Dropped off the face of the earth again, because my buddy Kim, who is best friends with my sister Devon and who I have known my whole life (big crush on her older sister who had black hair and blue eyes and, well when I was 13, the most magnificent breasts on the planet- sorry, was that TMI? It’s the fucking truth, but should I share it? Fuck it, I was 13. I still am, maybe.) is in town, and we had dinner and she met all the beasties:
Hadn’t seen Kim in almost a decade because she lives in St. Thomas (hence the fucking enviable tan, fer fucks’s sake). Lily’s nose was a touch out of joint because she is used to being the center of attention with new guests because she is, well, perfect, but Kim was all about Steve. She may try to steal him.
Corner Stone
She’s hot.
There. I said it.
Buffalo Rude
Sitting in a small train station in WNY waiting to head west to Illinois to help my sister and brother-in-law move to the east coast. And they have a small traveling zoo we get to ferry 900 miles. FSM help me.
Ash Can
That’s one of the sweetest, greatest pictures I’ve ever seen here (and that’s saying a lot). Many thanks for the smile.
Corner Stone
I’m noting a beautiful smile and conspicuous lack of wedding ring. Pass along my digits, Cole.
Angela
How does one get to live in St Thomas? I never could figure out how to make things like that work.
Comrade Dread
Pretty girl. Maybe our blog host should try to wine and dine her. She seems pretty cool with the menagerie after all.
srv
@Corner Stone: You’re obviously too old and can’t rez the ring Rosie is inspecting.
I, however, can deal with that and am available for pool boy. Everyone in St. Thomas has a pool boy.
srv
Does everyone in West Virginia have broken window screens?
What’s up with that? Animals jumping through windows or beer bottles?
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@srv: People in WV have screens?
Theotherwa
Black hair and blue eyes. *sigh* I met a man with that color combination in college and fell instantly in love. To this day (and I’m middle aged) I’m completely enamored with any man with that combo. It’s not very common.
Beautiful photo, John. All are happy.
Corner Stone
@srv: That’s, ummm, on her right hand. I think.
2liberal
nice photo, well done
Tim C.
Seriously man, you’ve got most of the blog wanting to get you hooked up with someone. I can’t imagine your friends at the school or in town wouldn’t want to get you with some lucky woman. Just accept you can be something to someone. Only posting cause I’m +4 at the moment, but man…. You are more than you think you are.
Corner Stone
@Tim C.:
More than meets the eye?
BillinGlendaleCA
@Corner Stone: Nah, Cole’s a big guy.
Mike G
Never fully realized what a GIANT Steve is, until this pic.
joel hanes
How does one get to live in St Thomas?
As I understand it, first you move there because it’s where you want to live.
Then you look for a job, and take what’s available.
Of course, if one is an experienced sailing yacht delivery skipper, the thing goes a bit differently …
Steeplejack
Just read the Facebook comments by Jim Wright of Stonekettle Station that someone here linked to earlier (one of the Jens?), and I want to point out that he specifically says that Americans Against the Tea Party had permission to post his rant that went viral. This was a matter of some discussion, mostly by me, in earlier threads here.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Steeplejack: So he was fine with that repro of his work but not others?
srv
@Corner Stone: It’s a diamond on a ring finger. It’s WV – although they probably drive on the wrong side of the road there and in St. Thomas.
Corner Stone
@srv: Hmmm. Are you suggesting she “plays for the other team” ?
max
big crush on her older sister who had black hair and blue eyes and, well when I was 13, the most magnificent breasts on the planet- sorry, was that TMI? It’s the fucking truth, but should I share it?
The traditional expression the original inhabitants of blogistan used during religious observances was ‘YAY TITTIES!’, I believe.
max
[‘But you should should know that already.’]
max
@Corner Stone: More than meets the eye?
Something hidden and somehow mustardy about the lad.
max
[‘Cole! Look behind the Wheat Thins!’]
Corner Stone
@max: YAY TITTIES!
srv
@Corner Stone: Which way do they bat in cricket? Maybe she has a sticky wicket.
Steeplejack
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):
Yes. He also said that Addicting Info and Smirking Chimp were bona fide.
⚽️ Martin
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): Looks that way. I think he was upset that a for-profit outlet took his work. I don’t fault him for that – that’s a line with me as well.
Mary G
Best photo you’ve ever taken, JGC.
Did you get enough money to send Kay to Netroots?
bad Jim
Dogs to the right of her, cats to the left of her, nuzzled and purred.
bad Jim
Dogs to the right of her, cats to the left of her, nuzzled and purred.
Elizabelle
Pet magnetism.
trollhattan
@Mike G:
Easily 1.75 cats masquerading as 1.0.
And dainty Lily is dainty. I know that little wet nose touch sensation very well. “Will you be my new best friend? Is this St. Thomas place nice?”
Jewish Steel
@Mike G:
Me neither. Jesus! I’m glad he’s on our side.
WaterGirl
That is such an awesome photo! I bet that’s the picture that’s next to the word joy in the dictionary.
I would check on that, but I have to go out to water (at 6am!) because it’s been so damn hot and humid here that it’s already disgusting by the time I get home from my early morning swim.
vhh
So what does Kim’s sister gor that Kim ain’t got? Honestly, Cole, animals like yours are known to be chick magnets. So where are the chicks?
Lurking Canadian
@vhh: I submit, upon careful examination of the photo, that perhaps Cole ought to have had a crush on the younger sister instead. Perhaps too.
Tommy T
Dang, Steve’s a behemoth.
jayjaybear
She’s gonna need a bigger bag.
schrodinger's cat
Steve is so fuzzy! He must shed buckets in summer. Also too, why is the living room a sea of brown and beige? You need some color.
TaMara (BHF)
That is an awesome photo. Everyone looks so happy!
@WaterGirl: There is so much win in this comment. Plus you’re up watering before your morning swim? Ambitious. We’ve had so much rain here, I have to get up early to either ride or hike, because by after work, it’s stormy – dark clouds, thunder lightning, big rain drops. I’ve had to turn lights on in the house by 5pm everyday because it’s so dark.
p.s.not complaining because remember all too well the fires of last summer, but still worried because remember all too well the floods of last Sept.
Violet
@vhh:
Cole’s got plenty of women around, judging from the pictures on his blog over the piece. They seem like nice, smart, good looking women too. Even if he’s not involved with them except as friends, he’s a lucky guy.
Love the photo.
SRW1
That cat must just a have swallowed a python.
Aaron Evan Baker
Πότνια Θηρῶν (“Mistress of Beasts”).
negative 1
@joel hanes: I have a cousin, from the middle of nowhere Maine, who picked up and moved there with her husband one day. If she had ever left the state before that it was only to go to Boston maybe twice in her life. Yet, she found a job, something in the tourism industry I guess. They never looked back. I think it’s like the old way of learning to swim — you can plan all you want, but you don’t have a choice but to act when you hit the water.
Paul in KY
Echo the comments about it being a great pic.
Tone in DC
@schrodinger’s cat:
Steve is so fuzzy! He must shed buckets in summer. Also too, why is the living room a sea of brown and beige? You need some color.
Uhh… Maybe cuz Cole is a GUY?
Just sayin’. ;-)
flukebucket
I hope I am not out of line to point out that gorgeous breasts must have been a family trait. And don’t worry. I am a perfectly harmless old man with only precious memories left.
schrodinger's cat
@Tone in DC: And guys are allergic to color?
Morzer
Hmmm.. the agony of choice: running away with Kim or remaining on Cole’s liberal plantation. Gee, that’s a toughie.
UPDATED: My wife says that the choice is a very easy one and, after reflection, I find I agree with her wholeheartedly and without any physical coercion whatsoever from her mild and just regime.
WaterGirl
@TaMara (BHF): I only swim outdoors, so I count the days until our pool opens. I love early morning swim because it’s so quiet and not brutally hot yet. (I don’t know what happened to the girl who always wanted to be n the sun, but she disappeared several years ago.)
I will trade you a few days of your rain for a few days of our brutal sun and heat. Deal?
Morzer
@Tone in DC:
I think the color scheme is Cole expressing his subconscious allegiance to the Cleveland franchise of the NFL.
FlipYrWhig
@Aaron Evan Baker: Potnia Theron? Let me guess, her sister is Charlize?
gogol's wife
I love this picture! The animals are posed perfectly, and she looks so happy! Pet love is the best tranquilizer.
Aaron Evan Baker
@52:
Well, I’m sure you already knew Charlize is a goddess.
Tone in DC
@schrodinger’s cat:
A lot of guys, including myself… pretty much, when it comes to furniture.
feebog
Of all the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas is the most expensive, with a quite concerning crime rate. It does have some beautiful resorts and golf courses, and lots of shops where your wife can spend thousands of dollars in just an afternoon. I prefer the BVI, more secluded and laid back.
Betsy
Damn. The diffident wallflower in me is saying “Well, this sucks,” and the hussy in me is saying, “Don’t make me come up there, Cole.”