Hey, you want to go play up on the rooftop?
Hand-reared reindeer thinks it’s a dog and snuggles spaniel siblings by Xmas tree
SWNS, via Georgiana Y.
Now she can run!
Kitten Found in a Garden Can’t Walk Until Kind People Step In
Love Meow, via Andrew Y.
Oh, that face is DEFINITELY getting adopted.
Runt of the Litter Finds New Family with Surrogate Dog Mom
People, via NTMTOM
And finally: 15/10 Would Hire
We Rate Dogs adopted a new CEO, and reader Allein brings us all the details.
Love the story of the little void Patoune but I thought at first that they had misspelled her name because I’m familiar with pitoune (pronounced pea toon) which mean pretty but no it patoune is a slang word for paw so very appropriate for this little lady.
If nothing else, Javier certainly knows how to dress for the job. Make sure you go through all the slides on the second post. Never thought “sploots” would be something to look for in a CEO but in this case it’s definitely a strength. Especially with that spiffy jacket.
New life goal: tea by the fireplace with a baby reindeer.
Also, I love how he got his name: “Lars is named after Everest climber Lars Kropp because on his first day in the house he broke out of his play pen and made his way upstairs.”
I too have that goal. Lars is just beautiful.
Thank you for the tip on the Javier slides, Allein. I didn’t see the arrow. I’m glad you did!
Well, that’s me done for the day. Cuddly baby reindeer, energetic void, and happy little potato. Then one of the best people in the world finds a wonderful new furbaby. My brain is pudding from all the sweetness and cuteness.
Dearest fellow Cutetropolitans, the grinch has arrived.
I’m so very tired of the entire festive period. If I hear one more Christmas song, especially by Mariah C, I will jump out of the window.
Thanks for bearing with me
I’ll be joining you in the Grinch corner. I don’t mind a few Christmas songs but the onslaught is relentless. And as the Grinch would say, I loathe that song by Mariah. I did decorate a little bit but was too Grinchy to put up lights. Hopefully you do find something joyful in this season but if not, just remember in 2 weeks and a day, it will be over for the year. That’s the thought that’s keeping me going.
Thanks AJ, Christmas itself will be nice. It’s the last few weeks before it that kills me every year.
I share your attitude. The constant onslaught of bad Christmas pop is exhausting.
Hoping for Loop ear plugs this Christmas–they have 3 modes to help shut out different kinds of noise.
Yeah bad Christmas pop and the crowd everywhere. Loop ear plugs is a great idea btw!
I’ve looked at those earplugs. I lost my AirPods somewhere between leaving work on Tuesday and yesterday morning. Finally found a use for that headset they gave me when they switched our phone system to Teams…listening to youtube videos on my computer! (I don’t use the actual phone much at work and when I have a Teams call I just use my cell phone anyway.) Downside is I can’t take it with me when I leave my desk.
I already asked for new AirPods for Christmas because they are dying anyway (I only get about two hours now before I have to put them back in the case to recharge; I used to get 4-5) so it’s not the end of the world. I dug out some wired headphones and the adapter I have for my phone so I will survive the next few weeks. It’s possible the AirPods are hiding somewhere in my car or around my table but so far I haven’t seen them.
I hear you.
Just bought myself a carburetor for Christmas but its too big for my stocking!
Adulting sux at times.
and yeah, never a fan of Christmas songs unless their medieval madrigals.
Carburetor? Do you mean the car part? (Sorry I’m not a native speaker of English)
Adulting indeed sux, especially before Christmas.
As for cars, what I hate even more than Christmas pop is the insane traffic in December as everyone from the surrounding small towns/villages comes to our town for a shopping spree. People from villages do not necessarily know how to drive in a bigger town, so driving to work takes now 1,5 hours instead of the usual 15-20 minutes.
Try this medieval Christmas song: https://youtu.be/r5XBjzilTzI
What’s the carb going into? I figure at this point it’s probably not a car.
I feel ya’. I’m not in the mood. I put up a couple of decorations (a snowman family in the window and a wooden snowman ornament on my door). Also my door and shutters are already red (not my choice but it’s not up to me) so I’m always ready for Christmas and Valentine’s Day. One of my neighbors puts up lights on the railing so that covers all of us up here (I can’t do it, anyway, because they would have to cross the stairs from my door). I do a Christmas card exchange every year, and there are only 8 cards to send this year but I still haven’t done it. And I run the thing! I’m a bad example. I also have to find something for our holiday party at work. I saw a cute taco set at Wegmans with a little tray and holders so your tacos don’t fall over. Might do that. But I kinda just don’t care. Thankfully I only do gifts with a handful of people and my one friend I don’t see until New Year’s Eve, usually. Mostly it’s just my immediate family and we don’t do a lot. A few items and donations to something they like to support. My brother asked for National Park Foundation, my dad likes Disabled Veterans, and probably St. Jude or Heifer Project for my mom.
I don’t live in a house, but if I did, Christmas decorations would be in the theme of Calvin’s snowmen. http://wagnerstudios.org/Calvin_and_Hobbes_Snowmen.htm
One of my favorite neighorhood homes had a very tiny Santa (no more than 3″) hanging by one of their attic windows every year, with nothing else as decoration.
Yeah, I live in a condo so there’s only so much we can do. And I don’t have any outside space, either. The townhouses at least have a little porch space and mulch bed people can use. But I’m upstairs, and also right at the top of the stairs, so I can’t do anything that would block them, and we’re not allowed to put anything on the landing (because fire codes). The woman across from me puts the lights up and they plug into her porch light and she winds them down the length of the railing. I could theoretically put lights down the banister from my door but I doubt that’s allowed since it would prevent people from being able to use it.
I think the solution to the Mariah problem is to find her another billionaire to marry so that she doesn’t have to rely on residuals.
Also, I think it would help immensely if American Thanksgiving would be moved earlier by one month in October to coincide with Canadian Thanksgiving.
As a harvest festival, it makes more sense to have it earlier. Commercially it should be appealing because it separates the commercialism of Christmas.
Personally I think Mariah is entitled to every dime of her royalties (residuals are for commercials). “All I Want for Christmas is You” is a passably written, really well-produced recording in the Phil Spector “Wall of Sound” vein, and while I realize I’m swimming against the tide here, I happen to like it. I certainly prefer it to “Grandma got Run Over by a Reindeer,” “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” and—much as I love dogs—”Jingle Barks.” It’s got a good beat; you can dance to it; I give it a seven.
I think the reason I’m not bothered by the onslaught of Christmas pop (some of which I enjoy anyway) this year is that I seldom shop in large stores, especially not at this time of year.
Thérèse, thank you for the link to that mediaeval carol! That’s one I didn’t know. I do love mediaeval and Renaissance carols, and have a fairly large collection I can listen to when I’m in the mood (some years I’m not).
If you haven’t given up reading in disgust after my first two sentences, here’s a change of pace you might enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MaccabeatsVideos
Well, now I want some latkes…
😋
I like the new We Rate Dogs CEO, and hope his first order of business would be to expand into We Rate Cats. Cat ratings are an untapped market and they’re way more judgmental than dogs anyway.
I second that idea! Would very much enjoy a We Rate Cats spinoff.
Just looked this up, and someone did create a We Rate Cats Instagram, Twitter and even TikTok.
https://www.instagram.com/_we_rate_cats_
They haven’t posted anything since 2023, and haven’t mentioned if it’s for legal reasons or something else.