Wasn’t going to post today;feeling kinda blah.Then I got a card from a lady on my paper route who’d asked me last year to leave any extra copies of the Sunday paper if I ever got any,since she is a couponer and uses the extra to buy goods for the local food pantry.After a year,she said that my help really made a difference for those less fortunate than we are.Funny how the simplest things can make you feel really good.I promise all good stuff today.My picture files are bursting,so I’ll try to make you smile a little.
PSA from CTH: STOP EATING! STOP DRINKING! STOP CHEWING GUM! IF YOU’VE GOT A TOOTHPICK IN YOUR MOUTH, REMOVE IT. [still coughing up cereal inhaled during Pete Graphic Laff Fest below.]
CHRISSY DOING HER SITE BITES
BOB
HOOT
TING
JUST BECAUSE I THOUGHT THESE WERE FUNNY
AS YOU CAN SEE,I HAVE WAY,WAY,WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS
polination.blog 
DYING NINE YEAR OLD TRIES TO SET CHRISTMAS CARD RECORD;HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/16/dying-9-year-old-seeks-to-break-christmas-card-record-see-how-you-can-help/
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ABC INUNDATED WITH PORN SPAM AFTER TWEETING REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS WITH RELATIVES OF SHOOTING VICTIMS
Apparently there are others who are really annoyed when a snotty little reporter goes to a mother and says: ‘Your six year old was just gunned down.How do you feel?’
Really?I feel like beating your ass to a pulp.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/17/abc-news-producer-inundated-with-porn-spam-after-tweeting-interview-requests-to-relatives-of-shooting-victims/
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VIDEO:CAT HELPS BABY WITH SPANISH LESSON
http://screen.yahoo.com/cat-helps-baby-spanish-lesson-155414505.html
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Where did they ever get such a cooperative cat!? LOL
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HEAVY METAL FRONT MAN DISGUSTED BY DISRESPECTFUL OREGON AUDIENCE
http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2012/12/17/lamb-of-gods-randy-blythe-disgusted-by-disrespectful-oregon-audience/
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This guy shouldn’t have to look far to figure out why his own fans are disrespectful slobs. Check out his language?! And oh, did you notice HE is on trial for manslaughter?
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PHOTOS OF GOLDEN RETRIEVER ‘COMFORT DOGS’ THAT WERE SENT TO HELP HEAL THE PAIN AFTER MASSACRE
There is nothing like a furry,loving friend to let you know things will get better with time.These are beautiful.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-touching-story-of-how-comfort-dogs-were-sent-to-newtown-conn-to-console-the-hurting/
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I love it.
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Why am I not surprised this outreach was courtesy of a Christian (Lutheran) charity? Let’s just compare and contrast this with what people with Leftist values did … ummm, disrespect 60 teensy weensy seconds of silence. Nuff said.
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Yeah, Christians sure are hateful, aren’t they? Glad I’m not one. Oh, wait, I am…
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LOL
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*snork!*
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Peanut’s double takes crack me up every time! ROFLLL
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FRANKIE VALENS,EX-POP STAR BECOMES PASTOR
http://music.yahoo.com/news/ex-pop-star-frankie-valens-becomes-kansas-pastor-160304182.html
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HASBRO CAVES TO P.C. POLICE,MAKES GENDER-NEUTRAL EASY-BAKE OVEN
http://gma.yahoo.com/boy-friendly-easy-bake-oven-coming-123454380–abc-news-topstories.html
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Aw, this is cute! The instigator was the 13 yo big sister of a 4 yo boy who wanted a “dinosaur” Easy Bake Oven.
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My son would have loved one of those when he was little. He always loved to cook and bake.
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My brother started his own catering business when he was in high school.
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Cool! My son ran a mail-order business when he was in his teens. It did well for many years, but went out of business in 2008 when the economy went down the drain. Thanks, democrats.
(My kids enjoy cooking and baking so much that I’ve told them more than once they ought to get together and start a restaurant or bakery or catering service… but they don’t listen to me any better now than they did when they were little…)
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TEN CREATIVE STOCKING STUFFERS FOR UNDER $20
Chrissy could probably use the USB Hubdog
http://shopping.yahoo.com/news/10-creative-stocking-stuffers-under–20-014318507.html?page=all
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TWO STORIES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN ARMED THUG STARES DOWN THE BUSINESS END OF A LOADED WEAPON
My idea of gun control is two palms pressed together,deep breath,think:3 rounds center-mass,and squeezing,not jerking the trigger
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/12/17/narrative-fail-woman-carrying-concealed-weapon-at-nail-salon-stops-armed-robbery/
I LOVE A STORY WITH A HAPPY ENDING
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/12/17/san-antonio-man-attempts-to-open-fire-on-movie-theatre-crowd-off-duty-sheriff-carrying-her-firearm-stops-rampage-with-one-shot/
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That’s the way it should be done. To hell with this gun-free-zone crap.
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WOMAN FRAUDULENTLY CLAIMING WORKER’S COMPENSATION BUSTED AFTER SEX ROMP IN THE PARK
There goes all her free shit
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/12/14/bay-areas-womans-sex-act-reveals-workers-comp-fraud/
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Funny stuff, Pete! The “staff photos” were hilarious, but there’s no “Pete” critter in there! Also, when the Gruntessa saw them, she laughed as hard as I did. But when I suggested that Chrissy’s prairie dog was a little (*ahem*) too wide, and might give her pause (not paws), Gruntessa didn’t know what I was talking about. She just thought it was funny. Ok, maybe she’s right, but I have a feeling that if she were caricatured as a fat prairie dog with hips as wide as it is tall, she might feel different, but what do I know? I’m just married to her. 🙄 Either way, I still think Chrissy should retaliate by digging up a really good “Pete” photo. Don’t make it too purdy, CtH! 😉
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This one looks a little more like Chrissy, I think:
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And the stylish skull & crossbones collar is from ChrissyOriginals! 😉
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Oh crud, I just noticed that Pete made the exact same comment about the collar below. Sorry, Pete!
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I can’t believe you resisted the impulse to say “great minds think alike.”
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I can’t believe you resisted the impulse to say: “… But that wouldn’t apply in your case, Grunt.” 😉
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I can’t believe I resisted the impulse to share this picture of you from your high school yearbook:
Oops. I seem to be having impulse control problems today.
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Heh! The funny thing is that there are actual photos of me that make this fellow look like Cary Grant in a tuxedo. And I wish I had that much hair!
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Well, it was high school, after all. We all had a lot of hair back then.
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That was sort of mean of me. I really meant to keep that one secret.
As penance, here’s a not-so-flattering picture of me. This is what I look like when I just wake up:
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Remind me not to play Scrabble with Bob before the java kicks in!
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Bob knows better than to attempt playing Scrabble before being properly caffeinated.
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Pistol Pete as a child:
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ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
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Fortunately for me(and you) there are not many photos of me in existence.I’m not the “photo friendly” type.
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Pete in high school:
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A cat reading, “To Kill A Mockingbird”. 🙂
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roflllllllllllllll … i’m going to wake up dearest with my hooting and cackling … best PoliNation EVER. ROFLLLLLLLLL snort sniff giggle
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Bob:the collar in your picture is,no doubt,one of Chrissy’s originals.
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Tee-hee… I just got another Chrissy Original in the mail yesterday! Merry Christmas to me! Now someone stop me before I shop again! 😀
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Pete after a long, hard day of delivering newspapers, asking himself: To Grudge or not to Grudge? That is the question…
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This is my favorite!
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DITTO. Totally captures the Petester.
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Pete pedaling his way through his paper route.
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I love this one!
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“I want my TWO DOLLARS!”
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Great!
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I carried for the Indianapolis Star for years, and this brings tears to my eyes! Good one RP!
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I was so spoiled. My paper paid me directly. Of course, there were no tips at Christmas, but no collecting either!
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You were a carrier, CtH? Cool! You know what I miss about delivering papers back in the pre-internet days? (or as our boys call it: BLOL=Before LOL) I miss that moment at 4am when you would crack open the bundles and read the headlines before almost anyone else. I still remember kneeling on the front porch in the snow with wirecutters in a state of shock, reading that Pope JP1 had died after only a few days, or that Jimmy Carter’s hostage rescue helicopters were smoldering in ruin in Iran.
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Ah, I was a “paperboy”, too! 🙂
This is going to sound like a joke, but it’s true… I was a “Hall of Fame carrier”.
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Wait, maybe this is my new favorite.
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🙂
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Bob and Grunt having a friendly discussion:
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“*Kappow!!*” (in keeping with the BatMan theme that Zophiel started today over on 4gfc) 🙂 That was a lucky hit, Bob. Good thing I responded with this genius scruff-chomp.
I had a great 007-esque one-liner the moment I landed that bite, but my mouth was full of fur, so the irony was lost. 😦
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Did I ever tell you about the time I got arrested by a police dog? He mistook me for my cousin Louie, who was wanted for possession of catnip.
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😀
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Here I am plotting my revenge:
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ROFLL
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top graphic ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLL … totally accurate as to general body shape! But no WAY my hair is that gray (yet)! ROFLLLLLL
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All the cat pics are adorable! Have you all ‘met’ Colonel Meow yet? He looks like a dust bunny with attitude:
http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2012/11/28/meet-colonel-meow-the-internets-angriest-cat-17-pics/
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Wow, if I was forced to wear that much fur, I’d be mad all the time too. It looks seriously uncomfortable!
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Must be a first cousin to this cat:
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Or maybe this one:
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I love this cat!
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Me too. I want her. The Calico of Crabbiness would make the perfect companion for the Bluebird of Bitterness.
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[picturing CoC with blue feathers poking out of mouth]
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[picturing the BoB with tan, black, and white fur on beak and claws]
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I would not be surprised! 😯
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It would be no worse than this:
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ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLL
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Heh! Should be “Chairman Meow.”
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A quilt link for Chrissy to enjoy http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/2009/10/elizabeths-fabric-focus-quick-piece-tiny-squares/
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Thanks! I enjoyed that.
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Not quilting exactly, but as close as you can get using snow as your material:
You can read about the artist and see more of his work here.
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Wow, beautiful. I did not want the designs to stop!
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Aren’t they amazing?
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A number of his patterns are well known quilt patterns, including the blue blocks one above.
Surfed around at that site and found this gem! http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/ron-schmidt-creative-dog-portraits-loose-leashes
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I don”t know how I missed this thread the other day, but I did. I sure did enjoy it now, though. And Pete – I have to eat the kids first because I don’t have any pets.
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