Just got done at Lowe’s, and all the materials for the fence will be delivered on Tuesday. Lumberyard call, and they delivered all the mulch and topsoil and rest of the stuff I ordered to my father’s house, which means I get to hump 30 bags of mulch. Awesome.
Also, it is like 9 bazillion degrees outside.
stuckinred
You going to build it yourself?
Linda Featheringill
Got up to 95 in NE Ohio today. It’s 93 now. Whoopee.
There was stuff I planned on doing but have postponed all of that now.
Yuck.
mellowjohn
i am SO glad i live in a condo!
PeakVT
I get to hump 30 bags of mulch.
Thank goodness for double entendres. Can you imagine how boring the internet would be without them?
Maura Cavaleri
I share your pain. I am in NC and it’s brutal down here, has been for days. Spring just skipped us this year. My sister and I farm and all our crop rows are filled with mulch to conserve well use. To limit our carbon use, we do most things by hand with a wheelbarrow, fertilizer, mulch ect.
I think we must be mad.
BTW, I have a black and white male cat named Cow who weighs about forty lbs. and has seemingly fallen for Tunch. He meows if I show him pictures from your blog. :)
JPL
@mellowjohn: My fenced in backyard is my dog’s Disneyland. She loves to chase squirrels, chipmunks and bunnies. As for me, I often ask why am I not in a condo.
shortstop
Don’t forget the photos. I wouldn’t mind seeing some photos of your garden, too. Do you ever plant root vegetables?
amorphous
So fucking cranky!
92 and humid in Albany, but I won’t complain because winter is only four months away.
shortstop
@mellowjohn: Me, too, except when it’s pouring rain or cascading snow and there’s no real yard to send the doggie into.
cathyx
Just think how ripped you’ll look when you’re done.
Josie
John – If you are actually going to move all that stuff personally, I would suggest getting up very early in the morning to do it. We don’t want you to suffer heat exhaustion.
lamh34
if you met a guy or girl, who dated a lot, but never had a serious boyfriend or girlfriend would you be a little concerned that they wouldn’t be monogomous?
Martin
@PeakVT: You judging without ever trying? Maybe Cole is onto something here…
Gozer
Currently 91 north of Philly and they’re predicting storms, humidity, and 97+ degrees tomorrow…
Oh joy. >:(
Even the fuckin’ breeze is hot. Shit’s not right.
Commenting at Ballon Juice since 1937
Next time don’t use your father’s credit card to buy your stuff. Also, were your parents home at the time? Did they think they won 30 bags of free mulch?
jl
@PeakVT: Hope Cole doesn’t tweet the pics. Then he can never be a Congressman, ever.
Edit: that goes for if Cole had carried the damn bags too. He is too old. It would be OK if he were in HS, but now the media would pin him as a aging day laborer.
Edit edit: Why didn’t Cole just tell the company to ship it to the right house, or am I misunderstanding the situation? (I mean, if it was their mistake, tell them to hump it themselves)
Jazz Superluminar
I hope you’re going to do this nekkid. Although it might be a good idea to keep the resultant pics away from Twitter…
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@Maura Cavaleri:
Spring seems to be skipping us here in the San Francisco area, too – it’s still more like winter, and we’re wondering if we’ll ever have a really nice day again. We had no summer last year, either. Wish we could do some kind of transcontinental thermal balancing deal.
jl
@Commenting at Ballon Juice since 1937: Well, it is close to Father’s Day. That would be manly gift from a loving son who lives in the ‘real America’. I can imagine Cole getting his dad an annual dose of mulch for Father’s Day.
Chuck Butcher
Cripes it was supposed to be sunny today and here in NE OR it is raining and couldn’t get up to 60F. No shit, at 4:30PM it is 56F.
Yes the furnace is running.
Joel
You bought mulch? Is this wood chips, cause most cities can provide those gratis as a result of their tree-trimming services.
Studly Pantload, a full-service troll
I’m really looking forward to the injury report that arises from this. Nekkid vacuuming was just the warm up!
trollhattan
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
over heah in the valley it’s just about perfect and supposed to remain such through the weekend. Finally. Meaning we’ll be in the hundreds in no time. But I can finally turn off the fracking furnace, which I’ve never once run in June before this year.
Studly Pantload, a full-service troll
@Studly Pantload, a full-service troll:
Oops, I meant “nekkid *mopping*.” Guess I was thinking of nekkid vacuuming because plenty of guy do into the ER with the, uhm, oddest injury, claiming they were merely vacuuming in the buff to keep the house clean while staying cool.
South of I-10
@lamh34: Maybe they just haven’t met the right person?
scav
John all over, straight to the down and dirty only perhaps a little bit too literally. I hover between fascinated and slightly concerned.
jl
@Studly Pantload, a full-service troll:
“Nekkid vacuuming”
Nope. Sorry, too late. That little slip was a definite ‘tell’.
Don’t lie like about, like W * * n * r did, it will just make the situation worse.
Don’t leave out any details, and a link to some pics would be nice.
Calouste
In good news, Tennessee has just made posting pictures of Dick Cheney on the internet punishable by a $2500 fine or almost a year in prison.
Martin
@lamh34: Depends. In my experience people that date a lot are more likely to be monogamous just not willing to commit. They’re not necessarily looking for multiple partners, they just don’t want to get tied down, or are afraid of committing and getting burned.
I can’t speak for women, who are completely unfathomable to me, but I see a lot of guys that run around looking for women that they want to be into them, and overlook the ones that really are. They date a lot and never really get serious because they’re pretty much always looking for the wrong thing. I don’t think they cheat any more than the guys that settle into serious relationships faster.
lamh34
@South of I-10:
Yeah maybe. I think it would depend on age. A 25 year old is one thing, but a man/woman of 50 or more who’s passed what would be considered 1/2 a life would probably concern me.
Studly Pantload, a full-service troll
@jl:
Ask, and ye can haz (well, a link, anyhoo, even if no pics).
My mother-in-law used to be an ER nurse, and saw some curious things, herself. Apparently, there was this one gent and a knitting needle…
j
Isn’t Lowe’s a major GOP donating behemoth? I refuse to shop @ Home Despot because of their major GOP ass sucking, and I remember when Act Blue rated Lowe’s as 100% GOP support, and 0% Dem contributions.
Studly Pantload, a full-service troll
@Calouste:
No fair! You can post a link with the word “Dick” in it, no prob – I just posted a link with the word “p3nis” in it, moderation purgatory.
And the “Dick” you reference is way more objectionable than any wee-wee.
lamh34
@Martin:
I think you’re right about the commitment aspect of it.
Martin
@Calouste: Hmm. After Tennessee throws all of those abortion protestors in jail, will there be anyone left to run the state?
j
@Maura Cavaleri: He’s probably thinking “YUMMMMM!”
FORTY POUNDS!! REALLY? My 13 pound Siamese is a ton of lard.
Martin
@Studly Pantload, a full-service troll:
What if it’s Cheney’s wee-wee?
Jay in Oregon
@jl:
I’m sure that Andrew Breitbart and his flying monkeys are scouring the internet for them…
jwb
Is TNC getting a tryout at the Times this summer?
Keith
In Soviet Russia, bag of mulch humps *you*.
Josie
@Martin: c’mon now – how is it going to look when the people are coming around taking notes for blogs of the year, and we are talking about Cheney’s wee-wee? What will they think?
Studly Pantload, a full-service troll
@Martin:
The biggest sin of Dick’s weiner is Elizabeth Cheney, and yet her existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to us, is much the lesser evil compared to the many sins of the larger Dick.
jl
Also, too, a warning to Cole. Cole brought lots of mulch to his house. Rosie the dog, is at Cole’s house, as is Tunch the cat.
Sounds like some kind of disaster in the making. Or at least a very unpleasant, disgusting and time consuming happenstance that might appear in a blog near us very soon.
Cole would have been well advised to hump the munch on a ‘just in time basis’ in accordance with modern supply chain management practice.
Precautions are advised. Probably should check horoscope, or something, for more detailed advice.
stuckinred
@jl: I think the mulch is for his parents.
Litlebritdifrnt
In more “we promised to help the economy and create jobs” RWNJ news the NC Legislature passed the “Womens Right to Know Act” which requires a waiting period, a sonogram and counseling at a rabid anti abortion center before being allowed to have an abortion. I am sure that will create millions of jobs (perhaps in the sonogram and counseling industries) and will help the economy by making radiologists rich or something. *facepalm*
Anne Laurie
@lamh34:
From someone whose wild-oats days were back in the 70s/80s, in my cohort monogamy was never much of an issue but ‘life experience’ was. If someone hadn’t had a ‘serious relationship’ by their late 20s, you’d wonder if they weren’t simply lying to themselves about their orientation, and therefore liable to suddenly veer towards partners with a genital configuration that didn’t match one’s own (which includes “wild’n’free” lesbians suddenly deciding they needed to be married to a man). And someone who hadn’t had a live-together relationship by their mid-30s, at the latest, might just be so settled in their solitary lifestyle that even the best romance/sex/partnership in the world might not be able to get them through the inevitable move-in period where it turns out the new roommate has an insane idea of how kitchen cabinets should be organized, and whether the headboard should be oriented towards or away from the doorway. Kids These Days, who th’ heck knows? — except they haven’t lived with a whole lot of sterling examples of monogamy, have they?
South of I-10
@lamh34: I have a friend who at 35 had never dated anyone longer than 2 years. 5 years ago I introduced him to a woman I went to high school with, she’s divorced with 3 kids. They got married after a year and are happy as can be. I think he had reached a point where he was ready to settle down and he jumped right in, 3 kids and all. He goes to soccer and volleyball games and the kids love him.
Linda Featheringill
@lamh34:
What’s the word about commitment phobia? I forget the word.
But it really depends on the age. If this person is 21 it might not be a reason to worry. If this person is twice that old, I would recommend moving on.
Just Some Fuckhead
I got a pickemup truck if ya need help. I’ve got the next few weeks free.
jwb
The recalls of the three Democratic senators in Wisconsin have been approved. Looks like we need another round of fundraising.
stuckinred
@Anne Laurie:
You’d gone off to fight the war when I returned from school
And I traded in my innocence when the springtime came in bloom
And I married for my family; one night I dreamed of you
And you were running from me in the rain down on Congress Avenue
Now I saw you once in a crowded bar and it was Christmas time
I was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in ’69
Because I live my life in whispers now and I choose to live alone
So I slipped back to the avenue and flipped my collar to the cold
Nanci Griffith So Long Ago
Michael Carpet
80 degrees and sunny in Northern California — finally!
Litlebritdifrnt
BTW in yard news I am thinking of taking over more of my husband’s front lawn. There is a ratty spot under a sycamore tree that gets too much shade for grass so I am plotting to put in a small paver patio there. May just do it when he is gone so when it gets back it is a fait accompli and he can’t bitch. (Well he can bitch but he can’t do anything about it). I am evil sometimes…
SRW1
Careful with that humping in 9 baziollion degrees. That kind of thing can fell an overweight office dweller real quick.
jl
@stuckinred: Thanks. I thought the mulch had something to do with Cole’s yard project and I figured it would be irresponsible not to speculate.
JPL
@j: Home Depot is being boycotted by Americans for family values or some other evangelical group because of their support for the gay pride parade in Atlanta and support for benefits for partners. If you lose the far left and the far right..who do you have?
stuckinred
@jl: Actually I am NOT sure it is for his p’s house. Let’s have a little clarity.
jwb
@JPL: David Broder, and he’s dead.
Just Some Fuckhead
@JPL:
Steely-eyed realists?
stuckinred
@JPL: Mike Vick?
Omnes Omnibus
@JPL: Evan Bayh.
stuckinred
@Omnes Omnibus: Letter from the front by a grunt Col.
The mendacity is getting so egregious that I am fast losing the ability to remain quiet; these yarns of “significant progress” are being covered up by the blood and limbs of hundreds – HUNDREDS – of American uniformed service members each and every month, and you know that the rest of this summer is going to see the peak of that bloodshed.
Read more: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/06/08/afghan-sitrep-a-grunt-from-the-front-sounds-off/#ixzz1OjVHwOAv
lamh34
@Anne Laurie:
I’m 34, and this kinda fits me to a tee, except I’m not yet that set in my ways, but I am lazy and just kinda hate having to work hard at socializing, I figure what’s worth all that trouble…lol.
But then I get sick with the flu, and I have no one to stroke my hair or feed me soup (my sister will bring me soup, but she ain’t stroking my hair…hahah). Then I get better and I’m back at the not worth the trouble phase.
JPL
@Omnes Omnibus: Depends on which way the wind is blowing..
Studly Pantload, a full-service troll
@jl:
Ah, my response to you has sprung up, if you will, out of moderation @31.
lamh34
@South of I-10: that’s a lovely thing. it’s things like that that kinda gives me hope as I approach 35 this year.
JPL
@lamh34: Some people just enjoy being single and that’s okay.
lamh34
@JPL: Agreed.
lamh34
Alright, describe the strangest date you’ve ever been on.
I’ll start I went to a haunted house with a date, and he didn’t tell me that he actually was working, so when I met up with him, he had on a “halloween” mask and a chain saw.
Studly Pantload, a full-service troll
I got married too young in my 20s. Realizing my mistake, I sadly got a divorce at 29 (it truly was a case of, “it’s not you, it’s me”), and remained single (save for dating episodes) for most of the following decade. Now I’m married and I doubt either of us is going to be able to get rid of the other.
stuckinred
@lamh34: I took a woman I barely knew to see “Bitter Moon” by Polanski. When Emmanuelle Seigner cutoff Peter Coyote’s cloths with a straight razor, kicked over the chair he was tied to and squatted over his face I knew I was in trouble!
lamh34
@stuckinred: on a first date? Too sexual a movie for me. At least wait til date #2 and buy me dinner first…lol
lamh34
@JPL: I wouldn’t say I “enjoy” being single, but it doesn’t bother me if that makes sense?
stuckinred
@lamh34: We had no idea what it was.
Studly Pantload, a full-service troll
@lamh34:
That’s the way to be – ok with being single, even if it’s not you’re long-term goal to remain so. Being obsessed with finding “the one” can lead to sad mistakes.
lamh34
@stuckinred: wow, I bet the after movie conversation was pretty interesting.
“stuckred: so…sitting on a dude’s face…what’s up with that?”
LOL.
Studly Pantload, a full-service troll
@lamh34:
My first date (age 19) was by far my worst. We got movie tickets (The Meaning of Life), then went and waited in line while I nervously chatted. By the time we’d gotten up to the ticket taker, I’d lost track of what I’d done with our movie tickets. So I fished around in my pockets, which I’d beforehand inexplicably filled with a ton of loose change. Naturally, as I took the change out, it spilled all over the floor. I never did find the movie tix, but the ticket taker let us in, stating he’d never seen anyone “try so hard.” At this point, the gal was quite convinced this would be her last date with me.
Somehow, I charmed her into a year-long relationship.
lamh34
@Studly Pantload, a full-service troll: Awww…”try so hard”. I think that’s what led to the year-long relationship. that story was too cute.
shortstop
@Josie: That’s why this place never gets nutpicked. Browsers can pretty much pull any comment and it will be fully representative of the daily lunacy.
shortstop
@Just Some Fuckhead: Do you live near John?
South of I-10
@lamh34: What is funny is I had introduced them 2 years before at a bar and they were completely uninterested in each other. My friend, my husband and I were sitting on a curb at a festival and he walked up with another group of friends. He berated me for not introducing them quickly enough – I didn’t remind them until later that they had already met. I think the moral of this story is you should come with me to a festival and we’ll sit on the curb drinking until Mr. Right walks by. :)
abo gato
welcome to Texas……
RossInDetroit
@Studly Pantload, a full-service troll:
That’s my story as well. Married from 20 to 30. Single from 30 to 40, married 2nd time for 11 years.
Unattached for a decade in a big city with decent disposable income was pretty cool.
shortstop
@South of I-10: I don’t see any other way to read the moral of that story.
Ken
@amorphous: Not quite that hot in Buffalo today, but the snowblower is ready to go, just in case winter comes early. With the effed up Spring we had, I can’t take much for granted these days.
lamh34
@South of I-10: aren’t u in NOLA, I lived there all my life until 2005, been to any number of festivals. we may have already been sitting on the same curb…lol
shortstop
@RossInDetroit: I often wonder how people married that young stay together as often as they do. I was married pretty young by my standards, much younger than I thought I’d be, and although I wouldn’t trade mi esposo for anyone, we had some rocks in the early years that I suspect we might have escaped had we come at marriage a little older and with more maturity. When I hear of 70-year-old people who’ve been married for 50 years, I marvel that they managed to grow in parallel so well.
Ken
@Calouste: If it’s Dick Cheney, nekked, humping mulch, then I agree.
South of I-10
@lamh34: Not in Nola, in Lafayette. But any festival goer knows that if you can’t find your people, sit down and sooner or later they will go right by you! It was Festival International de Louisiane to be exact
Svensker
Strangest date? Guy I had met at a dinner party a few weeks before picked me up wearing a very loud 3-piece plaid suit and turned out he was about a foot shorter than I, or a foot and a half since I was wearing the 4″ spikes. (He hadn’t looked that short when I met him.) He took me to a Japanese restaurant where there was a harpist (WTF? at a Japanese restaurant?) whose only repertoire was “Feelings”. Mutt & Jeff go surreal. He thought the harpist was great — it was our only date.
Tim F.
Thus begins an new genre of posts where John describes how Rosie has figured out how to get under, over or through the fence.
Studly Pantload, now with enhanced schmuckosity
@Svensker:
Herb Tarlek lives!
Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason
Might I recommend a back brace? If I’d worn one when I was a yout’ I wouldn’t have to be so damn careful picking stuff up these days.
Bags of mulch are right out.
Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason
@lamh34: Well, I dated sporadically, didn’t get into any serious relationships until in my late 20s I went to my high school reunion and met my wife >30 years ago. My sister-in-law met her husband while kayaking in her 30s.
My advice: go do things with people who do things you like to do. Even if nothing relational comes of it, you’ll be doing things you like to do with people you like to be with.
Yutsano
@stuckinred: And folks wonder why I love Dawgs.
@lamh34: Ah dear heart, I just had an ex this weekend ask me to take him back. After he unceremoniously dumped me five years ago. I couldn’t say HELL TO THE NO fast enough. Being single is just damn peachy with me.
shortstop
@Yutsano: Was it fun to do that? We know you’re a fine person, but c’mon, wasn’t telling him to fuck off a little bit of good time?