The calendars are all in their envelopes, and we are in the process of attaching labels (they will be mailed tomorrow):
Shout out to BFF Tammy for getting the excel file and labels printed because otherwise I have no idea what I would have done. Thurston is helping, too:
He just loves the camera and any and all attention.
The [email protected] address will remain active, and go ahead and start sending your pictures for next year. I’ll have Alain put it in the sidebar.
tybee
allen?
trollhattan
Dogs attracted to cameras is a very short list. See, Thurston has some redeeming qualities.
zhena gogolia
Thurston is adorable.
Suffragette City
Looks suspiciously like the folders for Trump org…JK
Seriously, thank you!!!
Starfish
@tybee: Allen the site fixer who posts a thread with pictures every morning.
middlelee
Thurston is adorable and you, John G Cole, are mighty.
Major Major Major Major
@Starfish: and is an all-around great guy!
CaseyL
Are you a good boy? Yes, you are!! You are the goodest of good boys!!
…and Thurston’s adorable, too :)
Jerzy Russian
Thurston can lick the stamps!
Yutsano
@CaseyL: Praising your pets is always important.
OT: small switch in my schedule will have me back over there from March 29 to April 1. And no that’s not a joke. Although I will be driving home on April Fool’s Day. Let’s hope my car doesn’t get any notions.
Amir Khalid
Thurston looks so eager to help.
CarolMarie
Thank you, thank you, thank you! It is truly the most wonderful time of the year. I’m sure it’s a huge pain, but we love the calendar. Thanks also to everyone who submits photos!
Corner Stone
They are roasting this guy at the WH podium for the press corps. I wonder why they could not have been asking on point questions like this for the last 18 months?
trollhattan
Can this guy run for congress, please?
House Speaker Philip Gunn. Nice.
rikyrah
Thurston is so cute :)
Yutsano
@trollhattan: It’s almost like they set that up for him.
I’m all for trying for the seat when Cochran kicks it or steps down. If that goes open in November in this environment who knows…
Mary G
I used to do a newsletter and getting the labels printed was a nightmare so I feel your pain.
Your herbs are developing nicely. Thurston is a very good boy and that is about the best photo of a dog you’ve produced ever. Thanks!
trollhattan
@Mary G:
When I finally got around to taking an MS Word course I learned to use mailmerge correctly, and suddenly the process became easy, including labels or printed envelopes. You still have to enter all the darn things though, and that takes time! Probably not worth it for a one-off.
Spanky
Stock market shit the bed again today. Dow down another grand to about 23,8somethingsomething. And we’re gearing up for another shutdown here at Giant Fed Agency! Yay!
John Revolta
Okay, who took that picture and what have you done with Cole?
Yutsano
@Spanky: Yup. Looks like Baby Doc is trying to spike the whole agreement on his lonesome. Trying to restore the spending caps is pretty much blowing up the whole thing. Good thing I got everything set up to get the unemployment application in!
Alain the site fixer
Shall do, jefe.
geg6
Awwww, Thurston! Lovey gets that same look on her face.
Bad as they are, they are just the cutest things.
Mnemosyne
@Yutsano:
Since you mentioned it at one point, I will definitely be in Denver on July 17th. I bought my plane ticket yesterday.
Scamp Dog
@Mnemosyne: Excellent! We’ll organize another get-together for you.
Mnemosyne
@Scamp Dog:
Yay! 7/17 is the only day I can commit to because I’ll be there for the RWA conference and will probably be totally wiped out every other day of that week.
Tams
@trollhattan: It’s totally worth it… especially because next year we will only need to add the new purchasers of the Calendar and then we can just create a mail merge once again. And I’m such a computer nerd I don’t mind to type in everyone’s information. Plus it’s helped me figure out who some of the bloggers are… and to determine where the majority of Cole’s SUPER FANS/devotees are from. It’s quite telling, actually!
Patricia Kayden
@Spanky: Thanks Obama.
Patricia Kayden
@rikyrah: That photo needs to be in next year’s BJ calendar.
J R in WV
Thank you for all the hard work, and your BFF too. And Thurston is so adorable! I’m like the 4th person on this short thread to say so, but he is!
Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)
I think you should know that I haven’t gotten my calendar yet. What’s the god damned holdup up here? Jeez…
Tams
Cole, have you told the bloggers what Thurston’s nickname is???
Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)
Also, too, the formatting sucks. I told you you should have gone to the print shop I suggested in Valparaiso, Chile.
stinger
That dog is totes adorbs.
ETA: Obvs I’m not the only one who thinks so!
Tams
@Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): it will arrive Saturday or Monday… depending on where you live!
WaterGirl
@Tams: I hope you know that Smedley is just fooling around. He has been “play” complaining about the calendar since Cole started talking about it a couple of weeks ago.
You are so nice to help Cole with this!
spudgun
Thanks so much, John and Tammy!!
Aww, Thurston’s a cutie!