Friday Ferretblogging: Thank You Edition
This snuggle is from Bucky for all you did for his feline friends: A. Continue reading Friday Ferretblogging: Thank You Edition
Month: April 2013
George Jones, R.I.P.
Country music legend and world class eccentric George Jones has died at the age of 81.George specialized in “tears in my beer” weepers for an obvious reason: he was a drunk, albeit a charming one. I used to hang out with a guy who knew George. Joe told me a story that I’ve never forgotten and I hope is true. George was a legendary drinker and carouser. He had his license suspended for a DWI. Surprise, surprise. George came up with a novel solution to his transportation issues: he drove his riding lawnmower to town. He was pulled over and … Continue reading George Jones, R.I.P.
Kitty Week: Homestretch
So I set a new goal, and you guys get us to within $75 of THAT.That’s right, we’re now at $425 for the kitties! You guys are the best blog ever. Let’s get this done.Push us over the top today. Five hundred bucks for these kittens to roll around in like Scrooge McDuck. They’re so tiny. They need a warm place to sleep and somebody to take care of them if they get sick. They need litter, and towels, and electric blankets, and food to fill their tiny, teeny, little fuzzy bellies. I know we can get there. DOOO EEEET. … Continue reading Kitty Week: Homestretch
GOP Logic: UW spending money is bad, but saving is worse
“It’s not how much you make. It’s how much you save.” This was the edict my great-grandfather passed down to my father and the one my father gave to me. Dad recalled the story at least once a month when I was living at home. Each time, he told it, I listened as if I had never heard it before, mainly because the story was so honest and truthful. As a young man, he had just gone to visit great-grandpa after being paid for some summer work. “I was telling him how much I made and how great it was … Continue reading GOP Logic: UW spending money is bad, but saving is worse
Something in Bronze for the Bush Library
From Album4 Charles Pierce nails it —The Great Mulligan — and while at first I was going to bronze The Pet Goat event (when Dubya was actually holding a book), Katrina Guitar Hero seemed a little more fitting. If nothing else, he’d been presidentin’ for a full term, and that kind of shallow callousness is something you’d expect all but the dimmest of bulbs to at least kind of, sort of, grow out of. But not George W. Bush, who didn’t just have The Great Mulligan, but was given all sorts of second chances, right up to today when clods … Continue reading Something in Bronze for the Bush Library
This Blog is So Great I Need a Cigarette: Kitty Week Concludes!
You all. YOU ALL.I said $300 for the kitties and you were all like “eh, okay, fine, but let’s make it $500 and let’s send notes of support and let’s get our friends to chip in off the wish list because you may think we’re great but actually we are so much better than you think we are and we do this EVERY DAMN TIME, like pay attention, lady.” You raised $547 for the kitties. In four days. Because when the world’s caving in you put your hands to good use. I’m so proud to know you all. I’ve got … Continue reading This Blog is So Great I Need a Cigarette: Kitty Week Concludes!
Friday Catblogging: Flower Child
Yeah, I know it’s a paper flower that young Della Street got ahold of but it’s floral nonetheless. It’s the last day of kitty week but not unlike the Honey Badger, Della doesn’t give a shit unless something’s in it for her. Where did I go wrong? So, donate something to spite Della: I’ll give REM the last word with this flowery tune from right before they became big pop stars: Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Flower Child
Friday Catblogging: Flower Child
Yeah, I know it’s a paper flower that young Della Street got ahold of but it’s floral nonetheless. It’s the last day of kitty week but not unlike the Honey Badger, Della doesn’t give a shit unless something’s in it for her. Where did I go wrong? So, donate something to spite Della: I’ll give REM the last word with this flowery tune from right before they became big pop stars: Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Flower Child
Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Black Cat
Since it’s kitty week here at First Draft, I give you Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff: Here’s the trailer: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Black Cat
Caption This: The Eyebrows Have It Edition
This is Bernard Ingham who was Margaret Thatcher’s flack. It was taken at the Iron Lady’s funeral. It looks as if there are 2 feral animals asleep above his eyes: Continue reading Caption This: The Eyebrows Have It Edition
Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Black Cat
Since it’s kitty week here at First Draft, I give you Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff: Here’s the trailer: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Black Cat
Something in Bronze for the Bush Library
FromAlbum4 Charles Pierce nails it —The Great Mulligan — and while at first I was going to bronze The Pet Goat event (when Dubya was actually holding a book), Katrina Guitar Hero seemed a little more fitting. If nothing else, he’d been presidentin’ for a full term, and that kind of shallow callousness is something you’d expect all but the dimmest of bulbs to at least kind of, sort of, grow out of. But not George W. Bush, who didn’t just have The Great Mulligan, but was given all sorts of second chances, right up to today when clods like … Continue reading Something in Bronze for the Bush Library
Album Cover Art Wednesday: Wish You Were Here
This cover and many others were the work of Storm Thorgerson who died last week at the age of 69. Thorgerson’s classic work with Pink Floyd was done with his partner in crime Aubrey Po Powell under the nomme du guerre Hipgnosis. They also created this swell logo: Here’s the haunting title track of the LP: Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Wish You Were Here
Revisionism is in the air
The Bush lieberry is opening tomorrow in Dallas. It’s perfect that my least favorite recent President’s lieberry/mausoleum is opening in one of my least favorite cities in the known universe. There’s probably a worse town on Trafalmadore or one of the Stans but I doubt it… The lieberry opening has brought on a wave of W revisionism. The twerpy dullard David Gregory told us on the NBC Nightly News that Bush tweren’t so bad even though he strained to find some positive accomplishments. The main revisionist line is that Bush kept us “safe from terrorism” but there’s always a footnote, … Continue reading Revisionism is in the air
The Elvis Impersonator Has Left The Building
Photo via In2EastAfrica.net Usually a story containing the word ricin that involves someone being falsely accused of a felony is not funny. That is, until Paul Kevin Curtis. He’s the Mississippi Elvis impersonator who was arrested last week for sending ricin laced letters to President Obama, Senator Roger Wicker (Obscure R-Miss) and a local judge. It turns out that he didn’t do it, so he’s no longer dancing to the jailhouse rock. After Curtis was sprung from the slammer, he held a bizarre presser wherein he discussed his missing dog Moo-cow, offered to pay his attorney with foot massages and … Continue reading The Elvis Impersonator Has Left The Building
Kitty Week: Homestretch
So I set a new goal, and you guys get us to within $75 of THAT.That’s right, we’re now at $425 for the kitties! You guys are the best blog ever. Let’s get this done.Push us over the top today. Five hundred bucks for these kittens to roll around in like Scrooge McDuck. They’re so tiny. They need a warm place to sleep and somebody to take care of them if they get sick. They need litter, and towels, and electric blankets, and food to fill their tiny, teeny, little fuzzy bellies. I know we can get there. DOOO EEEET. … Continue reading Kitty Week: Homestretch
The Enemy
This is the stupidest part of a very, very stupid week: After saying emphatically that trying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a federal civilian court is the only option because the 19-year-old bombing suspect is a U.S. citizen, White House press secretary Jay Carney on Monday added that President Barack Obama’s inner-circle has his back on the decision. “The entire national security team is in agreement on this approach,” Carney said during a press briefing, after noting that it’s a “matter that’s decided by the Department of Justice.” Republicans, notably Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John McCain (R-AZ), have argued that Tsarnaev … Continue reading The Enemy
Roll the Flood Back: First Draft Kitty Week!
So last week was the worst week ever, and in addition to the bombings in Boston, the ricin, the gun control fail, the West, Texas explosion, the manhunt and its conclusion, and various politicians’ using their pieholes to talk, the Chicago suburbs flooded. As in, six feet of water in people’s basements, parts of EXPRESSWAYS closed, stranded/drowned cars in sinkholes, etc. Among the flooding victims was Feral Fixers, a cat shelter and spay-neuter-release program in Lombard. Their cats are all safe, but this shelter lost everything: Let’s do this and get out of this miserable slump. Let’s raise some money … Continue reading Roll the Flood Back: First Draft Kitty Week!
The Confession
After all the posturing by little Lindsey and his ilk about how to treat the accused Boston Marathon bomber, he was read his rights, and then confessed earlier today. I agree with what A said earlier: this guy is a criminal and we have a massive system dedicated to dealing with people like him. Try him and lock him up, the only terrorist he seems to know was his big brother who’s currently taking a dirt nap… It’s increasingly looking as if this is just the latest outrage perpetrated by angry young men. It seems closer in twisted spirit to … Continue reading The Confession
Kitty Week, Day Three
Did you smash the goal I’d set forthe whole WEEK in just two days? Why yes. Yes you did.We’re up to $320 for the kitties! But they’re kitties. No matter how much love and adoration you give them, they want: So participate in Kitty Week! Let’s see if we can make it $500! A. Continue reading Kitty Week, Day Three
Kitty Week, Day Three
Did you smash the goal I’d set for the whole WEEK in just two days? Why yes. Yes you did.We’re up to $320 for the kitties! But they’re kitties. No matter how much love and adoration you give them, they want: So participate in Kitty Week! Let’s see if we can make it $500! A. Continue reading Kitty Week, Day Three
The Elvis Impersonator Has Left The Building
Photo via In2EastAfrica.net Usually a story containing the word ricin that involves someone being falsely accused of a felony is not funny. That is, until Paul Kevin Curtis. He’s the Mississippi Elvis impersonator who was arrested last week for sending ricin laced letters to President Obama, Senator Roger Wicker (Obscure R-Miss) and a local judge. It turns out that he didn’t do it, so he’s no longer dancing to the jailhouse rock. After Curtis was sprung from the slammer, he held a bizarre presser wherein he discussed his missing dog Moo-cow, offered to pay his attorney with foot massages and … Continue reading The Elvis Impersonator Has Left The Building
The Confession
After all the posturing by little Lindsey and his ilk about how to treat the accused Boston Marathon bomber, he was read his rights, and then confessed earlier today. I agree with what A said earlier: this guy is a criminal and we have a massive system dedicated to dealing with people like him. Try him and lock him up, the only terrorist he seems to know was his big brother who’s currently taking a dirt nap… It’s increasingly looking as if this is just the latest outrage perpetrated by angry young men. It seems closer in twisted spirit to … Continue reading The Confession
Fuck Yeah, France
Another country has approved marriage equailty despite some right wing angst and protest: France has become the 14th country to legalisesame-sex marriage , pushing throughFrançois Hollande‘s flagship social change after months of street protests, political slanging matches and a rise in homophobic attacks. After 331 votes for and 225 votes against, there were chants of “Equality. Equality.” in the French assembly, where the Socialists have an absolute majority. But thousands of riot police and water cannons were in place near the parliament building in Paris in advance of planned demonstrations against the law. The right tomarriage and adoption for everyone … Continue reading Fuck Yeah, France
Fuck Yeah, France
Another country has approved marriage equailty despite some right wing angst and protest: France has become the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage , pushing through François Hollande‘s flagship social change after months of street protests, political slanging matches and a rise in homophobic attacks. After 331 votes for and 225 votes against, there were chants of “Equality. Equality.” in the French assembly, where the Socialists have an absolute majority. But thousands of riot police and water cannons were in place near the parliament building in Paris in advance of planned demonstrations against the law. The right to marriage and … Continue reading Fuck Yeah, France
Mad Men Thread: The Prestige That Comes With Ketchup
Even by Mad Men standards there was a whole lotta sneaking around going on in To Have and to Hold. If he could pass a background check-and we know he couldn’t-Don should have volunteered his services to Richard Helms or James Jesus Angleton of the CIA. The ketchup skulkathon, of course, turned into a fiasco with SCDP losing Heinz beans without gaining “the prestige that comes with ketchup.” The episode as a whole was a bit of a breather after some of the heavier goings on in the first 3 episodes. It mixed hilarity with hypocrisy and was mercifully light … Continue reading Mad Men Thread: The Prestige That Comes With Ketchup
The Enemy
This is the stupidest part of a very, very stupid week: Aftersaying emphatically that trying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a federal civilian court is the only option because the 19-year-old bombing suspect is a U.S. citizen, White House press secretary Jay Carney on Monday added that President Barack Obama’s inner-circle has his back on the decision. “The entire national security team is in agreement on this approach,” Carney said during a press briefing, after noting that it’s a “matter that’s decided by the Department of Justice.” Republicans, notably Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John McCain (R-AZ), have argued that Tsarnaev should … Continue reading The Enemy
Mad Men Thread: The Prestige That Comes With Ketchup
Even byMad Men standards there was a whole lotta sneaking around going on inTo Have and to Hold. If he could pass a background check-and we know he couldn’t-Don should have volunteered his services to Richard Helms or James Jesus Angleton of the CIA. The ketchup skulkathon, of course, turned into a fiasco with SCDP losing Heinz beans without gaining “the prestige that comes with ketchup.” The episode as a whole was a bit of a breather after some of the heavier goings on in the first 3 episodes. It mixed hilarity with hypocrisy and was mercifully light on some … Continue reading Mad Men Thread: The Prestige That Comes With Ketchup
Kitty Week DAY TWO
Look at this wee fuzzy kitty. So soft, so warm, so adorable. Don’t you want that kitty to have a cozy electric blanket if it’s cold and a clean litterbox to ignore and a safe place to sleep at night? Yeah, you know you do.So participate in kitty week, and make the sweet kitty happy. A. Continue reading Kitty Week DAY TWO
Kitty Week DAY TWO
Look at this wee fuzzy kitty. So soft, so warm, so adorable. Don’t you want that kitty to have a cozy electric blanket if it’s cold and a clean litterbox to ignore and a safe place to sleep at night? Yeah, you know you do.So participate in kitty week, and make the sweet kitty happy. A. Continue reading Kitty Week DAY TWO