    This

    Well.

    Kinda.

  44. 44.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    October 10, 2015 at 11:47 pm

    @? Martin: Hmm. Maybe that ad for it California Cheese will mean something now.

  45. 45.

    redshirt

    October 10, 2015 at 11:52 pm

    @Anoniminous: So, campy horror romance set in the 1800’s?

  46. 46.

    redshirt

    October 10, 2015 at 11:56 pm

    @efgoldman:

    And is a cancer on the team.
    I don’t know how they’re going to get rid of him, but if Dombrowski does nothing else between now and April….

    The Sox are gonna eat 50-75% of his contract. And maybe get a player to be named later.

  47. 47.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    October 10, 2015 at 11:58 pm

    @efgoldman: I think Aaron Rogers went to Cal. Rosen at UCLA is doing pretty well, he’s a true freshman.

  48. 48.

    Renie

    October 11, 2015 at 12:01 am

    Interesting to note that the whole time Dear Betty Cracker was away, RtR hasn’t been around. Hmmm..just putting this out there. :-)

  49. 49.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 11, 2015 at 12:07 am

    @Renie:

    Very odd.

    Very odd indeed.

  50. 50.

    SoupCatcher

    October 11, 2015 at 12:08 am

    @efgoldman:
    ESPN has been flogging that comparison a bit.

    Goff has been setting career records this year, partly because he’s been starting for three years (I think Rogers only started for two).

    I haven’t been following the Utah game, because baseball, but their defense is a good test for him. Should be an interesting Big Game this year.

  51. 51.

    redshirt

    October 11, 2015 at 12:10 am

    @Renie:

    Interesting to note that the whole time Dear Betty Cracker was away, RtR hasn’t been around. Hmmm..just putting this out there. :-)

    Hmm. Given these new facts that have come to light, it would be irresponsible not to speculate.

  52. 52.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 11, 2015 at 12:10 am

    @SoupCatcher: Rodgers played two years at a junior college before transferring to Cal.

  53. 53.

    SoupCatcher

    October 11, 2015 at 12:13 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Ah, that would explain it. Thanks!

  54. 54.

    mclaren

    October 11, 2015 at 12:22 am

    If you haven’t seen Adam Curtis’ latest BBC documentary Bitter Lake, check it out:

    “Increasingly, we live in a world where nothing makes any sense. Events come and go like waves of a fever, leaving us confused and uncertain. Those in power tell stories to help us make sense of the complexity of reality. But those stories are increasingly unconvincing and hollow.”

  55. 55.

    Morzer

    October 11, 2015 at 12:31 am

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/09/trump-s-no-1-fan-is-a-ricky-martin-hating-latina-birther.html

    “I’M HISPANIC AND I VOTE FOR MR. TRUMP! VOTE FOR MR. TRUMP! YES, MR. TRUMP! WE LOVE YOU! WE LOVE YOU ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE!”

    That was the resounding, loud endorsement given by Myriam Witcher, a devout Trump fan who was invited on-stage by the Republican presidential frontrunner during a Las Vegas rally on Thursday. Witcher, a Colombian immigrant, was picked out of the crowd after Trump spotted her flaunting a copy of the issue of People magazine featuring his face on the cover.

    “I’m Hispanic, Latina and I love me some Trump,” she told the Las Vegas Sun. “He’s the perfect man, a businessman.”
    …..
    And, much like her political idol, Witcher appears to be a birther. “America! Almost Eight years in still we do not know where Obama was Born?” she asked last month.

    No-one could ever have predicted….

  56. 56.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 11, 2015 at 12:33 am

    @efgoldman: Has anyone given any thought to the fact that, while BC was gone, her boxers might not have had access to a computer? RtR may be a spoof troll created by dogs. It would explain a lot.

  57. 57.

    ruemara

    October 11, 2015 at 12:33 am

    @JoyceH: Ooo Regency. Can’t wait until I have time to read.

  58. 58.

    Morzer

    October 11, 2015 at 12:33 am

    @efgoldman:

    I think Jeb! lost a major donor recently. Maybe they just don’t have enough BRINKS TRUCKS!!! to pay el Trolloso his princely emolument.

  59. 59.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 11, 2015 at 12:35 am

    @Morzer: Every ethnicity has its morons. It is a function of the human condition.

  60. 60.

    NotMax

    October 11, 2015 at 12:36 am

    @Renie

    He/she/it popped in to bark about Ryan for Speaker.

  61. 61.

    redshirt

    October 11, 2015 at 12:36 am

    As if RtR is getting paid to troll BJ.

    Trolling is its own reward for trolls like RtR.

  62. 62.

    SoupCatcher

    October 11, 2015 at 12:36 am

    @Morzer: Would be too bad for Right2Rise if Bush hired Fiorina’s former operations director: Mr. Payment is for Winners.

  63. 63.

    Morzer

    October 11, 2015 at 12:36 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Her boxers were briefing for Jeb! ?!

  64. 64.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 11, 2015 at 12:45 am

    @Morzer: I did not say that. I have full faith that the bitches were going commando.

  65. 65.

    redshirt

    October 11, 2015 at 12:51 am

    There’s a green stain on the dog’s left side, starting at the nose and apparently trickling down. Sources so far are unable to determine the substance, but the clues at the moment point towards “snot”. Back to you Jim.

  66. 66.

    Darkrose

    October 11, 2015 at 1:13 am

    Well that was some bullshit. I normally don’t root for injuries, even for Dodgers, but if Utley ends up with a concussion then…karma. I was mostly in it for Anyone But the Bums, but now I want the Mets to fucking crush LA and hear the lamentations of the Dodgers fans.

  67. 67.

    max

    October 11, 2015 at 1:17 am

    @dmsilev: Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah for Speaker! He is handsome, patriotic, accomplished, intelligent, well mannered and unlike the denizens of DC someone who actually knows how to win.

    I’ve been robbed! Robbed I tell you!

    Ryan could be one, some tea party nutcase could be another, and the third could be, um, Mia Love, who’s a black woman and the daughter of immigrants.

    NONONONONO. On the floor of the House, come Monday, Nancy Pelosi should enter from the back, followed by a guy dressed up as Paul Revere, leading a white horse named George Bipartisan Reagan with its own custom tricorner hat, and a fake unicorn horn on its head. The horse should be loaded with wooden pack crates labeled ‘CHOCOLATE’ and the the horse should be leading a train of mules all loaded with their own pack boxes labeled ‘TAX CUTS’. (And the mules should all be bedazzled, covered in glitter, and have flowers tucked behind their ears.) Walking along side should be various attractive young ladies dressed up as fairies carrying magic wands and bunnies, and they should all be signing God Bless America and strapped with hand guns and AR-15’s. And the guy should lead the horse up to the podium and put the horses name into nomination for Speaker of the House. (With the understanding that Nancy Pelosi should take care of the horse and make sure it gets up to the podium on time.)

    After horse becomes Speaker they can get rid of the committees (which the R’s hate and which aren’t doing anything anyways) and spend all their time on the floor yelling and stuff. The real crazies can put things like ‘Resolved: We should kill all the niggers’ or ‘Resolved: Get rid of all the Mexicans’ and then the horse can let them vote and the House will vote it down, and the crazies will be happy and busy, and nothing will get passed except the stuff that has to get passed, because the horse will totally make sure all that stuff gets gets brought up for a vote.

    Obviously, the Sunday show freaks will flip out for a bit but the horse does have ‘Bipartisan’ as his middle name, so after a few days they can start talking about the horse’s integrity and courage and shit, and maybe have him on for an interview in which the usual dorks just ask the horse to agree with everything they say, and he will, and then the hosts will be all over the moon because it’s a horse of integrity and committment. And the newspapers can get interviews with the horse just by bringing a few carrots, which they can turn into adoring puff pieces praising the horse’s honor and good sense, because the horse will totally agree with them about everything (like tax cuts for rich people, and budget cuts for the rest) and everyone (important) will be happy and probably start talking about making the horse the President.

    This will totally work because the horse will be less of a jackass than all the other Republicans, and nothing will happen between now and the election but the press won’t care because they will totally be swooning over the horse. (Plus: Disney will option the movie rights and then Hollywood will love the horse too!)

    Everything will then be fine, and then people can go back to listening to NPR and not worry about their retirement accounts and whatnot.

    What do I get? People bitching at me because I referenced Caligula. Sheesh.

    max
    [‘There is no justice in this world.’]

  68. 68.

    redshirt

    October 11, 2015 at 1:18 am

    @Darkrose: That slide was bullshit. And the call.

  69. 69.

    Renie

    October 11, 2015 at 1:18 am

    So it may not actually be Ms. Cracker but the dogs trolling as RtR. That would explain a lot. Hopefully they are getting paid.

  70. 70.

    Darkrose

    October 11, 2015 at 1:20 am

    @redshirt: And the people saying it’s Tejada’s fault because he shouldn’t have tried to turn two and instead just gotten out of the way.

  71. 71.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    October 11, 2015 at 1:24 am

    @Darkrose: God wears Dodger Blue.

  72. 72.

    redshirt

    October 11, 2015 at 1:25 am

    @Darkrose:

    And the people saying it’s Tejada’s fault because he shouldn’t have tried to turn two and instead just gotten out of the way.

    Well, that is the explicit threat of the hard slide: If you “stand your ground” and try and turn the Double Play, you might get hurt.

    That’s been part of baseball for a long time. But so also has throwing out jerks who abuse the idea – like not even trying for the base, but rather only trying to take out a guy.

  73. 73.

    SoupCatcher

    October 11, 2015 at 1:28 am

    @efgoldman: The next Colin Kaepernick?

  74. 74.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 11, 2015 at 1:29 am

    @efgoldman: Lots of people aren’t Aaron Rodgers.

  75. 75.

    Darkrose

    October 11, 2015 at 1:30 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA: I’m pretty sure @MLBJesus is not a Dodger fan.

  76. 76.

    Darkrose

    October 11, 2015 at 1:31 am

    Brian Phillips ✔ @runofplay
    Catching up with the baseball. This kind of senseless tragedy could be prevented if more of our second basemen carried guns.
    9:35 PM – 10 Oct 2015

  77. 77.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    October 11, 2015 at 1:32 am

    I assume that the Gophers are going to allow a goal at some point in this season, but four games in, there’s no empirical evidence to support this hypothesis. They’ve allowed 38 shots and 0 goals in those four games.

    Of course, it helps to have a series against St. Cloud State, with little talent and less heart, in there. I haven’t seen a team quit so comprehensively since we played them last year. Early in the second today, we scored twice in 13 seconds. Later, we scored three goals in 32 seconds. After that, we just avoided shooting the puck on net. There were four whistles in the third period, as the refs stopped calling icing altogether and our goalie dropped the puck into traffic after catches rather than freeze it.

    Good lord, SCSU is bad. Almost bad enough to play in Hockey East.

  78. 78.

    SoupCatcher

    October 11, 2015 at 1:46 am

    Well, I don’t think Utah is as good as their ranking, but I don’t see who challenges them in the PAC12 South. They’re not on Stanford’s regular season schedule this year, but we might meet in the championship game. They’ve had our number the past few years; Coach Shaw said, at best, we match up equally with them in terms of physicality.

    Interesting times in the PAC.

  79. 79.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 11, 2015 at 1:48 am

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym: @efgoldman: Meh. I came from a D-III school. Sometimes we get a good group of athletes. Other times we don’t. So what?

  80. 80.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    October 11, 2015 at 1:49 am

    I realize that only my fellow So Cal residents are going to understand how bizarre this is, but we’re in Santa Barbara this weekend and it’s 10 degrees *hotter* here than it is in Burbank. Seriously. Thank god the B&B we stay at installed air conditioning or we would be very unhappy campers right now.

    For non-Californians, SB is usually 10 degrees cooler than the LA basin, so it’s really about 20 degrees hotter than normal here. Not many places have air conditioning, because they’re so close to the ocean, so stores are running 4 or 5 fans at a time. It’s pretty nuts.

  81. 81.

    SoupCatcher

    October 11, 2015 at 1:50 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Heh. My undergraduate school only had intramural flag football when I went there. Kind of hard to get excited about that.

  82. 82.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    October 11, 2015 at 1:57 am

    @efgoldman: Yeah. Women’s Hockey East this year is Boston College and a giant dumpster fire. Merrimack gets a pass since it’s the first year of their program, but everyone else is falling on their face after being unimpressive last year. Other than BC, the conference is 3-16-2 in non-conference play so far.

  83. 83.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    October 11, 2015 at 1:57 am

    @redshirt:

    The Regency was a short period of British history when George III was too crazy to rule, so his son the Prince of Wales was made the regent. It’s (very roughly) about 1800 to 1815 and covers most of the Napoleonic Wars. That’s when Jane Austen was publishing her novels (approximately). Another writer named Georgette Heyer wrote some novels in an Austen-like style in the 1950s, and it kicked off a whole subgenre that’s still going strong today.

    In romance novel terms, a traditional Regency is one without explicit sex in it. Think Jane Austen written in more modern language.

  84. 84.

    ? Martin

    October 11, 2015 at 2:02 am

    @Mnemosyne (tablet): Yeah, we spent the day at JPL and it was no warmer than here on the coast. I agree – very strange. Thankfully that meant that it wasn’t 110 in La Cañada. Unfortunately it meant that it was 95 here when we got home.

  85. 85.

    redshirt

    October 11, 2015 at 2:06 am

    @Mnemosyne (tablet): Finally! Thank you for that excellent explanation.

    I assume the zombies are pastiche.

  86. 86.

    eclare

    October 11, 2015 at 2:07 am

    Raven

    Repaired my 65 pound dog ACL about five years ago. Heard the same about once goes so does the other. He is happy and healthy. I hope the same for your dog. I am a lurker but I had to comment. I hope you see it.

  87. 87.

    redshirt

    October 11, 2015 at 2:07 am

    @? Martin: We were supposed to have a high of 50 but it only hit 43. I’m still not turning on my heat. #noheattillnovember

  88. 88.

    trollhattan

    October 11, 2015 at 2:13 am

    I believe I hear wingnut skull pressure valves approaching the red zone.

    A US army hearing has recommended that a sergeant who was held captive by the Taliban and later charged with desertion be spared a prison sentence, lawyers for the soldier said. The army officer presiding over Sgt Bowe Bergdahl’s case also recommended he face a lower-level court martial, according to the lawyers.

    The proposal has not been confirmed by the US military.

    If, as suggested, he faces a lower-level hearing, the maximum punishment would be limited to a reduction of rank or bad conduct charge, Sgt Bergdahl’s lawyer Eugene Fidell said.

    At present his charges carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

    Without confirming the decision, the US Army said “we continue to maintain careful respect for the military-judicial process, the rights of the accused, and ensuring the case’s fairness and impartiality”.

    –BBC

    Few things sickened me more than when our True Patriot Cadres(tm) turned on this soldier and his family. In any case I trust the Army to sort things out and do the right thing. Evidently that’s not enough for some folks.

  89. 89.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    October 11, 2015 at 2:15 am

    @efgoldman: Very true. No Hockey East team averaged an attendance of even 500 last year.

  90. 90.

    trollhattan

    October 11, 2015 at 2:16 am

    @Mnemosyne (tablet):
    Had soccer in the Sierra foothills this afternoon and it was hot as blazes up there. Was glad to get home to the faint Delta breeze. Damned if I’m waking up the A/C in mid-October, I’ve got firewood to burn.

  91. 91.

    SoupCatcher

    October 11, 2015 at 2:20 am

    @trollhattan: We were overcast into the afternoon in San Jose. Then up to a little over 80. Right now it’s a very comfortable 60.

  92. 92.

    Ruckus

    October 11, 2015 at 2:45 am

    @SoupCatcher:
    It’s 80 in Pasadena as I type. Was 100 today.

  93. 93.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    October 11, 2015 at 2:58 am

    @Ruckus: I guess I’m quite insane. I went hiking Griffith Park today. Old Zoo, Mt. Hollywood, heliport and Beacon Hill. I had a blast, and HAD to field test out my new camera.

    ETA: One nice thing about the heat and the elevation is the trees smelled really fragrant and there were some nice breezes up there.

  94. 94.

    Ruckus

    October 11, 2015 at 3:29 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA:
    As long as you recognize that you are insane you’re OK. Unlike the Klown Kar Krazies who think they are all quite sane when in fact they are exactly not. Joseph Heller wrote a book about this.

  95. 95.

    Morzer

    October 11, 2015 at 3:47 am

    @Ruckus:

    So did Salinger:

    The Speaker in the Rye.

  96. 96.

    Julia

    October 11, 2015 at 4:12 am

    Raven, I just adopted a 60-lb. female yellow lab in June. She had been left outside with a torn ACL by her previous family for close to a year. The rescue organization paid for her ACL surgery. We were also told to be careful with her, when one goes the other is more apt to. Sandy is doing great and both legs seem healthy. Crossing fingers for Lil Bit!

  97. 97.

    Spike

    October 11, 2015 at 3:39 pm

    Mauk was suspended for the one universal, unconditional violation in all of SEC football: losing to Kentucky.

  98. 98.

    TheronWare

    October 11, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    Hounds rule!

  99. 99.

    Ecks

    October 11, 2015 at 6:40 pm

    @Spike: Ha.

    Mizzou never ever reveals why students are suspended. They seriously have total omerta on it, under the guise of having a family style duty of care for their player’s well-being. All we’re told is it’s not got criminal tie ins (he’d have been given the boot if so).

    There are rumours of typical young guy type stuff, but unless you know him closely, they’re just rumours.

  100. 100.

    Paul in KY

    October 12, 2015 at 9:31 am

    Mauk lost to UK. If y’all ever lost to us, your QB would probably get one too.

  101. 101.

    Paul in KY

    October 12, 2015 at 9:32 am

    @Tommy: Hope you never get one. I tore my ACL & MCL & meniscus. Poor knee has never been same.

  102. 102.

    Paul in KY

    October 12, 2015 at 9:37 am

    @Spike: I agree. A Vandy loss might also have done the trick.

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