Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

The arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend itself. it’s up to us.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

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

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

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

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

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Had a nap, and was sitting there feeling better but still sorry for myself, and Steve came in and started bitching up a storm for dinner, and it’s a good reminder that life is still going to go on. I’m going to inhale a gut bomb pizza (I haven’t really eaten the last couple of days) and watch some tube and maybe break it to Thurston how much pressure he is now under to become a good dog.

This always cheers me up:

And yes, Thurston and Rosie are getting all the pizza crusts.

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  4. 4.

    Ruckus

    John
    No one said anything like this downstairs but do not forget to take care of yourself and the members of your household. Life may suck donkey ass some days but it does go on.
    Joe Biden is right, it won’t get better but it will get easier.

  5. 5.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    Hey, look, if there’s ever a time to feel sorry for yourself, this is it. Don’t feel bad about wallowing. It’s something we all have to do sometimes. I know the feeling of taking a dog you think is healthy into the vets because something is wrong but you don’t think it’s anything to worry about, anything they can’t heal, and then you get the news that your dog is dying and you have to make your mind up on the spot to do the best thing for the dog, which is the worst thing for you. I did that a little over three years ago. Don’t feel like you have to be strong. You don’t you need to be weak and helpless, because that’s what any of us are at times like this. Just go with what you feel. And don’t feel bad about it.

  6. 6.

    Cermet

    Very glad to hear you are getting more on your feet. Life does go on and that is important to remember others still depend upon you.

  7. 7.

    Irony Abounds

    It may be little comfort, but you were heartbroken and thought Tunch was irreplaceable and along came Steve who has proven to be quite the wonderful cat. Doesn’t ease the pain, but as you said, life must go on and you never know what tomorrow may bring.

  8. 8.

    CaseyL

    I’m sure Thurston was very impressed by your lecture and will mend his ways accordingly. Yup.

    ETA: Is Rosie already a Good Dog, or did you figure it would be even more of a waste of time to explain the issue to her?

  10. 10.

    martian

    I wish I could volunteer Cheney to go as tribute instead of Lily. Hell won’t have him, I suppose.

  11. 11.

    Jean

    I had to say goodbye to both of my beloved dogs last year: Simon, a Border Collie mix; and Sundae, a small mixed terrier. Simon was 13 and Sundae was 17. Weeks before Simon died, I adopted Milo, a small mixed terrier, from a foster person. He had such big paws to fill. I thought at the time, “You better be awesome.” I still miss Simon and Sundae, but Milo has been a total joy and has helped us immensely. It was just good fortune that we found him when we did. All that is to say I understand the grief and terrible necessity to say goodbye to someone who has been there everyday and always happy to see you.

  12. 12.

    wmd

    @Ruckus: I told him to be good to himself.

    Gut bomb pizza with crusts to the dogs is doing so. Still needs loving humans around, but that’s going to happen too in its proper time.

  13. 13.

    Elizabelle

    maybe break it to Thurston how much pressure he is now under to become a good dog.

    That’s funny.

  15. 15.

    lahke

    So sorry, John. Strikes me that this is a longer version of what happened to Walter. You found an animal that needed you, provided the best home and love that that critter had ever had, and eased their end. What else can we do for our friends? Lily got more time than Walter did, but both animals were worth it and paid back with all the love they could. Thank you for making her life wonderful.

  16. 16.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Steve came in and started bitching up a storm for dinner, and it’s a good reminder that life is still going to go on.

    Yup.

    Anne, eat your breakfast.
    Dan, take your medicine.
    Life goes on — I forget just why.
    — Edna St Vincent Millay (from memory, so I may have mangled it a little)

  17. 17.

    LAO

    Well, in honor of Lily, Maggie got a marrow bone this evening. And in true part beagle fashion, she gave me side-eye the entire time it took her to eat. She’s currently trying to hump my arm as I type. I wouldn’t trade her for all the tea in China.

    If Maggie could become a truly fantastic dog, I have hope for Thurston.

  18. 18.

    Mandarama

    I’m laughing, and I didn’t think that would happen today. Bless you, John.

    Open thread? Why is Giuliani in my news feed? I’m too skeert to click on it.

  23. 23.

    TenguPhule

    Tomorrow this blog is going to be depressing as hell. Might as well enjoy a few moments of peace before the storm hits.

  24. 24.

    Damned at Random

    Oh dear John

    So, so sorry about the lovely Lily. Try to remember the sad situation spent her early life in and how you gave her the best life a dog can hope for- a happy pack and loving person. It sounds like she is slipping off into a happy dream and not in pain. The last kindness we can give our pets is a painless end wrapped in our arms.

    I’m sure you will muscle through this and be there for the rest of the pack. You have a tender heart and sometimes that sucks

  25. 25.

    Humdog

    All the rest of you front pagers better give your critters extra love these next few months. This year has been hell on front pager menageries. :(

  27. 27.

    martian

    @Mandarama: I think Giuliani joined Trump’s legal team so that Rudy and Donald can conspire together under the shield of attorney client privilege. That sounds so crazy that maybe I misunderstood the story. But maybe not? ‘Cause what’s too crazy for a Republican.

    ETA: Oh hey, I did see it right. Well, there ya go. The law ‘n’ order party.

  28. 28.

    Spanky

    @Humdog: If you read the last thread you’ll know that it was in no way limited to the front pagers. I lost three cats to cancer between 12/16 and 10/17. There are many similar stories.

  29. 29.

    geg6

    LOL Thurston. I ♥️ you, John Cole. Lovey says be nice to Thurston. Neither of them will ever be “good dogs,” but you and I both know they are Good Dogs.

  30. 30.

    MelissaM

    You gave Lily the A+ life. Isn’t that what we [should] try to do for those we love? Little comfort now, but still.

    Me? Because of my HS german taker in the household, I’ve been reading East German jokes: Why do the Stasi work in groups of three? One to read, one to write, and another to keep an eye on the two intellectuals.

  31. 31.

    Mike in NC

    “Unable to obtain the services of an honest, competent attorney, Donald Trump turns instead to Rudi Giuliani.”

  32. 32.

    NotMax

    Do I want to know what is meant by the decidedly unappetizing term gut bomb pizza?

    Upon a moment’s contemplation, no, not really.

    Stay gassy.

  33. 33.

    Humdog

    @Spanky: Lost my boxer in August and had a near loss in December. I think pet owners aren’t recognized for their emotional bravery enough. Even knowing we will outlive most of them, we sign up again and again for the joy that must end in heartbreak.

  34. 34.

    Spanky

    @Mike in NC: The article I linked up there ends with this LOL:

    Trump is known to be a difficult client who does not listen to his attorneys’ advice, according to lawyers who are familiar with his conduct.

    Yeah, that’s a well-kept secret within the White House for ya.

  35. 35.

    bemused

    It never gets easier to say goodbye to our furry babies. We’re now counting on two hands the number of our dogs and kitties that have passed. So many great and funny memories of them that we and our grown kids still talk about and always will.

  38. 38.

    debbie

    @Spanky:

    That has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve read all week. Rudi is no negotiator. Tough guys never are.

  40. 40.

    RedDirtGirl

    John, so glad you are having of pocket of normalcy tonight.
    Re: Giuliani…I, for one, will enjoy the Trumpsubstantiation* of that ghoulish man.
    *The mystical conversion of a human being into an ambulatory pile of feces lacking all dignity, honor, patriotism or worth upon association with Donald J. Trump.

  41. 41.

    JMG

    John, you’re a strong person as well as a good one. I wish you the best for your harrowing tomorrow. Eleven years almost to the day when I had to have Blackjack (imagine a Thurston who was a humongous Lab-Shepard mix with a really loud bark) put down and I think of him every day. The consolation I can offer, an inadequate one, is that with time the thoughts become the joys of his life and not the pain of its ending.

  42. 42.

    TenguPhule

    @NotMax:

    Do I want to know what is meant by the decidedly unappetizing term gut bomb pizza?

    Meat and onion toppings, lots of cheese.

  46. 46.

    NotMax

    Le sigh.

    At international meeting on women, Team Trump pushes abstinence message.

    … the Trump administration tapped culture-war activist Bethany Kozma to help represent the United States; she declared that the U.S. is a “pro-life nation”; and administration officials proceeded to isolate the United States on family planning issues throughout the international gathering.

    In case this isn’t obvious, in the Obama era, U.S. officials helped take the international lead at forums such as these. We’ve since taken a big step in a regressive direction, and according to International Women’s Health Coalition Director Shannon Kowalski, the Trump administration is even “further to the right” and “far more extreme” than the Bush/Cheney administration.

  49. 49.

    TenguPhule

    @NotMax:

    At international meeting on women, Team Trump pushes abstinence message.

    The classic example of “Do as I say, not as I do.”

  53. 53.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    OK, so this was fun as shit.

    A client of mine had been “invited” to invest six figures in a Vegas-based wedding concept. There’s some things I know nothing about, but some I know a lot about, and included in that category are destination weddings, pricing for destination weddings, tour vendors, how brokered travel services work and how to do due diligence on ferreting out the background on potential con jobs.

    My client is north of 65, and spent several weeks treating his lime disease at a clinic out West that uses magnets and gravity force – it was, of course, not an insurance-covered service. He was approached by someone who may or may not have been the principal owner of the facility and befriended. He got to meet the local Mormon bishop, and was well treated by the clinic medical director (who assured him he’d died for 3.5 minutes before they heroically resurrected him). Anyway, this new friend had a wonderful investment idea to run a giant luxury Hummer up and down the Vegas strip, decked out like a Cinderella carriage in the open middle. It was going to be about $800 a trip, and the pitch to my guy figured about 210 of these affairs per month, which I know to be total bullshit.

    My guy only wanted me to look at the terms of an agreement. I’m a fuckton more thorough. The spreadsheet anticipating revenue was wildly optimistic, but the masterstroke of con jobs was in the proposed expenses – it made zero sense, and fluctuated wildly in odd places. I told my client.

    This afternoon, according to my instructions, I got to talk to a con man from Utah and Las Vegas on his Orlando area code cellphone (I wasn’t surprised at all the diversions). Prick got so nervous and stammery on my questions – and I’m a total fucking asshole when I’m on point and feeling it – that he decided that the “investment” offer he pitched isn’t the right fit for my client. He withdrew it.

    My take is that there’s a 90% chance that he’s a con man, 10% chance that he’s just a reckless idiot. In any event, it was a beautiful afternoon – I love shitting on people like that.

  54. 54.

    hilts

    This always cheers me up

    John,
    Thanks for the link. This was always my favorite Little Feat song – Oh Atlanta
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTz8g8yh8GY

    and FUCK Heidi Heitkamp. She announced today that she will vote for Mike Pompeo to serve as Secretary of State:

    Pompeo demonstrated during this nomination process and during our meeting in March that he is committed to empowering the diplomats at the State Department so they can do their jobs in advancing American interests… If he’s confirmed, I’ll hold Mr. Pompeo accountable to make sure he advances our country’s leadership in the world and supports our embassies – including by filling critical jobs that have been vacant, like for the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea.

  55. 55.

    cactus jack wallace

    John, long time lurker but wanted to send good thoughts your way. Completely understand the feeling but echo what others said about it being ok to wallow a bit. Lily sounded like a lovely companion, and I’m sure it’s going to be hard. Just know we are all with you through this.

  56. 56.

    Shell

    maybe break it to Thurston how much pressure he is now under to become a good dog.

    Hmmmm, so bad girl Rosie is beyond redemption? ;-)

  58. 58.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes:

    My client is north of 65, and spent several weeks treating his lime disease at a clinic out West that uses magnets and gravity force – it was, of course, not an insurance-covered service.

    The prescription antibiotics covered by MediCare were no good?

  59. 59.

    eclare

    Sounds like a great plan. Since OT just watched Cynthia Nixon on Colbert, she was impressive.

  60. 60.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Humdog:

    Because raven doesn’t seem to be around, I shall, with apologies, share his favorite comforting quote for these kinds of days:

    We who choose to surround ourselves
    with lives even more temporary than our
    own, live within a fragile circle;
    easily and often breached.
    Unable to accept its awful gaps,
    we would still live no other way.
    We cherish memory as the only
    certain immortality, never fully
    understanding the necessary plan.

    –Irving Townsend

  61. 61.

    MomSense

    @SiubhanDuinne

    I heard a great story about her recently from some kayaking friends. She owned Ragged Island off the coast of Maine and went there in the summers to recuperate from her anxiety. In the sandy bottomed water you still find lobster traps even though it is not a good place for lobsters. The lobstermen still drop their traps there like their fathers and grandfathers did. Well it turns out the lobsterman in those days liked to pretend they were working because she would sunbathe nude and saunter around aware of the attention but pretending she didn’t notice.

    I find it so funny that they still lobster there as a tribute. It’s a gorgeous island. I’ve kayaked out there but haven’t stripped naked there – yet. ?

  62. 62.

    HinTN

    This fat man is getting ready to get I the bathtub as I read/write this. Lily is family, just as you are family, Cole. We’ve all been there. It hurts like hell. We love you.

  67. 67.

    White & Gold Purgatorian

    @Adam L Silverman:
    Why is Trump hiring new lawyers*? Did the medieval historian quit already?

    *Referring to Raskin and Raskin, not Rudy, who falls into the “crony looking for a job category” as far as I’m concerned.

  68. 68.

    Elizabelle

    I guess when we meet our new little pets, we should just say “Hello, heartbreaker”. But, as you have all said, it is all worth it.

  69. 69.

    Planetpundit

    Hugs John and all our love tomorrow. And to my fellow jackals; thx for being there for John as always a classy bunch.

  70. 70.

    Emma

    Cuban velorios are a combination of drama, comedy, and banquet. When my cousin Felix passed, his sister’s company sent over a full Cuban banquet to the funeral home. The “older folk” sat in the inner salon with the casket. The “younger generation” sat in the large reception room and told Felix stories, of which there were many and mostly absolutely hysterically funny. I think the only thing we didn’t do was play his favorite disco music, and that was only because there were other viewings going on in other parts of the building.People came and went, had dinner, told stories, and cried a little. I always expect grieving to have a large dash of laughter mixed in.

    Maybe in a few days, to ease your heart, you’ll revisit your favorite Lily stories and let us share our memories.

  71. 71.

    Elizabelle

    @White & Gold Purgatorian: WRT Rudy joining the legal team: I was wondering if that is because he feels he is clean of any tapes/sludge emanating from the Michael Cohen raid, or if he’s joining so he can monitor what they have on him, too. Or even protect those shitwads in the NYC FBI office.

    But I don’t really want to think much about Giuliani. Prefer to think of Lily, and other attractive topics.

  72. 72.

    Steeplejack

    @John Cole:

    [. . .] and maybe break it to Thurston how much pressure he is now under to become a good dog.

    Pure gold, Cole.

  73. 73.

    WereBear

    For John, and all of us sobbing in the same boat with him, this post might help:

    The Myth of the One Special Cat

    Of course they’re special! That’s why we are so sad! We know their like will not shadow the earth again, and we mourn.

    But when the dust settles, it is possible to find another special one. The greatest tribute to that special one’s memory is to love another, special in their own way, one.

    It both breaks our heart and heals it.

  75. 75.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Apart from everything else about everyone in the Trump circle, there is a really arrogant carelessness about their communications.

    Anyone, even the most pedantic of us, can and do misspell words, commit awful typos, and occasionally mislay the rules of grammar and syntax.

    But this is a crew that sent out final, official versions of written material that included “Normay” and “State of the Uniom,” and that fucked up Barbara Bush’s date of death. And now Trump’s newest lawyer can’t even spell his own name on his own website?

    If anyone ever wondered why they invented the phrase “Oh for fuck’s sake,” this is why.

  76. 76.

    MomSense

    @Elizabelle:

    My oldest said about our dog that she’s the worst one we’ve ever had but he loves her the best. She is terrible. She’s rude and demanding but sooo damned expressive. We’ve got it bad.

  77. 77.

    Ruckus

    @wmd:
    Good, sorry I didn’t see it.
    And I also told him to remember the rest of the menagerie but it feels it needs to be said till it takes. It apparently has, just that he posted this is a good indicator.

  78. 78.

    handy

    So sorry to hear this John. Lilly was a special one (they’re all special, aren’t they?)

  80. 80.

    Adam L Silverman

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    can and do misspell words, commit awful typos, and occasionally mislay the rules of grammar and syntax.

    I may resemble that remark…

  81. 81.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @MomSense:

    What a great, and funny, story! I seem to recall ESVM as being exceptionally attractive so am not surprised the lobstermen hung around! But I love that their descendants continue the tradition in tribute! She must have been quite the salty and interesting old broad.

  84. 84.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @raven:

    Sorry, I haven’t checked in there for a while. I always think you have ownership of that lovely Irving Townsend quote. I saved it at some point and have shared it with any number of non-BJ people.

  85. 85.

    singing truth to power

    Hey, John – pizza, Little Feat, Thurston and Steve – pretty decent therapy. Let them comfort you as much as is possible tonight –

  86. 86.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @HinTN:

    Yeah, it’s beautiful, isn’t it? Pricks my eyes even when there’s no immediate or proximate reason.

  88. 88.

    Ruckus

    @MomSense:
    Yeah that was my last dog. The old ornery bastard. Best dog ever. Cocker who grew hair faster than any dog I’ve seen and hated, hated, hated to be trimmed. He had to be muzzled or you were going to risk losing body parts. He didn’t take nips he was out for blood. None of the groomers around would ever see him a second time. And they’d tell me when I picked him up, “Never, ever bring him back here!” So I had to learn. He liked being trimmed, did not like having it done. That was just an example.
    You never know which ones will worm their way into your heart and never let go. And you get the good stuff and the not so good stuff in the process. Kind of like humans with usually a lot less asshole.

  90. 90.

    HinTN

    @Adam L Silverman: Mrs H has Lyme. Doxycycline (three weeks on / two weeks off) forever does knock it on its ass and is inexpensive. However, there is no cure. Just this one antique antibiotic, forever. Medicare absolutely pays.

  92. 92.

    sukabi

    @TenguPhule: Hope Mueller calls him in with a “Ha, we haven’t forgotten about you Muthafucker.” After a 2 am no knock raid on his home and offices.

  94. 94.

    Elizabelle

    Oooh. Kneepad Maggie Haberman, last para in story about Trump’s latest great hire:

    Mr. Giuliani is himself a former federal prosecutor and is going through a divorce from his third wife, which is playing out on the gossip pages of The New York Post.

    I did not know that. Meow and LOL.

  98. 98.

    lollipopguild

    @SiubhanDuinne: These are very serious and IMPORtant people who are very busy and do NOT have time for your evil liebrul rules of grammer and syntax. They are also morans, or as BUgs Bunny would put it Maroons.

  101. 101.

    lamh36

    Aww…good for you John!

    Enjoy a slice of pizza for me…darn vacation diet I’m on…no pizza… :-(

  105. 105.

    jl

    Good luck, Cole. I guess no point in trying to give Rosie ‘the talk’ about being the good, grown-up, responsible, dog. Good luck with Thurston.

  110. 110.

    Ohio Mom

    I sometimes wonder how many of us jackels there are, and I thought the god damned wake thread was getting pretty near to a good head count. So many lurkers coming out for just a moment. That thread is the definition of “paying respect.”

  113. 113.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Elizabelle:

    I did not know that. Meow and LOL.

    Assume you know about Don Jr’s divorce. The invaluable Wonkette has been diligent in keeping us updated on his “wandering peeler.” LOL.

  116. 116.

    HinTN

    @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): We had a pair of brother / sister blockhead labs. Early on she developed a gimp that the vet said could be corrected with a massive surgery. It was a sports injury. I said, she’s a dog, she’ll heal, and she did. Years later she developed a foreleg limp. Vet said it was cancer in her shoulder, which would migrate to her lungs. BUT, we could forestall it by amputating her leg at the shoulder. Nope, she was a mountain walking dog and that recovery period wasn’t gonna work for her. Her ashes are spread by a big rock on a walk she, and we, loved.

  120. 120.

    CarolPW

    I couldn’t handle the Lily thread. The first posting of her illness came between a vet conversation and the resulting appointment. The conversation was about my cat Hek’s illness, and it was clear euthanasia was the only humane thing to do. After the appointment I brought him home wrapped in a towel and buried him in the yard. Today’s post was devastating, less for me than for Lily’s beloveds, but what a fucked week this has been.

  123. 123.

    martian

    @Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: Nice work rescuing your client. Hope he appreciates it. If those were real scammers he got mixed up with, they’ll probably circle back in one way or another. I’m convinced that names of likely prospects get shared or sold around. We had an elderly family member get bled dry despite our best efforts to intervene. As soon as we shut down one avenue of attack, someone would come in from a new angle. She thought herself really savvy and so fell for the okeydoke every damn time.

  125. 125.

    oldster

    Wouldn’t be a wake without random reminiscences.

    1) I’m pretty sure I saw Little Feat on this tour. It was either ’77 or maybe ’76, at the Warner Theater in Wash, D.C.. I went all three nights. Good times.

    2) I remember the thread when you named Lily. People were tossing out all kinds of goofy names for that dog, but you came up with Lily, and immediately liked it. Or did someone else suggest it? Anyhow, you knew right away. It was a good thread.

    3) And of course who can forget the night that you broke your shoulder while carrying Lily? You would do anything to spare that dog a little pain–even bust up your own scapula. Jesus, that whole thing was hard to read. Funny but awful, and awful but funny, like so many excellent threads here.

  129. 129.

    Shell

    And of course who can forget the night that you broke your shoulder while carrying Lily?

    I remember that picture of the Frankenstein-like arm cast and brace he had to wear.

  131. 131.

    Reformed Panty Sniffer

    John: very sorry to hear that Lily’s health issues have taken a turn. It is always hard to say goodbye. She has been a great companion to you. Doggos and pizza crusts are a must. My condolences.

  136. 136.

    Ruckus

    @raven:
    There is a lady in my building with the cutest light tan cocker that I believe is too scared of her own shadow (the cocker, not the lady) to get close enough to anyone to bite them.
    It’s something I read online when I rescued Bud. Now that guy had bitting issues. In a room full of strangers to him he once bit the hand that fed him, me. But I have not heard this anywhere else so who knows how much truth there is in it. Just gooogled it and Canine Journal has cockers at number 8, of most bites.

  138. 138.

    Lizzy L

    Oh damn. I just got home, powered up the laptop, and saw your earlier post. So sorry. Having just said goodbye to my beloved dog, I don’t have the spoons to read everyone’s comments there or here. We love you and feel for you, John. You are a good man. Take care of yourself.

  139. 139.

    Noah Claypool

    First time long time here. Always loved and admired the blog and respected the hell out of John. So heartbroken to hear about Lily. I have a baby daughter at home but it’s still impossible to describe the love that you truly feel for a pet like Lily, it’s really impossible for non-pet owners to understand. John, if you’re reading, that beautiful pup owes her life to you and you gave her the most incredible life a dog could ask for. You’re one of the good guys John and you weren’t just lucky to have Lily: she was damn blessed to have you too.

  141. 141.

    Jackie

    John, my heart hurts for you. I’ve been there more times than I’d like. Each and every four-legged child leaves a footprint on our heart when they leave us.
    I’m thankful you have Rosie, Steve and Thurston with you to help remember love keeps giving.

  144. 144.

    marv

    @NotMax:

    Just gotta say: “gut bomb” was a term in the minor leagues in the 70’s, originally I think for White Castle burgers bought on a late minor-league night, but which then extended to any late night burger scored in a minor-league town from Pulaski to Evansville and points beyond

  145. 145.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Ruckus: We had to give ours a tranq before any trimming. They look like Restoration fops, but mine, an unneutered male, could be a vicious bastard when he wasn’t being the best dog ever.

  147. 147.

    ixnay

    @Ruckus: Here’s the story I always told clients with cockers: you think you are getting Lady of the Disney movie. You put her in her kennel in the other room, and she cries, so you bring the kennel into the bedroom. And she cries, so you let her out to sleep on the floor, then up on the foot of the bed. Then between you and your partner on top of the covers. Then under the covers. Then one night you roll over and she bites you, because you have ceded to her the completely dominant position. I never trust that “butter wouldn’t melt” thing.

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    Fair Economist

    maybe break it to Thurston how much pressure he is now under to become a good dog.

    Wish I could see that – it would be interesting to see a dog laugh!

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    Fair Economist

    @martian:

    I think Giuliani joined Trump’s legal team so that Rudy and Donald can conspire together under the shield of attorney client privilege. That sounds so crazy that maybe I misunderstood the story.

    That’s about the best reason I’ve heard.

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    SectionH

    @CarolPW: I’m so sorry to hear your horrible news too. Now I’m crying again. For you and Hek, for John and Lily, for too many other Juicers and the critters they loved, for my Ziri – I had to make That decision 4 months ago tomorrow, and I still turn into a soggy mess any time I hear about someone losing a beloved pet. I try to make condolence posts about the person I’m responding to, but it’s hard to say much more than how sorry I am. (This comment has gotten away from me, obviously.)

    @Lizzy L: Oh no, I’m so sorry for your loss too. I completely understand why you’re skipping the comments. I’ve read most of them – somehow I think I was ready to cry a lot once more – and I did today. I’m ok with that. It really is better to have loved them and cared for them, even if losing them is the price.

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    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    All the rest of you… better give your critters extra love these next few months.

    (Eyes the 17-year-old black cat. She eyes me back.)

    Me: I’m still not a cat person, you know. She’s the cat person. I just live here.
    Cat: (walking up my chest to sit on the back of the chair and purr up a storm). A cat person is whoever I say is a cat person. Now don’t move.

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    mainmata

    So sad about Lily. Such a beautiful looking dig, too. We have a complete goofball rescue dog (almost 5 yo and part boxer, part pointer). Also have a 20 year old cat who wandered in as a kitten Jakarta and decided to adopt us. Pretty grouchy and arthritic these days but he’s pretty healthy still.

    I’m sure your pain will eventually ease with the rest of your colorful menagerie to comfort you.. Meanwhile, take care.

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