Thurston wishes you all a very fashion forward 2016:
I hate myself for even writing that. Devon bought the coat, btw.
PS- this is what he looks like when I am not dangling treats and a camera in his face:
by John Cole| 81 Comments
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SiubhanDuinne
He looks like a little wannabe lion, only not very much.
Happy New Year, John + Menagerie!
Mobil RoonieRoo
Holy cow John! That is both adorable and tragic at the same time. Happy New year!
Mike E
Playah!
schrodinger's cat
What’s next? Transformation from a political blogger to a style blogger? Posts on how to curate your dog’s wardrobe?
Baud
He kind of looks like a dog pimp.
schrodinger's cat
Poor doggie, he hates it.
SiubhanDuinne
Oh dear lord, just saw the second photo. That’s just wrong.
I though Devon loved dogs. What happened?
SIA
OK that made me laugh. Cute little scamp.
JPL
@Baud: lol
Baud
Free Thurston!
SIA
@SiubhanDuinne: Happy new year SD!
JordanRules
Ha! I see you Thurston!
schrodinger's cat
@Baud: Is your campaign going to come out strongly against using dogs and kittehs as props for holiday photos?
SiubhanDuinne
@SIA:
You too, SIA! Will this be the year we finally meet in person?
Felonius Monk
Looks like a hot dog in a camo bun. Mustard anyone?
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
Bat signal for Thurston’s rescue. At least from that abomination of a coat. Also, too, Happy New Year Juicitariat.
TaMara (BHF)
Hmmmm. Bixby feels your pain, Thurston. He feels your pain.
Baud
In the event I can’t last until midnight, I wanted to tell you all that I would rather be with the people of this blog than with the finest people in the world. Happy New Year’s everyone.
Baud
@schrodinger’s cat:
I support the rights of all dogs and cats to unionize and strike!
ThresherK (GPad)
First Night in Sandwich MA. Fireworks at 9pm so we can send the ball drop in Times Square. Our First Night had a nice scale to everything, if a bit townie rather than big-citified.
schrodinger's cat
@Baud: I thought we were the finest people in the world.
JPL
@Baud: You too.. Luckily I don’t have a gun, because I’d go out and shoot some neighbors who have too many fireworks. Enough……………………
SIA
@SiubhanDuinne: Maybe it will! Still as antisocial as ever but I do leave the work/home cave occasionally!
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
Happy ’16 from the Antisocial household!
JPL
@ThresherK (GPad): First night is a fun celebration. I didn’t realize that it was started in Boston as an alternative to expensive parties and drunks… Those heathen liberals taking away all the fun.
raven
I’m watching the game but the peeps up the hill are having their “sacred fire”. The girl is going, I don’t want to but we’ll have to see what gives in the second half. As JPL pointed out the fucking laws in Georgia let these idiots launch ordinance until 2 and I’m not leaving my critters alone.
Baud
@schrodinger’s cat: A handful of us bring down the average.
@JPL: It wouldn’t be the most unreasonable use of a gun we’ve experienced this year.
raven
@JPL: Wanna borrow my 50 Cal Purdey Muzzle Loader?
Glidwrith
I like being in a time zone that is three hours later than the one I am currently used to. I might actually make it to midnight for the first time in several years.
So, what happens?
HRA
Happy New Year to all the BJers, John and his pet family! Love these photos of Thurston.
JPL
@raven: haha.. I would have to google to see what that is. It has been continuous now for two hours.. Now they are doing firecrackers so hopefully they exhausted the bigger stuff.
gogol's wife
Happy New Year! Thurston is adorable, as are Steve and Lily.
We just watched some episodes of Sex and the City for the first time in our lives. It’s cute. I guess I’m nearly 20 years late with that insight.
And now to bed, at least until the fireworks wake us up.
raven
@JPL: I inherited it
Purdey of London .50 Cal Double Barrel Pea Rifle
Anne Laurie
@schrodinger’s cat: Actually, Thurston’s thinking that not every dog could carry off “so much look”, but on him everything looks good. (Check out the sneaky smile — camo and fur, it’s very masculine, y’know. Like Thurston.)
That’s how you can tell he’s half poodle — he got the Fashion Gene.
Goblue72
I though animal abuse was illegal in West Virginia.
schrodinger's cat
@gogol’s wife: It gets worse as it goes on. SJP’s Bradshaw becomes more bratty as the seasons progress.
gogol's wife
@schrodinger’s cat:
These were from 1999, I guess the second season. I don’t think I’d want to watch too many more of them. I like Charlotte.
Howard Beale IV
ICYMI: Founder of Oath Keepers has been disbarred from practicing law in Montana.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: I’ll have to get a good pic of my Conni in her Christmas sweater.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Felonius Monk: Cole still can’t find the mustard.
JPL
@raven: It’s pretty cool. Did you insure it?
Anne Laurie
@JPL:
If any American city would be looking for a solution at the intersection between “nasty, destructive drunks running in packs” and “high-minded social uplift, preferably with support for local artists involved”, wouldn’t you have bet on Boston to be first?
FlyingToaster
@JPL: And it’s functionally gone from Boston, now.
The loss of companies with headquarters here meant that after 3 years ago, they were unable to get the up-front sponsorships and the Boston org went bust. The city (under Menino) sponsored a limited version for one year, then last year was severely truncated and this year it was free looking at ice sculptures at Copley Place, a promenade down to the Common and fireworks at 7.
WarriorGirl and I went from when she was 2 until 5. They had dancers and bands and gymnasts and puppet shows (realllllllly good puppet shows) at the Hynes until 6 pm, then we’d go look at the ice sculptures while the parade went by, then we’d hike up to the Auditorium T stop and head out to Newton Centre (to be picked up by HerrDoktor and taken home). She was up here a few minutes ago complaining about not having First Night AGAIN.
JPL
@Glidwrith: Well the google doodle has birds and an egg. I think the egg might crack at midnight. just guessing though. How exciting is that!!!!!
raven
@JPL: Oh yea, I’m trying to find out who the original owner was. Chances are it was some Maharajah or sort in Nepal or India. It’s beautiful but the stock is broken as are the triggers. The stocks are made of Turkish Walnut and would cost $10,000 to make a new one.
schrodinger's cat
@gogol’s wife: Yeah I liked her too. Both Miranda and Samantha have interesting arcs, as in their characters grow but SJP’s character actually regressed in the later seasons. I haven’t seen all the episodes either.
SiubhanDuinne
@Felonius Monk:
There is no mustard.
There. Is. No. Mustard.
raven
@FlyingToaster: I saw the Allman’s there for free in 1971!
Elizabelle
HNYE, buds.
LOL. John’s twitter:
PurpleGirl
Happy New Year John Cole, Shawn, Lilly, Rosie, Thurston, and Steve.
Thanks for the pictures of Thurston.
Elizabelle
@JPL: I love the Google doodle tonight. The excitement in our lives …
raven
Shit, MSU ain’t coming back from this. I better drag my ass up the hill. Peace ya’ll.
Davebo
And you wonder why your pets hate you!
Happy New Year.
JPL
I’m going out on a limb here and betting that Bama wins this game.
CaseyL
@JPL: OK, I might have to stay awake for that :)
Happy New Year, Juicitariat!
Glidwrith
@JPL: Rah. Rah.
Be still my beating heart.
Eldest dragonet just asked for a back scratch. I think that’s more exciting.
geg6
LOVE!
Lovey and Koda say happy new year to Balloon Juicers everywhere!
Mr Stagger Lee
RIP Trapper John!
Baud
@efgoldman:
I just learned that Elliott Gould wasn’t dead.
David Koch
@efgoldman: No, he means Pernell Roberts
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Howard Beale IV: That’s some good news.
Off to put the French 75s together. Enjoy your evening, everyone.
Roger Moore
@Baud:
In that case, we’re the finest people in the world plus a handful of schmucks.
Debbie
@schrodinger’s cat:
By the final season, I wanted to punch me television.
Mr Stagger Lee
@efgoldman: Damn software! Sorry, it was Wayne Rogers, he was 82. Just announced on TMZ
Debbie
@Debbie:
My, not me.
Mary G
Happy NY to everyone. That coat is everything.
Baud
@Debbie: I just assumed you were Irish.
I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet
@FlyingToaster: I was up there for a conference in early December and saw a magazine article about how FirstNight has really fallen on hard times.
J’s parents lived in Concord, and we went to FN a couple of times while we were courting in the late ’90s or so. It was *cold* but amazing. We saw the Blue Man group perform there, and got a look at some of the first Segways zooming around in the parade (ridden by cops).
It was a really great event. I couldn’t believe that Boston wouldn’t move Heaven and Earth to keep it up. I understand WarriorGirl’s disappointment!
Here’s hoping they find a way to get it to thrive again.
Cheers,
Scott.
(Rassin’ Frassin’ Tragedy of the Commons…)
PurpleGirl
@David Koch: Pernell Roberts died in 2010 at age 81.
Goblue72
@schrodinger’s cat: Yeah, but her friends start off worse, and slowly get better.
mclaren
Excellent! John Cole doing MTV’s House of Style in a dirty bathrobe with a dog-pimp.
debbie
@Baud:
I have been told I develop a brogue after a few beers.
redshirt
@FlyingToaster: There’s tons of money in Boston. I wonder if some change in fundraising is the issue.
Fidelity could pay for the whole thing themselves and write if off, I’m sure.
sm*t cl*de
The attempt to disguise your dog as a caterpillar is fooling noone.
Omnes Omnibus
@sm*t cl*de: If it is supposed to be a caterpillar, where is its hookah?
Pogonip
Poor Thurston. This is probably Cole’s revenge for all those times he [Thurston] pooped on the floor.
Happy New Year!
NotMax
Lawn mowing finished just before sunset.
Neighbors have a tent and 45 chairs set up, so shall have to find something to use as earplugs later tonight.
Elizabelle
Thurston Zoolander is my favorite NYE illustration.
Happy New Year, peeps. Biggest goal for 2016: return a Democrat to the White House.
ETA: and make more pets, and the occasional person, happy.
Rashi
Love that dog.
sherparick
@schrodinger’s cat: Actually, he looks like he kind likes it. Makes him feel more secure. I am sure it gave Steve the cat a chuckle:-)
NotoriousJRT
That pup is too cute. Happy New Year, all.