Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

This fight is for everything.

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

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

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

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Infrastructure week. at last.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Everybody saw this coming.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

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

“More of this”, i said to the dog.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

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Bixby Update

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Bixby turned five today. I’m a terrible pet person because I don’t necessarily remember or celebrate birthdays or adoption days. This year, was of course, different. So grateful we have this day. Emma turned 16 this week, too. So big week here.

Again, thanks for going on the journey with me – both his puppy adventures and this past April. I was so comforted by your comments, emails, phone calls and offers of financial help.  Could not have gotten through it without you guys. I cannot emphasize how close we were to losing him.

He’s down to PT once a month and we are almost walking our normal distances again.

The rest of the crew is doing great too. For the Penelope/Pearl fans – she’s STILL growing. I keep telling her she’s the Great Dane of ducks. And she’s found her honk – OMG, has she found her honk. Hopefully, that will diminish as she gets older.

Respite open thread.

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    laura

    Thanks for sharing your pups and ducks – a balm for these troubled times. Bixby regaining his health must be such a relief to you and spotty lass Scout.
    Pearl seems like such a personality and boo companion.
    All the best for continued good health for you and your crew.

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    CaseyL

    Thank you for sharing your fur-and-feathered family with us!

    I hope Bixby has all his old spirit back – dogs generally don’t do a whole lot of “looking back” so maybe he’s forgotten, or will forget, how awful that time was. He looks terrific.

    Any chance you could record Pearl’s Mighty Honk? Would love to hear it! Does the “OMG” refer to the volume, or the quantity? (Not just a loud duck, but a loud and chatty duck?)

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    TaMara (HFG)

    @CaseyL: LOUD! I am going to try and get it on video – it’s just so random. She’ll be hanging in the yard and then for no reason except she likes the sound of her own voice, honk away.

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    Dorothy A. Winsor

    Happy birthday, Bixby.

    Our son called today to wish Mr DAW a happy Father’s Day, and he told us they adopted a new rescue dog. It’s a chocolate lab named Brown Bear. Dogs are great creatures.

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    TaMara (HFG)

    @CaseyL: I tease her that she’s really a goose, but no, she’s a Pekin duck, they just top out at about 11 lbs, where my next biggest duck is all of 7 lbs (Mabel) and Maddie about 5 lbs.

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    MomSense

    Happy birthday Bix and Emma. Bixby looks so sweet.

    I haven’t seen my dad in a few weeks but it turns out he is sick today, too. I worry when he is because he’s soooooooo thin since his heart surgeries.

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    Mel

    Happy birthday to beautiful Bixby and to the lovely Emma. (Her perfect little orange eyebrow is the cutest thing!)

    And happy day to you, TaMara, and also to any Moms out there who are both Mom and Dad to their kiddos, whether those kids are of the pet or the people variety.

    Thank you for sharing your furkids’ stories with us. So happy to see Bixby feeling so much better!

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    MomSense

    @zhena gogolia:

    Ok. She has a new primary care doctor so I asked if I could go with her and talk with her about some changes I’ve noticed. She agreed. We’ll go next week. This week is he last week of school so there are a bunch of things going on.

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    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    Wishing both Bixby and Emma happy birthday. ?? And P/earl will always be Pearl to me. They’re all so lucky to live with you.

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    Lilguy

    Since I didn’t know about this dog, I thought Bixby as in Samsung’s assistant Boxby. But then I saw a dog, and was like, oh. It isn’t Samsung’s Bixby at all. It’s a dog. I should have known

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    Miss Bianca

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Brown Bear is what my Luna’s breeders were going to call her when they were debating whether or not to keep her (she was the last pup left in the litter when I visited). She was technically a ‘red’ Siberian Husky, but her fur was chocolate brown when she was a puppy. And always baby-fine soft, even when she was grown.

    I miss her so much. : (

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