Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

It’s not hopeless, and we’re not helpless.

American History and Black History can not be separated.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

People are complicated. Love is not.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

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  3. 3.

    germy

    Those cats look like they were poured onto the bed.

    I wish I could relax like a cat.

    My wife says I look like our cat (and I agree; I see the resemblance) but I need to take relaxation lessons from our feline.

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    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    Welp, the final round in Humans vs Beagle played out today and it went decisively to the Beagle. It’s his house now, we’re just living in it.

    Due to various unfortunate incidents when we first got Sammy at 18 months, he’s been confined to the kitchen when we’re not home. But he turned out to be an escape artist and kept defeating the gate and the extra things on the gate.

    For a couple of months we’ve been successful with the gate padlocked, wired, a couple of cable ties and a double-knotted nylon rope to hold things securely together.

    Today I came home after my wife had secured him and found him on the wrong side of the gate. Rope still on.

    I figured there was something wrong with her knot and tied it myself this evening as we left for the airport (I’m on my way to Europe). She texted me to say he was on the other side of the gate again. And the gate still closed.

    I think he’s not actually teleporting or quantum tunneling but it has sobethibg to do with how the bottom of the gate is suspiciously misaligned now. But either way, he wins. He has just been officially awarded Run Of The House.

    Well, 1st floor anyway. The thing on the steps still defeats him. For now.

  9. 9.

    ruemara

    Kittens love the fresh laundry, especially if it’s dryer warm.

    Also, can anyone tell me why I’m always in moderation now? I posted 3 comments last night that got eaten.

  12. 12.

    Gravenstone

    What is it about cats that the act of changing sheets will rouse them from even a dead sleep to come “help”? Two of mine weren’t even in the bedroom at the time, yet ended up interposing themselves in the task.

  16. 16.

    Mnemosyne

    @zhena gogolia:

    It was fun! I sent a photo to Adam but apparently he doesn’t post meetup photos? I was pretty tired last night, so I may have missed some nuance or sarcasm. ?

    Also, I GOT TO FEED THE SEA OTTERS AT THE ZOO! It was awesome. 15/11, would do every birthday.

  30. 30.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @Mnemosyne: Happy b-day. I enjoyed the Tam, but my cut of prime rib had the big bone. The cocker spaniel will be happy about this.

    For those outside LA, the Tam(Tam O’Shanter) is one of the oldest restaurants in LA(founded in 1922).

  35. 35.

    Steeplejack

    I had a cat once that on bed-changing day would appear out of nowhere and demand that my girlfriend and I sproing her (the cat) up in the air a few times with one of the sheets, Beach Blanket Bingo style. Or Big Lebowski Jackie Treehorn party scene, if that’s how you roll. Then she would splay herself wild-eyed on the bed and attack any rippling motion that occurred during the changeover.

    The key was to get the fitted sheet down first, because then, worst-case scenario, we could leave her as a little lump under the top sheet until she calmed down and left.

  39. 39.

    Mnemosyne

    @JaySinWA:

    I got some donuts from Blue Star this morning and one of the choices featured CBD oil. It’s the new quinoa.

  40. 40.

    Steeplejack

    @Another Scott:

    Thanks! Helpful.

    I just received some new sheets yesterday from L.L. Bean. I was long overdue for a change. I use one set of sheets, wash them and put them back on the bed the same day. “Change” occurs biannually: cotton > flannel in the fall, flannel > cotton in the spring.

  43. 43.

    Sab

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: I once saw my escape artist labrador retriever squeeze under the backyard fence in a spot that counldn’t have been more than four inches. The fit was so tight he looked like he was being born. After romping around the neighborhood, he returned and stood by the gate looking sort of vacuous amd innocent.

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    Keith P.

    My little manx is very dialed into laundry time. When I carry the basket into my office, she tries to get in the basket as soon as possible to take it over. Ditto for piles of jeans coming out of the dryer. But a newly-made bed is what all the cats love. As soon as one of them discovers the bed is made, they’ll all be sleeping on it within 15 minutes.

  52. 52.

    geg6

    Sweet kitties. ♥️

    Made crab legs on the grill with asparagus. Wild rice on the side. Early Father’s Day dinner for my John. Going to the boss’s daughter’s graduation party tomorrow, so it wasn’t going to happen tomorrow. So sick of rain!

  60. 60.

    KrackenJack

    @Keith P.: As a kid, we had a black Manx – quickly named Maximillian Sebastian Cabot – who came to our house as a stray with a nasty burn on his right flank. Muscular beast. Came to a bad end with a car.

  62. 62.

    MoxieM

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: Sorry to mention this, but I knew somebody whose beagle hung itself that way. It was really tragic. He used them as actual hunting dogs (coupla beagles and a brittany). One of the beagles was just unstoppable. He buried the wire fence at least 18 inches down. Raised the fence 6 feet high, etc. You get the picture.

    He finally tied the unruly one to a tree in the middle of the back yard before work. Sadly, when he got home he discovered that the rope was long enough for the dog to get over the fence, but not touch the ground on the other side.

    This story was so sad and upsetting that it haunts me still, nearly 40 years later. So that’s my warning to you and your sweet doggy. Sorry.

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