Everyone say Happy Birthday to Tunch, who is eight years old today!
Someone will be getting some tuna in a little bit.
Dead To Her
I’ve got nothing, and it’s open thread time, so let’s talk about my Mother. She’s 74 years old, brown (US citizen from Mexican parents), and tough as nails. She spends her winters in a small town near Tucson, a few miles from where she grew up.
Since the Arizona immigration law passed, I’ve been thinking about what’s going to happen the first time she’s pulled over and asked for her papers. The results of my thought experiment aren’t pretty. To say that she’ll be unintimidated by the local cops is a gross understatement. My concern is for the officer who pulls her over, as well as the police department and town that she’ll sue. Life gets a little dull for the retired, and the family joke is that Mom has a titanium grudge carrier, so I expect she’ll do her part to bankrupt her local municipality, and enjoy doing it.
Mom’s a proud Goldwater Republican. She was happy with Reagan, voted for Bush II in 2000 (but not in ’04), and has long been active in the local Republican party. But I can say with absolute certainty that she will not vote for a Republican, for any office, ever again. She’s the proudest person I know–proud of her family, her achievements in life, and her Mexican heritage. And, whatever else this new law is, it is profoundly disrespectful. I don’t know if this law will kill the Republican party in Arizona, but I can assure you that they’re already dead to her.
Open Thread
For those of you in my neck of the woods (WV), it is going to frost tonight so make sure you cover your plants and/or bring them in.
That is all. I’m tuckered out.
Also, one of the dogs from on of my favorite reader pics has passed away:
I’ve had hundreds of reader pics sent in, and posted a lot of them, but hands down, besides the dog in a bucket, this is my favorite. I think before I said they reminded me of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. At any rate, RIP, Onion. Although I have been informed that Tater has a new friend to pal around with:
I’m off to fold clothes and relax in front of the boob tube.
*** Update ***
I’ve also added “A dilettante blog from the great progressive state of West Virginia” to the rotating tagline because it is so full of win.
Early Morning Open Thread: … Star Stuff!
Commentor Bago posted this link last night, as a ‘rebuttal’ to Professor Hawking’s alien-alarums…
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I had not previously realized how much material the American Museum of Natural History, beloved fantasia-land and wonder-box of my childhood, has posted on YouTube. If y’all never hear from me again, it’s because I’m off wandering its virtual corridors, mouth agape with delight.
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Chuck Open Thread
New Chuck tonight.
BTW- if NBC cancels Chuck, they are officially dead to me.
Fill It And They Will Come
The newly repositioned feeder out front is paying dividends:
Tunch has not noticed yet, but he has noticed the action at the back feeder. In fairness, it has been raining all day so he has not been in the window sunning himself.
Money Pit Update
Our ‘cracked tiles’ turned out to be a collapsing chimney, which is extra awesome because it makes the job twice as expensive and it gives our home insurance and our home warranty a reason to weasel out of paying. At least the roofers’ repairs survived this weekend’s biblical rainstorm. Now we can finally think about whether to fix the caved-in guest bedroom ceiling, or (my preference at the moment) just brick over the room and tell guests that it’s haunted. Our water authority has a line insurance plan that will cover major subsidence problems caused by a broken sewer line out front (awesome!), except for replacing our broken concrete stairs, which are expensive and apparently not covered (less awesome).
One the plus side, if our sprouting herb garden continues to grow at its present rate then in two or three years it will cover the surface of the Earth. Bwahaha.