And now something to lift your spirits.
Yes, my furniture is beige.
Yes, my voice sounds different. Allergies.
Yes, my decorating sucks.
Yes, his bowl is dirty, I use it in the morning and then at dinner and wash before the next day.
Yes, he is eating on fiestaware human bowls. He and I don’t care and we have this thing called soap, so it’s cool.
Yes, he is fat. Fuck you, body shamers.
Yes, that is where I keep my vacuum. Why put it away in a closet when you have four animals?
I think that will handle all the annoying questions, or most of them.
Oh, yeah. Ellie is home and recovering from her major surgery. Pics when Seth sends me some.
schrodinger's cat
Better feed Sher Khan if you want to survive, man cub.
Gin & Tonic
Did you leave a will?
schrodinger's cat
I saw Jungle Book in 3D yesterday. It was mostly meh. Disney’s older adaptation was better.
Major Major Major Major
Awww. Chirpy little fella.
Now, time to die.
Johannes
He’s not fat. He’s big-boned. (Actually, he’s beautiful. I love the irritated tone in which he meows in answer to “is that [dinner] what you want?” I get it myself on occasion.)
muddy
I love the way he gestures at the bowl with his head.
gogol's wife
My kitteh Sasha is now in lurve — she can’t take her eyes off the screen.
The bowl is certainly not dirty by cat-bowl standards.
Praying for Ellie!
Luthe
He’s better than my cat. Little fucker will nibble on your ankles if not fed on schedule.
Tom Levenson
Jicha would’ve had my arm off at the oboe if I talk to him like that.
Hah! I’m going to leave that 1st sentence as is to remind me of my iPad’s awesome dictation capability.
What I thought I said:
Tikka would have had my arm off at the elbow if I taunted him like that.
Soylent Green
One hell of a nice cat. Frequently mistaken for a meatloaf.
schrodinger's cat
@Tom Levenson: Bosscat will lunge at me and bite if not fed on time.
gogol's wife
@Tom Levenson:
I was trying to figure out if that was the Czech pronunciation of Tikka.
jl
Is Cole sure he is taunting Steve? Steve doesn’t seem to care, or is familiar with the game and just disinterested in the BS.
Cole’s voice sounds a little less Ben Stein-y than the last time. I assume less allergies than before.
lollipopguild
Dogs and cats help keep us sane and human.
Gin & Tonic
@Tom Levenson: Those double-reed folks are a little weird anyway.
Poopyman
@Tom Levenson:
I didn’t know you played!
All my cats are whiners, and would rather trip me up than make a frontal assault. Low energy bastards.
Poopyman
I should have added that I watched with the sound off, so can’t comment on that, but Steve is highly gorgeous, as are all Maine Coons of my acquaintance.
Now I’m missing my Spike (sniff).
(And yes, he earned that name.)
p.a.
I feel safe in pointing out no guy here would have noticed any of the cleanliness/style issues mentioned in the post. Women on the other hand…
A Ghost To Most
Steve is a king of cats, and he looks like a Norwegian Forest cat.
TaMara (HFG)
@Tom Levenson: I liked the iPad version better. LOL
Ultraviolet Thunder
Got up at 5:00 am, drove 90 minutes and worked all day in central MI. End of the day got kicked down to Charleston WV for an emergency. I’m in Columbus OH now and the emergency can wait. I gotta sleep. As long as I get to the emergency in the morning before the parts courier from Deutschland I’m good.
This is not worth a car accident.
TaMara (HFG)
@JohnCole You sound more like John Goodman this evening than Philip Seymour Hoffman (your regular voice). Both great voices to sound like, IMHO
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
Ah, feed the poor kiteh, he is starved!
Thanks for the video & the smile and thanks for keeping the doors open on this crap hole so we all have a nice place to call each other asshole/
jl
@p.a.:
” no guy here would have noticed any of the cleanliness/style issues ”
That is sadly mistaken. I am a guy of the sturdy boor school, and am as inept as Cole at tidiness and style. But even I have noticed, many times. I’ve never commented on it because I don’t care that much, and completely unqualified and unable to offer anything constructive.
Amaranthine RBG
Homer Laughlin Fiestaware — a fine West Virginia product. Or it used to be.
Emma
Honestly, keep band-aids on the bedside table. Cats are sneaky and have long memories.
p.a.
@jl: understood; I did overstate. The bell curve applies to mess perception.
Glidwrith
Ooo…..that mane, that floofiness. Must pet!
Omnes Omnibus
@p.a.: I tend not to notice dust.
jl
@p.a.: At least I know I am not alone. Someone’s decorating sucks slightly more than mine. Probably the colors force my attention on the Cole design situation not being quite right.
Just Some Fuckhead
Your voice is sexy, husky and commanding like Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. Other than that, your house looks great. You wouldn’t be able to tell there’s dead coeds in two bedrooms unless you smelled the place.
Germy
Didn’t know that John Stossel has lung cancer:
http://crooksandliars.com/2016/04/john-stossel-uses-lung-cancer-diagnosis
But he’s expecting a full recovery. He’s calling the hospital system “socialistic” and complaining about his experience there.
Didn’t he spend a good amount of his career complaining about anti-smoking laws?
jl
@Just Some Fuckhead:
” Your voice is sexy, husky and commanding ”
That’s what I said. Cole sounds like Ben Stein with a head cold.
dlm
He’s gorgeous and not afraid to tell you what he wants.
MomSense
Steve is wonderful. I really miss having a cat.
Mnemosyne
@p.a.:
I dunno, we have quite a few gay men who comment here.
/stereotyping
ETA: For the record, I am a woman who is messier than most frat boys.
HRA
Steve is very handsome. Yes, he was a bit annoyed with you.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@Ultraviolet Thunder: I’ve never been so tired that I couldn’t keep going in order to get out of Columbus.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@p.a.: what?
p.a.
@Mnemosyne: stereotyping is about all I bring to the table here. don’t take it from me.
Roger Moore
Yes, you are a bachelor. (So am I, FWIW)
Raven
The Atlanta airport sux but the cell phone lot is an improvement . Now if I can gat out of here before the Braves let out!
dlm
@Germy: He has the best of the best and he’s whining about customer service and tests. F**K him.
lollipopguild
@dlm: Which one-Steve or John?
satby
My dogs were barking when they heard Steve.
And your house is probably tidier than mine.
p.a.
I still occasionally eat right out of the pan, esp soup. Any other singloids admit to that?
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus:
I have a dear friend who is, shall we say, casual about surfaces. She once caught me surreptitiously glancing at her sideboard and told me, “You’re welcome to write your initials in the dust, just don’t put the date!”
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne: I am much better when I am living with someone. Common courtesy and all that.
dlm
@lollipopguild: That would be Steve. I’ve never seen a complete picture of John.
Roger Moore
@dlm:
Actually, he doesn’t have the best of the best. Since he had cancer, he should have gone to Memorial Sloan-Kettering rather than New York Presbyterian if he wanted the very best in New York.
RSA
I’ve always admired the unself-conscious arrogance of some animals.
Germy
@Roger Moore: Well according to him they’re all socialists so I suppose it doesn’t matter.
I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet
Who are you? What have you done with Cole?!?
JC has only been able to post underexposed, fuzzy pictures of scary things from his basement. This is nicely exposed, focused, and composed video clip of a beautiful, expressive cat. Something’s very wrong…!
:-)
Thanks.
Cheers,
Scott.
? Martin
@p.a.:
I don’t do that, but I’ll offer up my teenage daughter as a kindred spirit. And I’ll go one more and note that she has a bit of a tendency to go chopsticks or commando on the utensils front. She’s not a slob by any means, but there are her rules and everyone else’s rules and fuck you, she’s going to live by her rules. I love her so much.
rikyrah
Of all your menagerie, Steve scares me. But, I see the love ❤
SiubhanDuinne
@efgoldman:
Yesterday was pretty bad. Today a bit easier, though still sore. The worst is having to think through a complete choreography of lifting myself up from a chair, or turning over in bed. If nothing else, this is going to give me a great upper-body workout!
Thank you so much for asking.
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne: Ah yes, I am sorry for your mishap. Recover quickly.
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@Germy:
Damn! That almost makes me want to root for cancer. I am not a nice man
p.a.
@I’mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet: That’s right! That was a fine vid, far superior to the usual photos. The earlier Thurston/Lily was in focus too. For a while I thought Steve’s mane was so phoofy (foofy?) it was throwing off John’s camera’s focus.
ThresherK
@Germy: Socialistic? I hope he’s doing the Randian thing and paying for it all out of pocket.
I haven’t thought about him in some time. I imagine there is a certain amount of suffering he has to go through before I feel
bad for himlike not pissing on his would-be grave. If he’s expecting a full recovery, then that amount of suffering has not been reached.To Cavuto-mark this, “What would John Stossel sound like after a laryngnectomy?”
Omnes Omnibus
@Schlemazel (parmesan rancor): @ThresherK: I get where you are both coming from, but still fuck cancer.
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@SiubhanDuinne:
thanks to @efgoldman: for reminding me, I had forgotten about your tumble. I imagine you have that whole body ache thing so it is hard to find a comfortable place for any length of time. I found sleeping really difficult (but I learned who Art Bell was so there is that!) hope you get better fast and don’t be afraid to use the drugs, they can ease the pain.
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@Omnes Omnibus:
agreed, fuck cancer.
But fuck Stossel also, he has hurt an awful lot of people needlessly too.
JCJ
@Germy:
He makes a statement about doctors not giving out their e-mail addresses and then adds that it is not possible to communicate using modern technology. What he probably means is that he is either too lazy or not smart enough to figure out how to send a message through the hospital’s EMR (electronic medical record.) His complaint that an EKG might not be necessary – yeah, increased operative mortality for patients who have suffered a myocardial infarction in the previous six months is hardly a reason to do an EKG. What an idiot.
Denali
@Siubhan Dunne,
Hope you feel better soon!
opiejeanne
Dear John,
Steve is NOT FAT! He is a Maine Coon and their normal weight ranges from 15-30 lbs. He looks like a healthy cat.
Gin & Tonic
@ThresherK: I have the world’s tiniest violin right here.
coin operated
You need to watch those Maine Coons…they’re fast for their size. My beloved Fredo (of which Steve could be a doppelgänger) left me many a present…some still twitching.
BTW…taunting a Maine Coon is not a good idea. You do know you’re going to bleed for this, right?
The Lodger
@JCJ: Chances are his hospital has a portal for messages, lab results, billing and the like. I never thought of it before, but doctors probably prefer them to being emailed directly, for privacy and so anyone on the team can handle issues as they arise.
Yutsano
@Tom Levenson: I thought you got another kitteh for a moment!
It would also slightly bug me if you were a fellow double reed and never told me.
And proper authoritahs alerted. Also. Too.
Josie
@SiubhanDuinne: I have missed some posts lately since I am back and forth to help babysit my grand daughter. I didn’t know you had been injured. I hope it’s not too serious and that you feel better soon. It is so maddening to be sidelined when you are used to being active.
ThresherK (GPad)
@Gin & Tonic: If one’s going to put an instrument in a throat hole, shouldn’t Stossel get the world’s tiniest oboe?
@Omnes Omnibus: Agree to that also.
Mnemosyne
This probably makes me a bad film major, but putting subtitles on plain intertitles in silent films just seems silly to me. Just put an English-language card in, FFS.
Gin & Tonic
@ThresherK (GPad):
Good point.
Mike J
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I kinda wish Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were cops who learned to be partners by the end of the movie.
cokane
Not surprised that a Steelers’ fan would have a whiny brat pet
opiejeanne
@gogol’s wife: Ellie, one of the posters here?
Mike J
@jl:
Everybody is disinterested in BS at this point. Just stay in Vermont already.
Just doing my part to get us to a tbogg.
Hungry Joe
Our Phoebe, a calico, also dines from Fiestaware because I have a weakness for the stuff and we have way too much of it.
Although I glommed onto to cats relatively late in life we’ve already had four, and only once has one of them drawn blood: Scully was vexed when we got a puppy, and one day when Puppy Alice was about three months old I walked by Scully when she was perched on the back of a chair, growling. I must’ve passed too close because she reached out and slashed my forearm. She lived to 20, and that was her only attack on a human.
David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch
Wow. Cole, you even sound like Seth Rogen
opiejeanne
@dlm: I know! Bitching about the bog-standard tests! What a self-indulgent idiotic self-serving article by him.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Mnemosyne:
That is an amazingly clean print of the movie. And for once I am liking the score. I usually hate them on silent movies.
opiejeanne
@ThresherK: I wouldn’t wish illness on anyone, but he has made it hard for me to wish him well.
Culture of Truth
I’ve had that exact conversation.
Also, Tiger killed a mouse in my kitchen last night.
No, I’m not infested. It was the first one in years. But boy was he proud of himself.
Amit Joshi
Oh, come now, John. I would never call you fa…oh, I see, never mind.
asiangrrlMN
Look at that majestic lion roaring for his food! Sir Willie is looking fluffy and sassy, Cole.So glad to hear his voice.
Omnes Omnibus
@Mnemosyne: Mabuse? It’s pissing me off too.
Mike J
@Omnes Omnibus: Thank god. I said that two and a half hours ago.
Omnes Omnibus
@Mike J: I’ve been busy.
Villago Delenda Est
“You’re very amusing, hairless ape. Now fill up that bowl.”
Miss Bianca
Steve is so beautiful.
PurpleGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: My sister complained to my mother about my housekeeping skills after I had a buffet for the whole family. My mother told me about the complaint. I told my mother: “my sister has 3 choices — (1) she can come and clean for me, (2) she can get used to the fact that I spend my time doing other things and not cleaning like she does, or (3) she doesn’t have to come over to my place at all. That was the only time she came to that apartment in 26 years.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Mnemosyne:
P.S. I suspect TCM didn’t have permission to run the German print except “as is,” so subtitles it is. Or maybe they just didn’t want to spend the money. I have seen this occasionally before.
Miss Bianca
Dust, dirt, fur…you know what? I’m living in close to monastic conditions on top of a mountain. OBSERVE THE NUMBER OF FUCKS I DO NOT GIVE.
Omnes Omnibus
@PurpleGirl: When people post things like this like this, it makes me so thankful for my brother who is a truly good man (and a great brother – since we’ve been adults. As a kid he was kind of shit, but little brothers are).
Stan
Steve is absolutely regal.
Scamp Dog
Fiestaware! That’s what my grandparents used, and I loved staying with them and eating my grandmother’s wonderful cooking off her Fiestaware. I came across it again a few years ago, when I was looking for new plates, and just had to buy plates, bowls, and cups. Definitely a classic.
Isobel
What an amazing cat! Such a talkative little fellow. He reminds me of my Squeaker, who truly earned his name.
p.a.
@Steeplejack (phone): I once saw the original Mad Max on one of the subscription channels overdubbed by American actors because, apparently, someone thought Australian English was a) incomprehensible or b) unmarketable!
p.a.
@Scamp Dog: have a couple 50’s-60’s era platters. any lead glaze concerns from back then?
David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch
@Mike J: What kind of buddy-cop movie would that be? Probably, “Frebbie and the Bean” or “The In-Laws“
gogol's wife
@Steeplejack (phone):
You’re making me sorry I decided to just read the paper last night.
I keep trying to get into silent films, but I just don’t like them. The two exceptions: one funny one with Clara Bow, and one where Ronald Colman is caught in a volcano eruption and he’s just so cute.
gogol's wife
@opiejeanne:
No, John’s brother’s dog.
ET
Steve doesn’t seem fat. He does seem to be a big kitty who is very, very floofy.
Steeplejack
@gogol’s wife:
Tastes differ. The silents have a whole different style of filmmaking, as people figured out the new medium (and then did amazing things with it). And, of course, as our films do now, they mirror their time and place. Also like modern films, some are good, some are bad, and people are drawn to some and not to others.
I highly recommend at least taking a look at one of the German movies next Wednesday (8:00 p.m. EDT), Pandora’s Box (1929), starring the American actress Louise Brooks. She blazes off the screen. Retro trailer here. And TCM is following it with the other film Brooks made with G.W. Pabst, Diary of a Lost Girl (1929). I haven’t seen that and am looking forward to it.
gogol's wife
@Steeplejack:
I saw Pandora’s Box in a theater while in graduate school and was left unmoved, although she is amazingly beautiful. But I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now, so I do plan to tune in.
Miss Bianca
OK, I just watched this again and again it has made me crack up. Thanks, John!
@Steeplejack: Louise Brooks, oh drool…
Mj_Oregon
Steve has better manners than most of my kitties have had. He’s beautiful and I envy you your wonderful animal family. No more indoor animals for me. My allergies just won’t let me have them inside anymore. Luckily I have a pride of ferals and half tamed left-behind-by-miserable-SOB-former-residents outside to give me my kitteh fix every day. They’re a hungry bunch and try to be nice while I set out the food. Give Steve an extra skritch on the chin from me. I’d love to meet him in person!
Steeplejack
@gogol’s wife:
Cool. No pressure. As I said, tastes differ. And who knows? I have found myself having a much different reaction to a film or a novel upon revisiting it after many years.