Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

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

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Let there be snark.

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

Fight them, without becoming them!

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

“They all knew.”

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Fear and negativity are contagious, but so is courage!

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

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  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    Did you get to do any needed touch-up work, or was Steve not going for it?

  6. 6.

    Emma from FL

    You’re taking your life into your own hands. He can hear… he can read…. he can understand….

  8. 8.

    RepubAnon

    Steve still has that “You’ll need to sleep sometime, Primate” look…

  10. 10.

    PsiFighter37

    Breezy sunny day here in NYC…definitely cooler than usual. Today marks 50 days inside, save for grocery trips, picking up deliveries downstairs, and going outside for a run.

  15. 15.

    Mary G

    I am back from my first time out of the house since March 5. The crating of the kitteh went off without a hitch; all praise to FSM. There was a lot of outraged yowling, got to the vet, called, they came out to get her, gave her a thorough exam, chopped off her talons, and gave her a shot of the same steroid I take every day, gave me a new flea med, charged me $421. I never left the car. The old vet retired and the new vet is a very young woman I really like. She came out and talked to me. The vet is next to the Stater Bros. market so I watched people come and go. Most wore masks and there was no line. Lot of men buying flowers and beer. The Stater Bros. employees had all different masks on, so I guess they had to buy their own. ?

    One woman was hanging out in front with two small kids, maybe aged 3 and 5, and letting them run up and down unmasked. She had a mask, but was wearing it around her neck. I gave her a dirty look. She ignored it.

    When we left, a bunch of giant SUVs were coming into the parking lot with huge American flags displayed out their windows. I saw my first ever MAGA hat in person on an angry lady. More protests are being astroturfed, I guess.

    RIP Little Richard.

    Little Richard dies and “Jerry Lee Lewis” trends on twitter, and white people continue to question the existence of systemic racism.

    RIP Richard Wayne Penniman, a genius before your time. pic.twitter.com/e0T9sNhtbQ
    — Lisa Brenner (@LisaBrenner2) May 9, 2020

    Pat Boone is also trending on my TL. White people, WTF number three zillion and two.

  17. 17.

    zhena gogolia

    Steve looks cuddly and smooth. I love to pet them when they’re like that.

  18. 18.

    PJ

    @Mary G: Richard, like so many black performers of the time, was subject to systemic, organized racism and countless indignities, but the fact that these other white performers are trending now is not a sign of current racism.  Richard and Jerry Lee were friends and both played piano.  Jerry Lee has always acknowledged Richard’s talent, as a songwriter, stylist, and showman, and has covered many of his songs.  Since Jerry Lee is the biggest survivor of that era still standing, it’s natural that people should also wonder how he is doing.

    Pat Boone had bigger hits with Richard’s songs, with versions that were no comparison, which is a sign of the racism of the times, and the fact that people would be curious about that now is also not a sign of current racism.  ETA: Pat Boone comes up in every obit of Richard for this reason, so it’s not surprising that people would wonder who he is or what he is up to.

  19. 19.

    Gin & Tonic

    Spending a Saturday afternoon indoors (as opposed to working in the yard, haters.) Have a roaring fire going in the fireplace, which is not how I’d have anticipated the second weekend in May.

  21. 21.

    Jean

    Since this is an open thread, I wonder if anyone here reads Progress Pond, new blog name for Martin Longman’s site.  I had a prime subscription but recently cancelled it.  Just not worth it.

  22. 22.

    JimV

    Doesn’t look like any meatloaf I would eat. You must be very, very hungry. If I were Steve, I would be worried, and he does look a little worried to me.

    Also I would reply, “I don’t resemble that remark!”

  24. 24.

    geg6

    Maybe a very pissed off meatloaf contemplating murder under cover of the dark. Don’t call him a meatloaf to his face, is all I’m saying.

  25. 25.

    Jinchi

    @germy: Elon Musk threatens to sue county, relocate over coronavirus restrictions

    He’s clearly just a man desperate to feed his new baby.

  28. 28.

    Jinchi

    I never realized people shaved cats.

    Do you use the same tranquilizer darts that vets do when working with tigers at the zoo?

  29. 29.

    Mai naem mobile

    That cat looks like he’s planning some strategery. I would be concerned Cole and I ain’t talking Susan Collins concerned either.

  33. 33.

    EmbraceYourInnerCrone

    @jeffreyw: Turnip(TURN UP). As in she just turned up one day.  I’ll see myself out…  May be Velcro? As in sticks like?

  34. 34.

    PsiFighter37

    @Jean: I like Martin’s work and know him personally from my college days when I lived in Philly, but so much of his stuff sits behind a paywall. I don’t mind supporting folks, but the layout of the repurposed BT website isn’t great IMO. I also canned my TPM Prime subscription, but that was more because I think spending extra money these days on things I do not really need is going to be tough given the hard times that are ahead.

  35. 35.

    EmbraceYourInnerCrone

    @trollhattan: What the actual fuck…If they want to play Army they can go join the National Guard.  Jeez what a bunch of assholes.

  36. 36.

    raven

    @Mary G: When I was a little kid in Whittier I came flying around the corner in the Staters Brothers and took out and entire display of mayo! And I mean “took out” like smashed half the bottles. In other news I realized I’m paying over $100 a month for health insurance for Bodhi so I filed for 4 months of Rymadil and I just got $240 from them!

  37. 37.

    Immanentize

    @jeffreyw:

    I looked at her, sweet thing (maybe?), And thought of Victorian times.

    I suggest

    Emma (a good Victorian name and a good one for a Red) or

    Prosperity (a good Quaker/Puritan name). Also, appearing in your life at this moment has greatly increased yours.

    It is nearing time for cat number two at the Imm/p house. The big rescue period in these parts starts in mid-summer….

  39. 39.

    Death Panel Truck

    @PJ: Pat Boone comes up in every obit of Richard for this reason, so it’s not surprising that people would wonder who he is or what he is up to.

    Hopefully enough people will be curious enough to research Pat Boone, so they’ll discover he’s a right-wing lunatic who writes for the likes of Townhall and World Net Daily, and attacked Barack Obama with the most vile of racist bullshit.

    From the Huff Post:

    In an Oct. 31, 2009, column, Boone likened “the current occupant” of the White House — you know, Obama — as someone who “has purposely brought a whole flock of social and political voracious varmints with him into our House,” likening this to “a very real infestation of termites and rodents.” Boone discusses “tenting,” in which “Experts come in, actually envelope the whole dwelling in a giant tent – and send a very powerful fumigant, lethal to the varmints and unwelcome creatures, into every nook and cranny of the house. Done thoroughly, every last destructive insect or rodent is sent to varmint hell – and in a day or two, the grand house is habitable again.” Boone adds, “I believe – figuratively, but in a very real way – we need to tent the White House!”

    “Our House.” Fuck Pat Boone. That asshole isn’t fit to shine Little Richard’s shoes.

  41. 41.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Mary G:

    Can’t now remember just where I saw it, but one of the obits I came across earlier today had a wonderful line about Little Richard (from memory, so possibly not word-for-word): “He always sounded like the last man on earth singing the first song ever written.”

  47. 47.

    WaterGirl

    @Mary G: Glad the vet visit and went well and that you avoided the potential cat carrier catastrophe, but that’s a lot of money.  Yikes.  Based on the bill, it sounds like she needed to be there, so  it’s good that you brought her in, though.  I hope that doesn’t mean you will have to eat ramen noodles for a month.

  48. 48.

    Another Scott

    @jeffreyw: I was thinking she looks like a Gretel, but maybe Gretchen would be better?  (Ala Gretchen Whitmer.)

    Beautiful kitty.  You’re a good man.

    Best of luck to her!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  50. 50.

    Another Scott

    @Jean: I used to read it fairly regularly maybe a decade ago.  But something, er, weird happened to the regulars in the comment section maybe 5 years ago (shortly after the new and improved version) and I haven’t been back.  I do continue to read him at WaMo, but not every day.

    My $0.02.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  51. 51.

    pamelabrown53

    @Baud:

    His regular commenters were so horrific that I, too, haven’t frequented his site in years. Occasionally, I read one of his columns/posts on my daily stop to read Nancy LeTourneau (Smartypants) at Washington Monthly-Political Animal.

  52. 52.

    Beautifulplumage

    Riffing off of a couple of previous suggestions:

    Emma Peel

    ETA this was meant for Jefferyw

  54. 54.

    Beautifulplumage

    Miss Pearl got a spa day at the vet last week with her regular checkup and she is so loving our current 80 deg weather!

  58. 58.

    jeffreyw

    @WereBear: Ginger, Bea, Toby, Homer, Ollie, Bitsy – I prefer one word names, 2 syllables max.  Additional words on occasion for emphasis, e.g. Homer dammit.

  66. 66.

    Mary G

    @WaterGirl: It’s an expensive location in an expensive town, so I’m sure their rent is astronomical, plus I got a three-month supply of the latest best flea meds, she had a blood test and a deworming just-in-case, so I actually guessed it would be more. Also, too, the government gave me $1200 so I have extra money for the moment. They have had the same clinic manager for the 19 years I’ve been going there – a handsome guy with beautiful blue eyes and a major love for all animals, so I got some eye candy/there are still decent human beings in America fix.

  69. 69.

    Jinchi

    @Jean: I stopped reading soon after the transition to Progress Pond as well.  I read the original site as much for the engagement and debate in the comments as for Martin’s articles. The comment section pretty much dried up with the switch. Martin also tends to a pretty severe form of nihilism at times and I don’t think that’s helpful at a time when people need to have at least the prospect that things will get better.

    I wish him the best, but I’d be surprised if the current format is successful.

  70. 70.

    WaterGirl

    @Elizabelle: Oh, come on!  They aren’t irreplaceable!  When “those” people die doing our ‘essential’ work, there will be plenty more people who need the money that will step up to take their places.  Plus, the Economy > people. My haircut is more important than your life!  Not to mention my god-given right to ride in a golf cart!   Winning! //

    Today, I am putting my rage level at incandescent, in case anyone is interested.

  72. 72.

    WaterGirl

    @Jean: They lost me with the site “upgrade”.   Too busy, too gaudy.  Plus Martin had started making me crazy with his negative take on everything.  Used to love the Frog Pond.  :-(

  73. 73.

    CCL

    @jeffreyw:   Looks just like the one who adopted us last year – Adorable!  Beautiful golden eyes

     

    Miss Molly is good.  Like Emma  good too.   Gato??

  75. 75.

    trollhattan

    @jeffreyw:

    Our puppies have been Bruno, Gracie and Rocco. Bruno arrived with that name and it suited his personality so we kept it. Gracie arrived as Taylor and we were, “What, does she do alterations?” Rocco was named on the drive home from the puppy place.

    We had forgotten the parakeet is Paco, but it hasn’t been too confusing for the dog, coincidentally a bird dog.

    Also named some of the koi but they reproduced to the point it’s hopeless to keep that going.

  77. 77.

    pamelabrown53

    @Jinchi:

    You know who else has a pretty severe case of nihilism besides Martin Longman? IMHO, Ed Kilgore, formerly at Washington Monthly where Martin now posts.

    Kilgore now posts at NY Mag.-Intelligencer. At his prior gig, I don’t remember him as being relentlessly negative. I’m an on-line subscriber to NY Mag. and I think I’ll let my subscription lapse.

  78. 78.

    hueyplong

    @WaterGirl: Jeff Flake concern is much higher.  He acted like he might actually do something but then saw his shadow, soiled himself, and voted the Trump line.

    Susan Collins doesn’t give a shit, never has, and mails in her wooden acting performance before delivering Kavanaugh to Moscow Mitch.

    She’s the Keanu Reeves of Trumpian moderate cosplayers.

  79. 79.

    trollhattan

    @jeffreyw:

    She was dainty, a little prissy and a love button, in huge contrast to the big boy-who-is-all-boy we had previously so it was a fine fit. Poor thing had never learned how to play and a dog who cannot conceive of fetch was a puzzle we never solved.

  80. 80.

    Mallard Filmore

    @Mary G:

     

    gave me a new flea med

    Is there a special reason you need a flea medicine, instead of a collar or powder? I gave up trying to put a collar on my cat, so I went to the supermarket and bought 3 more collars and dropped them in the spots where Cat typically sleeps … never had a flea problem.

  81. 81.

    jl

    @Mai naem mobile: Historically, all of Cole’s pets, except Lily, are constantly thinking up horrific strategies to destroy Cole.

    BTW, did I miss the BJ recipe for hairy meatloaf? I can’t find it.

    Edit: come to think of it, have we had proof of life from Cole, recently? We know that the spirit of Tunch is still in the BJ computers, though has been quiet lately…. too quiet… Have plans been executed at last?

  83. 83.

    Brachiator

    @Mary G:

    Pat Boone is also trending on my TL. White people, WTF number three zillion and two.

    It’s just the algorithm, not racism.

    @PJ:

    Pat Boone had bigger hits with Richard’s songs, with versions that were no comparison, which is a sign of the racism of the times, and the fact that people would be curious about that now is also not a sign of current racism. ETA: Pat Boone comes up in every obit of Richard for this reason, so it’s not surprising that people would wonder who he is or what he is up to.

    Yep, and Boone’s obnoxious political beliefs are a side issue.

    In the 50s and early 60s, Boone was actually quite popular as a mainstream whitebread pop performer. Wholesome and all that BS. He had his own hits, but also regularly would do homogenized cover versions of rhythm and blues songs.

    And one of the best examples of this watered down mess was Little Richard’s “Tutti Fruiti.”

    After Pat Boone‘s success with “Ain’t That a Shame“, his next single was “Tutti Frutti”, markedly toned down from the already reworked Blackwell version. Boone’s version made No. 12 on the national pop chart, with Little Richard’s trailing behind reaching only No. 21 in February 1956.

    Little Richard admitted that though Boone “took [his] music”, Boone made it more popular due to his high status in the white music industry. Nevertheless, a Washington Post Staff Writer, Richard Harrington, quoted Richard in an article:

    They didn’t want me to be in the white guys’ way. … I felt I was pushed into a rhythm and blues corner to keep out of rockers’ way, because that’s where the money is. When “Tutti Frutti” came out. … They needed a rock star to block me out of white homes because I was a hero to white kids. The white kids would have Pat Boone upon the dresser and me in the drawer ’cause they liked my version better, but the families didn’t want me because of the image that I was projecting.

    Boone’s wretched version of the song is part of the history of rock and roll. Fortunately, people are rocking to the original in tribute to Little Richard.

  84. 84.

    WaterGirl

    @Mary G: Speaking of eye candy, remember the young guy that was the receptionist on Private Practice?  (The Grey’s Anatomy spinoff.)  The surfer guy?  That’s who I think of when I hear that phrase.  Eye candy, indeed.

  85. 85.

    trollhattan

    @Mary G:

    Oh lord, the perfect combo of setup and punchline. :-) I see the lenses melted a little where they touched the pan. Bet mom tries to reuse them.

  86. 86.

    WaterGirl

    @hueyplong:

    Jeff Flake concern is much higher.  He acted like he might actually do something but then saw his shadow, soiled himself, and voted the Trump line.

    Hey, give the guy a break, he was powerless.  Nothing he could do!  It’s not like he was a fucking Senator or anything!

  88. 88.

    WaterGirl

    @jl:

    Edit: come to think of it, have we had proof of life from Cole, recently?

    Where have you been?  :-)  Cole has put up 4 posts in the past day!

  90. 90.

    trollhattan

    @Brachiator:

    Always wondered if “actual kids” listened to Boone, or if he was more the record industry pitching directly to parents, since they controlled the wallet. He was a middle-age spectacle by the time I knew who he was, and of course gifted us the thankfully brief career of “You Light Up My Life” daughter Debby. Which we turned into “You Light Up My Wife.”

    And to think that was a hit at the same time as “Talking Heads ’77.” Lest anybody give her unearned credit for being an improvement over dad, this.

  92. 92.

    Yutsano

    @WaterGirl: To be fair, this is one of the reasons why I keep my physiotherapist. VERY handsome man with fantastic blue eyes. And expecting a fourth kid with his wife. Ah well. You can’t have them all.

  94. 94.

    PsiFighter37

    @pamelabrown53: Kilgore’s generally an interesting read, and seems to have awoken from his DLC-induced stupidity at some point in the past decade or so.

  102. 102.

    Brachiator

    @trollhattan:

    Always wondered if “actual kids” listened to Boone, or if he was more the record industry pitching directly to parents, since they controlled the wallet.

    Boone himself was popular. But the revolution was coming. With post-war prosperity, more teens had pocket money. And, as is often the case, technology helped change everything. With the coming of the transistor radio, kids didn’t have to sit and listen to the furniture box radio in the living room, with the rest of the family. They could find their own music.  And they could buy records, 78s and later 45s.

  103. 103.

    Quiltingfool

    Steve is a very handsome meatloaf.  My cat, Baby, is a meatloaf, too!

  104. 104.

    pamelabrown53

    @trollhattan:

    Hard to tell if Pat Boone appealed to kids. My mother was only 19 when she gave birth to me and she adored Pat Boone where my father, only a year older, reviled him.

    I grew up with the “crooners”.

    “Father Knows Best”!

  111. 111.

    laura

    @trollhattan: Spouse biked out to Mace Blvd., and back through West Sac and on to the Capital and said that West Capital was crawling with goobers getting themselves all kinds of worked up and that when he rolled past the Capital it was wall to wall tactical CHP and so figured some freedom shite-baggery was afoot.

    Re JefferyW – that tabby looks like a Mabel.

  117. 117.

    jackmac

    Hi all. Checking in from the Reopen Illinois / Collection of Idiots / thinly disguised Donald Trump rally today in far west suburban Chicago.

    About 150 people gathered along Illinois Route 34 for the rally with some carrying signs protesting leftist plots, warning of impending Communism plus prominent Trump flags and signs while a “minister” spoke of the dangers of Satan.

    No guns visible, but Illinois prohibits open carry. No libs allowed either.

    Only a handful of people wore masks, there was no social distancing and one man yelled out his desire to “go shopping.” I’ll check back in a couple weeks to see if there’s an uptick of COVID-19 cases in this  county as a result. The odds are pretty good.

  120. 120.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @Mary G: My girls had their vet visit yesterday for shots and a wellness check, Madame paid the bill so I’m unaware the exact amount.  She was complaining about the expense, so I’m sure it wasn’t cheap(there were flu shots involved).

  121. 121.

    pamelabrown53

    @WaterGirl:

    Hah! They say the camera adds 20 LBS.

    Since you can post pics., WaterGirl, maybe you can find me a Hemsworth pic. with longer hair. Long hair on men makes me swoon.

  126. 126.

    MisterForkbeard

    @rikyrah: I heard about this and it’s really evil. You can also compare this from Trump, who freaked the fuck out and is demanding we invalidate Democratic mail-in votes from California:

    talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-livid-after-california-allows-statewide-mail-in-voting-these-votes-…

    “So in California, the Democrats, who fought like crazy to get all mail in only ballots, and succeeded, have just opened a voting booth in the most Democrat area in the State,” he tweeted on Saturday. “They are trying to steal another election.”

    “It’s all rigged out there,” Trump also wrote. “These votes must not count. SCAM!”

  127. 127.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @hueyplong:

    Susan Collins doesn’t give a shit, never has, and mails in her wooden acting performance before delivering Kavanaugh to Moscow Mitch.

    at this point the only surprise to me about Collins and Cory Gardener is they don’t seem to be responding to some really bad polling. With Gardner, I’m assuming he knows he’s toast and he’s got an eye on which pastures he’ll be invited to graze in. I don’t know why, but my totally baseless impression is that Collins seems bizarrely confident about re-election

  129. 129.

    zhena gogolia

    @WaterGirl:

    I’m reading a Trollope novel that has a character named Lady Mabel Grex (her friends call her Lady Mab). I think it’s a cool name.

  131. 131.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Mary G: I had a similar visit to my local vet two weeks ago. I think most vets have figured out how to deal with this whole situation pretty well.

    That was before the crazy people started really getting into “reopen/kill grandma/maga” protests, but I hear my town has a few of these idiots now.

  134. 134.

    Calouste

    @Amir Khalid:

    Elon can be such a petulant little boy sometimes.

    I don’t think the way you use “sometimes” there is in the Oxford English Dictionary.

  138. 138.

    HumboldtBlue

    @WereBear:

    Bean just appeared in the Netflix miniseries The Medicis and played the rival banker. It was fucking terrible, he fit about as well as a coarse Yorkshireman (he has a tattoo of Sheffield United on his arm and remains a staunch supporter of the Blades)  would in 15th century Florence.

    He also dies.

    A lot.

  142. 142.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @HumboldtBlue: how’s the series otherwise? historical fiction can make for fun TV. IMHO, Hbo’s Rome worked really well, that Tudors series, not so much.

  145. 145.

    TriassicSands

    A pet’s coat is designed by nature to keep it cool during the summer and warm in the winter. By shaving your pet you usually interfere with this built-in temperature regulation. Cats, in particular, are very good at regulating body temperature and “really get no benefit from being shaved

  147. 147.

    WaterGirl

    My first challah bread just came out of the oven.  What do I eat with it?  Honey?  Jam?

    It’s a challah recipe, but I didn’t want to bother with all the braiding, so I just did an artsy twist and then put both of them on the same pan so they kind of baked together.  And I skipped the egg wash because I prefer my bread a lighter color and not so shiny.  (Do I still get to call it challah?)

    Saturday Afternoon Open Thread 6

  150. 150.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Benw:

    I like how her whiskers go from very black to white, so I’d name her something like Shade

    Maybe “Gradient”? :)

    But don’t listen to me. My oldest cat is named “Cthulhu” and we used to call her ‘the littlest elder god’ because she has this amazing soul-threatening stare.

  156. 156.

    J R in WV

    @jeffreyw:

    Awww! What a cutie~!!~

    We usually wait a while to name a new critter. Our two new puppies I named Boo-Boo ( the little girl) and Coo-Coo, the slightly larger boy. Wife was WTF, but I stuck to it, and they learned those names in a matter of hours.

    Boo-Boo has a nickname of Buttercup, which she will look over at whoever says that nickname, but if you want her to pay attention and come over, Boo-Boo is what you need to go with.

    The older pup is names Alice, as in Alice in Wonderland, who went down a rabbit hole into Wonderland, as our dog came home from the Shelter to a wonderful place for dawgs to run wild in the wooded hillsides.

  158. 158.

    J R in WV

    @germy:

    Faces of the dead

    Some of the people we’ve lost to the virus.

    Thanks for posting this great giant set of obits in the WaPo. It reminds me of the rule-breaking  and huge set of obits of every person they could ID who died in the Twin Towers that the (FTF)NYT ran in the months after that tragedy. Yes, the NYT does publish worthy things, just not all their work is worthy.

    Listening to Little Richard singing Lucille and such as I type this. Jimmi Hendrix played in Little Richard’s band, who knew that~?!?!?!

  160. 160.

    Jean

    @Jinchi: Yes, it’s become quite pessimistic, and though I’d prefer reality to wishful thinking, I don’t think it’s helpful right now.

  168. 168.

    low-tech cyclist

    I always forget that after he is shaved, Steve looks like a hairy meatloaf:

    “One Hell of a nice animal…” – B. Kliban

  169. 169.

    J R in WV

    @rikyrah:

    He let the crazies run amock in the comment section.

    But… How was it different from LGM or B-J~?!?!?

  172. 172.

    J R in WV

    @Benw:

    Friend named his farm dog Stella, just so he could do Marlon Brando out in the yard yelling “STELLA!  STELLA!” from “Streetcar Named Desire” IIRC.

    Tennessee Williams… dude was a strange agent, but he could write dialog.

  175. 175.

    Miss Bianca

    @HumboldtBlue:

    @MisterForkbeard: I was dating a guy a few years back who was a dead ringer for Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, just maybe 20 years older. Still, so ridiculously handsome in that blond, blue-eyed, square-jawed, Aryan-ideal way that it was a bit disconcerting at times.

    This was while I was living in Crested Butte, CO, and a lot of the jet-setting cougars around town obviously found him quite dishy! ; )

  176. 176.

    Miss Bianca

    @zhena gogolia: Are you still reading it? (Duke’s Children). I finished that one in a gulp, but I’ve been stuck on Can You Forgive Her? for weeks now.

  179. 179.

    HumboldtBlue

    @Miss Bianca:

    If there’s one thing Sharpe always found and the lost in a tragic manner it’s a Cougar, or an ingenue or even a lethal guerilla leader.

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