Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

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

A consequence of cucumbers

Come on, man.

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

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I’m generally a fan of zoo-animals-opening-presents clips, but this is the first one I’ve seen that includes butterflies!

Elsewhere, wrapping up a very busy week:

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  1. 1.

    zhena gogolia

    I got transferred into a less restrictive brace yesterday, but unfortunately it’s more painful, and we can’t figure out how to get it on and off and it’s Xmas eve so no help for us until Mon.

  4. 4.

    Chief Oshkosh

    At relatives for the holidays. It’s been years since I’ve seen a hardcopy NYTimes. Wow. It really has become dreck. No real, actual information on how the economy and jobs are going. Every story is somehow twisted to make the topic appear worse than in really is, and absolutely no acknowledge of how we got here, good (D) or bad (R).

    And yet people still buy it. Witness my being able to read it at the breakfast table this morning. I’ll have to ask my relatives why they still subscribe. Heck, they are way to the left of me.

  8. 8.

    Cermet

    Thank god that the media had trumped that the economy was doom and gloom for months and now that it is going gang busters – crickets; except inflation is the great danger and eating up all gains! The sky is falling. And Omicron – through less deadly and likely solely due to AO’s that won’t get vaccinated – i.e. AO’s that vote thug – is President Biden’s responsibility because he wasn’t nice enough to these stupid snow flakes.

  10. 10.

    Mike E

    I see that Newsweek has joined CNN and NPR in Biden bashing, or concern trolling the fcuk outta the administration at the very least. I hope the eventual (inshallah) dam breaking on the BBB passage and omicron mitigation efforts get the notice of the population at large and we can have nice things in 2022…oh, and I got my calendar, yay! Merry Christmas to all ?

  12. 12.

    Baud

    Cali Zoo in Colombia gifted its residents with their favorite food as part of Christmas celebration

    Feed the World
    Let them know it’s Christmastime    .

  13. 13.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @NotMax:

    Why has it taken me a lifetime to notice the the first four notes of “Carol of the Bells” are the same as the ancient Dies Irae tune?

  15. 15.

    HeartlandLiberal

    Today is my spousal unit’s 76 birthday. She wanted to go out for breakfast. Because of Omicron, I said no. But we will order take out from one of our favorites, Red Lobster, for lunch. Order online. Pick up outside. We are hosting a Christmas day three table bridge game with bridge friends, but they are all vaxxed, and except for one, boosted. So we feel relatively safe about that.

    So, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, pick your festive greeting, to all and sundry here. One of my daily reads, this blog, and for good reason. I even chip in a few shekels now and then. Worth it. I hope you all take care and have a better 2022 then the year now ending.

  18. 18.

    Brachiator

    A bit on Biden’s most recent judicial nominees:

    Nancy Gbana Abudu, his nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in the deep South, would be the first Black woman to sit on that court. The circuit covers Alabama, Georgia and Florida, where 8.5 million people are Black yet there is only one Black judge on the 12-person panel, Charles Wilson, and he was nominated by former President Bill Clinton.

    The second nominee, who is also Black, is J. Michelle Childs, currently a U.S. District Court judge for South Carolina. She is nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

    The goddam CBS News story on the nominations includes this tidbit:

    Mr. Biden and Democrats are countering with a high number of diverse nominations and confirmations. But that is stoking fears of the politicization of the judiciary, which judges roundly reject as they affirm their ability to be fair and impartial.

    The only people who might raise this spurious objection are right wing asswipes.

  19. 19.

    Mousebumples

    Good job news to share – got a call yesterday afternoon that an offer will be forthcoming for the new position at my company that I had applied for a few weeks ago. Since i had asked for thank you email suggestions on a different morning thread, I thought I’d share an update.

    So long as there aren’t any surprises in the offer letter, I’ll probably be making the transition at the end of January.

    No pay raise (considered a lateral move to a new department), but I’ll still get my merit raise and bonus in the new year. Plus no more call weeks or weekend and holiday shifts. So even without more pay, that’s a nice “bonus”. ?

  20. 20.

    Betty Cracker

    Training a puppy is giving me flashbacks to parenting an infant around the turn of the century. Back then, everything revolved around Don’t Wake the Baby! Now, it’s a bit cold in the house, and I want to go find a flannel shirt, but I will not risk waking the puppy, who is cozily snuggled in fleece and sleeping in a dog bed at my feet. So I’ll sit here and shiver instead!

  22. 22.

    NotMax

    Seriously considered splurging on lobster tail for Xmas din-din.

    Until scoped out the price per pound at Costco yesterday. Oy vey. My splurge function don’t reach that far.

  24. 24.

    Jeffro

    Cannot believe how lucky the Fro family was to fly home yesterday, before all these flights started getting canceled – whew!

    And that’s on top of 1) having a high-speed police chase zip around/past us on Rt 29 last night AND 2) a driver going the wrong way/me pulling over to avoid a head-on collision 2 miles from home, all on the drive home from the airport.

    I think I’m going to just stay home and read a few good books today, knock on wood…

  29. 29.

    Jeffro

    @Betty Cracker: It was “the most dangerous part of any vacation is the drive to/from the airport” live and in color.  0_0

    (and this after flying, avoiding Covid, zip-lining, etc)

  30. 30.

    Geminid

    @Jeffro: Have you tried the new extension of Berkmar Drive? It runs parallel to and a few hundred yards west of Rt. 29. Starts at Rio Road and comes out at the airport. It’s very mellow compared to 29, with light traffic, and roundabouts instead of traffic lights. I take it when I drive to Charlottesville from Greene.

  31. 31.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    As many people get ready to celebrate the Christian Revision of a Roman Holiday Celebrating the Winter Solstice always remember to keep Saturn in Saturnalia!

    We’re doing what we seemingly do every solstice: immerse ourselves in some significant home renovation project, this time upstairs putting in a new wall, closets and rehabbing the half bath. No Xmas eve would be possible without a trip to a hardware store.

  38. 38.

    Steeplejack

    @Baud:

    Newsweek today is not your father’s Newsweek. It has had legitimacy issues for at least several years, probably back to 2010. Sold and resold among a series of shady operators.

  41. 41.

    Mike E

    @Sure Lurkalot: Yeah, done. I avoid them and NYT for obvious reasons, and I only click on an article by Reuters/AP if it’s of particular interest…local news sources are the way to go but they have been treading on the clickbait beat more often lately, alas.

    On the holiday feast duty, I failed to get a chicken to roast on Xmas but the local warehouse store had a 13lb butterball turkey for a couple of bucks so it’ll be Thanksgiving redux with me and Miss E… I’ll be eating sandwiches and turkey chowder into the New Year!

  42. 42.

    topclimber

    Snow on the ground this Christmas Eve hereabouts. Yay!

    Old guy goes out in his slippers and bathrobe while storm rages, clears off car so snow won’t drip in garage, and gets it into the garage so local guy can plow.

    Garage door closes with clean car inside. Snow stops. Boo!

    If the snow doesn’t melt by tomorrow, Yay wins in a walk.

  48. 48.

    Ohio Mom

    @Chief Oshkosh: We subscribe to the internet version of The Times and I have come to the conclusion that much of it has devolved into clickbait, particularly the opinion pages. Many days they must intentionally set out to troll, there’s no other explanation.

    The fluffier sections — food, design, health and science, travel, arts — can still delight and inform usefully most of the time.

  49. 49.

    topclimber

    @Mike E: I go with AP and a weekly foray into foreign press like Al Jazeera or what Google News eventually uncovers after 50 versions of the same lead story.

    AP political writers are  Village infected but better than many. They are a good source for stories you don’t see elsewhere and do actual investigative journalism.

    Back in the day when I worked in newspapers, I would hang out by the teletype machines (look it up) and just dig it as they spat out AP news. It was a related syndrome to reading the encyclopedia for hours at a time, one random article after the next.

  51. 51.

    NotMax

    @SiubhanDuinne

    Occurred to mention the first opera composed for TV, Amahl and the Night Visitors was an American television Christmastime staple for 15 years, following its premiere in 1951.

  53. 53.

    Ohio Mom

    @zhena gogolia: Rats, I was going to suggest YouTube as well.

    Another option is to call the on-call doctor, though in my experience, you often get blown off. Still might be worth a try.

  54. 54.

    narya

    Today I’ll do the Long Cooking I mentioned yesterday (beans and bolognese sauce (in separate pots)), interspersed w/ general tidying (insofar as I tidy anything . . .). Friend is coming over later; he was with folks last weekend, but everyone was vaxxed, careful, many were boosted, etc., and no one has gotten sick, so I’m gonna assume I can welcome him. We’re really not doing anything or going anywhere, and I am fine with that. I finally got around to planning the cooking for the next two weekends–gonna be some feasting, what with venison tenderloin, albacore tuna, crab, lasagna, and some seriously good cheese sitting around my house now. Well, I haven’t actually made the lasagna yet, but I have all the pieces. Probably make some bread, maybe some cinnamon rolls, etc. My freezer is already packed (the chest freezer, mind you), so it’s more likely that I’m going to take a bunch of stuff out, assemble and cook it in various ways . . . and put it back in the freezer. I wish I could make a big dinner for all of you!

  56. 56.

    Another Scott

    No clicks from me, but this thread is almost too over the top.

    Almost…

    Wow. It has been obvious since he showed up that Madison Cawthorn is a trained, paid operative.

    Here he describes when he was recruited in St. Petersburg Russia by a guy who set up a fake Crossfit competition to set him up with his future wife. Uhh. ??? https://t.co/8LB6yGlZRe pic.twitter.com/bok2zJhoR1

    — Jim Stewartson, Antifascist, #RIPQ ???‍☠️ (@jimstewartson) December 23, 2021

    Why do voters fall for these people??

    (via LOLGOP)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  57. 57.

    Chief Oshkosh

    @Sure Lurkalot: Still rankles that WaPo gives editorial space to that Abernathy fraud. Why the fuck should some two-bit, unoriginal tiny town newspaper editor get a regular national gig? Oh, right – Hillbilly Elegy. A completely disproven view on all things political and, well basically, all things period.

    But if you’re going to do it, why not give a national gig to a liberal newspaper editor? There are, after all, many pockets of liberalism, even in Ohio. And Oklahoma. And Iowa. And…

  59. 59.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Kalakal: It’s not the same thing, but I bought my brother’s dog a smoked pig femur as a Christmas present.  I suspect he will like it.

  60. 60.

    Kay

    @Brachiator:

     countering with a high number of diverse nominations and confirmations. But that is stoking fears of the politicization of the judiciary, which judges roundly reject as they affirm their ability to be fair and impartial.

    Ugh. Only white men are presumed “impartial” – all others must prove they are, because of course “diverse” comes with an expectation of bias. I really thought they were past this, but I guess not. Stuck in the 1990’s, forever.

  66. 66.

    Ken

    My favorite part of the zoo clip was the first set of monkeys.  I assume there are some goodies mixed in, but the first few were definitely going “WTF? Straw???“

  68. 68.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @WaterGirl: Exactly.

    Well, I can’t stay to chat.  I must bag my gifts, pack, and drive north for the holiday.  Merry Christmas to all who celebrate and have a nice weekend to those who do not.   Except Republicans, they can fuck right off as usual.

  70. 70.

    Ken

    @comrade scotts agenda of rage: remember to keep Saturn in Saturnalia!

    It’s visible in the western sky after sunset.  Look for the big bright one. That’s Jupiter. Now look further west, closer to the horizon. The yellowish one is Saturn. You can’t mistake it, they’re in a boring section of the zodiac without many bright stars.

  73. 73.

    marcopolo

    Good morning folks.  Omicron has finally hit the St Louis area—we seem to be one of the last places in the country to see it. Numbers blew up yesterday & now nothing for the next three days cause everything is closed for Xmas.

    I am double vaxxed & boosted & mostly healthy & have reached the conclusion that most or all of us are going to get Covid at some point in the next year or two) and be mostly fine w/ it if we are vaccinated) but I take care of an 88 year old mom (and I can’t be so loosey goosey  about how she’d fare) so this means canceling plans to attend a New Years Eve celebration & one other holiday event.  Anyways, back to tighter quarantine living for me for a bit. I figure Omicron should burn through in, what, 3-4 weeks (at least that is the experience in other places atm) and things will hopefully be back to near normal (pandemic wise at least).

    Last regular outing for me was seeing the new West Side Story a couple days ago.  It was really good.  I was a cast member in our high school’s spring musical version of it & they’ve made some pretty good decisions about staging, locations, and grounding the action w/ a little more historical/cultural context that fills in backstory and overall provides deeper character motivation than the original.  Almost all the casting choices were superb (except for the guy playing Tony who had the biggest name aside from Rita Moreno—who was great btw) but just, to me, did not have the same intensity/energy as the other folks.  Dancing ? and singing ? were lovely. See it if you have the chance.  If you are a stan for the original film (which I also love & which won 10 Oscars lol), try to bring fresh eyes & ears to your viewing.

    Off for the morning walk & then wrapping presents ?.  Wishing everyone a nice Xmas eve & Xmas.

  75. 75.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Ken: The meat is gone.  It looks suspiciously like a human femur, but they don’t usually sell those in pet stores in Wisconsin.

  76. 76.

    rikyrah

    Reading about the plane cancellations.

    My sister, the extrovert, has been scared by Cousin Omicron, even though she is fully vaccinated and boosted.

    She turned down 4 invitations in the past 10 days.

     

    Me, I am keeping quiet,but just sitting here happy about it.?

  78. 78.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: I guess one could do all 3, in that particular order.

    If murdered first and then forgiven and then forgotten, I suspect that would be small consolation to the offender. :-)

  79. 79.

    NotMax

    While cannot say for sure it is Christmas related, someplace in the neighborhood people have been setting off more and more frequent test runs of fireworks over the last several days and nights. Anyone else experiencing such a anomalous practice? First year ever I can recall this taking place in December.

  80. 80.

    Kay

    @Baud:

    If they had even said “liberal”!  Give them at least an ideology. I don’t know that they’re all liberals and either does the writer but that at least that’s “political”. But they don’t. It’s “diverse”.  The default norm versus the other is “stoking fears”.

    I maintain it isnt that they’re conservative. It’s that they’re conventional. They refuse to change any approach, ever.

  81. 81.

    prostratedragon

    @NotMax:  Just realized earlier today that I haven’t seen it scheduled on tv for years. Not this year either. But on radio they’ve been playing excerpts this year.

  82. 82.

    Betty Cracker

    @Brachiator: Good God, that’s maddening. I wonder what they said when Trump held a giant political rally / super-spreader event to celebrate ramming a SCOTUS justice through during his last days in office?

    @Chief Oshkosh: Abernathy probably whines about affirmative action with absolutely zero sense of irony.

  83. 83.

    WaterGirl

    @marcopolo: I LOVED the original and probably saw it a bunch of times.  I probably listened to the soundtrack a millions times and my sisters and I would dance to the soundtrack on our roof.

    So I have mixed feelings about seeing the new one.  I just don’t see how it could measure up.  But I’ll never know unless i see it. Thanks for the review.

  84. 84.

    Baud

    @Kay:

    It’s doubly bad because they don’t even identify whose fears are stoked.  Had they identified Republicans, the reader would at least have to option of saying “Fuck Their Feelings.” The story portrays it as just fear in the air that is widely shared.

    Of course, the next article will be about how liberals aren’t respecting rule of law because they won’t accept the right wing Supreme Court’s decisions.

  85. 85.

    Bex

    Everybody aware of the bagged salad recall?  Dole, FreshExpress and many house brands are involved.  At least one death from listeria.  Sorry no link, but there is an article at Kos that links to the CDC info.  Check any bags you have.  Merry safe Christmas.

  87. 87.

    Ken

    @Omnes Omnibus: It looks suspiciously like a human femur, but they don’t usually sell those in pet stores in Wisconsin.

    Not quite as popular as “He seemed such a quiet, polite man”, but definitely something you might hear after a serial killer is captured.

  90. 90.

    japa21

    Fresh Polish sausage is in the oven for Christmas morning breakfast.  New refrigerator being delivered today (hopefully).  Old one conked out a week ago.

  93. 93.

    Mousebumples

    @WaterGirl: basically. I had an individual interview with my prospective new supervisor, and another one with the  coworkers on this new team. Just wanted feedback on who to send thank you emails to. Ended up going with a thank you email to all 4 of these people. ?

  95. 95.

    danielx

    @Ken:

    Friend of mine’s dog actually brought a human femur to the back door. Turned out it was courtesy of Herbert Baumeister, who was in fact a serial murderer.

  106. 106.

    cope

    As per “Something Good Open Thread”, episodes of “The Repair Shop” are on the Discovery channel all day. If you are unfamiliar with it, it’s a British show about people getting all kinds of objects fixed and restored…furniture, toys, clocks, art pieces, musical instruments and so on. Very calming, relaxing vibe to it.

  108. 108.

    debbie

    @Mousebumples:

    What a nice Christmas present! Congratulations! (I always sent emails, even for the interviews where it was clear I wasn’t going to be getting any offers. Good karma at the very least!)

  110. 110.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @NotMax:

    It’s readily available on YouTube. I watch it every year (last time was just about a week ago, in fact). A wonderfully-conceived piece. I love it.

  111. 111.

    Danielx

    @WaterGirl:

    guilty.

    It was a big deal, because a local freelance reporter had been trying to get the local constabulary interested in the guy for a while and they blew her off. As I recall they dug up six bodies on his property.

  112. 112.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Another Scott:

    Here he describes when he was recruited in St. Petersburg Russia by a guy who set up a fake Crossfit competition to set him up with his future wife.

    That would be the wife he’s getting divorced from after less than a year of marriage, yes? Smelly situation from the get-go.

  115. 115.

    WaterGirl

    @Danielx: Glad to hear it.  I did not want to think that experience is a common one.

    Balloon Juice, where a dog returning with a femur bone in its mouth is relevant to the conversation twice in one week.

  116. 116.

    rikyrah

    @Kay:

    What I appreciate is the diversity of their experiences. Public defenders, and people who have been fighting the good fight for the little guy are being made judges.????

  118. 118.

    SiubhanDuinne

    The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is as lovely this year as it always has been. Funny, I’ve been a nonbeliever for a good six decades, yet I’m a sucker for the Nativity story and all the traditional Christmas music.

  123. 123.

    Ken

    @Baud: Are you suggesting that your dog has never brought home a human femur?

    Obviously WaterGirl already knows how to hunt and kill, so her dog doesn’t see the need to teach her.

    (At least, that’s the excuse people use when their cat brings some maimed small animal into the house and releases it.)

  124. 124.

    realbtl

    I live in an area of about 100 acres of 5-10 acre treed lots so the deer know to hang out here to avoid hunters.  Every Spring I get presented with the odd deer leg, turkey wing or my favorite a pile of intestines.  Well aged of course.

  125. 125.

    germy

    Obituary for Schenectady man (key points are quoted here):

    https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailygazette/name/michael-malecki-obituary?id=31981585

    Michael Joseph Malecki died needlessly from Covid-19 on Monday, November 15, 2021, at the age of 70. He did not believe in masks, tests, vaccines, or the virus; he was ill for less than 48 hours. He liked to say he lived his life according to his favorite songs, “My Way” and “I Gotta Be Me.” He was certainly him, and it probably killed him.  Mike didn’t like going to funerals or any services related to death, and attended very few. Out of respect for his feelings, it does not seem appropriate to make him start going now. Instead, the family will sponsor a memorial bench in the park near his childhood home, where Mike liked to walk along the Mohawk River whenever he visited his parents.

  130. 130.

    Sure Lurkalot

    @Chief Oshkosh: Too funny…when I posted the comment, it was an Annie Linskey front pager about Biden’s failure on testing. After I read your comment, I went back…that article is gone, but yessiree, we got Abernathy as you noted. Don’t think I have the will to read that.

  132. 132.

    Kalakal

    @SiubhanDuinne: I’m not religous but I love the King’s College service. I went to a school where we had a church service every day and I can’t think of any of us who didn’t turn out agnostic/atheist. I still love a lot of the music though and the singing at the festival makes me tear up every year. It is truly beautiful see

  133. 133.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Kalakal:

    I went to public school, but my family was relentlessly religious so I know where you’re coming from. So much gorgeous music over nearly a millennium, and the KJV language of the Christmas story gets to me every time.

  135. 135.

    Percysowner

    @marcopolo: Not just you. Most reviews have talked about how the cast is great. The actress for Maria is fantastic Rita Moreno shines and the actor who plays Tony is…on screen.

  138. 138.

    debbie

    @Kalakal:

    Yep, same education situation.

    That high note towards the end of both O Come All Ye Faithful and Hark, the Herald Angels Sing gets me every freakin’ year.

  141. 141.

    geg6

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Nothing like a Catholic high midnight mass on Christmas Eve/Christmas night, which is what I grew up doing. I think I was born a non-believer but I am always moved by the majesty of that service.  Such beauty in the music and vestments and readings and candlelight.  Haven’t been in many years and wouldn’t think of going in the current environment, but my ex and I would go every few years just for the experience.  We lived very close to a church built back in the 1840s and it was spectacular inside, especially at Christmas. John and I have have never gone to our local church for it because the church is super modern architecture and it just wouldn’t feel so majestic.

  143. 143.

    Kalakal

    @debbie: It’s the lone choir boy at the beginning of Once in royal David’s city that gets me. If I’m not teary by that point I  am from then on. Something that stunned me is that the soloist gets chosen just before the song starts, up till then none of them know which it will be.

  145. 145.

    Fair Economist

    @Steeplejack: For a couple years Newsweek has been pretty openly RW propaganda. Now they seem to be shifting to the NYT model of some decent reporting to cover for the RW propaganda.

  147. 147.

    Layer8Problem

    It’s the recollection of a happy, secure innocence for me, I suppose, of being a little kid on Christmas Day, of everyone being happy and putting the usual arguing and getting on with life aside. I hear “O Holy Night” or “Silent Night” and I get teary. Then again, The Pogues doing “Fairytale of New York” is a grittier Christmas song and the same thing happens.

  150. 150.

    Layer8Problem

    @Fair Economist:  They have long shown up on Reddit with clickbaity stuff.  I’ve put them on a toss-out list there with Fox News posts, Fox Business posts, Washington Examiner, etc., etc., as useless wastes of my time.

  151. 151.

    WaterGirl

    @Kalakal:  Have I missed it?  I will check out the link – checked but it’s not clear whether this is a LIVE only event or if you can listen later.

    Okay, so it looks like I missed it for Christmas Eve.  And I can’t tell when the Christmas Day version is on.  Seems like it’s audio only, not video?

  152. 152.

    Kalakal

    @debbie: You may well be right. I don’t know how they do it, the program is watched by 100s of millions of people, even a minor mistake would stand out a mile and yet they never crack. Heart achingley beautiful every time

  158. 158.

    J R in WV

    @realbtl: ​
     

    We live on hundreds of acres of wooded WV hillside — many people hunt the fierce White-tail and terrifying Turkey on these hillsides.

    Every Spring Every winter I get presented with the odd deer leg, turkey wing or my favorite a pile of intestines. Well aged of course.

    We also get eyeless heads on the back porch just outside the bedroom. And the lovely dogs puke up mounds of deerbits, most recently onto the bed, between Wife’s pillows and mine! Merry Xmas everyone!!! Wheee — more deer guts!

  159. 159.

    evodevo

    @J R in WV: Yep…our dog is now too old to go roaming, so we are thankfully spared those deer season traditions lol – just loved hearing that dog sound they make in preparation for the big urp, and running flat out to grab a collar and pull them out onto the deck/back door.  Even better when you miss the goal by THAT much…

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