So are the front-page purity police going to show up for this (I’m guessing not-front-paged*) post to bemoan how FDL is being tainted by TBogg? Or did they get it out of their system for now in the last post?

*I don’t care enough to make a visit to the front page to find out. Anyone I read here, I have a direct bookmark for.

“And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.”

The occasional invertebrate, on the other hand….(they have such a delightful crunch!)

http://naturalsciences.org/about-us/news/six-legged-beauties-prance-pray-and-pose-their-way-bugfest-2012-saturday-sept-15
“Boasting crowds of more than 30,000, BugFest never disappoints, but what keeps visitors coming back for more is undoubtedly the Café Insecta—BugFest’s free bug-food emporium. Chefs from Rocky Top Hospitality, The Market Restaurant and the Chef’s Academy Culinary School of Morrisville, will create a host of bug-filled dishes for everyone to enjoy until it runs out! Traditional food and drink are also available for sale on the plaza and inside the Museum’s new Daily Planet Café, NRC.”

I’d say, “Let’s _all_ head over for a puppy pile” but Mr. & Mrs. T might not be keen on that.

TV is destroying America. Or something. Now git off mah lawn.

Yeah. Today is definitely a day to snuggle with a puppy.

Yeah, that was my first impression until I looked closer, that he had the arm of the chair in his mouth. I’m pretty sure the arm gets covered with slobber either way, though.

…and the world continued to spin in greased grooves.

Never heard these guys before (which is not hard to believe, since I listen to so few sources of music these days), so thanks for introducing them to me. Y’all have fun on your night out.

I add my umpty-umpth endorsement of Fenway’s expertise at his job, and yours at capturing him at it. Attaboys all around.

Hippo birdy two ewes, Mrs. TBogg, and I hope you have many more. Hugs and handshakes and ear scritches all around, distributed however y’all want them. I don’t judge.

Excellent idea by L&TC — it is very nice to see those faces again.

Wow. He appears to have actually stuck the flounce, a difficult move few trolls can manage. Kudos, Jimbo. Kudos.

Ah, the weekly dose of basset! My spirits, they are lifted. Thank you.

That is a lovely photo.

You’ve been doing this for quite a while — it doesn’t surprise me that you’re burned out on commenting on the same stupid crap getting done every six months. I would have said “every four years” but it seems to me that the Beltway types can’t seem to retain any memory past three months — so three months to forget how it worked out last time, then three more months to come up with this really great idea…

Anyhoo — as I’ve said before, like many other regulars here, even a basset post on Thursdays and maybe one or two bits of snark the rest of the week would be a sufficiency, especially if the alternative is nothing.

I’m not sure it’s “these folks” as much as it might be “this person” since every story I glanced at had the same byline: “By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers”.

But yeah — Sorcha seems to be smoking some really good shit.

Checking in from central NC, where the weather seems to frequently be unable to make up its mind as to what it wants to be. This week I’m walking around in long sleeves and a jacket. Next week I’ll probably either be going barefoot and in shorts, or possibly arctic gear. Possibly even both within the same 24 hours.

“I love callin’ North Carolina home,” as the tourism jingle goes.

Naturally I can’t find it now, but I saw a graph the other day that showed that drone strikes have caused fewer civilian deaths than standard warfare by a wide margin. Now whether or not you think we should be shooting the people we’re shooting is up to you, but at least we don’t seem to be shooting as many people we don’t mean to shoot as we do the other way.

I watched a clip of Wayne LaPierre tap-dancing around answering a senator asking “Do you object to criminal checks at gun shows?” on (I think) Ed Schultz’s program tonight. What was that German word for a face begging for a fist? ‘Cos that’s how he made me feel.

Personally, I think the “You brute, you brute, you vicious brute!” line fits The (Ex-)Virgin Ben better. But YMMV.