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Wednesday, Sept. 02 | The Bleat. 11/5/13, 9:09 AM ABOUT Search Tuesday, Septem – ugh, September Out of Context Ad Challenge RECENT COMMENTS polymathamy on 06.14.12 Bleat WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 02 Amanda from Michigan on Boo. Hiss on SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 · 76 COMMENTS · in DOMESTIC LIFE, WOOF Julie on Testing the new RSS feed idea shesnailie on Autobots and Bruckner The dog is old. Or: he has a bladder inflammation. No, that’s not right; even Wagner von Drupen- Sachs on Autobots and if he has one, he’s still old. Point is, he’s had some overnight soakings the last Bruckner few nights, and I’d call them an accident except that I can’t see him waking up, sensing warmth, and thinking “ooops.” The vet wants a sample before she 140 OR SO puts him on anti-inadvertent-peeing drugs. I’m sure he’s just old, and I’m tempted to use the opportunity for some cheap analysis for the humans in Error: Twitter did not respond. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page. the house. But then they’d wonder why the dog tested positive for Stoli, I guess. So: tonight I put four towels on the bed under the sheet, over a plastic bag, then took him outside, cup in hand. When he Assumed the Position I was CLICK – AND SAVE! there, right there, capturing the precious tell-tale ichor. Just flash yourself back 60 years and imagine a farmer crouching in the dark to get a sample to take to the horse doctor to see if the 14-year old dog peed the bed because he might have a condition. Because I feel bad about the attention the Bleat’s been given the last fortnight – having a life and a job, da noive – I will put up the Out of Context Ad Challenge before I leave for the Fair today. This means I’ll be unable to approve unregistered comments, but for heaven’s sake, why not register? It’s painless and you get to chose your own picture, if you like. I think. I don’t know. It’s all slipping through my fingers, this web thing. A BOOK I RECOMMEND Hah! Just kidding. Wait until you see the next batch of improvements. You’ll http://lileks.com/bleat/?p=3572 Page 1 of 9 Wednesday, Sept. 02 | The Bleat. 11/5/13, 9:09 AM be able to automatically post your comments to Facebook via foursquare and embed a movie in the tweet. Actually, no. I dread learning that such things are possible. It’s always a pleasure to come across something new for which I have no evident possible need, seems like a time suck, and requires me to log in when I get to a Child 44 restaurant so I can see if anyone else I might know who also likes “Silent E” Tom Rob Smith Best Price $0.02 by Tom Lehrer and associates him with Mahler because he wrote a song or Buy New about Mahler’s wife. (It really does compress things to think that Mahler’s wife wrote a book about which Lehrer poked fun. That’s like two degrees of separation to Gus Himself, somehow.) The only new New Thing I’ve adopted Privacy Information is posterous, which I’m using for a more-or-less daily photoblog. IPhone shots only. THE PAST AT YOUR FINGERTIPS NOVEMBER 2013 The daily Fair videos continue; if you missed yesterday, it’s here, complete S M T W T F S with hastily-crafted hoe-down music. Today’s will be about Kid’s Day, with some POV shots of the Giant Slide and the Tilt-A-Whirl. I’ll tweet a link, as 1 2 they say, when it’s up – even though I’ll be deep in Fair Duty, doing . I have 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 no idea. No idea whatsoever. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ad Challenge up around 9:30! See you then. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 PS - This comment stuck out, from Peter: « Jul Alas, as my therapist would said, our time is up. THE DISTANT PAST One almost feels that the sadness of your beloved ‘Gnat’ transforming July 2013 into a Natalie has sucked the juice out of your daily postings. The humor June 2013 is there as always, but it is of the ‘film noire’ variety, dark, but very, very, May 2013 dated. It’s terribly sad and cynical. And, I suspect, you’re not either. April 2013 Bon chance my friend. March 2013 February 2013 Thanks, Peter, but . eh? What? You’re leaving? If I’ve had a juiceless January 2013 period it’s because I’m busy. I certainly don’t feel dark, dated, sad and cynical. December 2012 Also, to be frank, I don’t write about (G) as much because she has plainly forbade me to write about certain things, and I have to respect that. There’s November 2012 no sadness in her growing up – well, of course, the inevitable background October 2012 bittersweet ruminations, but every phase has its own pleasures, and we’re September 2012 certainly closer than ever. I actually had to help her through an online flame August 2012 war the other day, and we had a looong conversation about the internets and imaginary friends. It would be a breach of trust to discuss the particulars. July 2012 Drat the luck. June 2012 In any case: I still love this site, and it’s my work, my hobby, my playground, May 2012 my model train set. I’ll never give it up. As I said once, I know I will April 2012 disappoint everyone eventually about something, but let me add another November 2011 rule: Everything you like will go away for a while. Until it comes back. October 2011 September 2011 http://lileks.com/bleat/?p=3572 Page 2 of 9 Wednesday, Sept. 02 | The Bleat. 11/5/13, 9:09 AM August 2011 Pass it along, if you wish July 2011 June 2011 76 RESPONSES TO wednesday, sept. 02 May 2011 April 2011 Trogdor says: September 2, 2009 at 12:19 pm March 2011 Now that I get down to the bottom of the commentary, I feel like February 2011 someone that just walked into a room full of people who just January 2011 finished discussing 9/11 or some tragedy and I didn’t hear it. December 2010 So I’ll change the subject! I think I will go to the Colorado State Fair this weekend. ONLY because I read the BLEAT. The one fantastical November 2010 thing they have there is the “Dairy Barn”, you can get the best vanilla shake for about $2. Even if they raise the price to $4 it’s October 2010 worth it. I don’t believe I’ll chance the Zipper though, unless my September 2010 Kamikaze 14 year old insists. I was shocked last year when he wanted to ride the Xcelrator – and we did! That’s one of those huge August 2010 arches that raise you up on wires and drop you from 120′ or so. And July 2010 you have to pull the rip cord yourself…now that’s adrenaline! June 2010 EmGee says: May 2010 September 2, 2009 at 12:19 pm April 2010 Thanks for the Dollar Store tip Dr Spyn, I had no idea you could get March 2010 dogs there. February 2010 bgbear (roger h) : January 2010 So if I know how to think like the cool people: -if James comments on an encounter with an ineffective or December 2009 indifferent sales clerk on his blog he “stunningly callous and November 2009 mean-spirited” -but to refer to entire groups of people “as bitter Americans October 2009 clinging to guns and religion” is a bright new hopeful view for our country. September 2009 Apparently the cure for this callousness is to get drunk and August 2009 drive you and your passenger into the Mississippi River. Your survival and passenger’s demise will set you onto a path of July 2009 service and charity toward your fellow man person. June 2009 Whoa, if the vitriol in your post is anything to go by, I think you are May 2009 already “thinking like the cool people” you speak of. April 2009 March 2009 Trogdor says: September 2, 2009 at 12:20 pm February 2009 January 2009 Now that I get down to the bottom of the commentary, I feel like someone that just walked into a room full of people who just finished discussing 9 / 11 or some tragedy and I didn’t hear it. HOST WITH THE MOST So I’ll change the subject! I think I will go to the Colorado State Fair this weekend. ONLY because I read the BLEAT. The one fantastical thing they have there is the “Dairy Barn”, you can get the best vanilla shake for about $2. Even if they raise the price to $4 it’s worth it. I don’t believe I’ll chance the Zipper though, unless my Kamikaze 14 year old insists. I was shocked last year when he wanted to ride the Xcelrator – and we did! That’s one of those huge arches that raise you up on wires and drop you from 120′ or so. And http://lileks.com/bleat/?p=3572 Page 3 of 9 Wednesday, Sept. 02 | The Bleat. 11/5/13, 9:09 AM you have to pull the rip cord yourself…now that’s adrenaline! Trogdor says: September 2, 2009 at 12:21 pm sorry bgbear (roger h) says: September 2, 2009 at 12:40 pm @EmGee ?? UNTOLD RICHES AWAIT YOU Do I need soul searching.
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