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Pet Calendar Extension – I Missed My Own Deadline! (and 3 Stray Pets)

by WaterGirl|  November 2, 202110:08 am| 50 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Pet Calendar

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I missed my own deadline!

I knew the Pets of Balloon Juice calendar deadline was November 1, and I knew that yesterday was November 1.  But November 1 was also the start of the Four Directions fundraising, and apparently I am unable to hold two November 1sts in my head at the same time because all day yesterday I kept thinking that the calendar deadline was “tomorrow”.  Which is now today!

So everyone gets a one-day extension on letting us know if you want your pets to be in the calendar. Please let me know TODAY if you want your pets to be in the calendar.

Send email to watergirl at balloon-juice.com if you have haven’t already let me know you want your guys to be in the calendar.  Include the names of your pets and your Balloon Juice screen name (nym).

LOST PETS!  Please claim your pets below.  If more than one person claims the same pet, we may have to get the BJ attorneys involved.

Please claim this handsome pup that has no name and no owner’s nym.

Found:  Flash, you handsome pup!

Pets Are Contacting Me About The Calendar! 3

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I don’t know this handsome basset’s name or his owners nym.

Is this Fartrell Cluggins?  Yes, it is!  

Pets Are Contacting Me About The Calendar! 2

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This is Oscar.  He was submitted under “Oscar the Cat”, without a nym.

Beth, is Oscar yours?  Yes, beth said Oscar is hers.  Yay!

Pets Are Contacting Me About The Calendar! 1

Open Thread.

Update:  All 3 pets have been claimed!

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    November 2, 2021 at 10:09 am

    I missed my own deadline!

    I blame Manchin.

  2. 2.

    sab

    November 2, 2021 at 10:13 am

    What a relief. I sent mine wrong, so now I get an extra day to figure out Dropbox. I might try banging on my computer with my sabot. It seems to work for other luddites. ( //)

  3. 3.

    sab

    November 2, 2021 at 10:19 am

    Odd morning. We had a power failure, so our backup generator kicked on 15 minutes early, so husband thought he was late for klatch, so he rushed off early. Then the power generator continued to run on for so long that it missed its weekly test run since it was already running. Then the power came back on, so the generator realized it has missed its test, so it ran its test 10 minutes late.

    When we have a real power failure that screws up our internet connection and we have to reboot. Not true for the weekly test run.

  4. 4.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 10:20 am

    @sab: It looked like you sent some pics to my phone a couple of days ago?

    You can email photos directly from your phone, right?

    On the iPhone, if you EMAIL photos, you have a choice of Small, Medium, Large and ORIGINAL SIZE. Original size is the one you want.

    You can email your photos to my watergirl email address, so you can skip dropbox altogether.

  5. 5.

    zhena gogolia

    November 2, 2021 at 10:20 am

    I’ll adopt them all!

  6. 6.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 10:22 am

    @zhena gogolia: They are all adorable.

    Photo one: “Huh.  I had no idea I was even lost.”

    Photo two:  “Really?  You just left me here?”

    Photo three:  “You are in big trouble. How could you do this to me?”

  7. 7.

    Tony Gerace

    November 2, 2021 at 10:28 am

    “Missing my own deadlines” was my specialty back when I was a mainframe operating system administrator.  Somehow I didn’t get fired.

  8. 8.

    laura

    November 2, 2021 at 10:30 am

    I could happily spend an entire day petting that wee Bassett’s ears.

  9. 9.

    Steeplejack

    November 2, 2021 at 10:33 am

    @Baud:

    Manchin: “I don’t want to destroy Balloon Juice, but if no one wants to compromise I’d rather go home to West Virginia and not have any pet pictures.”

  10. 10.

    Mike E

    November 2, 2021 at 10:34 am

    Look at these glamour shots, nice!

  11. 11.

    randy khan

    November 2, 2021 at 10:41 am

    I am biased towards cats, but that photo of Oscar is really excellent, and he looks pretty excellent, too.

    In other news, our youngest cat just had the cone of shame removed after being spayed. She has been very busy grooming, as previously she was reduced to grooming the inside of the cone.

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 10:45 am

    @laura: I bet those ears are like silk.  I miss my Bailey.  Such a good boy, whose ears were like that.  I could sit there for hours petting those silk ears.

  13. 13.

    brendancalling

    November 2, 2021 at 10:46 am

    I love cats and hope to own one again someday.

    On a totally unrelated topic, I get fitted for hearing aids today and I’m delighted!

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 10:46 am

    @randy khan:

    …as previously she was reduced to grooming the inside of the cone.

    I laughed out loud.  A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 10:47 am

    @brendancalling: Too many concerts and too much loud music?

  16. 16.

    Mdub

    November 2, 2021 at 10:56 am

    The puppy is flash. Border collie

  17. 17.

    randy khan

    November 2, 2021 at 11:04 am

    @WaterGirl:

    It was very funny.

    She also realized that she could wash my face, so my chin has had some excellent exfoliation over the last week or so.

  18. 18.

    dr. bloor

    November 2, 2021 at 11:05 am

    Do *not* mess with Oscar.

    That is all.

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 11:08 am

    @Mdub: Yay!

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 11:10 am

    @dr. bloor: I would like to see Oscar and Tikka in a kitty stare-off.  No idea who would win.

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 11:11 am

    @randy khan: My beloved kitty soulmate, Quiver, would groom my hair for a bit when we went to bed.  I had very short hair then, no idea what he would have done with my longer hair.

  22. 22.

    Miss Bianca

    November 2, 2021 at 11:12 am

    @WaterGirl: 

    I am staying with my niece and her family right now, which includes a screamingly adorable beagle pup named Charlie. I could fondle his silky ears all day.

    Besides being super cute, he’s super funny – he tosses his toys around with such abandon, he’s occasionally a health hazard, as you never know whether that rope toy is going to bop you on the bean!

    But he has completely reversed my opinion on beagles, who I had writ down as noisy PITAs and not worth keeping unless you were hunting with them. Was I wrong!

  23. 23.

    randy khan

    November 2, 2021 at 11:14 am

    @WaterGirl:

    This one occasionally has washed my fingers, hands, and the wrist where I wear my watch in the past.  The face was new.  I’m wondering if she’ll keep doing it now that she has been freed from the cone.

  24. 24.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 11:16 am

    @randy khan: You will have to report back. :-)

  25. 25.

    hueyplong

    November 2, 2021 at 11:24 am

    The lighting on that Oscar pic is impressive.

  26. 26.

    schrodingers_cat

    November 2, 2021 at 11:38 am

    OT: Not pet or calendar related

    To those who celebrate, Happy Dhanteras (Diwali eve)

  27. 27.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 11:39 am

    @hueyplong: It really is!

  28. 28.

    brendancalling

    November 2, 2021 at 11:54 am

    @WaterGirl: yes and no. My left ear has always been pretty weak, but yeah, 40 years of going to/playing at rock concerts has left me quite deaf, and with fairly prominent tinnitus too.

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 11:55 am

    @brendancalling:

    Tinnitus would suck

  30. 30.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    November 2, 2021 at 12:05 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Tossing toys must be a beagle thing. We have a beagle mix (he’s got the classic coloring and hunting bark, but is tall for the breed). I’ve never before had a dog who could actually throw, and it cracks me up every time he does.

    It’s also funny about how he seems to be more in charge of figuring out inter species communication than I am. For instance, I tried briefly to train him to ring bells to signal wanting to go out. He never got it and I put those jingle bells away.

    Then a year later, when we brought some wind chimes inside on a windy day when they were driving us crazy, he starting ringing the wind chimes as a signal. Totally unprompted.

  31. 31.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 2, 2021 at 12:06 pm

    Dammit, those pets need names!  Identify those gorgeous creatures at once!  The basset is GLORIOUS!  The cat’s OK, too.  As is Flash, who has been identified!

  32. 32.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 2, 2021 at 12:08 pm

    @brendancalling: ​
     Tell me about it. Rock concerts, live fire ranges, and hanging around 155mm Howitzers does this shit to you, even with hearing protection. The Tinnitus sucks too.

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 12:19 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: Those ears are amazing.

  34. 34.

    UncleEbeneezer

    November 2, 2021 at 12:30 pm

    @WaterGirl: It does.  I’ve had it for several years now in my left ear from years of being a musician and not doing enough to protect my ears.  It never goes away or improves but you do learn to kinda ignore it after awhile.

  35. 35.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2021 at 12:37 pm

    Our Cheryl Rofer is a real credit to LGM:

    https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2021/11/washington-posts-january-6-article

    I pretty much only hate-read that joint out of habit now. The major characters have all lost the plot to their own shticks and chew toys. Cheryl’s redeeming offerings are rays of light upon the muck they’ve become. I hope she doesn’t eventually catch the others’ bad habits.

  36. 36.

    catclub

    November 2, 2021 at 12:45 pm

    @laura: ​
     

    spend an entire day petting that wee Bassett’s ears.

    The canonical soft ears are lamb’s ears but that is bacause there are no bassett hounds in the Bible – their loss.

  37. 37.

    Miss Bianca

    November 2, 2021 at 12:46 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: Charlie seems to be really smart that way too, about associating sounds. Maybe that is a beagle thing.

  38. 38.

    geg6

    November 2, 2021 at 12:47 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    My Cleo loves to groom my hair.  It’s very short, so maybe that’s the trick.

  39. 39.

    Old Man Shadow

    November 2, 2021 at 12:48 pm

    Awww… that Bassett Hound face…

  40. 40.

    sherparick

    November 2, 2021 at 12:49 pm

    @different-church-lady:

     

    @different-church-lady:  I really like Campos, Loomis, and Lemieux on the current nuts on SCOTUS.

    Meanwhile, if you are interested in something Republicans definitely want to make worse, check out. The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S. | ProPublica

  41. 41.

    geg6

    November 2, 2021 at 12:51 pm

    @different-church-lady: ​
     
    Couldn’t agree more about LGM. Since Kaufman passed, it’s been hard to read there.

  42. 42.

    Elizabelle

    November 2, 2021 at 12:52 pm

    @Miss Bianca:   Respect the beagle!  They are endearing little hounds.  As you have found.

  43. 43.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2021 at 12:57 pm

    @sherparick:

    Meanwhile, if you are interested in something Republicans definitely want to make worse…

    Wouldn’t that be “everything”?

  44. 44.

    hueyplong

    November 2, 2021 at 12:59 pm

    @sherparick: I can tell I’m going to be on that hot spot thing for a while.

  45. 45.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2021 at 1:06 pm

    Apropos of nothing: my life would be so much easier if I were a sociopath.

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 1:39 pm

    Just $40 angel match money left.

  47. 47.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2021 at 2:01 pm

    We did it!   We met the $5,000 Balloon Juice angel match amount, so the $5,000 check is on the way to Four Directions. 

  48. 48.

    Reboot

    November 2, 2021 at 2:07 pm

    @WaterGirl: ​
     Hurray!

  49. 49.

    Oldpunk55

    November 2, 2021 at 3:20 pm

    My golly gosh, that is one handsome Basset.  You can almost smell the love.

  50. 50.

    sab

    November 2, 2021 at 6:36 pm

    @Oldpunk55: Of course you can smell it since it’s from a hound. We had a bassett. Wonderful dog but he smelled like a wet dog even when he was dry. Very houndy.

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