Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.

Humiliatingly small and eclipsed by the derision of millions.

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

I really should read my own blog.

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  5. 5.

    Starfish

    Have you called the local hospital to make sure they have sufficient blood supply on hand for you to go through with this activity?

  8. 8.

    CODave

    At this point, I tend to think “When in doubt, hire out.” Keep your blood in your body by loosening cash from your wallet.

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    Ken

    A friend of mine bathes his cat by taking it into the shower with him. You could try that and see if Steve is more comfortable that way.

  12. 12.

    SFAW

    To whom do you want donations made in your memory? American Cancer Society? The West-By-God-Virginia Infrastructure Fund? The Joe Manchin re-election campaign?

  15. 15.

    stinger

    We’ll think of you often, and when we do, we’ll pet our cats (with welding gloves on).

  33. 33.

    Humdog

    Oh no, I haven’t been able to share my spinach lasagna soup recipe with you yet! Ah well, I’ll serve it in your memory at your wake.

  34. 34.

    kindness

    Wear some of those welding gloves that go all the way up the arms.  Bulky but less flesh wounds.

  35. 35.

    opiejeanne

    @schrodingers_cat: I’ll have to show that video to mr opiejeanne, as he’s a big fan of Jennifer Garner.

    I was laughing at her singing Muffin Man to the cat, being judgey because ours get a bit of the toreador song from Carmen.  Good thing she had an assistant for part of this venture, because that cat was not well pleased.

  37. 37.

    KrackenJack

    As my father used to tell me “Son, it won’t kill you…It’ll just make you wish you were dead.”

  39. 39.

    Benw

    We don’t know, sir. All we found was a damp cat and a note pinned to the body: “My name is John, blood type O, please feed my pets.”

  44. 44.

    CaseyL

    Avē Imperātor, moritūrī tē salūtant.

    Oh, and before the blood loss takes you, be sure to post some photos or vid of the Shavenation

    @Ken: Holy FSM.  My Mom tried that. Once.  Let’s just say it’s a really bad idea – unless re-enacting the shower scene from Psycho is your thing.

  45. 45.

    Mike in Oly

    @Ken: My former brother in law tried that once. The cat climbed him like a tree and went over the top of the stall.

  46. 46.

    The Moar You Know

     

    A friend of mine bathes his cat by taking it into the shower with him. You could try that and see if Steve is more comfortable that way.

    @Ken: my dear departed cat Piglet used to ask to get into the bathtub with me.  So I bought her in, expecting to be slashed to ribbons once she made contact with the water.  Nope.  She loved it; would sit on my chest and purr, up to her shoulders in the water.  Not normal but extremely adorable.

  49. 49.

    opiejeanne

    @schrodingers_cat: Her laundry room is nearly as big as my kitchen, and I have a good-sized kitchen.

    My laundry room is an unpleasant space, too small/wrong shape to be made into anything much better, but you know I’m going to try.

  51. 51.

    West of the Rockies

    On a quiet small-town street in West Virginia, a man decided to shower with his cat.  But then… something went wrong.   Something went terribly wrong.

    Tonight on Dateline…

  53. 53.

    Baud

    I think it’s smart that you waited for the hospitals to be clear of Covid patients before doing this.

  55. 55.

    SFAW

    @Ken:

    Mmm. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

    Darmok, his eyes wide open as his flesh is flayed. Jalad, laughing his ass off and posting it on YouTube.

    ETA: Or TikTok? For youse kids?

  56. 56.

    ETtheLibrarian

    If we don’t hear from him for 24 hours does someone have the ability to contact his parents?

  57. 57.

    Ruckus

    @Ken:

    Doesn’t one normally undress before going into the shower, thereby exposing parts that may be less than desirous to be uncovered within a paws width of an animal who detests water to the level that this one does?

  61. 61.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Humdog:

    Oh no, I haven’t been able to share my spinach lasagna soup recipe with you yet! Ah well, I’ll serve it in your memory at your wake. 

    Do you seriously have a spinach lasagna soup recipe?

  63. 63.

    piratedan

    tonight… on a very special episode of Grey’s Anatomy… inspired by true life events….

  64. 64.

    Old School

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Do you seriously have a spinach lasagna soup recipe?

    Wouldn’t surprise me.  I’ve had – and enjoyed – lasagna soup.  Adding spinach to it doesn’t seem out of the question.

    In fact, Google turns up a number of options.

  66. 66.

    Ken

    Look, you all don’t have to tell me there are risks. But isn’t it worth the experiment? Perhaps Steve will luxuriate in the feel of the shower, and emerge clean and content.

    And perhaps pigs will fly without benefit of a cargo plane.

  70. 70.

    NotMax

    @Ken

    “And that, me bucko, is the story of how your great-great-grandpappy invented the first nail gun.”

    //

  71. 71.

    Humdog

    @trollhattan: nope, you are very mistaken. One of the best things about it is you can make it in one pot in just over an hour! I adapted a WaPost recipe if I remember correctly

  72. 72.

    Barbara

    @Amir Khalid: ​That kitty was incredibly well-behaved and the groomer was incredibly skillful. Bathing my cats almost always resulted in serious forearm injuries.

  74. 74.

    Martin

    @Baud: As an experienced bureaucrat, it’s apparent that Cole is the figurehead leader, but Watergirl is the one that makes everything go, so it’s effectively her blog.

    Actively wondering what kind of bespoke soup Steve is going to turn John into.

  78. 78.

    Martin

    So I now see that the NYC Subway attacker is a black nationalist. So that warrants national coverage. Course it should warrant national coverage for white nationalists, but y’know…

  81. 81.

    Baud

    @Martin:

    Course it should warrant national coverage for white nationalists,

     
    I think the media gives a lot of attention to Republican Congresscritters.

  82. 82.

    burnspbesq

    @Alison Rose ???:

    Those city series unis are pretty hit or miss. The new Nats ones with the cherry blossoms are pretty cool. Last year’s Red Sox ones were just confusing; blue and yellow with not a speck of red. Apparently those are the colors of the city flag, but they looked like they had been borrowed from UC Santa Barbara.

  85. 85.

    Humdog

    Spinach lasagna soup:

    brown a finely chopped yellow onion and brown in oil.  Add 3-5 cloves finely chopped garlic and 1/2 pound Italian sausage and cook thoroughly. Add 1/2 can of tomato paste, brown slightly and add oregano and basil a heavy tsp. each (I add a T.)  Slowly add 4 cups low sodium chicken broth taking time to release anything that has stuck to the bottom on the pot. Add either a large can of crushed tomatoes or two cans chopped tomatoes (I extra chop some in the can). Bring to a boil then reduce heat to med low simmering for 15 min. I stop here because I can’t eat noodles but break up about 4 oz. lasagna noodles into bite size pieces and simmer for another 15 minutes. To serve, fill each bowl with an ounce or more baby spinach leaves, ladel the soup on top, stir, then top with some Parmesan and a big spoon drop of ricotta or ( what I use) thick strained yogurt. I leave the yogurt in the middle of my bowl and grab a partial spoon of it with the soup and enter temporary food heaven. Serves 5. I use a 5.5 quart enameled cast iron pot.

  86. 86.

    wetzel

    Get started now with Sentinel Spectrum and you will stay ahead of the fleas this year. One more month will be too late. Reminders for myself.

  88. 88.

    catclub

    @burnspbesq: ​
     

    Last year’s Red Sox ones were just confusing; blue and yellow with not a speck of red.

    Ukraine colors 5 months early?

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