Althouse: At the Staggering Mouse Café...

२५ जानेवारी, २०१९

At the Staggering Mouse Café...

... don't give up.

७९ टिप्पण्या:

Jupiter म्हणाले...: Are you a man ....; २५/१/१९, ९:०१ PM
Tom T. म्हणाले...: Sorry for bringing a big downer into the open thread, but we put our family dog down today. Her liver was failing, and she'd been hit with pneumonia, and it was clear that she wasn't ever coming home. I've done this before, but Daisy was still reasonably alert and responsive, and we had to look past the temptation was to see what tomorrow would bring, and remind ourselves that she was suffering.

This was on top of losing my parrot to a sudden illness three weeks ago. We'd been together for 24 years, but their delicate little systems inevitably mean that the end is quick. We now have no pets, and a bunch of my little daily routines are gone.

My three-year-old is skating past it all, but the six-year-old had just begun to seriously wrestle with the idea of death before all this happened, and now he's paranoid that Mommy or Daddy won't be there when he wakes up. It's a rough time.

I'm kind of glad my office is reopening on Monday, so I can get back to a routine.

So what's up with all of you? Tell me you're up to something fun.; २५/१/१९, ९:०२ PM
gilbar म्हणाले...: eight below, and supposed to get down to -15
i'm listening to the furnace run, and hoping it don't quit :)

sorry about your pets :(; २५/१/१९, ९:०५ PM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: Sorry to hear about the dog and parrot.; २५/१/१९, ९:०७ PM
mezzrow म्हणाले...: el Raton looks like he's had a couple of Jager shots to battle the cold. Anti-freeze.

Cárgale semillas a la maraca pa que suenen
Cachucha cuchu cucha cucha
Échale semilla a las maracas pa que suenen
Cachucha cuchu cucha cucha
Échale semilla a esas maracas oye chacucha cucha cucha cucha
Y hace rato esta sonando sonando chacucha cucha cucha cucha
Y hace rato como esta hablando caballero
Y cha chacucha cucha cucha cucha
Chacucha cucha cucha cucha
Chacucha cucha cucha cucha ay
Rata

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q4icTc0gOY; २५/१/१९, ९:१३ PM
tomaig म्हणाले...: "Sent shivers UP my spine."
"Sent shivers DOWN" my spine"

Which idiom do you use? Why?; २५/१/१९, ९:१५ PM
Inga...Allie Oop म्हणाले...: He looks defeated.; २५/१/१९, ९:१६ PM
alanc709 म्हणाले...: Inga's in a joyous mood, we're one day closer to the destruction of our way of life, her lifelong goal.; २५/१/१९, ९:२१ PM
Lucid-Ideas म्हणाले...: It's Penny, the attractive norway rat. She couldn't stand that Jeff and Cynthia are "partners" now. She's apparently found solace at the bottom of a bottle.

Poor penny.; २५/१/१९, ९:२२ PM
narciso म्हणाले...: So sorry to hear that.; २५/१/१९, ९:२७ PM
Drago म्हणाले...: Inga: "He looks defeated."

Yep....very Oct 2016.........

LOL; २५/१/१९, ९:२८ PM
MadisonMan म्हणाले...: Tell me you're up to something fun.

Does reading Althouse count?

Also, trying to figure out abstract submission rules for a conference I'm going to in July. All I've found so far is the cost, but nothing about the actual sessions that are running.; २५/१/१९, ९:३३ PM
narciso म्हणाले...: What's the name of the contest?; २५/१/१९, ९:४० PM
narciso म्हणाले...: You cant be as cavalier as chuck?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/26/melania-trump-apology/; २५/१/१९, ९:४२ PM
Kathryn51 म्हणाले...: Tom T. - thanks for inserting a bit of real life into our dialogue. Saying goodbye to a beloved pet is one of the hardest things imaginable. A couple of notches down from saying goodbye to a parent who has a lived a long and good life. (and WAY down the scale of losing a child).

The toughest one for us was saying goodbye to a 12 year old dog that was riddled with cancer - we waited until kids were home from college so they could hold her as she went to sleep.; २५/१/१९, ९:४५ PM
walter म्हणाले...: I'm just glad none of the dozen plus FBI officers were harmed by Roger Stone.
Haven't been so similarly thankful since Weiss' top men took down that lesbian couple as well as that home alone teenager here in Wisconsin.
Good work!; २५/१/१९, ९:४७ PM
walter म्हणाले...: And kudos to CNN. I've been on hold , then canceled for network news even after things happen. The genuine foresight to allocate a crew based solely on a hunch heralds a new era for CNN reporting.; २५/१/१९, ९:५४ PM
FullMoon म्हणाले...: One of the ACE of Spades morons won jeopardy tonight.
http://ace.mu.nu/

Had not heard of the guy, but was wondering why the winner was trying so hard not to laugh out loud when he won.; २५/१/१९, १०:०० PM
narciso म्हणाले...: Yes he might have injured some agent with a thrown cufflink or something.; २५/१/१९, १०:०१ PM
mockturtle म्हणाले...: I really like your Rats of Color [ROC].; २५/१/१९, १०:०२ PM
Dave Begley म्हणाले...: More rats!; २५/१/१९, १०:०६ PM
I Have Misplaced My Pants म्हणाले...: Tom, I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. I'm certain both of your lives were better for having known each other.

Today is my birthday--it's a literary one, as I share it with Robert Burns and Virginia Woolf. We celebrated with a road trip to Costco for our bi-monthly reprovisioning (we haven't one close to us) and I had planned to let the husband and two year old sing happy birthday to me over an all-beef hot dog and berry parfait, but the ice cream machine was broken. :( I did indulge in a big tub of chocolate turtles, given that it was my birthday and all, so I had a few of those instead. :); २५/१/१९, १०:०७ PM
Tom T. म्हणाले...: Thanks guys. This is the price we pay for bringing animals into our lives.; २५/१/१९, १०:१६ PM
Andrew म्हणाले...: I watched a friend's dog for about a month while he was out of the country. I haven't had a pet since I was a kid. I fell in love with this dog, and for the first time understood as an adult how people can bond with their pets. (I understood it before intellectually, but never on such a deep subjective level.) I always used to have a snide reaction about people talking about their pets as if they were the equivalent of a person, but not anymore. My friend's dog alleviated my loneliness once my kids were gone after the holidays. I was constantly having conversations with him, and he gave me nonstop love and affection. When the time comes, I'll get my own. I really can't afford it now, and am not home enough to be a good pet owner. Tom T, I'm sorry for your loss.; २५/१/१९, १०:१७ PM
mockturtle म्हणाले...: Tom T: How very sad to lose two loving companions! I'm still grieving for my dog who passed away last year. God bless you.; २५/१/१९, १०:२७ PM
William म्हणाले...: It's nearly impossible not to bond with a dog. Dogs have been evolving for far more generations than Homo sapiens and are far more domesticated, kindly, and loyal than the average human.; २५/१/१९, १०:३२ PM
narciso म्हणाले...: No they are very good judges of character, not at all like people.; २५/१/१९, १०:३९ PM
JML म्हणाले...: Tom T. I have had to put down dogs and it sucks. Each time I swear no more. I am watching Slush (AKA Wrecking Ball) and Mudd (The Nose) sleeping together. Slush is a year old pit bull-healer cross and Mudd is a 5 year old beagle-dachshund cross. They mostly get along. She is a runner, and the one time they made a break for it together, Slush was seen on the security camera bounding after Mudd with unbridled joy. Three minutes later he's running back to the house trying to figure out how to get in. Mudd was gone for hours. I figure Mudd will eventually get out and get eaten by a coyote or bobcat or even a big old owl that hangs around. I have some hope for Slush. Slush uses brute force if he finds something of interest. Mudd has unzipped backpacks and selectively taken out lunch items. One Friday in IL my wife asked my son if he enjoyed the WI string cheese and beef sticks she added to his lunch. He had no idea what she was talking about. I went under the deck and found the wrappers and one un-opened beef stick she was saving for later.

When Mudd does finally disappear, I'll hug Slush and swear when he goes, no more...

Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.; २५/१/१९, १०:४१ PM
Sprezzatura म्हणाले...: "No they are very good judges of character, not at all like people."

This is why using the B-word re gals is a compliment. Dogs rock.

Same goes for:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/14/trumps-rationalization-for-calling-women-dogs-helped-define-his-campaign/?noredirect=on

It's a compliment!; २५/१/१९, १०:४७ PM
Sprezzatura म्हणाले...: Elect a POS, expect a lot of S.

IMHO.; २५/१/१९, १०:४९ PM
Karen of Texas म्हणाले...: Tom T, my condolences - the loss of their physical presence leaves an ache. We had to help our 5 year old cockapoo follow the light 3+ years ago. I still miss her. But I stumbled upon a FB group run by a wonderful, caring woman who taught me a lesson I will never forget. I hope it resonates with you as well.

"Love never dies and nothing is lost that love remembers."; २५/१/१९, १०:५२ PM
walter म्हणाले...: Yes 'sitter.
A President of Substance will get a lot of shit from press and investi-gators used to being complicit to an empty suit like Obama and company. (Ohhhh..just gonna keep this Obama/Farrakhan photo in my drawer); २५/१/१९, ११:०० PM
Sprezzatura म्हणाले...: Walt,

it took eight years (and another eight-ish (i.e. the BHO years)) before a lot of cons decided that: 'golly, W rule weren't so diddly dang good after all, who knew?'

But, W had the 911 bump in the first four.

DJT needs a bump.; २५/१/१९, ११:०३ PM
Sprezzatura म्हणाले...: BTW Walt,

The NYT did do a deep dive into BHO. They tracked down all the folks he hung w/ when he was a yoot.

The big revelation?

His closest friends said that BHO's jabber about drug use was untruthful. It was inflated/exaggerated in his book.

Ha.; २५/१/१९, ११:०७ PM
narciso म्हणाले...: And the khalidi tape and tell squirrel about arming two Mexican cartels and look the other way when an ambassador is executed by al queda on September 11th.; २५/१/१९, ११:०८ PM
Sprezzatura म्हणाले...: BTW,

This is an open thread.

So, let me relay that in the background I started w/ the Wrays video playing in an adjacent tab, then it kept autoplaying through a few other videos, then Lyin' Ted started jabbering on the Senate floor. Regardless of the content, that guy is hideous to listen to.

IMHO.

Wray:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/fbi-video-message-to-employees-from-director-wray/2019/01/25/650df75e-d952-4fcc-a1cd-94729b9ffdd4_video.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.26f06bbc4c35; २५/१/१९, ११:१२ PM
Sprezzatura म्हणाले...: Walt,

That NYT piece was in 2008, during the election.; २५/१/१९, ११:१३ PM
walter म्हणाले...: You're off on a tangent. (surpriser!)
But in short, it's all..and always relative.
Enjoy police state tactics...guaran-damn-teed to continue to at least election day 2020.
Because that's how yer folks roll.
Sleep well with Stone in and out of cuffs today.
Got yer footage/perp walk.; २५/१/१९, ११:१३ PM
narciso म्हणाले...: Right up there with bill Ayers just being a guy in the neighborhood. Both remnick and garrows doorsteps were remarkably scarce in some areas.; २५/१/१९, ११:१५ PM
walter म्हणाले...: Oh FFS sitter.
Get real.
NYT put the hammer down..under the scope!; २५/१/१९, ११:१५ PM
narciso म्हणाले...: Ah Mike and the mechanics I haven't heard that song in ages.; २५/१/१९, ११:१८ PM
narciso म्हणाले...: Are they still touring:

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1PJ22M?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR3uedtEofswEsDrpMHbVPzBNPam1fouHtz2hkFvceiHkWoUk38-9I1k8iA; २५/१/१९, ११:२४ PM
Churchy LaFemme: म्हणाले...: The politics of geology; २५/१/१९, ११:३० PM
Bay Area Guy म्हणाले...: The 3 Cs: Capitalism, Christianity and The Constitution. I've taught my kids that these 3 things made America great.

I've also taught them that, Yes, the Nazis were evil, but the Communists were just as evil.

Every Presidential aspirant should be asked generally about their views on these broad topics.; २५/१/१९, ११:३४ PM
Sprezzatura म्हणाले...: BTW, I've avoided listening to the Bennet breakdown cause the reported descriptions (incl (actually, especially) the favorable ones) seemed uncompelling, imho. But now that I've suffered through a three minute Lyin' Ted clip, I went fer equal (loon) time.

This, starting at 1 min 30 sec, is good, imho:

"https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/bennet-slams-ludicrous-border-wall/2019/01/24/6590bf7c-6a16-400c-a972-1cefc16c549e_video.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.26f06bbc4c35"

The line about the H rule is notable, and the stuff lamenting cons not focusing on new innovation rather than fussing re oil-type stuff and jobs that were important in the past.

P.S. re lamenting: RIP doggie/birdie; २५/१/१९, ११:४१ PM
walter म्हणाले...: Lizzie Warren "gonna" use rich folks' money to build "opportunities" for US!; २५/१/१९, ११:४२ PM
walter म्हणाले...: (butt-first..she's gonna get herself a..a beer); २५/१/१९, ११:४४ PM
Sprezzatura म्हणाले...: Bag,

Up yur game by one, and you'll raise bankers:

character, capacity, credit and collateral

Up to you to determine if ya think that's a good thing.

Can be a rich thing. According to rumor.; २५/१/१९, ११:४६ PM
narciso म्हणाले...: As opposed to wind power like Solyndra tell me another one.; २५/१/१९, ११:४७ PM
Sprezzatura म्हणाले...: "(butt-first..she's gonna get herself a..a beer)"

After the last two sober POTUSs, the selling point is going to be who is the biggest drunk.; २५/१/१९, ११:४८ PM
walter म्हणाले...: How is Sean Penn these days?; २५/१/१९, ११:५२ PM
narciso म्हणाले...: Trump doesn't drink or smoke, neither has w since 1986; २५/१/१९, ११:५५ PM
walter म्हणाले...: Man o'the peeps that he is, he should be on those Venezuelan streets capturing and interpreting the extended Chavez hang-over joy.; २५/१/१९, ११:५६ PM
walter म्हणाले...: narciso, with Choomer in da middle, that's what he's yakkin' bout.; २५/१/१९, ११:५७ PM
walter म्हणाले...: Yeah..should check in with my Venezuelan ex about frequency of family hostage events...and her thoughts on AOC posters...(she warned me about Obama); २६/१/१९, १२:०५ AM
narciso म्हणाले...: What I wouldn't for him to be archetypically fisked (like in afghaniatan); २६/१/१९, १२:०७ AM
Sprezzatura म्हणाले...: "How is Sean Penn these days?"

"Turn that thing off or I'm gonna go
Sean young on your ass!
- (beeps)
- I think she means Sean Penn.
- That's good. Sean young scares me."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6DPbztWi8U; २६/१/१९, १२:१७ AM
Crazy World म्हणाले...: so sorry Tom T, very sad to lose our loved ones.; २६/१/१९, १२:१८ AM
Ralph L म्हणाले...: hot dog and berry parfait

I suppose it depends on the berry, but BLEUUH!; २६/१/१९, १२:३७ AM
Wince म्हणाले...: Roger Stone was also charged with two counts of Facecrime: that tattoo of Nixon on his back and his David Farrie eyebrows.; २६/१/१९, २:५२ AM
tim maguire म्हणाले...: I’m sorry for your loss, Tom. I know birds are a bit different because they are potentially very long lived, but with dogs and cats, they live long enough to become eeply entwined in your life, they are a part of major moments. But you will out live thrm. When I had to put my last dog down, it was a long time coming and I had to wrestle with the same question—can we get more time out her? Vs. She’s suffering and her quality of life is gone. She made it easy, the day she was done, she was done. There was no question, it was time.

Recently, I was looking through old photographs to find one to blow up and frame for a bare wall and I found a batch of her in her younger days. In life, she was a tough nut and decrepitude came slowly. She was old for so long I forgot what she was like when she was young. Seeing those pictures reinforced that it really was her time. At the end she was such a shadow of the dog she used to be.; २६/१/१९, ४:०९ AM
Mr. Forward म्हणाले...: Bob Dylan’s drinking Bud and Virginia Wolfe and Robert Burns are shopping at Costco. Hard Times.; २६/१/१९, ४:२९ AM
Mr. Forward म्हणाले...: You don’t need to be afraid of Virginia Wolfe but don’t get between the free samples and Robert Burns.; २६/१/१९, ५:०६ AM
Humperdink म्हणाले...: Looking forward to the State of the Union* address. This should be a classic with San Fran Nan sitting directly behind Trump. Her facial expressions will be fun to watch. And of course I expect Trump to turn around and address her directly.

*Assumes Pelosi permits the SOTU to occur.; २६/१/१९, ५:०८ AM
Mr. Forward म्हणाले...: “Staggering Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain; The Shopping Carts o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain”; २६/१/१९, ५:१८ AM
BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...: I'm fascinated by the leftists claim of Trump being evil, fascist and a piece of shit, while ignoring the totality of the Clinton's doings. Hillary has got the demonstrated history of a sociopathic liar and felon. Not remotely moral, either of them.; २६/१/१९, ६:०० AM
Jaq म्हणाले...: It's about power, BUMBLE BEE. Don't try to apply reason to their purported reasoning, it's not about that. They have to say something, and it can't be "We are your natural rulers," which is their actual reasoning.; २६/१/१९, ६:१० AM
Jaq म्हणाले...: It's like Hillary said to Vince Foster in that meeting a week before he offed himself. "You're just a hick lawyer who will never understand." He was applying legal reasoning to some scheme of hers to take more power.; २६/१/१९, ६:१४ AM
Jaq म्हणाले...: narciso, there you go thinking it's about facts. They believe everything they think.; २६/१/१९, ६:४१ AM
Bob Boyd म्हणाले...: "I don't feel no ways tired" - Staggering Mouse; २६/१/१९, ६:४९ AM
gilbar म्हणाले...: remember! it was the FBI's anti terrorism task force that was trying to destroy Trump.
While they were doing that, Ilhan Omar (rep, ISIS) was working on getting reduced jail sentences for ISIS recruits in Minneapolis.

She said that they should receive reduced sentences because of Why they were enlisting in ISIS

"I was not going there to pass out medical kits or food. I was going strictly to fight and kill on behalf of the Islamic State.”
— Abdirahman Yasin Daud"

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-ilhan-omar-plea-for-lenient-sentences-for-men-accused-of-trying-to-joining-isis-resurface; २६/१/१९, ६:५३ AM
Meade म्हणाले...: "He looks defeated."

He looks determined.; २६/१/१९, ७:४७ AM
Original Mike म्हणाले...: -5 at Space Science but -20 ar Truax?; २६/१/१९, ८:०७ AM
tcrosse म्हणाले...: Meade said...
"He looks defeated."

He looks determined.

It's the disinvited mouse who refuses to go away.; २६/१/१९, ८:२२ AM
Meade म्हणाले...: (I'm working on a big beautiful mousetrap. Hopefully, we can avoid a shutdown.); २६/१/१९, ८:३६ AM
Andrew म्हणाले...: @Karen of Texas,
Thanks for sharing that beautiful quote.; २६/१/१९, ८:४६ AM
Marc in Eugene म्हणाले...: ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.; २६/१/१९, ११:३४ AM
walter म्हणाले...: Human-sized mouse trap would definitely kill you; २६/१/१९, ११:५१ AM
walter म्हणाले...: Dog whistle!

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Ice fishing on Sturgeon Bay with JJ, Hans, Gene and a whole bunch of other great guys. Bringing home a bunch of white fish!; २६/१/१९, २:०९ PM

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