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If you guys think it’s a good idea, I would like to devote one post a week to good news stories. And I mean really good news stories – not some political win or some indictment – just straight-up acts of kindness.
But if it’s something you think is a good idea, I’ll need your help. As in, send me good news stories!
Let me know what you think in the comments.
And because I know my audience, I would like you to behold Trixie and Scout’s feet side-by-side. My 4 yr old vs my 14 week old.
We went to the vet today and had a little weigh-in:
Trixie – skinny butt that she is, weighed in at 39.6 lbs and she looks like I never feed her, LOL
Scout at 14 weeks was 26 lbs
Bixby at 14 weeks was 36 lbs and he was a chunk.
Her feet are almost the size of Scout’s. I’m pretty sure this is how Clifford the Big Red Puppy started out. Also, if she grows into those feet, I’m going to need a bigger car…
Open thread + give me your thoughts on a kindness post once a week
Steve in the ATL
Can we focus on what’s important? Dawgs win! Suck it, bama!
mrmoshpotato
Trixie is a BEAST! ?
mrmoshpotato
@Steve in the ATL: Good game. Congrats.
NotMax
I could swear this same thing was proposed here previously and kind of fizzled out.
Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with the idea.
Benw
Not to worry. Trixie’s feet will shrink to normal size soon and you’ll have a perfectly normal dog. I’m pretty sure that’s how puppies work.
I’m all in for news about good stuff and will do my best to find some stories.
Steeplejack
Kindness (with photograph).
Mingobat (f/k/a Karen in GA)
Dawgs!
TaMara (HFG)
@Steeplejack: Oh, geebuz, maybe I’m not the one to handle these post. ?
But I’ll bookmark it and we’ll front page it if this is a go.
eclare
@Steeplejack: Awww, how sweet.
HumboldtBlue
Do you believe in miracles? This kid does.
Also, I say it through clenched teeth, but thank you, Georgia.
Also, sports are fun, particularly when you find your great pumpkin.
eclare
@Steve in the ATL: Congratulations!
eclare
Wow, Trixie is going to be huge!
TaMara (HFG)
@HumboldtBlue: Again, maybe I need to rethink this…LOL. I may be a bit emotional these days. These are good ones.
TaMara (HFG)
All right, I have to get the animals all set for the night, but I’ll check back and see what the verdict is.
Again, email me good news stories if you’re on board.
whats4dinnersolutions (at) live (dot) com
Gin & Tonic
That was a very exciting football game. Congrats to the Ga fans here.
Another Scott
Kindness is good.
Speaking of which, I don’t think that I’ve seen “kindness” around here in a while…
Our Sophie had (relatively) huge feet but only ended up around 50 pounds. No Great Dane genes in her, though. You indeed might have a Clifford in your future! :-)
Good luck!
Cheers,
Scott.
Leslie
Big yes for good news stories. I am sitting here stroking that senior kitty’s fur through my screen. ??❤️
LeftCoastYankee
“Also, if she grows into those feet, I’m going to need a
bigger carsaddle”.Fixed it for you.Great idea on the good news posts. There’s more of it than bad, but it’s less dramatic, so making an effort to call it out is a great idea.
Yutsano
Dat pick six…
GO DAWGS!!!
Brachiator
Good news, but not kindness-related.
Anne Laurie
Great idea, TaMara!
I never seem to find a space for the Kindness stories… acerbic / OCD is more my style, usually… so I’d be very glad to have someone to forward them to. (Also, you’re probably on FaceBook, so you can share the best with us.)
raven
Ladies and Gentlemen I present you the National Champion Georgia Bulldogs!!!!!
Steve in the ATL
@raven: how bout them fucking dawgs!
Jackie
@raven: ??????????
meander
A small bit of good news from Marin County, California, a few miles north of the Golden Gate:
Read the whole story in the San Francisco Chronicle column by Carl Nolte.
Elizabelle
@raven: Woo hoo for the Bulldogs! Hello from Germany. Woke up to news alerts that Georgia had beaten Alabama, and thought of you immediately and how happy you would be.
Congrats to all the Dawgs fans.
JWR
Sorta like Seth Meyers’ occasional The Kind of Story We Need Right Now segment, like the story about the guy who wrangled an alligator into a trash bin. If it works, it works. If not…
eclare
@JWR: I liked the story of the guy who got an email invite to a bachelor party by mistake, replied yes, and hit reply all. He went and had a great time. Also got some free stuff because of the publicity.
JWR
@eclare: Oh, yeah! That was a good one. Only problem for me is that those stories usually bump his A Closer Look segments, which, for me, make it all worthwhile.
mrmoshpotato
Watching Seth Meyers’ A Closer Look and, wow. Fucker Carlson is spanking Shithead Ted (Cruz).
Craig
@Steve in the ATL: that second half was awesome. Congrats.
CaseyL
I think it’s a great idea! We really do need to celebrate good people doing good things.
And, OMG, those feet. Already as big as Scout’s feet? Talk about an Absolute Unit!
Craig
@raven: that was beautiful!
Mike in NC
Rewatching “The Comey Rule” about what a rotten bag of shit Trump was, stinking up our lives for four long and miserable years.
JWR
@mrmoshpotato: Hey, no spoilers! ;)
mrmoshpotato
@JWR: Don’t worry. You’ll be just as disgusted seeing their faces on your TV.
JWR
Re Late Night TV: OMG! Colbert played a clip of a teacher asking a school board member about teaching the evils of Nazism, and the answer he got is mind boggling, which is to say, perfectly normal for our times.
Lapassionara
@raven: YES! What a win!
opiejeanne
@mrmoshpotato: Is this from a couple of days ago? I couldn’t believe how quickly Cruz knuckled under. Just a total spineless idiot.
opiejeanne
@CaseyL: Me too. Feel-good stories, stories about kindness, are a good respite from fighting the forces of evil the rest of the time.
mrmoshpotato
@opiejeanne: Not sure when Shithead Ted went on Fucker Carlson’s show, but Seth’s A Closer Look segment is from tonight (Monday).
JWR
@JWR:
Oops. It was a state senator! Here’s a link to that point in Colbert’s monologue: LINK
opiejeanne
@mrmoshpotato: 3 days ago, I think. There’s an article in The Washington Post about it from 2 days ago.
Rusty
I think a weekly good news post would be great. How do I send suggestions? There used to be a way to email front pagers directly but I can’t find it anymore! It will be a nice reason to keep my eyes open for good stories.
mrmoshpotato
@JWR: Ahh Nazi-humping, Indiana trash and Sir Mix-A-Lot.
Well done, writers.
Spode
Good news stories? Sure:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2022/01/08/cats-took-vitamix-hostage/
No dogs there, though… :-)
OzarkHillbilly
The story above puts me in mind of a buddy of mine who got big into urban skate boarding when he was a teen. When he and his wife bought there house in S STL they had a fair sized back yard, so he built a small skate board park for all the neighborhood kids.
And yeah Tamara, I’m always looking for good news stories, sometimes they are a little hard to find but when I do find one, I’ll forward it to you.
HeartlandLiberal
@Steve in the ATL:
That is good news. I must email by brothers in Alabama, who hold season tickets, and let them know. In case, you know, they missed it.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Rusty:
TaMara gave her e-mail address above. You can find other front-pagers in the “Contact Us” section. (On the mobile site it’s in the three-bar menu at the top.)
SiubhanDuinne
Just woke up a few minutes ago and didn’t see this post last night. I love the idea and have emailed you a story.
NotMax
@SiubhanDuinne
Can we say “woke” again?
;)
debbie
I like this idea!
@Steeplejack: Oh my, the way the cat’s hugging her back! ?
SiubhanDuinne
@NotMax:
Hey, man, I’m hip to that.
:-)
EmanG
We moved to GA a little over 1.5 yrs ago and since then we’ve elected two Dem Senators and the Dawgs won the Championship! Go Dawgs!!!
(and by we I mean the people of GA, not just us. but we did do our part!)
WaterGirl
@Rusty: Every front-pager can be emailed at their nym at balloon-juice.com
If there is a space in their nym, put a hyphen in its place. So a front pager whose nym is Bonnie Lou would be emailed at bonnie-lou at balloon-juice.com
mistermix would be complicated! So I made an alias for him so he can be reached as just mistermix at balloon-juice.com
The CONTACT US page has an image of an example.
Mousebumples
I’m on board. If there’s a shortage of good news stories emailed in, i could see using the thread as a place to share good news and happiness from the lives of Juicers, in general.
I have this Tumblr on my RSS reader – https://peopledontalwayssuck.tumblr.com/
Not usually “news” but a feel good collection of stories, at least.
Percysowner
What a good, big girl you have! I’m all on board for happy, kind stories. I need the break.
Steve in the ATL
@EmanG: and the Braves won the World Series!
Baquist
Yes Kindness please. Don’t care if it was tried before and fizzled; all one can do is try!
J R in WV
@raven:
Congratulations, Raven~!!~ I wish I had been able to watch, but with no cable, all the football I see is over-the-aid broadcast. Must have been a great game in Athens!
kindness
I’m a bit taken aback that kids in Michigan didn’t (have a place to) skate in the winter. Growing up in the NY suburbs our town would plow the local lake and we’d skate on that all winter. From what my family tells me that lake doesn’t freeze over every year like it used to. Climate something or other I suspect.
CAM-WA
Do it! Particularly for us politics junkies, we need to hear that there are plenty of good people in the country that just quietly go about doing good things.