Cabin fever
Spring fever
Fever o’rays
Garden fever
Went to the Buffalo muzeee de la natural science with my little one just to burn some time and goof around. Her sense of humor is much like mine…. O boy I hope she can find a real lad that can handle it … no suitors as of yet …
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Running fourteen day care businesses out of the same building since March 2009 
Good morning!
Whose turn is it to drive up in Jimbro’s driveway at 6am, do a K-turn, and leave, while his dogs lose their minds?
All three of my expensive pepper seeds have germinated. Will be starting them in plug trays tonight. Yeah, baby!
Soon it will be time to start presprouting potatoes….
*looks out at the snow piles*
Soon…so soon…
The story about the song Dazed and Confused over at the ONT is pretty good. Listening to the original now.
Jimmy Page just straight up stole it, lol. Glad the original artist finally got what was due.
“Nature doesn’t need people, people need nature”
“No one is illegal on stolen land”
cue the meme, “They’re the same picture”
wakey wakey
Made it to 6 with Ollie on the bed laying his full body weight on my legs and Rowan and Lola taking turns rubbing against my other arm that was hanging over the side of the bed. Ollie provides the symphony in the morning that goes from the time he makes it out of the bedroom until he goes outside. He is the only one of our pack who does an actual AWOO which is equal parts annoying and fricken cute.
My Great Pyrs have a bit of a howl and sometimes Posey’s howls have a lot of AWOO in them. She’s such a funny dog – her verbalizations are all over the place.
The other night, Pat was pulling in (it was dark) so I was watching from the window as Posey did this crazy excited dance that he was home. She was practically doing little backflips. Dog joy – I love watching it.
Our gang does that when Paula gets home. I’m here more often and, while they’re happy to see me, it’s a festival-like atmosphere when momma gets home.
Posey is always excited when people arrive. Nash thinks he’s my #1 so he often pushes her out when I get home, but I get the treatment pretty good. But yes, I’m here more.
I want a Golden Retriever. Real bad. But I don’t want to pick up yard craps, walk the dog, clean puke off the floor, or deal with the fur in the house.
It took me a while to get comfortable with the mental paradigm of having to look after the chickens, and form the new routine, when they arrived that year.
It’s hard to go back to having pets after you’ve been enjoying total freedom from that sort of duty.
Yup. Since Nessie the Wonder Dog’s passing we have been blissfully petless. Now that we are moving to a house in the boonies with fenced yard and pasture(!) I’m having trouble holding back the get a dog or two wave of sentiment.
Great Pyrs vs. Newfies…pros, cons, recommendations? I like big dogs and I cannot lie, I was thinking Mastiff but I think my homeowners insurance policy forbids.
I bought $25 plans for an awesome chicken coop but have yet to build it. Ended up laying in a new side yard garden and giving myself more to do in that way, instead. It took time to develop the land there and make it good for crops. A lot of pernicious weeds called that area home for the first couple years. It was extra work.
There’s only so many hours in a day!
This year, I’m settling on the final shape and size of the main garden out back, and going to put in a wood framed fence around it. This will be it. No more new land conquering. I’ll develop that last new strip of land with cover crops and stuff, but I’m not adding any more new gardens after this. I already killed everything that was growing there so that will make converting it to garden MUCH easier.
Once that is done maybe I’ll get around to building a coop next year. At least with chickens you can automate quite a bit of the daily work, right?
I heard that Great Pyrenees are nocturnal due to their working history as wolf-killers guarding sheep at night, right?
Since we’re doing dog reports this morning …
miles north of me last week. Infected ears and a large lump growing just behind his right shoulder. So 4 hours, x-rays, anesthesia so they could treat his ears, and a full blood panel workup … about $1600 later. He’s on antibiotics and painkiller, and has a fatty tumor (probably benign, or maybe not, time will tell).
It looks like Annie was bitten just below her left ear. I suspect she was fighting with Bonnie over a chew toy. Almost all my dog-dog friction is between the two females.
Ugh, sorry RC.
…add worry and vet bills to that list up there of stuff I don’t want to deal with anymore. The amount of money we spent on our red girl ACD, ooooof.
If you are a very good pet owner and really take the responsibility to heart, the vets around here are basically rooking you and milking you half the time.
In hindsight I know there was no earthly reason we had to go through this whole step by step expensive series of procedures and meds with that girl, when they probably knew ahead of time she was going to go blind anyway.
The fucking last guy to see Dorkus? I hope this piece of shit dies in pain. I would explain but it ruins my day whenever I think about it.
I obviously love both breeds. Neither naturally listen worth a shit, but are sweet as can be. Posey is literally one of our favorite dogs ever , but we loved Moose too. DOes she come when called? actually yes, but pretty much at her own pace. Nash actually is very smart and obedient for the breed – an anomoly. They are breed to make their own decisions … so that’s gonna affect their behavior.
The size of Newfs is a negative – Moose was 200 lbs. WHen he came time to euthanize him, I HAD to get someone to the house to do it. They are also more stubborn than Greaty Pyrs.
If you get a great pyr – I highly recommend crate training because they can be destructive for the first 2 years. We love Posey so much, we didn’t really care – lol
Everyone LOVES Posey … she’s just a great dog.
As for nocturnal … well, they do start barking if they hear coyotes … but then that’s their job. Otherwise they sleep nearby, occasionally moving to different spots through the house. I don’t notice a huge issue with them being nocturnal.
Stella bit Nova good yesterday (Nova can be a pain in the ass and hopefully learned her lesson). Nova’s got a nice big gash on her nose – so I’ve been giving her some antibiotics I have around the house. It looks ugly, but it’s not bleeding so I assuming it’s gonna heal on it’s own.
Nova literally loses every fight she starts.
I have a “farmer vet” I take the dogs to when I can. He’s no nonsense and isn’t interesting in running up the vet bill.
The majority of the fighting here happens between Ollie and Rowan with Ollie getting nipped in the hindquarters every so often. When they’re in the house Ollie is a scared little bitch but when they’re outside the roles are reversed and he is able to antagonize Rowan with impunity.
Lola will occasionally nip Rowan over some slight, known only to themselves, and we have no idea why. He was nursing a flank wound a couple of weeks ago that’s largely healed.
Rowan is showing his age (12 in August) in some areas and it’s both good and bad. He doesn’t run down the driveway to attack people walking their dogs by anymore but he stops playing after less than a marathon session. He wants to play as many times as you’re willing to toss the frisbie but you have to read him right and stop at the one before the last one where you toss it and he looks at you, says “Nah” and walks towards the door to go in. When I sit down in the chair to put my shoes on in the morning he normally jumps on the bed in anticipation of getting belly rubs after I’m done but lately he’s been pacing around the bed and not willing to risk the jump. Other times he leaps right up so it’s hard to say whether it’s because of the slippery wood floors or age. None of our dogs like being lifted on to anything so that’s not an option.
I’m fully ready to have only outside animals at this point, but I don’t expect to ever get there.
My emergency vet is very pricey, but they are open 24/7 every day of the week, 365 days a year, and have incredible tech available on site. I trust them to handle complex problems where time is of the essence.
My local vet clinic is having trouble keeping vets on staff, and has dropped down to being open only 4 days a week. And they aren’t that much less expensive. I go to them for checkups and scheduled vaccinations, not much else.
None of my dogs mind being lifted, though Donner is big enough he can jump up onto anything given a running start. Enzo was trained as a young pup to tolerate a military lift onto my shoulders, and even now likes his hindquarters lifted when getting into vehicles. The girls are not as large, but don’t seem to mind being assisted/lifted into vehicles for transport.
They did a needle biopsy on Enzo’s lump, but noted in the x-rays that it was attached to his scapula and had possibly caused some degeneration (scalloping) to the edge of the bone. They had a different term for the lump that started with the letter H and ended with -oma, and distinguished it from a lipoma.
They also noted that it looked like he’d fractured some ribs sometime in his distant past.
My Lucy is part dachshund, part basset hound and weighs in at 50 pounds, which is her ideal weight. She can jump up on the bed or furniture and almost make it into the seat of my truck, not bad for a shortie. She is strong as an ox and a little smarter than she acts and trainable to a certain extent.
My vet in WV was literally a horse doctor and was no nonsense also. He was injured badly after falling off a horse trailer last year and they thought he might die. The old guy is in his 80’s and is back practicing.
There’s an emergency Vet in Brewer which is about 20 minutes away. Our local Vet has been up and running since before I moved here. The owners have changed twice with Rachel being the new owner. She has a partner that comes a few days a week so they’re a M – F 8 to 5 operation. The Vets are both good but the ancillary staff varies.
We dealt with the emergency Vet when our Star was near the end. I don’t know for sure since I wasn’t there for the initial visit but they had a plan to watch her overnight and give her fluids. Paula was there and had to leave to do something. They called her less than an hour later to say Star had passed. I’m of the belief that the Vet, knowing what was inevitable, slipped the blue juice in her IV after Paula left. Can’t prove it, I’ve moved on mentally from it, but it does affect my opinion of that place. Would I go there again if one of our dogs needed emergency care? Yeah, the nearest competition is hours away in Augusta or Waterville.
I woke up thinking about Car In’s snowbound chicken (weird huh?) and wondering if she’s getting any eggs.
Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning makes a nice garnish on deviled eggs.
Michell has me hooked on Chipotle sauce that was in the shredded beef taco recipe he posted a while back. The straight Chipotle peppers in Adobo are too hot for me so I’m thinking about using them to make a big batch of sauce. The recipes I’ve seen call for 2 or 3 peppers and a seven ounce can contains about 20, so I think a little will go a long way.
hahahaha, just got a fundraising text from Harry Dunn, Jan 6 fake cop.
Asshole.
My younger birds are still laying.
You don’t seem to be as overwhelmed by eggs as you were at one time Leon.
I’m getting 3-6 per day. That’s manageable. When the older birds start producing again in the spring I might be overwhelmed again. I have some 4 and 5yo birds at this point that I almost certainly need to retire.
The ducks are still producing, but a lot of those crack in the cold before we get them so they haven’t been piling up.
About thirty years ago I took my folks to a Glenn Miller Orchestra performance here in Ann Arbor. Swing and Big Band was the music of their era, so I knew they’d really enjoy it, and they did. But so did I.
The cool thing is that when Glenn Miller was alive he filled out his orchestra with talented college musicians. I don’t know if he did it so he could pay them less, or if he was really altruistic and wanted to give them a start.
Anyway, that’s the way the orchestra is still comprised today. If you have a chance to go, go.
Our dog is an only dog. She fights with the neighbor dogs through the fence but that’s about it. Border Collie. She’s the best dog in America.
Cookie and I have been blessed in that every dog we’ve had has had a really good temperament. I think they develop and respond to the way they are treated.
I have only seen the hound have a negative reaction to one person. I had her at the park for a walk and we got about 10 feet away from two ladies approaching. She went off and started barking and lunging. The lady turned around and walked away and the hound was fine. The only thing I can figure is that the sight or smell of the lady reminded her of her previous owner, who treated her very poorly.
Whenever we get around other people, I warn them that the hound may lick them to death, she is that friendly with everybody.
Women’s hockey on the USA channel now.
I think J.D. Vance is at the game. Haven’t seen any obvious trannies yet.
I never had a dog so I don’t have any dog stories but I think I might be coming down with something because my voice is a little ruff.
Mark Tapscott on the Washington Post:
https://mtaps.substack.com/p/jeff-bezos-re-introduces-washington?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
We really miss our Doxxies, but we don’t have the energy for dogs right now. It’s nice to be able to go and not worry about doggie daycare or boarding. Maryann had fatty tumors. They weren’t cancer, but any surgery would’ve been cosmetic. She was pretty lumpy towards the end.
Dog Blog
Yeah, dogs are a commitment for sure, above and beyond a cat which still requires some commitment if you enjoy a house that doesn’t smell like cat piss.
Our dog when we were kids was a lovable mutt from the neighbors down the block where we used to wait for the bus when we were in elementary school. Dog ownership was a different experience then, she was loved but pretty much was just a part of the home environment and wouldn’t know what to do if we treated her like we treat our dogs now.
My mom called me to come down from med school to help her bring her to the Vet for the last time. That was a rough day but it was time given her blindness and kidney failure.
I just finished watching a series that deals with “cold wallets”, and bitcoin type shit. I didn’t even know what a cold wallet was.
Anyway, last night I dreamt that I had a whole bunch of bitcoin, like millions, in a cold wallet but I couldn’t open it.
These problems didn’t exist ten years ago.
“I buried some treasure and I lost the map” is pretty close.
I asked Meta AI how big Michelle Obama’s dick is, and it said it wouldn’t engage in that conversation.
I mean, based on some of the photographs we’ve seen she isn’t trying to hide it, so why should Meta AI?
I just saw someting about a French doctor who supposedly committed suicide after affirming that Macron’s “wife” had transitioned. It was the internet, so who knows accuracy, but given the way these globalist elite behave, I wouldn’t be surprised.
Regarding AI:
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/02/04/im-being-super-polite-to-ai-because-im-sure-its-already-making-an-enemies-list-n4949102
“Nature doesn’t need people, people need nature”
do these fools think humans are from Alpha Ceti V or something? We are nature ffs.
read the comments now
Update on the car story from yesterday. The car made it from Presque Isle to the trailer where it’s now parked. When it started up it smelled like radiator coolant and there was a lot of white exhaust above and beyond the usual hot exhaust in the cold. Baby mama canceled the insurance after they made the trip at Paula’s request (she wanted to cancel it immediately but P convinced her to keep it a few more days to avoid the hassle of getting a policy for it to make one trip).
When she got home here dirtbag son started in asking her if she had left a key because he “wanted to move the car”. Not her first rodeo with him. Moving the car would have involved him driving around with no insurance and risked being incarcerated if he had any mishaps at all which, him being a shit magnet, falls under the more-likely-than-not category.
She also got more info on him being fired from the gas station. He and the woman who was training him BOTH got fired for “abandoning the store”. The clerks often duck out for a smoke which I think the company tolerates. All she can surmise is that both of them left the store at the same time to smoke weed and the security cameras documented it. Probably not the gas station’s first rodeo with marginal employees either.
We are nature ffs.
bwahahahaha
Has anyone been watching The Night Manager series? Last night was the end of Season Two and what a fucking steaming pile of shit. If there is a Season Three I’m not going to watch and see if they untuck themselves.
I greatly regret eating four tacos today. I always regret eating four tacos but I thought I was super-extra hungry. Note to self: you are NEVER hungry enough for four tacos.
Mixed team curling on USA channel. The young ladies look pretty hot despite the winter clothes. The guys are doing most of the sweeping, which is just wrong.
I’ve heard Chuckie Schumer claim that Trump likes TACO
I drove a load of boxes to Lugoff and had dinner at my new favorite restaurant , San Jose Mexican. I sat at the bar and ordered “Tacos Americanos”, and then didn’t say anything until the bartender looked up from his order pad at which point I said, “I KNOW, RIGHT?” And then he laughed in Spanish.
Googling the location I realized there are at least 12 San Jose Mexican Restaurants in the Columbia Metro . I’m not sure how I feel about that.
The one in Lugoff has a tomatillo sauce that is red, which kind of threw me off as I’m used to green, but it is roasted chipotle style, spicy and so good it make you want to slap your mommacita.
Note to self: you are NEVER hungry enough for four tacos.
Quitter talk right there.
And then he laughed in Spanish.
Ja ja ja ja?
I don’t watch many series Hotspur. We’ve had YouTube TV since roughly October and other than football I’ve only watched a bunch of Christmas movies on TCM. Any time I wonder if there’s anything good on I’ll flip through the channels and wonder how the networks on it manage to survive.
We usually cancel it following the Super Bowl but Paula has lately been watching the Dallas Mavericks to see 19 year old Mainer Cooper Flagg play b’ball so she may keep it until the weather improves enough to get outside more.
Ja ja ja ja?
I neglected to mention this but they are moving me to a management position. It’s technically a promotion, but it means I’ll have to fight for technical work if I ever want to do it again.
Anyway Tacos Americanos is 3 flour tortillas with steak, lettuce and lots of white cheese. I KNOW RIGHT? I put the tomatilla sauce on it like hot sauce and I burn all the way back to Charlotte. Worth it. I can only finish two so the third taco was breakfast this morning.
*does that thing where I fist bump my heart and point at Mitchell*
Te entiendo amigo.
Yaaay! Leon is a manager! My last job I was Technical Services Manager, one of my dudes made me a plaque that declared that I was a Manger. Which I like better.
That sounds like an excellent meal, Pupster.
I’m having an old fashioned and then pounding back some burritos americano myself.
Also shots of Don Julio Silver and Dos Equis dark draft (served in a frozen mug) x 2. Their parking lot is really tight and I had to horse Badonkatruck around in tight spaces by the mirrors and cameras in the twilight freezing rain but yeah again totally worth the effort.
It is 1 hour and 15 minutes back to Charlotte, and it was raining/sleeting the whole way, when I lose traction from hydroplaning the truck just kind of pauses and you get that floaty feeling for a micro second, kind of helps to keep your focus.
All things considered I’ve got a pretty awesome life and I’m the luckiest dog alive other than maybe Posey who I think might have it better than me but not by a lot.
“Apes Can Pretend, an Ability Once Thought Unique to Humans, New Study Suggests”
I’ve seen this movie
Another one from the WSJ: “Fans want to sing along with Bad Bunny on Sunday night when he performs at the Super Bowl halftime show, so they’re learning his language: Spanish. Since the Puerto Rican star released his debut album in 2018, he has entranced millions of people who don’t know a lick of it.”
“Fans” is doing a lot of work in that sentence. How many? 100, 1000, 1,000,000? I’m guessing the fans could fit on a school bus.
Next question, will they be donning dresses for his halftime show only or just wear them for the entire game?
Imagine making the effort to learn another language just so you could listen to a creep like that.
It’s been a day.
Another one from the WSJ: “Fans want to sing along with Bad Bunny on Sunday night when he performs at the Super Bowl halftime show, so they’re learning his language: Spanish.
Sounds like a promo paid for by the NFL and/or NBC/Peacock.
Just shoot me now:
https://x.com/Rob_ThaBuilder/status/2019425783710924900
I’ll watch the All-American halftime show.
The kidnapping angle is just stupid.
She was whacked.
She was involved in organized crime, has huge drug or gambling debts, or has a crazy family member who needs some cash.
Jimbro, white smoke and the smell of coolant is very bad.
That means coolant is getting into the combustion chamber.
Best case scenario would be blown head gasket, a couple grand.
Check the oil – if it looks milky, yeah, water/coolant is mixing in from somewhere, it could be a blown head gasket.
I’m home alone. The wife is at bingo, the dinner bud is at his church group. Leftovers in the air fryer, running some laundry. Shitty weather all day, not much accomplished. Pretty quiet.
The odds of him taking and passing the driver course after his OUI, being able to afford to register the car, pay for a repair and get auto insurance are vanishingly small. The best case scenario is him selling the car while it’s still drivable which he won’t do because he mistakenly believes he can pay for all those things.
As it is, he pays child support for two kids out of his check and the loan on the car which leaves him just about enough for groceries.
The trailer park has a rule about not storing vehicles that are not registered or something along those lines. Paula pays more attention to that than I do and is on his case about not getting kicked out of there because I’ve made it clear he’s not ever living here again. So, at some point I expect she will force the sale while it’s still running and he’ll eat the difference between what he gets for it and what he owes.
I told my wife that none of you responded to my “peanut butter and smelly sandwich” comment last night, and she said I need to find a better friend group. Someone who appreciates me.
During egress, retain passport