Meh.
Unless I wanted to blog about Obama again, which I didn’t, there was nothing worth writing about today. I did watch his speech that he gave to thousands of people who can’t vote for him while I ate lunch, which wasn’t a good idea at all because nothing makes you lose your appetite like a droning repetitive politician with a totally unfounded ego complex.
Seriously people. Anyone out there reading this who thinks this guy has “charisma” - you can still get that lobotomy. I’m pretty sure your insurance will pay for it.
I took “Rupert” to his first postop appointment this morning (he still isn’t allowed to drive) and apparently, he will live. The nurse, who was in on the surgery, said that his disc they removed was “awesome.” As in, completely blown to bits, destroyed, ruptured, exploded, spectacularly awful in every way. That’s my Rupert, never doing anything half-assed. When he herniates a cervical disc he does it like a MAN.
Since at this hour, there is still nothing yanking my chain enough to compel me to blog about it, here’s a picture of Sunny with something dumb on her head while she excavates boogers out of her nose with her own tongue.
Congrats to Rupert for such a successful surgery, and to you, Rachel, for “going all the way.” Since I used to read your old weblog you wrote as an undergrad, I knew you could do it! What ba. . . uh, FORTITUDE you have!
Gotta keep that ol’ blue collar part of me from sneaking in and overwriting my university anatomy and physiology and human biology classes! Fortitude. FORTITUDE. It’s FORTITUDE AND NOT BA. . . well, YOU know!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:32 pmHey, I can do that. The nostril hairs are sometimes a little prickly on my tongue, though.
Glad to hear that Rupert’s doing OK!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:34 pmWhat IS that on her head? Granny panties?
July 24th, 2008 at 6:38 pmhahaha i wanna teach my dog that…haha.
good to hear rupert’s surgery went well!!!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:40 pmSo you don’t feel compelled to post any remarks about poor little Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii?
July 24th, 2008 at 6:49 pmSo glad that Capt. Rupert is mending nicely!
Imagine what THAT operation looks like.
“Well, fella, we’re just gonna haul your throat and all the muscles and blood vessels to one side, and then we’re gonna stick a knive right through your neck and into your spine. Then we’ll ram a shop vac in there and suck your disks out. Naturally, we’ll make occasional jokes at your expense.”
Rakil, thanks for your post a while back on Firefly. I bought (and watched) the DVD for it and Serenity.
[I thought you'd want to know.]
Not that anyone asked, but Morena Baccarin may be the most beautiful organism in the Milky Way galaxy—well, aside from timberwolves…
http://www.sheilaportraits.co.uk/photogallery/photo2170/timberwolf.jpg
…and Norwegian Forest Cats–a breed that runs down trees head first (they are that tough), or so I’ve been told.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Norwegian_forest_cat.jpg/452px-Norwegian_forest_cat.jpg
July 24th, 2008 at 6:58 pmFor a minute I thought I was looking at an Amish woman.
My bad, Sunny.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:05 pmThis chaste image brings to mind a recent Texas news story.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:14 pmGlad to hear Rupert’s doing well!
My post-anything appointments are usually met with a fair amount of “tsk, tsk-ing” by the doc…
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July 24th, 2008 at 7:21 pmI haven’t seen my dogs do that particular naso-lingua move, but my cows are extremely adept at it. Especially around range cube time.
Oh good. 14k didn’t steal MY joke:
July 24th, 2008 at 7:25 pmAnd Yay for Rupert(nhrn) healing well so far.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:26 pmNO [lentil] SOUP [mix] FOR YOU!!!!
JK. Care package coming, hopefully I’ll get to the post office Saturday!
July 24th, 2008 at 7:30 pmuuuummmmmm … just how enfianced are you, Rob Farrington, A.K.A. my new BFF? : )
Tee hee.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:33 pmA friend of mine (Orthodox Jew) called me up today and told me he almost caused a ten-car-pileup. Apparently he was listening to Rush Limbaugh when this caused him to suddenly slam on the brakes.
Yes, you are reading that right. Barack Hussein Obama, the most powerful and merciful, he of tingling legs and fainting followers, plastered the Western Wall Plaza (the holiest site in all of Judaism) with campaign posters.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:43 pmI always wondered why dogs and cats never have to blow their noses.
Thanks for the info.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:52 pmI’m sorry 14k, that was selfish of me. I should have at least acknowledged the excellence that is any photoshop you do, but those LDS fundies creep me out so bad!
oh yeah, you’re the best!
July 24th, 2008 at 7:57 pmFixed. =D
July 24th, 2008 at 8:15 pmDamn. I miss my dogs.
Glad to hear about Rupert.
Another donation on the way.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:17 pmPlay nice and don’t run with scissors, maya. [tee hee], cuz’ I hold your Cougar Gold hopeychange destiny in my hot little hands … oh yeah, and I will be bubble wrapping your heffy!!!
Best back!
This will make you laugh, but I actually checked out the travelling shelf life of a Sellas. No go. Dammit.
Oh, and RCHL, if you’re reading, you get a care package, too. I am proud of our locally-produced products, and a shipped selection will perhaps provide a little perspective on why we reside in rural hell. Or not. At least it’ll be a break in the monotony.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:22 pmWhich, hopefully, will prevent you from seeking a lobotomy. Which is NOT covered by insurance, believe me. I paid $1.2 gazillion for mine. Before insurance denied my claim. What they asked is why Mr. M didn’t just go ahead and ice pick me through the eye.
Rural Hell??
I was in Houston last week. If the rest of Texas is anything like Houston, it’s ALL Hell.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:34 pmOoh! Dawg boogers!
July 24th, 2008 at 8:54 pmOh my, Grandma Sunny… you look like you ate well… and what happened to little Rachel?
July 24th, 2008 at 9:37 pmSo we need a way to discern medically needed lobotomy from cosmetic lobotomy to get insurance to pay! Will a doctor’s note do?
And 14K, you’re right, I am laughing at checking shelf life of Sella’s. I think the cheese would not be salvageable. It would be like a cinder block by the time it made it out here. Or a giant grease puddle, depending on the weather here.
Cougar gold hopeychange destiny! You crack me up! (and my post at 7:57pm was not supposed to sound snotty, but I had a feeling it would come out that way in text. Stupid internet. Seriously though, everything you touch on this blog turns to freakin comedy (Cougar) gold!)
Speaking of hopeychange, Mighty: the Obama posters weren’t on the actual wall, but on all the police barricades leading into and inside the area. But still. Political propaganda inside (one of?) the holiest site(s) in the world? Not classy.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:37 pmI’m with ya Rachel. Nothing to Blog about. Not sure who’s the bigger asshat amongst the two, Obama or McCain.
I’m getting burn out stuff too.
As you said. Meh.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:45 pmOh, please tell me that Sunny is NOT wearing Rupert’s bloomers! Though I know that putting on a nice pair of fancy pants always makes me feel better…
July 24th, 2008 at 10:09 pmHere, blog about this.
July 24th, 2008 at 10:33 pmI don’t know if any of you caught this, but I was skimming the transcript of the Anointed Libtard’s Berlin speech on Drudge and noticed that he seems to believe that we have to prevent the spread of “the deadly atom”. Ummmm…okay?
I’m going to have t-shirts printed up that say, “Warning: this human is composed entirely of deadly atoms!”
Glad to hear that Rupert’s doing better!
July 24th, 2008 at 11:16 pmI’m speechless. . .
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Anyhow, Rachel, great Rupert news — yay! It’s such a relief to hear some good news from somewhere — Lord knows we need it!
July 24th, 2008 at 11:24 pmAs each day goes by, I grow increasingly jealous of your dogs. I mean, who wouldn’t want to be able to remove dried nostril snot with a discreet lick of the tongue?
In the spirit of shameless self-promotion, you could just start a running list of stuff people like (white people, nerds, whatever - SWPL is running a little slow now that the book deal is done, though). Speaking of which, when do we get to be graced with the first hide-bound compendium of Rachelisms?
July 24th, 2008 at 11:32 pm!
Want.
July 25th, 2008 at 12:05 am…here’s a picture of Sunny with something dumb on her head while she excavates boogers out of her nose with her own tongue.
Ah, boogers. As you have probably realized by now, most guys never quite outgrow their fascination with boogers (not to mention belches and farts). Unlike an earlier commenter, I can’t reach the inner reaches of my nose with my tongue. I just let the boogers hang around in my moustache until I’m ready for a snack.
Hmm. Spell checker indicates that I mis-spelled moustache. But it’s OK with mustache. What’s up with that?
July 25th, 2008 at 12:12 amGreat news about Rupert (Not his real name) (PBUH) I always thought it was amazing how many people have back problems but if you think about it what the hell are we doing walking around on two legs for. It’s less stable than using four legs and that balance thing can be a bitch, especially if you’ve had a few of your favorite cereal malt beverages.
Penny, a miniature dachshund, likes to try to give me a boogerectomy every time she gets near my face. It wouldn’t be too bad but every once in a while she gets too excited and nips my nose in the process. I figure it’s either that or she’s drilling for my brain, one of the two.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:17 amAt least Sunny isn’t going to have “Booger King - Home of the Glopper” tattooed on her nose.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:19 amOh, admit it - if you could excavate boogers out of your nose with your own tongue, you’d NEVER leave the house!
Oh, and RCHL… Who won the Wii tournament last night?
July 25th, 2008 at 8:24 amOff topic (sorta) Is the Obama love a dying?
There may be some good news yet!
maybe
July 25th, 2008 at 8:39 am“Possumus”??? Oh dear god NO HE DIDN’T!
Sic ‘em, Maggie!!
Edit: Sorry if this is old news to you, but I missed it the first time … and it’s teh funneh! Possumus. HEH!
July 25th, 2008 at 9:39 amat least Sunny licks her OWN booger holes.My dog tries to lick mine
July 25th, 2008 at 10:16 amIsn’t it a little early to start dressing Sunny up as a Puritan/Pilgrim? I thought that’d be around Thanksgiving.
MightySamurai,
July 25th, 2008 at 10:18 amThanks for posting that. Now we know that Obama thinks nothing is sacred. Let’s see if he puts up campaign posters when he goes to Mecca.
oh man, the thought of rotisserie possum kinda makes me gag.
although for all I know, it’s what KFC’s been serving for years.
July 25th, 2008 at 10:23 amNow completely off topic, how long has Qantas been spelled without a U?
July 25th, 2008 at 10:27 amBrilliant photo! My dogs do that too and it’s so freaking cute.
How do you embed photos? I don’t know how so here’s my sweet girl doing her best booger lick…http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/205406714_6f1a718ce0.jpg
and Kodiak very nearly doing his…but it’s more of a “stop taking my picture woman!” look…
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/361306219_0768ce0241.jpg
=D Life is never dull with 4 dogs around the house. Our foster dog thinks kisses (aka Booger Excavation) are divine … we’re trying to break that with the “no kiss” command. LOL
July 25th, 2008 at 10:30 am“evvybuns Says:
Ooh! Dawg boogers!”
Ever have a dog sneeze on you?
Quite an experience.
July 25th, 2008 at 10:39 am!!! Bite your tongue! Houston is the armpit of Texas. The rest of us feel sorry for Houston’s Houston-ishness.
The rest of Texas is NOT like Houston.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:25 pmSince 1920 when Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited was founded.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:09 pmOccam strikes again!
July 25th, 2008 at 8:18 pmGlad Rupert is doing well.
July 26th, 2008 at 10:51 amWhen my husband, J., had a motorcycle accident in 1997, the hand/wrist orthopedic specialist described J’s right wrist as “trashed”.
It was the worst the Dr. had seen to date and he told J. that, as a result, his wrist was “going in my journal”.
Took 5 hours surgery to put it back together and later J. was rated by the physical terrorists (he called them) to have 90% usage back !
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I thought Sunny was looking rather Amish, myself.