It's not really too bad for us if you link to the good parts the next day, now is it?
If you don't mind being dependent on me for your entertainment and edification, no.
I was so thrilled to see the Golden Globes on at the gym last night and to realize that I'd managed to make it to awards night without hearing anything about it. And to have my iPod with me so I didn't have to watch.
A quick thread-hijacking: the Flophouse has successfully defeated the threat of squirrofascism. We took one casualty in a friendly-fire incident. Details on Catherine's blog.
Holy shit. But was there only one fascist squirrel?
Are you sure it was friendly fire? Wreck might be a double agent.
Wreck has no sympathy for rodents of any kind. He has the body count to prove it. There will be no swift-boating of Flophouse dogs.
Also, Spackerman, your web-link has a typo in it and so goes to a business-solicitation page.
There will be no swift-boating of Flophouse dogs.
Totally self-serving on Spackerman's part.
Who killed the squirrel? catherine's post isn't clear what with all that sentimental whining about a hunk of flesh or something.
I posit that Spackerman is meaner than a Flophouse dog.
Hugh Laurie's Golden Globe speech was pretty good, too.
In entirely unrelated news, why didn't anyone tell me that Robert Anton Wilson shuffled off to screw that big metal apple in the sky?
No no, snarkout, he's just retired to a nice farm with big open fields where he can run and play!
Are there fuzzy ducklings there, M/tch? Libertarian sex magick ducklings?
I nabbed the squirrel and tossed it out the door, just like Uncle Phil used to do to DJ Jazzy Jeff.
Surprising no one, Catherine's bedroom is filled with boutique bags for carrying shoeboxes. Those bags are very useful for squirrel capture.
Good work, 'Smasher. Very Texan of you.
Except for the not killing it part, of course. You should have turned Wreck loose on the squirell instead of on catherine (is she okay?).
The squirrel is just going to climb up to the roof or wherever and come right back in again, you know.
Oof. There was a lot of commotion, but I still can't believe Wreck could be so provoked. It's such a shame that we have to put Catherine down.
22: A true shame. But once a person becomes a dogfeeder, it has to be done.
It needs to be said: CA is one tough bitch. I fear for all squirrel-kind right now. If she's getting put down, some motherfucking squirrels are going down with her.
24: Brave talk, Spackerman, but it sounds like 'Smasher was the one doing all the heavy lifting.
M/tch, I never denied that. Smasher smashed the shit out of that squirrel. I worked in relief: with oven mitts on my hands, protecting our weakest point, ready to catch the squirrel if the fucker tried to escape. 'Smasher showed how they do in Tx.
This drama has totally overshadowed my purchase of new speakers for the house. They feature a front baffle near the floor or intense low-frequency extension. And squirrel-killing.
So Smasher smashed the squirrel before throwing it out the door? Awesome.
And Catherine is totally one tough bitch.
The boys handled this admirably. I would have had to put on Spack's body armor before going anywhere near the ratsquirrel.
protecting our weakest point
Your dick?
My dick is mighty today, given that my dick and I are on the Scooter Libby docket.
[fixed link - Becks]
my dick and I made it onto the Scooter Libby docket as potential witnesses, that is.
The squirrel was dispatched with a broom and resolve—to plan for any other outcome would be to admit defeat. If Catherine's belongings had to pay the price to rid the region of the squirrel, well, gotta crack some eggs, right?
Does this mean you won't be able to go to Iraq?
35 - Or his paperwork will suddenly and magically get approved.
Nah, I've never been deposed in the case. I'll be in Iraq as soon as they give me an itinerary. (Apparently my embed is particularly unsafe!)
But for my bit role in Catherine's Squirrel Cycle, I alone in the Flophouse have no exciting news to report from the day.
Stay safe, Spacker, and best of luck.
Yeah, all kidding aside, stay safe Spack Man.
Do you request a particular unit, or do they just assign you one? And if they do the assigning, do they embed liberal journalists with more dangerous units?
i'm fine! my room is in disarray, but our spirits are high, and the squirrel is got rid of - all for the price of one measly stitch in my leg. my roommates are awesome and brave.
Where will you be posting reports, Spack? (And yes, do stay safe.)
Except the one cowering in New York City.
Agree with rest: be safe, Spackerman. Also, I demand funny Iraq pictures.
Thanks, guys. On most days in Iraq, a busy day will be three hours of work, so I'll have plenty of time to post. Either at THFTNR, or an as-yet-unfinalized venture of a major liberal magazine, and, of course, Unfogged comment threads.
I wonder if Unfogged will be blocked in Iraq.
If it is, send us an email. For Iraq dispatches, the Unfogged Technical Team will surely try to cook up a solution.
I've already got one special-purpose proxy.
I heard that w-lfs-n had, like, 30 goddamned Special Purpose Proxies.
1) And I thought I had a bad experience with squirrels in college (the girls who lived in my room the year before me use to feed them in the room, and the windows' screens didn't fasten securely, so I would often come home to find acorns in my desk drawers. Fortunately, if I was in the room when the things tried to get around the screen I usually was able to scare them enough to prevent it.)
2) Be safe, Spencer. Too hot for TNR indeed.
While I'm sure you weren't very pleased to find acorns in your desk and know that squirrels had been scampering around it and the other parts of your room to get there and away, Katherine, that's kind of adorable. I can't even describe the motion of these squirrels other than as "scampering"; that's how cute they are.
56: JM, plague for everyone has been roundly agreed upon. Sorry.
it was usually just acorns they left, but not always.
He got 30 seconds of laughs just for saying "anus and testicles." That seems to be the Borat phenomenon in a nutshell.
Spackerman, you should get video of Iraqis punching you in the flak jacket.
maybe he could convince al-Sadr to punch him in the trauma plate and break his hand in the process, dealing a deadly blow to the Mahdi army. also, I think that maybe he should be known as Spencer Muad Dib, after the mouse shadow in the second moon.
Frank Herbert references: on a lower moral plane than Star Trek references, or the same?
I think you've omitted one option, Clownae. (The correct option.)
Yeah well... Hey speaking of Star Trek references, anyone watch the weirdness on last night's Daily Show?
I can't believe w-lfs-n's all woodgy about squirrels.
I've been doing some research, and it appears that the Flophausers are all lucky to have escaped with their lives!
Russian squirrel pack 'kills dog'
More tales of squirrel perfidy:
Squirrel Attacks Anger Winter Park Residents
Squirrel attacks boy, mother
Mean squirrel attacks, bites mail carrier
Vicious Squirrel Terrorises Cheshire Town
Crack-Crazed Squirrels of London
These guys might be some useful allies:
SAPP
Scary Squirrel World: Profiles in Terror
My god the flophouse has the Klipsch. I am in awe