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Blog’s been down for me since late afternoon. Murphy the Trickster God only knows why.
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(via commentor MattF)
Blog’s been down for me since late afternoon. Murphy the Trickster God only knows why.
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Well, thank FSM the teen driver road trip concluded safely. Above is a photo from along the way. As you can see, there’s nothing much to endanger. Thanks for the advice and encouragement in the prior thread.
To celebrate our survival, I think I’ll make tacos (vegetarian and carnivore) and perhaps margaritas. I don’t know where everyone else is, so here’s an open thread to discuss your dinner plans or whatever.
PS: If you think the commenting function on WP sucks, try creating — or FSM forbid, editing — a post from a smartphone. Good Christ, what a sucky UX.
by Betty Cracker| 179 Comments
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The above-pictured dog, Patsy Marie, is the sweetest critter ever, but she has an awful habit: She won’t allow us to sleep in on the weekends. We shut the dogs out of our bedroom almost always because, when we don’t, the humans end up clinging to two five-inch strips of mattress on either edge while the dogs loll and sprawl luxuriously in the middle.
Weekdays, I get up at 5:18 AM, make coffee, make breakfast, pack lunches and then take the dogs for a walk, generally leaving the house just before 6:00 AM. On weekends, I’d love to enjoy the unimaginable indolence of sleeping until 6:30 — or even 7:00 AM!
But Patsy Marie won’t allow it. First, she comes to the door and whines. If that fails to elicit a response, she starts licking the door. You wouldn’t think licking would be loud, but it is. If all else fails, she wags her tail, turning her butt so that the tail whacks the door like a drumstick.
If we curse, yell and throw shoes at the door, she just wags harder. Sometimes we wish she was a goldfish, but mostly we’re glad she’s a dog. She’s very sweet.
Regarding terror, we’re about to take a drive in the country with the teen behind the wheel. FSM be with us, and may the angel hair preserve us.
Please feel free to leave dog-training tips or discuss whatever.
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Roy Edroso, for the win:
… Try to imagine what a spectacle this presents to normal people: The Loyal Opposition telling them that the President is a dictator, and that non-discrimination laws are the real fascism. Maybe they actually think this is electoral gold. After all, we’re all supposed to be libertarians now, right? And, as we grow weary of repeating, libertarianism is basically conservatism with a brand makeover. At Forbes, Ralph Benko assures us that “Libertarians And Conservatives Must Find Common Ground” to win, and the way he suggests they achieve that is… to turn against gay rights. “Traditional values as vote getter (not just within the party base but with Independents — including ethnics and blue collar workers) violates the meta-narrative of the party elites,” he says. “Still, the conclusion that traditional values is a net, and a legitimate, vote getter is almost impossible to avoid.”
That’ll be news to most people (though maybe Matt Welch will go for it), but conservatives aren’t most people, and decreasingly resemble them. Here’s Ben Shapiro with his own formula for conservative victory:
Ask anybody who’s ever broken up with a girlfriend, no matter what you say to your girlfriend after you break up with her, she’s going to think you’re a jerk. Right? And the same thing is true with the American people.
The American people have broken up with conservativism. You’re not going to convince them that conservativism is the way to go by being really nice. The way that you’re going to convince them that conservatism is the way to go is because this is a two-party system, and we can paint the other side as mean and nasty as they are. And they are. They’re mean and nasty and they’re horrible people. I mean, they truly are.
Maybe Shapiro will get a chance to read that from the podium at the 2016 GOP Convention. You know, in my conspiratorial moments, I think these guys are all plants designed to destroy the Republican Party. Crazy, you say? We’ll see who’s crazy!
Virgin Ben Shapiro’s idea of a winning pitch: Vote for us, America, or we’ll stalk you on Facebook! And tweet threats to release your (nonexistent) sex tape! And call the campus radio station and tell them it’s ALL YOUR FAULT that we’re threatening to shoot up the quad!…
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Apart from mocking the Usual Gang of Idiots, what’s on the agenda for the weekend?
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by John Cole| 38 Comments
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Bedtime potty and treats:
All I have to do is yell treats and all three come running, and Steve bitches up a storm. Normally, they are all at my feet, but Rosie is a JRT and JUST FUCKING KNOWS I AM TRYING TO TAKE A PICTURE, but since I DID NOT ASK PERMISSION, she runs and hides every time I grab the iPhone or camera. It was all I could do to get her into this picture. So sick and tired of being outsmarted by my pets.
Here is Steve with Lily post-treat watching some boob tube with me:
Technically, this is pre-treat, but they are doing the same thing post-treat, and I left the camera in the other room. Such good pets. Even god damned Rosie.
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What a long week. I see multiple episodes of the Bridge in my near future as I bask in the AC with a fan aimed at my fat self and two dogs and a cat roaming around jockeying for lap position.
FWIW, I was gone from 10 am to about 7 pm today, and when I got home, the only one to greet me was Steve. Rosie and Lily were sound asleep and didn’t even notice I got home. Fuckers. All I want is to be treated like royalty when I come home, you damned dogs.
That’s not too much to ask from your dogs, is it?
by $8 blue check mistermix| 83 Comments
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This is from Grant Hart’s new album, The Argument, which is about Milton’s Paradise Lost and an unpublished William Burroughs story called “Lost Paradise” (which I can’t find anywhere). I think that’s what the kids used to call a “concept album”. I’m out for week or so. In the meantime, I hope you stay clear of Lucifer, unless of course you’re looking for him.