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Your Sunday Night Moment of Zen

by John Cole|  October 30, 20169:56 pm| 62 Comments

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Who needs a white noise machine when you have this snoring beast. I could hear him over the tv:

That was ten minutes after his feeding and subsequent grooming session on my lap.

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  1. 1.

    raven

    October 30, 2016 at 10:00 pm

    I have to have my machine to drown out Lil Bit.

  2. 2.

    Manyakitty

    October 30, 2016 at 10:00 pm

    Ha! I could barely hear that over the extremely loud purring from the nyminal Manya, who has taken up residence on my chest.

  3. 3.

    TaMara (HFG)

    October 30, 2016 at 10:03 pm

    Bummer, I’ve got Thurston and Rosie NOT playing. Not kitteh snoring. Anyone else?

  4. 4.

    geg6

    October 30, 2016 at 10:05 pm

    Lovey snores like a champ. It’s gotten so bad, I wake up if I don’t hear her snoring at night.

    She kills me. She eats so delicately and prissily. But the rest of life she acts like a longshoreman. Nothing delicate or prissy about anything else.

  5. 5.

    karen marie

    October 30, 2016 at 10:06 pm

    Yeah, I got no kitty snoring at all. “Just” a repeat of Thurston being cute as a button. Hey, that’s okay – it means we get a make-up video.

  6. 6.

    geg6

    October 30, 2016 at 10:07 pm

    @TaMara (HFG):

    Yeah I got that, too. But just figured it was Cole’s natural ineptness at some things that explained it.

  7. 7.

    eclare

    October 30, 2016 at 10:07 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): Same here!

  8. 8.

    Gvg

    October 30, 2016 at 10:10 pm

    I get a blank white spot, no video. Odd.

  9. 9.

    geg6

    October 30, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    Someone should send Cole a strongly worded email to fix the damn video. In all caps, just to be sure. He loves those.

  10. 10.

    Mary G

    October 30, 2016 at 10:16 pm

    I can’t hear a thing but Thurston.

  11. 11.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 30, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): Same thing. That angry yip noise woke up Ruby who was snoring.

  12. 12.

    Major Major Major Major

    October 30, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    @eclare: That would explain it.

  13. 13.

    TaMara (HFG)

    October 30, 2016 at 10:19 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Gawd, I WISH mine were sleeping.

  14. 14.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    October 30, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    That dog’s voice is exactly the way I imagined it would sound. The one saying “For fuck’s sake!”

    Edit: Wait, it’s a different video now?

    These are just going to change every five minutes, aren’t they. That could be fun.

  15. 15.

    MomSense

    October 30, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    It’s not kitty snoring but it is still really cute. Thurston’s little bark is so sweet.

  16. 16.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 30, 2016 at 10:21 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): Mine were sleeping. I’m now being assaulted by dog tails. They want attention. Going to have to move away from the keyboard as I’ve got two different doggie bellies to attend to!

  17. 17.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 30, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    I really am a dog person. I preferred the first video.

  18. 18.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    October 30, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I did too, that was great.

  19. 19.

    Gelfling 545

    October 30, 2016 at 10:25 pm

    Goodness! He snores as loudly as my pug. That’s quite an accomplishment.

  20. 20.

    khead

    October 30, 2016 at 10:26 pm

    Very adorable kitteh.

  21. 21.

    debit

    October 30, 2016 at 10:26 pm

    I love the little wheezing noises. Luther used to snore just like that. Walter doesn’t snore, but he does dream really fast.

  22. 22.

    TaMara (HFG)

    October 30, 2016 at 10:27 pm

    Yay, fixed. Adorable monster cat snoring.

  23. 23.

    donnah

    October 30, 2016 at 10:31 pm

    Hee hee! Love the snores. Our longhair cat Fiona snores, squeaks, and has a growly stomach when she sleeps. Our gray cat Gracie is quite silent, though. And our little boy cat also sleeps without extra sounds.

  24. 24.

    Elizabelle

    October 30, 2016 at 10:32 pm

    Proof of life. Noisy little life.

  25. 25.

    Elizabelle

    October 30, 2016 at 10:34 pm

    @debit: Walter! Happy pup.

  26. 26.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    October 30, 2016 at 10:34 pm

    White noise is a good description of a Donald Trump rally.

  27. 27.

    Larkspur

    October 30, 2016 at 10:36 pm

    @Gelfling 545: I dog sit for two pugs from time to time and I swear they could successfully audition to provide the soundtrack to “The Walking Dead”. It’s awesome and yet endearing.

  28. 28.

    Mary G

    October 30, 2016 at 10:37 pm

    @debit: Walter YouTube channel! Has Walter and Ellie getting treats! Walter looks so good! SQQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

    ETA: Love the dreaming of running, my cat does that too.

  29. 29.

    Gelfling 545

    October 30, 2016 at 10:39 pm

    @Larkspur: It can be oddly comforting.

  30. 30.

    Baud

    October 30, 2016 at 10:40 pm

    Doggie dreams are the best.

  31. 31.

    Baud

    October 30, 2016 at 10:40 pm

    Test

  32. 32.

    Baud

    October 30, 2016 at 10:40 pm

    Dog dreams are the best.

  33. 33.

    TaMara (HFG)

    October 30, 2016 at 10:41 pm

    @efgoldman: So far this evening, Bailey has drank my coffee, taken a book off the shelf and chewed it. I’m beginning to think she was raised in a Barnes and Noble.

  34. 34.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    October 30, 2016 at 10:44 pm

    @debit:

    I’m so glad Walter has a cushy bed in a home where he is loved. Even his tail looks relaxed.

  35. 35.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 30, 2016 at 10:45 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): What book?

  36. 36.

    fuckwit

    October 30, 2016 at 10:45 pm

    I have a cat question.

    I have recently acquired two kittens, 6 mos old. Both male, but one of them will “nurse” on the other. He insists on it. His brother seems to like it (purrs a lot).

    What is up with that?

    Just got them both fixed. The nursing thing hasn’t stopped.

  37. 37.

    Emerald

    October 30, 2016 at 10:46 pm

    @debit: Oh what great Walter videos! Hadn’t seen the treats and squirrel ones!
    Walter landed in doggie heaven, after all his trials.

  38. 38.

    JJ

    October 30, 2016 at 10:46 pm

    Hahaha thank you

  39. 39.

    TaMara (HFG)

    October 30, 2016 at 10:50 pm

    @debit: Everything about Walter, John and you makes my day better.

  40. 40.

    Another Scott

    October 30, 2016 at 10:51 pm

    @fuckwit: Our previous dog, Colleen, would kinda “nurse” on her stuff animal toys – she’d stuff them in her mouth and slobber/bite on them for minutes at a time. She did it when she was bored/nervous/anxious.

    I assume your kitten misses his mom.

    I assume it’s no big deal, but the other kitten might get tired of it eventually.

    Maybe try distracting him with play of some sort?

    HTH a little.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  41. 41.

    debit

    October 30, 2016 at 11:01 pm

    @Mary G: I was looking at some pics when he first arrived and his coat is so much better. There are clip marks the vet left for me for Walter’s injections and within a week they’d already started filling in. If I had to guess, I’d say that now that his body isn’t in survival mode it can expend some energy for hair growth.

    @Steeplejack (tablet): There are pet beds all over the house but I swear half the time he sacks out on the floor.

  42. 42.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 30, 2016 at 11:02 pm

    @Baud: My 12 pound YorkiPom belches really loud after eating. I give the the girls treats before bed and she waits until she’s on the bed and right in my face before letting the belch out.

  43. 43.

    khead

    October 30, 2016 at 11:05 pm

    @fuckwit:

    Separated from Mom too soon. Just make sure to pull them apart.

  44. 44.

    debit

    October 30, 2016 at 11:05 pm

    @fuckwit: I would guess they were taken away from their mother too early. I had a cat that “nursed” on a terry cloth bathrobe of mine and he was an adult. If the other cat doesn’t mind maybe it’s comforting to him as well.

  45. 45.

    Mary G

    October 30, 2016 at 11:06 pm

    @debit: Yes, in the treat video I wasn’t sure which one was Walter, they both looked so bright eyed and bushy tailed. Then he opened his mouth and I saw the “teefuses” and recognized him. You’ve done a great job rehabilitating him.

  46. 46.

    Teddy' Person

    October 30, 2016 at 11:10 pm

    @debit: It makes my heart happy to see Walter on his beautiful cushy bed!!

  47. 47.

    debit

    October 30, 2016 at 11:17 pm

    @Mary G: Thanks, but I’m just continuing what John started. No false modesty here, but John really started him off on the right foot and that made it easy for me to take over.

  48. 48.

    Mnemosyne

    October 30, 2016 at 11:23 pm

    My cats could tell that was a cat snoring, because they all came to an alert to look for it. I don’t get that reaction very often.

  49. 49.

    redshirt

    October 30, 2016 at 11:24 pm

    Any other fan addicts in the house?

  50. 50.

    Mary G

    October 30, 2016 at 11:26 pm

    Mnem or another Hamilfan probably already posted this, but I hadn’t seen it. Sara Bareilles wrote a song called “Seriously” about what President Obama might say about the current election if he could speak his mind and Leslie Odum, Jr. sang a jazzy version for “This American Life.”

    First verses:

    Let’s start with hope
    I threw it in the middle like a skipping stone
    The ripples won, son of a gun
    Some would not have thought so
    But I stand here Commander in Chief
    And I take that seriously

    But along the way
    A rogue ripple turned tidal wave
    In reaction to what I tried to do
    A rebirth of a nation’s hatred
    Red, white and blue
    Is black in there too?
    Seriously?

    One man
    Rewriting the book on bad behavior
    Maybe cheats the neighbors
    Feels he gets what they pay for
    We can’t
    Pat him on the back and send him on through
    No man’s ignorance will ever be his virtue

    Is this the best we can be?
    Seriously?

  51. 51.

    WaterGirl

    October 30, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    @debit: That was awesome, too. What a happy boy, dreaming his animal dreams.

  52. 52.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 30, 2016 at 11:48 pm

    I wouldn’t bet the price of a happy hour bud light draft on it, but…

    ‏@ PpollingNumbers
    #BREAKING, #Alaska
    Clinton 47% (+4)
    Trump 43%
    Johnson 7%
    Stein 3%

  53. 53.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2016 at 12:08 am

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Well, I wouldn’t drink your bud light draft, either! :-)

  54. 54.

    ruemara

    October 31, 2016 at 12:09 am

    @Bill E Pilgrim: Thread won.

  55. 55.

    Mnemosyne

    October 31, 2016 at 12:21 am

    So if anyone has been watching this season of “American Horror Story,” it turns out that one of the nice romance-novel-writing old ladies in my RWA group is the one who plays the Butcher this season. She’s trying to figure out how to parlay this into more acting work.

  56. 56.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2016 at 12:26 am

    @Mnemosyne: OT, but did you see my earlier comment on another thread about seeing 3 new christmas tree lines this year? In addition to the Douglas Fir something-something and all the other trees you can imagine, there was a Hamilton something-something, a Jefferson something-something and a Washington something-something.

    I laughed out loud and thought of you.

  57. 57.

    Mnemosyne

    October 31, 2016 at 12:34 am

    @WaterGirl:

    I’m not surprised — everyone loves to name things after the Founding Fathers. I would be surprised if they were actually new. Now, if they’d added a Burr-model tree …

    When G was arranging his father’s funeral and burial a few years ago, they ended up getting the Monticello vault for his grave, which was a weird coincidence because, like Jefferson and Adams, G’s father died on the fourth of July.

  58. 58.

    Steeplejack

    October 31, 2016 at 4:05 am

    @debit:

    The monastic habits can be hard to shake.

  59. 59.

    Aleta

    October 31, 2016 at 4:49 am

    That’s a beautiful look at Walter’s eyes in the treat video. M e l t.

    Inspired by Walter dreaming, I tried to find a clip of John Lithgow on 3rd Rock dreaming like a dog, but failed. It’s short and so good.
    From the same episode of dreams: Life Has Been Good to Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIa2QOTyJGw

  60. 60.

    Aleta

    October 31, 2016 at 4:50 am

    I’ve been Moderationed.

  61. 61.

    Steeplejack

    October 31, 2016 at 5:01 am

    @Aleta:

    Naked link, probably? Take five minutes to learn how to clothe them.

    Bad word? Break it up so FYWP doesn’t “recognize” it, e.g.:

    penis = pe<i></i>nis

    All this too hard? Get used to moderation. Deep breaths.

  62. 62.

    Steeplejack

    October 31, 2016 at 5:05 am

    @Aleta:

    Fleetwood Mac, “Hypnotized.”

    Pieces of a Dream, “Fo-Fi-Fo.”

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