Honestly, I’ve seen much worse from small children, but here are some embarrassing bloopers from the Crufts dog agility trials a few years back:
Quick update on my canine conundrum: we’ve instituted a behavioral modification program combined with meds for our battling doggos, and while it’s early days, I feel hopeful. Our DVM board-certified behaviorist offers no guarantees, but she shared some amazing success stories for situations that seem more challenging than ours.
In other news, I finally managed to establish a Mastodon account after decamping from Phony Stark’s increasingly stinky litter box over the weekend. So, if you’re on the extinct proboscidean site too and are so inclined, follow me at @[email protected] I’m also on Instagram at @BettyCrackerFL. Not sure either relocation will stick, but I’m giving it a try.
Open thread.
twbrandt (formerly tom)
Lifted from below (knew I should have waited)
Today Judge Cannon officially dismissed Trump’s suit against the DOJ in the Mar-A-Lago documents case after the 11th circuit told her cut that shit out.
Alison Rose
I know the dogs don’t care, but I feel bad when they slip or miss the bar or something. Poor buddies, they work so hard!
trollhattan
@twbrandt (formerly tom): She’s the Michelob Ultra of federal judges.
trollhattan
@Alison Rose: My favorite is when one comes out and can’t help going to snag dropped treats from prior handlers, rather than presenting itself to the judge. Dogs gonna dog.
Scout211
Cannon has officially dismissed Trump’s lawsuit.
ETA: twbrandt got there first while I was typing
Link to her one page filing
trollhattan
A, for once, glorious map of the Western snowpack. Drought is not over, not even a little because we need three more months of this to get a “normal” winter, but it’s better by far than the last few Decembers, so take it we will, happily.
Mousebumples
Glad to see you there, Betty!
I’m @[email protected] if anyone wants to follow me – or peruse my followers for people to follow.
SomeRandomGuy
Interesting thing: POTS may be caused by Covid.
Now, the IOM think Chronic Fatigue Syndrome should be based on exertion-induced fatigue (they use the term “post-exertion malaise” or PEM), *and* by either orthostatic intolerance, or, cognitive impairment.
(The IOM is the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies. Go to the CDC’s Chronic Fatigue Syndrome page to find ’em.)
You know what POTS is? Orthostatic intolerance.
The cognitive impairment might be akin to that suffered from folks with ADHD – and, remember, a lot of folks with ADHD don’t need medication to manage their symptoms. It can also be a lot worse.
twbrandt (formerly tom)
@Scout211: Judge Cannon in Emily Litella’s voice: Nevermind!
Alison Rose
@trollhattan: I love when that happens at WKC :)
UncleEbeneezer
Finished The Bear on Hulu last night. I feel much the same as I do about Ted Lasso. The Bear has two settings: 1.) loud, obnoxious, anxiety-inducing and 2.) thoughtful, moving and complex. Like Ted Lasso*, when The Bear goes serious, it is really superb but the challenge is that you still have to make it through 10-15 minutes of just open assault on your ears/mind with every episode. I get that it is replicating the chef/restaurant chaos and cacophony, bit still, it’s a lot and you definitely need to be in the mood for it and I can easily see why some people would simply tap out (as we did on our first try). Also, I don’t get why one of the main characters uses the homophobic f-word slur sarcastically and nobody ever pushes back or tells him to cut that shit out. That just seems extremely unrealistic in a major city and a very diverse kitchen in 2022. I get that it’s all about making him the asshole who you then later start to like because like every character, it’s complicated, but I just don’t understand that choice when there are other ways the show could have done that. All that said, it’s still a very good show with a fantastic soundtrack and great performances all around. And the episodes are mostly 20-30 minutes so you can easily binge it over a weekend or even one day.
* For Ted Lasso make 1.) funny/cute/quirky, which I also find so annoying that I almost have to turn it off, but I really love when it gets serious/dark.
OzarkHillbilly
Popehat has left too.
eta: doesn’t say where he went.
Kelly
@trollhattan: Oh yeah, snow like the old days! Had a good xc ski day last week. Around twenty years ago I was always able to fine a good patch of snow by Thanksgiving. I’ll settle for and early December start since several of the last few years it’s been hard to find good snow before Christmas.
Dadadadadadada
@SomeRandomGuy: All that medical jargon has me feeling like I have a cognitive impairment. ;-)
Miss Bianca
Oh, Betty, so glad there is hope for the Badger-Pete scenario!
Just because we are talkin’ dogs…anyone had a chronically carsick dog? We are being hindered in our search for a new dog friend through adoption because we *cannot* get Watson to go on car trips. There’s a reason we call him the Vomit Volcano…
We’ve tried drugs (Proquiet), treats, other inducements…to no avail. I kept hoping he would grow out of it but I think the problem may be psychological rather than physical. Been seeing suggestions for putting something “home-scented” in the car, so may try a short trip with Proquiet plus a blanket off his dog bed. But any suggestions from the jackaltariat would be welcome!
Betty Cracker
@OzarkHillbilly: He turned up in my Mastodon timeline: @[email protected]
Mousebumples
@OzarkHillbilly: he’s on both Mastodon (apparently looking for a new server) and Post, I believe
trollhattan
@Kelly: Good for you!
Once spent Thanksgiving week with friends at the family cabin in Pollack Pines, CA (up CA 50 halfway to Tahoe) were we received 2-3 feet. It was glorious, because the road shut down and we could ski and sled the thing to our heart’s content, grilled the turkey on the Weber (after digging it out) and worked on those cases of wine. Best Thanksgiving ever, and a rare one to be sure. Getting out of there to go home proved interesting.
Roger Moore
@OzarkHillbilly:
@[email protected]
OzarkHillbilly
@Miss Bianca: I grew up with one, Trixie, a very sweet mutt who got motion sickness just looking at a car. My parents put her in a kennel when we traveled.
GibberJack
@Betty Cracker: Oh thanks! Popehat is a fave. His twitter account just says “Bye.” today.
Whelp, off to Mastodon for my daily Popehat fix…
eta: Drat. Nothing up yet over there. Ok, I’ll wait.
trollhattan
@Miss Bianca: Jeez, tough one. Is it the motion or disorientation from looking out the window? Something BIG might reduce road motion; crate training and a blanket over the crate might eliminate visual triggers.
IDK–our puppy puked on his first ride home, but it was also his first time in a vehicle and he has adjusted. But, he won’t get into my little car while happily jumping into the spousal SUV, a puzzle I have never untangled. How are they different?
JPL
@OzarkHillbilly: He is setting up at Mastodon, also. or what Betty said
btw I kept the seventeen-month-old for five days and on day four the imp decided to butthead both the dog and me. I might need Betty’s trainer. Hopefully, it was just his way of letting me know, he missed his parents.
He also had a cold which caused sleepless nights. fun times.
OzarkHillbilly
@Betty Cracker: @Mousebumples:
Thanx, I’m still holding out, I want to wait until the bugs get worked out and they have scaled up. Tech friendly I am not. I keep my computer in line by keeping my 24 oz framing hammer on the desk.
UncleEbeneezer
I’ve been seeing this article going around and I think the headline is pretty misleading. But I’m also coming to the realization that aside from really generalized ones like “Voters Pushed Back Against Trumpism” in 2018, it’s almost impossible to come up with simple narratives for elections. There’s too many variables and factors. Every State and District is different. From Voter Demographics to Salient Issues to Voter Access (Suppression) to What Props Are On the State Ballot to Quality of Candidate all the way down to the weather on Election Day. I don’t think there’s any Narrative that easily explains how things went in Michigan AND Georgia AND California AND New York AND Texas etc. And I think it’s a bit of a fool’s errand to do so. As I believe it was one of the PSAmerica guys put it: It’s not an election, it’s hundreds of elections with numerous different conditions. It’s totally possible that Young Voters saved our asses in some places, but failed us entirely in others for a whole host of reasons.
Young voters’ enthusiasm for Democrats waned during midterms
Miss Bianca
@trollhattan: I was thinking a “travel crate” so he can only look forward, not around.
He was an abandoned puppy – I think I’ve told the story here about how he showed up covered with bite marks at a neighbor’s house. I keep thinking some asshole threw him out of a car and that’s why he gets so agitated when he’s in one, but that’s pure speculation on my part.
JPL
@Miss Bianca: How sad! Oh, the stories that abandoned animals could tell.
Josie
@JPL: I have spent half of my time (trade off with other grandmother) taking care of my granddaughters (7 & 4) since the seven year old was born. It has been quite the adventure, but I wouldn’t have missed it. I spend my time off resting up to get ready for my time on.
ETA: We are finally to the point of only picking both girls up from school and keeping them until the parents get home from work. Rather a relief.
OzarkHillbilly
@Roger Moore: @JPL:
Thanx to you too.
JPL, we got our granddaughters today, they’ve both been sick with puking and explosive diarrhea, but my DiL said she thought they were over it when we met this AM. We got here and MawMaw gave Addy some chocolate milk and she drank it down super fast. And it came right back up. Fun times indeed.
Matt McIrvin
@Roger Moore: That account doesn’t seem to be active–he’s been occasionally posting as @[email protected] but is trying to migrate somewhere else because masthead.social is widely blocked. Not sure where he’s planning to migrate to, as someone who seems to be him has seemingly empty accounts on multiple instances.
Betty Cracker
@Miss Bianca: Pete will puke if we drive more than a short distance. The other day, he puked all over the front seat and INTO my handbag that was unfortunately parked on the floor below. I’m definitely looking forward to any hints your comment elicits!
Roger Moore
@OzarkHillbilly:
The bugs will never be 100% ironed out, but it’s quite usable today. At the rate the other place is introducing new bugs, I expect the new one will be better in short order.
OzarkHillbilly
@Roger Moore: There are always bugs, that’s the biz. But I have read that there are more than the usual and mostly to do with they weren’t ready for the tsunami of users. Time is what they need. I can give it to them. I don’t comment anyway.
Miss Bianca
@Betty Cracker: oh, Betty, I shouldn’t be laughing at that image, but I am. Maybe it’s just “misery loves company!”
It’s never really mattered before, but most of the dog adoption groups here want you to bring your dog along to meet the new prospects, and they are all at least a 40-50 mile drive away.
JPL
@OzarkHillbilly: I purchased a humidifier from Target and that helped some. Eli left yesterday and even the mutt appears to miss him. I still woke at 1 expecting to hear his coughs.
@Josie: Yup I went from the person who said no overnights until they are two, to agreeing to watch Eli while they took the three-year-old to NYC to visit family and see the lights.
JoyceH
@UncleEbeneezer:
I had to Google to see what you were talking about. Why is a restaurant show named ‘the Bear’?! When I see the title I think of the movie from 1988, you know, the one about a BEAR?
I saw the movie when I was stationed in Hawaii, and about to transfer to Virginia. My household goods were already gone, so I was staying in the BOQ in Pearl Harbor, right next to the submarine docks. I had a night watch for an exercise we were running, so went back to the Q during the day, but couldn’t sleep because of construction of some sort on the submarine. So I went to the mall. Saw they were showing The Bear, and I’d read good reviews so I got a ticket. As I sat down with my popcorn, it occurred to me, “Joyce, you’ve been up all night, and now you’re going to watch a movie with almost no dialog?” I assumed I’d nod off, but I was on the edge of my seat. Great movie, for those who haven’t seen it.
rosalind
re. POPEHAT: he’s posting over at Post for now: http://Post.news: @popehat
Roger Moore
@OzarkHillbilly:
My experience was that it was mostly human problems rather than software problems. I tried applying for an account at one place that basically ignored me. Many other servers refused new accounts because the couldn’t handle it. But once you get an account, it seems to run reasonably smoothly.
UncleEbeneezer
@JoyceH: It’s the main character’s nickname.
JPL
@Roger Moore: I signed up the day Elon bought twitter, so that part was smooth. I’m still not clear about how it all works, but I am pleased to recognize more and more names of folks that I followed on twitter sign on.
MisterForkbeard
@Matt McIrvin: he’s on post.news, though he’s basically only done a “well I’m here now and twitter sucks” post earlier this morning. I believe he also says it doesn’t seem like Mastodon quite has its shit together yet (paraphrasing)
J R in WV
Am I the only person who believes that Marjorie Taylor Green making speeches about “If I was planning the Jan 6th Insurrection we would have been armed, and we would have won!” isn’t tantamount to publicly pleading guilty to the same crimes Elmer Rhodes was convicted of recently?
I mean, what else is she saying there?? Maybe I’m off topic, but I saw pics of her ranting, and headlines quoting what she was saying, and it lit me up pretty hard.
How is this woman qualified to sit in congress after saying that shit? What does that oath she swore to be seated in the first place mean to her? Nothing, apparently !!! No more than Trump’s “oath” when he was inaugurated, and swore to uphold the Constitution — HAHAHA~!!~
I’ll see myself out now.
JPL
@J R in WV: Can’t you take a joke? According to her apparently, it’s the White House’s fault by not laughing it off. Kevin will accept her excuse though.
Doug R
For anyone that hasn’t put me in the pie filter, I’m at
@[email protected]
Betty Cracker
@Roger Moore: I signed up for Mastodon three times and never got a confirmation email. Fourth time was the charm! ;-)
AJ of the Mustard Search and Rescue Team
I’m holding out hope for https://spoutible.com by http://twitter.com/cbouzy
Roger Moore
@JPL:
My experience is that it works more or less like Twitter, though there are a few significant differences to look out for:
geg6
@UncleEbeneezer:
I haven’t watched The Bear yet, but definitely plan to with my sister who ran restaurants/country clubs/yacht clubs her entire career. I also worked for many years in the restaurant/bar industry. I don’t think any of it will bother either of us.
As for Ted Lasso, I hate, hate, hate it. I cannot understand why everyone seems to like it so much. I find it sickening sweet and not remotely funny enough to make up for it.
Roger Moore
@J R in WV:
Not at all. She’s actually disclaiming any involvement, since the root of her claim is that things would have worked out differently if she had been involved. Of course she’s admitting to being sympathetic to Rhodes, but there’s a huge legal difference between being sympathetic to a cause and taking active steps to further that cause.
Matt McIrvin
@J R in WV: It comes very close to admitting that you’re plotting to overthrow the government in the future.
Betty Cracker
@Roger Moore: I’m still figuring out how Mastodon works, but there doesn’t seem to be a “quote tweet”-like feature, which kinda sucks as that is a useful function. Also, I haven’t tried to embed a video yet and don’t even know if that is possible. Still experimenting and will probably look for a Mastodon primer at some point.
Betty Cracker
Experiment to see if it’s possible to embed Mastodon tweets here:
NutmegAgain
I’m so, SO glad to hear you have hope of peace in the canine department! Wishing you all the best with the pacification program
Layer8Problem
@Betty Cracker: Worked at this end.
Also, regarding videos on Mastodon: “Video clips can be MP4, M4V, MOV or WebM files. The maximum file size is usually 40mb, but there is no limit on running time.”
As for quote tweets, I think not being able to do that’s a design feature.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/cage-the-mastodon/
Betty Cracker
@Layer8Problem: Got it — thank you! I see their point about quote tweets, but it sounds like a baby-bathwater situation. Oh well, their platform, their rules. It’s all good.
Anna
@Miss Bianca: My puppy was always getting carsick and I, too, was hoping she’d grow out of it. She didn’t and it sucked. My vet suggested a booster seat, so she could see out the window more easily. It worked! She’s about fully grown now and weighs in at 22 lbs. if yours is on the smaller side, maybe that could help?
Mike J
If you’re looking for people you followed on the bad place, you can use debirdify (https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/) to help find them.
1)put in your twitter user name.
2)allow debirdify to read your twitter account (don’t remember if this is needed)
3) Click search following
4) at the bottom of the resulting page, click “Download CSV Export”. Save it to your local computer
5)Go to preferences on Mastodon.
6) click import and export, then import
7) Make sure “merge” is selected, then choose the file you just downloaded to upload here
8) upload it
9) profit
Make sure you put your mastodon account @[email protected] in your twitter bio to make it easier for people using debirdify to find you.
Another Scott
@Mike J: Nice. I hope it works that well for everyone, and that it gets lots of visibility.
Cheers,
Scott.
Ruckus
@Miss Bianca:
There may be a balance issue. I have a condition that affects balance and if I close my eyes I can have a problem standing. If I close my eyes sitting down the world sometimes seems to be moving. If I turn too fast while looking in a different direction, I can start to fall. I’m fine as long as I can use my eyes to help what innate balance remains. Moving in a car could be rather upsetting to a dog with balance issues. A dog’s balance system is similar to ours so maybe it’s possible.