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Wednesday Afternoon Open Thread

by John Cole|  September 7, 201612:10 pm| 82 Comments

This post is in: Cat Blogging, Clown Shoes

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Steve’s day is proceeding according to schedule:

Stevesday

Every time I walk into the bedroom he is in another ridiculous position. I think he’s doing this to make me laugh and let down my guard.

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    September 7, 2016 at 12:12 pm

    That is a kitteh belleh just yearning to be scritched.

  2. 2.

    LAO

    September 7, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    As I posted below — today is the big day. Jury Selection in the Bundy Bunch trial, Oregon edition. Opening arguments are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday.

  3. 3.

    manyakitty

    September 7, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    Just wait until I send in Heisenberg’s come-hither pictures for the calendar. ScandOLA!

  4. 4.

    Ann

    September 7, 2016 at 12:15 pm

    That is one happily acclimated cat. Congratulations!!

  5. 5.

    Geoduck

    September 7, 2016 at 12:16 pm

    The main headline on the CNN website right now is almost literally “IT’S A HORSERACE, DAMNIT!!”

  6. 6.

    yellowdog

    September 7, 2016 at 12:16 pm

    @manyakitty: I may send in one of Huxley’s porn poses.

  7. 7.

    Trinity

    September 7, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    Oh to be a Steve.

  8. 8.

    manyakitty

    September 7, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    @yellowdog: It can have a p0rn pets theme.

  9. 9.

    Patricia Kayden

    September 7, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    @Geoduck: And CNN is so happy to announce that there’s a horse race between a dangerous, inexperienced, egomaniacal bigot and Secretary Clinton.

    Steve’s eyes look like he is going to get John one of these days. That’s one floofy cat.

  10. 10.

    TaMara (HFG)

    September 7, 2016 at 12:18 pm

    I’m banning the first person who calls this beautiful cat fat. /jk

    One of the best days in the new house was when I came home and found all the kithehs in their “usual” spots, adjusted of course for the new location of everything, but they found their spots.

    They were so traumatized by the move, it about broke Bixby. He fretted for days because his kittehs were distressed.

  11. 11.

    ET

    September 7, 2016 at 12:19 pm

    My cat does this and it is ridiculous. But they are sooooo cute doing it.

  12. 12.

    Darkrose

    September 7, 2016 at 12:20 pm

    BELLEH!!!

  13. 13.

    The Red Pen

    September 7, 2016 at 12:20 pm

    Clearly a severe case of feline redonkulitis.

  14. 14.

    Rich Webb

    September 7, 2016 at 12:20 pm

    If reincarnation is really a thing, I want to come back as Cole’s housecat. ;-)

  15. 15.

    HinTN

    September 7, 2016 at 12:20 pm

    @manyakitty: What IS that calendar pic email?

  16. 16.

    manyakitty

    September 7, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    @HinTN: I don’t think it happened yet. It’s going to be exciting, though–lots of pent up pics from last year.

  17. 17.

    Patricia Kayden

    September 7, 2016 at 12:23 pm

    @Rich Webb: Or one of his many doggies. They’re definitely living the good life.

  18. 18.

    shell

    September 7, 2016 at 12:25 pm

    Looks like a much smaller Steve head Photoshopped onto a big Steve body.

  19. 19.

    JGabriel

    September 7, 2016 at 12:26 pm

    John Cole @ Top:

    Every time I walk into the bedroom he is in another ridiculous position.

    Don’t cats mimic their owners?

  20. 20.

    Villago Delenda Est

    September 7, 2016 at 12:37 pm

    @LAO: The judge should only let the Bundy Bunch wear cowboy boots if the cowboy boots are covered in shit.

  21. 21.

    scav

    September 7, 2016 at 12:38 pm

    @LAO: I’m somehow particularly relishing the detail that the ultimate symbol of attractive authenticity (cowboy boots!) is being valiantly fought for. (life isn’t kind enough to me for the ruling of “sure, but they have to be orange or pink.” is remotely possible.)

  22. 22.

    Villago Delenda Est

    September 7, 2016 at 12:38 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): He’s floofy!

  23. 23.

    Elmo

    September 7, 2016 at 12:38 pm

    Cat-based open thread! Goody!
    So I’m not experienced with cats the way I know dogs. We have three now, only because my wife picked up an abandoned litter on the side of the road a couple of years ago. Two of them are normal wonderful friendly cats, loving on all the dogs and purring in laps for attention. The third is that way too – eight months out of the year.

    But in the summertime, he takes himself out into the woods and won’t come back in. Won’t allow us to approach him either. He hangs around at the perimeter, eats food that we put outside, but it’s like he becomes a stranger. Two summers in a row now.

    And it isn’t weather based. It’s still hot as fuck in the DC region, but he’s back now. He climbs in my lap and demands attention, he sleeps on the bed, he talks to us as he meanders around the house. Two weeks ago, he was Intrepid Danger Kitty, like a teenage boy unwilling to admit he has parents.

    He’s a giant, too – 20lbs of lean muscle covered in the thickest, glossiest floofy coat. His paws are only a little smaller than my wife’s palms when fully extended.

    Anybody else have a cat like this? He’s neutered, so it isn’t l’amour.

  24. 24.

    Roger Moore

    September 7, 2016 at 12:39 pm

    That’s a classic feline pose. I’ve seen big cats in the zoo lying exactly the same way.

  25. 25.

    Poopyman

    September 7, 2016 at 12:41 pm

    Looks like our Archie, although at 25 pounds we like to say he’s capsized. And Archie luvs to have a belly rub. Not catlike at all.

    Also too, with the outstretched right hand. I have a pic of him on the kitchen floor on his back with the paw outstretched towards his empty bowl. Caption-worthy, although it reminds me most of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

  26. 26.

    RSR

    September 7, 2016 at 12:42 pm

    From the holy shit files:

    Justice is blind, except after your judge’s football team loses unexpectedly.

    Emotional Judges and Unlucky Juveniles

    Employing the universe of juvenile court decisions in a U.S. state between 1996 and 2012, we analyze the effects of emotional shocks associated with unexpected outcomes of football games played by a prominent college team in the state. We investigate the behavior of judges, the conduct of whom should, by law, be free of personal biases and emotions. We find that unexpected losses increase disposition (sentence) lengths assigned by judges during the week following the game. Unexpected wins, or losses that were expected to be close contests ex-ante, have no impact. The effects of these emotional shocks are asymmetrically borne by black defendants. We present evidence that the results are not influenced by defendant or attorney behavior or by defendants’ economic background. Importantly, the results are driven by judges who have received their bachelor’s degrees from the university with which the football team is affiliated. Different falsification tests and a number of auxiliary analyses demonstrate the robustness of the findings. These results provide evidence for the impact of emotions in one domain on a behavior in a completely unrelated domain among a uniformly highly-educated group of individuals (judges), with decisions involving high stakes (sentence lengths). They also point to the existence of a subtle and previously-unnoticed capricious application of sentencing.

  27. 27.

    ruemara

    September 7, 2016 at 12:43 pm

    Bellehbellehbelleh. That is all. I got proof of life pics of my cats from the h’ex. The floofy one is looking floofy & dignified. The minipanther is looking rather like Steve, but with early JC style photo oeuvre.

  28. 28.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 12:45 pm

    @Elmo: The Call Of The Wild.

  29. 29.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 12:46 pm

    Our cat will be sitting quietly on the floor (bread loaf pose) but when I enter the room she’ll flip over on her back and writhe around while staring at me. Loves to be petted.

  30. 30.

    Poopyman

    September 7, 2016 at 12:46 pm

    @Elmo: Yes, he whose nickname is my nym. Right now he still spends most nights and days outside, but has become more willing to come in for periods. He knows the days are getting shorter, and I think the (too) few cool nights this past week has reminded him that warm nights are slipping away.

    He’ll be 14 next week, and a tad arthritic, so I expect I’ll be seeing a lot more of him in the next couple of weeks. Gonna be hot competition for laptime, though.

  31. 31.

    p.a.

    September 7, 2016 at 12:47 pm

    Cole-cat: the Widening.

  32. 32.

    WereBear

    September 7, 2016 at 12:47 pm

    @Elmo: Sounds like there might be some feral genetics going on. Some cats are just less domesticated than others.

  33. 33.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 12:48 pm

    So will this become a regular thing for Steve? A once-a-year shave-down? Got rid of all the fur knots, and he looked comfortable with his hot weather crewcut.

    Probably swallowed a lot less fur, too.

  34. 34.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 12:50 pm

    @WereBear: I am surprised every day by the intelligence and sensitivity our cat displays.

  35. 35.

    WereBear

    September 7, 2016 at 12:51 pm

    @germy: The happier they are, the more amazing they can be :)

  36. 36.

    catclub

    September 7, 2016 at 12:52 pm

    Fun thoughts:

    The terrible lesson of history

    Historically, resurgent nationalism has always led to war. I see no reason why this time should be different. We scared ourselves silly at the end of World War II: the memory of Hiroshima has kept the world in an uneasy peace (though with numerous local breaches) ever since. But as the memory fades, and old tribal loyalties reassert themselves, the world enters a new and dangerous phase.

    There is a fine line between nationalism and imperialism, and at some point, someone will cross that line. I don’t know who, or where, that will be. But when they do, there will be war.

    True? If so, how long?

  37. 37.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 12:54 pm

    How is a cat’s tail like American presidential campaigns?

    .

    It’s fur to the end.

  38. 38.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    September 7, 2016 at 12:56 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: “I want bellyrubs. Exactly three. Then I scratch.”

    My Jazz is like that, too.

    Our office has no AC right now. I mean power.

  39. 39.

    Peale

    September 7, 2016 at 12:57 pm

    @catclub: I believe the “making them pay for it” part of the whole wall business is in fact imperialism. So there you have your answer.

  40. 40.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    September 7, 2016 at 12:59 pm

    Love how he’s looking at the camera like “What?”

  41. 41.

    CaseyL

    September 7, 2016 at 1:01 pm

    @Elmo: One of mine is like that, too.

    He’s the son of a stray who turned up on my doorstep 8+ years ago. The whole townhouse complex was feeding her. My theory is that she went into heat and escaped from whatever house she lived in, because she was too socialized to be a feral. She came to our lovely little complex (lots of landscaping, and backs up to a greenbelt) and promptly got knocked up by one of the many cats who roamed here back then. We adopted out all of her kids but one, whom I adopted along with Mama (now Jeannie).

    Her babies were raised outdoor for their first 4 weeks, and I think it “took.” One of the adopted-out ones ran away from home and became feral. Mine – Oscar – is happily an indoor-outdoor kitty most of the year, but during summers he goes all Fearsome Jungle Kitty, and stays outside overnight quite often. He used to be gone for 3-4 days at a time, but is possibly reaching the age when that’s not as much fun.

  42. 42.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 1:01 pm

    The average conservative foot soldier has no clue who the Cato Institute or Friedrich von Hayek or Milton Friedman or Arthur Laffer are. They are much more likely to know Alex Jones, who is the most listened-to practitioner of the paranoid style in many decades. The average conservative is not a college young Republican with a copy of The Fountainhead on their nightstand. It’s an exurban talk radio fan driving a pick up truck to their lower middle class job while listening to Michael Savage. Instead of being defeated in the early 1960s, the Birchers have played the long game, and are now running the show. The Frums, Brookses, and Wills of the world are modern day Alexander Kerenskys, victims of the revolution they were foolish enough to think they were in control of.

    The Bircher Long March

  43. 43.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 1:02 pm

    The average conservative foot soldier has no clue who the Cato Institute or Friedrich von Hayek or Milton Friedman or Arthur Laffer are. They are much more likely to know Alex Jones, who is the most listened-to practitioner of the paranoid style in many decades. The average conservative is not a college young Republican with a copy of The Fountainhead on their nightstand. It’s an exurban talk radio fan driving a pick up truck to their lower middle class job while listening to Michael Savage. Instead of being defeated in the early 1960s, the Birchers have played the long game, and are now running the show. The Frums, Brookses, and Wills of the world are modern day Alexander Kerenskys, victims of the revolution they were foolish enough to think they were in control of.

  44. 44.

    Mnemosyne

    September 7, 2016 at 1:03 pm

    @LAO:

    I was saying in the thread below that the sovcits got some coverage on one of the wacky morning deejay shows here in Los Angeles. Everyone agreed that they’re fucking nuts, and the lawyer they had on the phone to explain it to them could barely conceal his contempt. It was pretty sweet. When a guy who defends DUIs for a living thinks you’re a jerk …

  45. 45.

    Mnemosyne

    September 7, 2016 at 1:04 pm

    @manyakitty:

    I bet we could do a whole calendar just of those. I know I have several of Charlotte, though she ends up looking more like an otter with her paws folded over.

  46. 46.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 1:04 pm

    @Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant): I wonder what they think when they see us photographing them.

    “He’s holding something up, pointing it at me. Is it food? No. Is it a nail clipper or brush or tasty treat? No. Very strange…”

  47. 47.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 1:07 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    looking more like an otter with her paws folded over.

    Our cat does the same thing. I actually was wondering if she is double-jointed, because she always folds her paws over. She’s a polydactyl, so I thought maybe that had something to do with it.

  48. 48.

    Mnemosyne

    September 7, 2016 at 1:10 pm

    Also, too, Charlotte’s big thing right now is that she likes to lay on her side on the floor and have us thump her ribcage fairly hard (like, it almost seems to echo). She demands that G sit on the floor to do it, every single morning, and she purrs her little head off. It’s weird, but since she’s demanding it, it must not be hurting her.

  49. 49.

    WereBear

    September 7, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    @germy: Our current count is one cat who “flees the paparazzi,” two “whatever” types, and one total ham (Sir Tristan.)

  50. 50.

    Trollhattan

    September 7, 2016 at 1:15 pm

    Pet belly, hooman, PET BELLY!

  51. 51.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 1:20 pm

    @WereBear: That photo of Sir Tristan looks like it should be gracing the back of a hardcover, under the “About The Author” blurb. He looks like a young first novelist. Should be posing next to a typewriter.

  52. 52.

    hovercraft

    September 7, 2016 at 1:21 pm

    I guess Kathleen Parker is an animal lover, her contempt for Uday and Qusay just drips from her pen.
    Kathleen Parker is lamenting the departure of the staunchest defender of the animal kingdom when Obama leaves.

    The animal kingdom will have lost one of its staunchest defenders when the Oval Office is abandoned by Barack Obama, who through a series of critical administrative rulemakings has done more to protect animals than any other president in recent memory.

    This will be especially devastating if Donald Trump replaces him — not only because of his sons’ lust for hunting exotic game but also because his recently announced agriculture advisory committee includes several active opponents of animal protection policies.

    By now, many will have seen the photographs circulating on social media of Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. displaying their trophy kills. One shows the two young men posed with a leopard they killed in Africa. Another shows Junior holding the tail of an elephant, which he appears to have just sliced off with the knife in his other hand, and another of him lounging against the lifeless hulk of a Cape buffalo bull. A fourth photo shows the brothers’ smiling faces framed between the horns of a magnificent waterbuck.

    If these snapshots were intended to capture the rapture of proud manhood, they missed their mark. Trump’s spawn aren’t Maasai warriors, suffice it to say. But even the Maasai have stopped killing lions to prove themselves, thanks to conservationists, and now determine leadership according to who jumps highest — evidence that one can easily jump a rival’s fence when raiding cows.

    When asked about his sons’ bloody hobby, Trump demurred except to say that his sons are excellent marksmen. Trump prefers golf, he said, and he obviously limits trophy collecting to women. Junior, meanwhile, says he’d like to head the Interior Department, which, among other things, oversees trophy-hunting imports. Under Obama, elephant trophies from Tanzania and Zimbabwe were halted and African lions were listed as threatened. What would a trophy-hunting Trump do with such protections?

  53. 53.

    Mnemosyne

    September 7, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    @Trollhattan:

    DON’T DO IT, IT’S A TRAP!

    (Unless it’s our little cat Annie, who really does love to have her belly rubbed. We think it’s because she’s a longhair and can never really get in there to groom it the way she would like.)

  54. 54.

    Gelfling 545

    September 7, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    @Elmo: I have a cat who was just like that. We called him our part time cat. Now, though, he is elderly, though in excellent health unimpaired by his odd life style choices, and just under 2 years ago he came inside when the cold weather arrived and has remained inside since. He was more of a 6/7 months outside guy in his heyday.

  55. 55.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 1:23 pm

    Things I am honored to receive from our cat:

    The nose bump.

    The head bump (she looks like a bull goring a matador; turns her head slightly to one side and bumps against me while I’m dozing in bed.

    The purr

    The long, loving gaze

  56. 56.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    September 7, 2016 at 1:24 pm

    @WereBear: Mixed whiskers are a weakness of mine.

  57. 57.

    germy

    September 7, 2016 at 1:25 pm

    @hovercraft:

    Junior, meanwhile, says he’d like to head the Interior Department, which, among other things, oversees trophy-hunting imports.

    I thought that post would go to the lion-killing dentist.

  58. 58.

    Joy in FL

    September 7, 2016 at 1:25 pm

    Steve is magnificent.

  59. 59.

    Trollhattan

    September 7, 2016 at 1:28 pm

    @hovercraft:
    Wow, Kathleen Parker not merely failing to attack the president, but lauding him? I do declare, it’s the rapture!

  60. 60.

    VOR

    September 7, 2016 at 1:29 pm

    That is a happy, contented cat. Job well done.

  61. 61.

    Trollhattan

    September 7, 2016 at 1:29 pm

    @germy:
    He’s probably holding out for HHS secretary. I’m sure he has some…interesting thoughts about overhauling healthcare.

  62. 62.

    Trollhattan

    September 7, 2016 at 1:32 pm

    @Mnemosyne:
    Guessing that a hand ensnared by Steve’s enormous catcher’s mitt paws is forever lost. Our puppeh has nearly doubled in weight since we brought him home and is only now approaching Steve scale. Eventually he should be somewhere in the vicinity of 2 to 2.5 Steves.

  63. 63.

    Frankensteinbeck

    September 7, 2016 at 1:37 pm

    @RSR:
    It continually surprises me that this would surprise anyone else. Yes, this is just… how people work. Emotional considerations they don’t even notice make small (or sometimes big!) changes in their behavior. Mostly the results are subtle enough that they only show statistically. Racism particularly stands out, showing up in people who have no obvious racism or idea they are racist.

  64. 64.

    Booda

    September 7, 2016 at 1:38 pm

    That cat should really learn to relax

  65. 65.

    hovercraft

    September 7, 2016 at 1:39 pm

    @Trollhattan:
    The number of strange bedfellows this election season is mind boggling, but I really think this case is simply about her love of animals. I didn’t click on her links to the pictures, but if they’re the ones I’ve seen before, they are enough to never want those “spawn” anywhere near the Interior Department. I did detect a subtle dig in her choice of words though, Obama is going to “abandon” the Oval Office? Last time I checked that was a function of the constitution. I guess she couldn’t resist.
    @germy:
    Hopefully he’s still hiding out and being shunned by his neighbors in MN.

  66. 66.

    Shana

    September 7, 2016 at 1:39 pm

    @Rich Webb: My father always said he wanted to come back as a cat in a Jewish household. (We’re jewish) My father, who could be very difficult, was always a softy for his cats and spoiled them terribly. One of the childhood cats always got its own chair at Thanksgiving with bits of turkey on a plate.

  67. 67.

    Eric U.

    September 7, 2016 at 1:40 pm

    one of our dogs likes to lounge on his back. It’s amusing to find him in some random spot lying on his back. I assume it’s cooler.

  68. 68.

    Mnemosyne

    September 7, 2016 at 1:43 pm

    @hovercraft:

    Kathleen Parker has a weird relationship to Obama — she seems to really like and respect him but gets mad at herself for it. She was one of his few defenders on the right in 2008, but she also wrote the execrable column about Obama not having the right “blood” during that same election.

  69. 69.

    sukabi

    September 7, 2016 at 1:44 pm

    @Patricia Kayden: I wonder what would happen if these”news” outlets that are really nothing more than drumpf cheerleaders were deluged with actual drumpf NEWS like this or this

    It’s just a thought, but something needs to be done.

  70. 70.

    shell

    September 7, 2016 at 1:46 pm

    So Mr. “I Know More About Isis Than The Generals” will demand a plan to defeat Isis from said generals, 30 days after he takes office.
    Why do I think that exchange will go like this scene from ‘The Simpsons.’

    Homer: (in his new role as supervisor) Um, are you guys working?
    Employee: Yes, sir.
    Homer: Can you . . . work any harder?
    Employee: Sure thing, boss!

  71. 71.

    sukabi

    September 7, 2016 at 1:48 pm

    @JGabriel: sort of… maybe Steve’s still working on his naked human mopping “Oh shit” splattttt! pose..

    Cats are assholes that way.

  72. 72.

    Mnemosyne

    September 7, 2016 at 1:51 pm

    @Frankensteinbeck:

    Greetings, professional writer! I’m considering entering a contest run by one of the Texas chapters of RWA where the primary benefit seems to be that they’ll fill out a detailed critique sheet for your first 5,600 words. I’m tempted since it looks like it will be a while before critique groups start back up for my local chapter. Thoughts?

  73. 73.

    sukabi

    September 7, 2016 at 2:03 pm

    @sukabi:
    @sukabi:
    Adding that any actual drumpf news sent to “news” outlets should appear as if it’s coming from thr RNC, more likely to be considered for public consumption apparently.

  74. 74.

    Cat48

    September 7, 2016 at 2:37 pm

    Thanks, John for a picture of Steve. He lucks like such a good kitty. Yesterday, it sent me to look for a kitty to adopt. I found 2 yesterday, but I haven’t gone to the shelter yet. Just not ready yet.

  75. 75.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    September 7, 2016 at 3:31 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    I replied late last night in the original thread. No link ’cause phone.

  76. 76.

    Mnemosyne

    September 7, 2016 at 3:43 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone):

    I saw. I’m still considering it because even if all I get back is the filled-out checklist (which is posted on their website), I’ll feel like I have a little direction. I have no idea when the writers’ group is going to get critiques organized, but right now it sounds like after January 1st at the earliest.

    And, yes, right now I want avid romance readers to be reading it, not random people who don’t know the genre. I know my writing is good, I’m just trying to figure out if it fits the current genre parameters.

  77. 77.

    Gravenstone

    September 7, 2016 at 3:50 pm

    @Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant): “Damnit dude, we’ve talked about this. This is NOT my good side!”

  78. 78.

    WaterGirl

    September 7, 2016 at 4:12 pm

    @RSR: @Frankensteinbeck: That may not be surprising, but it is depressing!

  79. 79.

    Pogonip

    September 7, 2016 at 6:07 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): I’m banned! I said he was fat–he used to hunt, if I remember right, the local mice and birds must have been buying him off with snacks. I suggested Cole get him tested for diabetes.

  80. 80.

    Pogonip

    September 7, 2016 at 6:13 pm

    @hovercraft: re the new improved Maasai method of determining leadership, by crowning the guy who jumps highest. Do you suppose that Bethany, West Virginia, determines leadership by who has the most accidents, and that all this time Cole has been running for mayor and we didn’t realize it?

  81. 81.

    rikyrah

    September 7, 2016 at 6:18 pm

    Oh my.
    That is the first picture of Steve that didn’t scare me. It cracked me up.??

  82. 82.

    NJ Maine Coon Slave

    September 7, 2016 at 9:32 pm

    @Patricia Kayden: I am the proud dad of a beautiful 16 year old Maine Coon gal and that look is normal. They throw shade at everyone. That said they are wicked smart and also extremely vocal. I don’t think in all of her years she has not at least several times a day scolded me or decided to explain to me how things are supposed to be, i.e., her way. Wouldn’t trade her for the world.

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