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Today Has Just Been Blah

by John Cole|  January 11, 201610:00 pm| 57 Comments

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I have had no energy or desire to do anything but hide under the covers for the last 48 hours. Bleh.

I hate all the news.

Even though this has been a ridiculously mild winter so far, I just want to wake up and have it be April.

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  1. 1.

    schrodinger's cat

    January 11, 2016 at 10:02 pm

    You and me both. I just found that I have fractured my right foot. Way to start the new year on the wrong foot!

  2. 2.

    TaMara (BHF)

    January 11, 2016 at 10:06 pm

    I hear you and second your wish. We are having an unseasonably long cold/snowy period. We still have snow on the ground from before Christmas (unheard of here). So I am with you, spring can come any day now.

    I’m trying not to be too whiny about it since it seems my brother and his family will be displaced for many months because of the tornado damage. At least we are warm, safe and have a roof here.

  3. 3.

    MomSense

    January 11, 2016 at 10:08 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat:

    Yikes. I hope it isn’t too painful.

  4. 4.

    schrodinger's cat

    January 11, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    @MomSense: Not too painful if I elevate it.

  5. 5.

    pat

    January 11, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    I want to hibernate for the next 10 months and when I wake up to President Hillary Clinton I never ever want to hear the name Trump again. Never.

  6. 6.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 11, 2016 at 10:12 pm

    David Bowie is dead, and Dick Cheney yet lives, or whatever it is the undead do.

    Sucks.

  7. 7.

    Howard Beale IV

    January 11, 2016 at 10:13 pm

    Breitbart’s token conservative gay hire has the sadz.

    Hilarity ensues.

  8. 8.

    Mike J

    January 11, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    @Howard Beale IV: I had never heard of the guy, was wondering who the loser in Cole’s feed was, and why he was acting like as ass.

  9. 9.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 11, 2016 at 10:22 pm

    John, you need to get out of the bathtub and do some physical activity.

  10. 10.

    Goblue72

    January 11, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Cole will get out of his bath when the “B” Ship lands on a new planet.

  11. 11.

    cokane

    January 11, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    it’s the pressing guilt of being a Steelers’ fan, son ;p

  12. 12.

    Mike J

    January 11, 2016 at 10:24 pm

    Meeting in Oregon about the dumbasses. On Twitter.

  13. 13.

    gogol's wife

    January 11, 2016 at 10:27 pm

    Billy Wilder helps with all doldrums. I’ve just proven it yet again.

  14. 14.

    lamh36

    January 11, 2016 at 10:27 pm

    “How David Bowie helped Nina Simone out of a slump”

  15. 15.

    lamh36

    January 11, 2016 at 10:29 pm

    Um..wow…

    @Mediaite
    Biden: Obama Offered My Family Financial Assistance When Beau Was Ill (VIDEO)

  16. 16.

    MomSense

    January 11, 2016 at 10:32 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat:

    That stinks. I’m really sorry.

  17. 17.

    MomSense

    January 11, 2016 at 10:32 pm

    @lamh36:

    Wow is right.

  18. 18.

    Betty Cracker

    January 11, 2016 at 10:33 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: Ouch! Hope it heals quickly!

    @lamh36: I’m not surprised. It’s clear there’s a lot of respect and affection between PBO and Joe Biden.

  19. 19.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 11, 2016 at 10:34 pm

    @efgoldman: he’s also pretty confident in those confidentiality agreements his first two wives signed.

  20. 20.

    schrodinger's cat

    January 11, 2016 at 10:35 pm

    @MomSense: @Betty Cracker: Aaww thanks! I am supposed to get a call from the ortho tomorrow for either a cast or a boot, whatever that is.

  21. 21.

    gogol's wife

    January 11, 2016 at 10:35 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat:

    I hope it gets better soon. If they give you an “air cast,” make sure they show you how to adjust it.

  22. 22.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 11, 2016 at 10:35 pm

    @lamh36: Jonathan Chait ‏@ jonathanchait 18m18 minutes ago Washington, DC
    The Obama-Biden friendship is really something. Will be a great book one day.

  23. 23.

    ruemara

    January 11, 2016 at 10:36 pm

    Bowie is dead and turned out the lights & the color with him. Meh is right.

    Andre Courreges also has died.

    And singer Otis Clay has died. 2016 is defective. Let’s return it and head to 2017.

  24. 24.

    Soylent Green

    January 11, 2016 at 10:38 pm

    Interesting look at the principal players.

    Faces of the Malheur occupation: Meet the militants and their visitors

  25. 25.

    PhoenixRising

    January 11, 2016 at 10:39 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: We demand the story of how you broke your foot.

    I already admitted that how I sprained my knee, 5 weeks ago today, was my dogs & I losing a fight with a fire hydrant.

    I hope to offer some comfort when I say that today I’ve only spent 2 hours in the ice compression machine and was close to my normal activity level. It’s going to get boring and then it’s going to get better.

  26. 26.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    January 11, 2016 at 10:40 pm

    @lamh36: Not at all surprising.

  27. 27.

    Howard Beale IV

    January 11, 2016 at 10:40 pm

    @efgoldman:
    @Mike J: Milo Yiannopoulos is right there with Ben Shapiro and Charles C. Johnson as truly despicable Twitter trolls-thankfully, Twitter put Charles C “The Rage Furby” Johnson” out of everyone’s timeline and then CCJ filed a libel lawsuit against Gawker which should be wrapping up soon (the old boy LOVES to threaten lawsuits against anyone whom he feels has slighted him that a separate website has spun up which tracks every time he makes a threat. But methinks his litigous days are coming to a very unglorious end real soon now.)

    Milo was recently named Breitbart’s ‘Technical Editor’ but he has all the technical skills of a MIcrosoft India IT reject (his last venture, noted on his Wikipedia page, didn’t turn out so rosey.) He states he’s gay, but a recent JoeMyGod interview gives one the question that his gayness isn’t ‘hard-wired’ but one of choice in that it ‘allows him to escape from dealing with crazy women’-hence his frequent misogynistic attacks against women. Combine that with his preening GQ-wannabe-ism, and you have yourself a self-hating narcissistic paradox of chalk-screeching conservative scum writing for Breitfart.

  28. 28.

    PhoenixRising

    January 11, 2016 at 10:44 pm

    @efgoldman: No, that’s how the fire hydrant won the fight. At least I wasn’t mopping the curb cut I went flying over…
    No mustard was found at the scene. Or anywhere else.

  29. 29.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    January 11, 2016 at 10:44 pm

    @Soylent Green: Q for for Adam L. Silverman: Does this development change the likely response of the government? Pretty ballsy to damage government property using government equipment. I have some concerns that an escalation could get ugly, even when clearly started by the ammosexual occupiers.

  30. 30.

    Gvg

    January 11, 2016 at 10:52 pm

    I found this made my day
    If it doesn’t work Google cat ball pit boomer. Appears there are other cats with ball pits too. Never occurred to me before.

  31. 31.

    JPL

    January 11, 2016 at 10:56 pm

    @lamh36: Because I’m human, that made me tear up.

  32. 32.

    schrodinger's cat

    January 11, 2016 at 10:58 pm

    @PhoenixRising: I ran into my husband kitteh, head on collision. I was clearing up after dinner, in my own world, didn’t notice him and stubbed my toe on his foot. He was wearing slippers, the wicked good L L Bean kind and I was barefoot.

  33. 33.

    PhoenixRising

    January 11, 2016 at 11:01 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: Dear God. Tripped on husband.

    You are the winnah and new champeen of ‘You’ll Never Believe How I Injured Myself’. My condolences.

  34. 34.

    MomSense

    January 11, 2016 at 11:02 pm

    @ruemara:

    Merde.

  35. 35.

    Suzanne

    January 11, 2016 at 11:03 pm

    John, in all seriousness, have you seen a psychiatrist? You seem like you might be clinically depressed. It’s very common with those in recovery. Take care of you.

  36. 36.

    schrodinger's cat

    January 11, 2016 at 11:03 pm

    @PhoenixRising: I think John Cole has been a bad influence on us! We should have a contest, how I injured myself in the most ridiculous way possible.

  37. 37.

    Mike J

    January 11, 2016 at 11:06 pm

    Dave Killen ‏@killendave 8m8 minutes ago
    “If it goes back to anybody it needs to go back to the Burns Paiute tribe”

  38. 38.

    seaboogie

    January 11, 2016 at 11:06 pm

    @lamh36: Per @MomSense, Wow is right. I’m really going to miss this crew when they’re gone…let’s just savor the next 11+ months, even as we lose the earthbound company of those who we appreciate and admire.

  39. 39.

    PhoenixRising

    January 11, 2016 at 11:12 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: You and I have already entered the contest; the rest of these schlubs better get their submissions prepared for the committee’s review.

    The trophy can rotate among the entrants; I’ve already hauled this machine 3400 miles in carry-on since my ligament tear, and it can be shipped.
    http://www.gamereadyequine.com/products/UtilityWrap.htm

    We can call to inquire about a human foot wrap.

    I borrowed a shoulder wrap for my last accident (bike tire trapped in 3″ diameter hole in fresh blacktop, in front of my house; score included scapular fracture w/displacement, collarbone, 3 ribs & pneumothorax for the ’06 prize).

  40. 40.

    seaboogie

    January 11, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat:

    I think John Cole has been a bad influence on us! We should have a contest, how I injured myself in the most ridiculous way possible.

    Excellent idea, and I was just about to post about how I re-injured my bad knee on Christmas eve at work in a simple moment of grabbing a notecard for a customer, when I thought of this: A comment thread titled “My Most Epic John Cole Moment”.

  41. 41.

    seaboogie

    January 11, 2016 at 11:21 pm

    @Howard Beale IV:

    Combine that with his preening GQ-wannabe-ism, and you have yourself a self-hating narcissistic paradox of chalk-screeching conservative scum writing for Breitfart.

    Hmmm…you are edging into Charles W Pierce level of writing there….

  42. 42.

    PurpleGirl

    January 11, 2016 at 11:24 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I believe someone at BJ mentioned the transcripts of the divorce proceedings were public and on-line. And there are various newspaper headlines from the period, such as the one with Marla Maples (while she was still his mistress) proclaiming he was the best sex she’d ever had. He’s lived his life in the public eye for many, many years. I hoping it comes back to bite him, hard and deep.

  43. 43.

    PurpleGirl

    January 11, 2016 at 11:29 pm

    @ruemara: In 2002, when I was still working, my boss was writing 2000 on her letters. Which I, of course, fixed. But she wanted a do-over of 2001. She was still writing 2000 for two months.

  44. 44.

    PurpleGirl

    January 11, 2016 at 11:40 pm

    Gvg @37: LOL. I have to give that URL to Cassie (rescuer who operates Cassie’s Kitten Kastle). She could easier set up one in a kitten room at her house.

  45. 45.

    Adam L Silverman

    January 11, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    @PurpleGirl: That was me. The issue with the non-disclosures is that I’m sure they’re tightly tied to whatever financial support they were awarded in the divorce.

  46. 46.

    PurpleGirl

    January 11, 2016 at 11:46 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Okay, however that may be, he’s still lived so much of his life publicly that there is bound to be a lot that is out there for the world to find. He has a big mouth and hasn’t kept it closed as much as he should have.

  47. 47.

    Joyce H

    January 11, 2016 at 11:54 pm

    Oh, a thread about blah? Sounds like the right place for me…

    Yesterday I broke a tooth and thought, “Man, is there anything that makes you feel older than outliving your teeth?” Then today I went to the dentist and learned that actually I hadn’t broken a tooth, I’d broken a crown. Which was fifteen years old, so the dental tech said that was well past its expected span. So yeah, there is something that makes you feel older than outliving your teeth, and that’s outliving the crowns you put on the teeth you’d outlived.

    Plus, replacing it is very expensive. SIIIIGH.

  48. 48.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 12, 2016 at 12:04 am

    @efgoldman: Uneasy lies the tooth that wears a crown. Or something like that.

  49. 49.

    Adam L Silverman

    January 12, 2016 at 12:08 am

    @PurpleGirl: There’s been some. There were reports in the Fall that highlighted some of the nasty stuff from the first divorce. Specifically the allegations of marital rape and that he keeps a copy of Mein Kampf on his bedside table. When Ivana was asked about this she refused to comment because of the terms of the divorce settlement.

    There’s also been reporting from people he’s burned in business. I would expect more of this, but given how he’s cowed Fox News – he’s back on the Megyn Kelly warpath ahead of the next debate – I’m not sure anyone in the media is going to risk the revenue stream he’s generating for them.

  50. 50.

    Howard Beale IV

    January 12, 2016 at 12:26 am

    @seaboogie: I don’t know if I should be flattered or insulted. Meebe Mr. Pierce himself can render judgement since he’s been known to spelunk ’round these here parts…
    (hell, the last time I wrote for real coin was 30 years ago when the Computer Shopper was a hernia-inducing 1000-page broadsheet when the only nationwide dial-up services were Compuserve and the Source-GE would launch a few years later and Dephi would launch right smack in 1985.)

  51. 51.

    Chocko_Rocko

    January 12, 2016 at 3:14 am

    It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity!

  52. 52.

    raven

    January 12, 2016 at 6:18 am

    I’m glad I dvd’d the second half, great game and fuck Bama.

  53. 53.

    kindness

    January 12, 2016 at 7:11 am

    Learn how to snow ski John. You’ll love it.

  54. 54.

    Cheap Jim, formerly Cheap Jim

    January 12, 2016 at 8:31 am

    It’s not the cold, it’s the dark.

  55. 55.

    Jack

    January 12, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    One of the best movies evoking the beauty and joy of spring is Ferris Buellers Day Off. Maybe watch it now to tide us through till April…

  56. 56.

    tones

    January 12, 2016 at 7:25 pm

    @Goblue72: I see what you did there, watched that this past weekend -gold.
    -just enough time for another bath…

  57. 57.

    tones

    January 12, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    @Suzanne: I think he meant he has the cold that absolutely everyone in the world has right now?
    I know I feel the same , related to how lousy I feel.

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