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Darkest Night Open Thread

by Major Major Major Major|  August 2, 20181:30 am| 35 Comments

This post is in: Cat Blogging, Open Threads, Shameless self promotion

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I suppose now’s as good a time as any for an open thread.

I had a bit of a rough day. Nothing in particular happened; I was just exhausted the whole time. Well–the three-hour meeting probably didn’t help.

Anywho. On the train ride home, I saw a tweet that reminded me of Cole’s Sesame Street thread from yesterday:

my favorite thing about Sesame Street is that everyone’s more concerned about Oscar being a grouch than the fact a vampire lives there

— Reverend Scott (@Reverend_Scott) August 1, 2018

…which reminded that I had some quality grimdark cat content to share…

Honour the days to come when man is but a memory. I’m eagerly awaiting those days of eternal void. pic.twitter.com/HTI61WB2EV

— Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) August 1, 2018

…and wouldn’t you know it, later in the evening, I had a nice photoshoot with a similar-looking cat:

The one okay part of today, other than this lovely picture, is that I am now a published fantasy author. The magazine responsible is available here; mine is the first story. It will be available free online starting Friday. (Don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll find a way to work it into a post then too.)

Caption contest?? And open thread!

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35Comments

  1. 1.

    Joey Maloney

    August 2, 2018 at 1:36 am

    Kol hakavod! (That’s jewspeak for “congratulations”.)

  2. 2.

    Mary G

    August 2, 2018 at 1:48 am

    I bought a copy! My grey cat Shiloh looks like Samwise’s scruffier brother. Someday I will achieve a photo, where both he and his environment both look good.

  3. 3.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 2, 2018 at 1:51 am

    @Mary G: Oh thanks!

  4. 4.

    Caphilldcne

    August 2, 2018 at 2:15 am

    @Major Major Major Major: Congratulations! Weirdly your post gave me the shivers. I was out on a deck smoking – everyone else is asleep – at an isolated lake house and flipped to the pics of your cat and had to go inside. It’s been kinda rainy and the trees are drippy and rustling. I’ve gotten too citified. Not comfy if there aren’t sirens, lights and traffic nearby.

  5. 5.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 2, 2018 at 2:20 am

    @Caphilldcne: Ha, awesome, although the first pic isn’t Samwise.

  6. 6.

    Mnemosyne

    August 2, 2018 at 2:20 am

    I think I said this in the earlier thread, but Yay again!

    I was hoping to get some pages posted for my writing group to look at this weekend, but I got lazy. Maybe tomorrow.

  7. 7.

    Platonailedit

    August 2, 2018 at 2:21 am

    Apropos the thread title

    He's still tweeting at 12:47 in the morning.

    — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 2, 2018

    Stable genius indeed.

  8. 8.

    Gozer

    August 2, 2018 at 2:21 am

    Playing through Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. Blowing away countless digital Nazis and Klansmen is very satisfying.

  9. 9.

    Mnemosyne

    August 2, 2018 at 2:22 am

    @Caphilldcne:

    Don’t worry, I’m sure nothing too bad has happened there since the last massacre. ??

  10. 10.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 2, 2018 at 2:29 am

    @Gozer: So I’ve read.

    @Mnemosyne: Thanks! And you can do it! Don’t let ARBG get to you :P

  11. 11.

    Platonailedit

    August 2, 2018 at 2:32 am

    So, how are your blog custodian duties going? You can blow up this blog joint now, you know?

  12. 12.

    Caphilldcne

    August 2, 2018 at 2:34 am

    @Major Major Major Major: samwise looks rather noble on reflection but still kinda forbidding in the context of your post. I love cats tho. I was just playing with my sister’s new cat. He loves it if you scratch his tummy. Curls up into a ball and tries to bite your hand altho kinda gently. Her kids call him the bitey coconut.

  13. 13.

    Caphilldcne

    August 2, 2018 at 2:35 am

    @Mnemosyne: jeez. This is not reassuring.

  14. 14.

    Caphilldcne

    August 2, 2018 at 2:37 am

    Oops. Double post.

  15. 15.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 2, 2018 at 2:41 am

    @Caphilldcne: What a cute nickname. At least, I hope it’s a nickname…

    @Platonailedit: Well enough I suppose?

  16. 16.

    Platonailedit

    August 2, 2018 at 2:45 am

    What a fucking nightmare you people are.

    — God (@TheTweetOfGod) August 1, 2018

    I’m serious. You’re the worst species I ever created, and I made 3,500 different cockroaches.

    — God (@TheTweetOfGod) August 2, 2018

  17. 17.

    Mnemosyne

    August 2, 2018 at 2:46 am

    @Major Major Major Major:

    I didn’t see his comment until later since G got home and we were chitchatting. (Yes, sometimes my RL spouse takes precedence. Sometimes. ?) I had a response.

    @Caphilldcne:

    Sorry, I couldn’t resist after what you said.

  18. 18.

    Caphilldcne

    August 2, 2018 at 2:58 am

    @Major Major Major Major: what a cutup! (I slay me). it’s pretty accurate. He’s a very silly fluffball for sure.

  19. 19.

    cs

    August 2, 2018 at 3:01 am

    2 in the morning. Creepy and quiet. Perfect time to post kitten noir.

    No one knows the things I’ve seen…

    What lurks in the shadows, waiting for the dread moment to come…

  20. 20.

    Caphilldcne

    August 2, 2018 at 3:02 am

    @Mnemosyne: it was funny. No worries.

    And with that I’m off to bed. Nighty night everyone.

  21. 21.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 2, 2018 at 3:11 am

    @cs: My husband comments, “What the hell? They look like refugees or something!”

    @Caphilldcne: I am also off to bed. Pick up after yourselves!

  22. 22.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 2, 2018 at 3:22 am

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Pick up after yourselves!

    Never!

  23. 23.

    The Dangerman

    August 2, 2018 at 3:29 am

    Saw Jackson Browne tonight and there wasn’t a MAGA hat that I saw (and I live in reasonably red country). Fine show. I wondered how political JB would go (see red country comment) and the answer was VERY. Felt great.

  24. 24.

    rikyrah

    August 2, 2018 at 4:09 am

    You joke, but, it’s coming..
    The animals will hook up with the robots, and, it’s a wrap for us.?

  25. 25.

    Debbie(Aussie)

    August 2, 2018 at 4:09 am

    M4, picked up a copy of your story. Looking forward to reading it. Congratulations on being a published author. May it be a condition to which you become accustomed.

  26. 26.

    lowtechcyclist

    August 2, 2018 at 4:23 am

    Major^4: Congrats on your story being published!

    Oh, and three-hour meetings absolutely suck. Not to mention, counterproductive as all hell. Who’s ever accomplished anything meaningful at work *after* a meeting that long? I feel your pain.

    @The Dangerman:

    Saw Jackson Browne tonight and there wasn’t a MAGA hat that I saw (and I live in reasonably red country). Fine show. I wondered how political JB would go (see red country comment) and the answer was VERY. Felt great.

    Good for him! Though I won’t say I’m surprised. I’ve had his “For America” running through my head a lot this past year or so, for pretty obvious reasons.

  27. 27.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 2, 2018 at 6:16 am

    @Platonailedit: Stable genius coke head indeed.

    Fixed it for ya.

  28. 28.

    Another Scott

    August 2, 2018 at 8:46 am

    @Sister Golden Bear: I thought it was Amfepramone (at least according to the old Spy rumors, etc.)?

    Coke would probably kill Donnie (like it killed a bunch of other old rockers…).

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  29. 29.

    MomSense

    August 2, 2018 at 8:53 am

    Congrats, M4!! I love Samwise.

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    August 2, 2018 at 9:40 am

    I ordered on Amazon and they said it’s temporarily out of stock. :-(

  31. 31.

    karensky

    August 2, 2018 at 10:41 am

    Caption: Grey Matter Rules!

  32. 32.

    Mel

    August 2, 2018 at 11:35 am

    @rikyrah: It has already begun, I fear! One cat regularly turns on the desktop computer and Itunes while I am away (his selections so far have included, amongst others, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Houndmouth, and the BeeGees), and last month they somehow managed to enter a phone number for an unknown person in Vietnam, and were crouched next to the phone, staring with eerie calm while the elderly woman they had called was frantically trying to figure out who was calling her.

    Not a good thing. The next step will probably be reprogramming a Roomba.

    I fully expect to wake up some morning in the not too distant future and find them sitting at the table, casually eating toaster waffles and skimming the morning paper while planning their takeover.

  33. 33.

    Miss Bianca

    August 2, 2018 at 12:09 pm

    @cs: Ha ha, who knew kitten angst could look so cute! Nice photos!

    And M4, congrats again! I look forward to reading your opus!

  34. 34.

    Matt McIrvin

    August 2, 2018 at 12:36 pm

    @The Dangerman: We saw David Byrne last night in Boston. He announced that there was a group called Headcount doing instant voter registration at the venue, cited the dismaying stats for youth voters inn the 2014 midterm and said “if we don’t do better we don’t have a fucking democracy,” and closed with Janelle Monae’s protest chant about cop-murdered black people.

  35. 35.

    Uncle Ebeneezer

    August 2, 2018 at 3:08 pm

    Speaking of Metal and animals…

    This anime series Aggretsuko is really fun. The episodes are only 15 mins long. It’s the story of a frustrated Panda that works in an office setting and has a dark secret… :)

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