Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Good lord, these people are nuts.

We still have time to mess this up!

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Come on, man.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Consistently wrong since 2002

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

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Cat Blogging: Update from Bella (via Dalai Rasta)

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Got this note Friday, but didn’t have the chance to FYWP-ize it…

Thank you so much for your help. I’ve scheduled an appointment for Bella for tomorrow, but I may have to reschedule for later in the day because my father has some difficulty in getting up in the morning (74 and a blood disorder).

Let me introduce you to the rest of the crew:

At top: Bella with her frenemy, Dobby, age 10. They actually get along really well, though Dobby can be tempermental at times. He is also missing his right eye, though he lost it due to an infection as a small kitten.

Dobby while awake (sorry about the redeye):

Daphne, age 7, who is the most like Bella in temperament, though she seems to enjoy making my mother scold her:

Daphne’s a little groggy in that picture, and part of Bella can be seen at the bottom right. Almost all of Daphne’s pictures are of her in a cardboard box.

Here’s Noel, age 6:

The cat on the monitor behind Noel was her mother. Pollyanna. Polly had a rear limb deformity, and I eventually passed her along to SpayMart. Unfortunately, I don’t know what has become of Polly; she was taken from SpayMart’s sanctuary by a former employee without permission. I miss her a lot; she was incredibly sweet, but fiercely independent and very much the boss of things. Noel has a lot of her personality, but she’s had less luck in getting the other cats to succumb to her leadership.

This is Oliver, age unknown:

Oliver lives in my father’s workshop. I bought a small window unit AC to keep him comfortable. He’s very people-friendly and affectionate, but he tends to want to fight or chase when he’s around another cat. I’d like to get him adopted, but I haven’t yet had any takers. He’s a real sweetheart, despite being a bit of a Joe Palooka.

Again, thank you for promoting Bella’s fund. Balloon Juice really is a nice community.

Thanks for the pics, Dalai, and fingers crossed for Bella!

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17Comments

  1. 1.

    J R in WV

    I was glad to have a chance to help out with your small pride of cats.

    Wishing you and Bella the best of luck this spring!!

    Do keep us posted, don’t be a stranger…

    ETA: First!!

  3. 3.

    Mary G

    So nice to meet your crew, and I hope Bella is doing well. You got Oliver his own AC! Yay you.

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    ArchTeryx

    Oliver looks and sounds like the classic ginger tabby derp cat…very sweet toward people but dumber then a bag of hammers. I got one of my own and he never left my side during the worst of my illness.

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    Dalai Rasta

    Unfortunately, I’ve had to postpone Bella’s appointment until Monday, because the funds haven’t cleared yet. The good news is that Bella is doing fine so far, and isn’t showing any other symptoms besides the few seizures she’s already had. Even so, Monday can’t get here fast enough.

  13. 13.

    debit

    @Dalai Rasta: My Oliver had a seizure last year; pooped and peed himself and was stiff as a board on his side drooling. Freaked me right the fuck out and we rushed him to the emergency vet who found nothing. Thankfully it it never happened again. I’m keeping you and Bella and your crew in my thoughts.

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