Right now, we are all this dog:
Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.
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— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) November 13, 2020
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Right now, we are all this dog:
Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.
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— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) November 13, 2020
One disorienting thing about getting older that nobody tells you about is how weird it feels to get a really passionate, extremely wrong lecture from a much younger person about verifiable historical events you can personally remember pretty well
— brittany wilson (@sameoldstory) November 16, 2020
And some extremely niche transit stories…
Take a look at these broomsticks attached to a motorized wheel https://t.co/CmIZLNzBii ?? pic.twitter.com/8GGltWZNGI
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 13, 2020
Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled PET bottles and household garbage https://t.co/nPV6rml3p6 pic.twitter.com/l6HYHnYmhD
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 13, 2020
A futuristic drone taxi takes flight in Seoul pic.twitter.com/xPhxFIciq7
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 13, 2020
by TaMara| 59 Comments
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Figured we could use something besides politics. Luckily, Scout turned three today, perfect timing for a little respite. I also have a WereBear post for a quiet time this week, too.
I would have totally forgotten, but I keep in touch with her brothers and sisters, so someone reminded me. Boy, has that bear shrunk over the years (and the scarf, too).
She is absolutely the best, sweetest, and good-natured Dane. She makes me smile every day and keeps Bixby on his toes with games of tug and lots of snuggles.
November is a rough month there, Harley, Jake and Bailey all left us. But of course, that means Zander and Gabe arrived soon after. But Bailey was the hardest. Bixby was inconsolable. The entire time I was in Paris, I was checking rescue groups and putting in applications during the night, since the time difference made sleep pretty much impossible.
When I got home, none of the rescues worked out and Bixby was getting more and more despondent. I was desperate. I began looking for puppies. The chances of finding a litter seemed a long shot. And from a breeder that was responsible and caring.
Then I saw this:
And that was it. Heart fully engaged. I checked out her breeder, had a long talk with her and realized she was head and shoulders above any breeder I’d ever checked out. The next 8 weeks of videos proved I made the right choice. These dogs are spoiled, socialized, lived in her sons’ laps, and were as close to potty trained as an 8-week old puppy can be by the time Scout-a-licious arrived.
There are more photos of both pups here.
Respite open thread
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SOUND UP ???? pic.twitter.com/9O43bfCyJO
— Jay Arnold ?? (@jadedcreative) October 16, 2020
This is how tornadoes start.
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— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) October 14, 2020
People in a Moscow park were treated to a skateboard performance by a French bulldog named Nord Boss ?? pic.twitter.com/E8eU40kDMY
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 16, 2020
"How could you???"
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— Clare Logan ? (@withchillies) October 17, 2020
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. ?
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— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) October 13, 2020
How to assert your dominance (step one) – WALK LIKE A BOSS…
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— Clare Logan ? (@withchillies) October 14, 2020
"Leave it, Gary, he's not worth it…."
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— Clare Logan ? (@withchillies) October 17, 2020
Tuesday Evening Respite Open Thread: Dogs: We Don’t Deserve ThemPost + Comments (67)
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Haven’t posted a Badger photo in a while, so here’s one:
He often walks along the top of the sofa as if he were a cat. That abused piece of furniture is a frequent launchpad when he gets the zoomies. Recently, he used that same commanding height to pounce on our Roomba.
I need to cut his damned claws, a task that we both hate. Daisy’s need to be trimmed too, but I don’t dread it as much as she’s usually not a big baby about it like Badger is. She’s stoical about baths too, whereas he acts like we’re trying to skin him alive. A big ol’ drama llama.
Anyhoo…open thread!
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Looks like we could use an afternoon open thread.
Got the notification my ballot was mailed and on its way. Soooo excited. Probably haven’t been this excited since 2008. Oh, we were so innocent then.
What’s everyone up to this afternoon?
Open thread
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Spitfire jumps a distance of over 31 feet to create a new world record for the farthest leap by a dog pic.twitter.com/QX14pLDspP
— Domenico (@AvatarDomy) October 5, 2020
You may not need it, but by Murphy the Trickster God *I* do!
In the midst of a difficult year, a moment to celebrate. Meet the 2020 MacArthur Fellows, 21 remarkably creative and inspiring individuals. #MacFellow
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— MacArthur Foundation (@macfound) October 6, 2020
N.K. Jemisin, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mary L. Gray… I’ll bet the ‘Intellectual Dark Web‘ and their downmarket brethren have been soiling themselves ever since the news was released. (Yes, I am sure that the other new Fellows are ‘too progressive’ in their own fields, but you can’t expect someone networking after the cancellation of their NYTimes opinion column to stay up-to-date beyond the bestseller list… )
And despite everything, this made me laugh:
White House aides in the Oval Office today pic.twitter.com/BvNedQKzg0
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 7, 2020
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Steve’s cat cave was delivered today, and I am not exaggerating when I say that THREE minutes after I put it on the floor this happened:
He got in there so fast it was freakish. Although apparently I am going to need a bigger one:
Remember, Lily was raised in a trailer with 20 cats, so she does as they do.