Toddson , in Natter:
It occurred to me ... I wash my groceries when I bring them home (except the precious, precious toilet paper) and when I wake up I have mascara rings under my eyes ... am I a raccoon now?
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
Coffee On My Monitor Again
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Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2020 7:07:41 am PDT #1262 of 1329
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Topic!Cindy - Apr 02, 2020 9:36:23 am PDT #1263 of 1329
What is even happening?
2 April 20202: Natter dispatches from Covidia
Amy: I'm so fucking furious. I'm sitting here at home just stewing, which is not productive, but the bakery owner has yet to get back to me about the points I asked to be clarified (such as when my self-quarantine period is starting/stopping, when I will come back to work, how she's going to pay me for the work she wants done while I'm home).
She also still seems to think that me self-quarantining can somehow include coming to the bakery to pick up and drop off laundry, and pick up invoices that need to be paid, and doing the bank deposit. Which are all emphatically not a part of the definition of self-quarantining as I understand it.
And now is really not the time to be looking for another job, you know?
Matt the Bruins Fan: Amy, bakeries have really big ovens, don't they?
–Gretel
DXMachina - Apr 09, 2020 9:54:09 am PDT #1264 of 1329
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
In Natter:
Jesse: I appreciated the thing going around the internet about how using whatever you currently have in the house for Passover in order to avoid a current plague should be the most kosher thing.
Jessica: Avoiding plague is very much in the spirit of the holiday.
DavidS - May 04, 2020 11:56:51 am PDT #1265 of 1329
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Flea, with the substantive zing of the year.
******
Davids:Â Looks like Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer have split up and she's already leaking messy drama.
Scola:Â Apparently, she posted on her Patreon that they were broken up before she told Neil himself.
Flea:Â I mean, he could have subscribed for early access.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 20, 2020 3:56:54 pm PDT #1266 of 1329
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
In Natter:
Tom Scola: My hair is currently at 1961 Beatle. I figure in about ten days, it will reach 1962 Beatle.
Trudy Booth: We love you, Tom.
Yeah yeah yeah
Topic!Cindy - May 25, 2020 7:16:02 am PDT #1267 of 1329
What is even happening?
In Natter
Atropa: I recently learned that I pronounce ornery unlike "normal" people, because I say "ore-ner-ree".
Jesse: That's not how normal people say it?
Atropa: According to everyone else who replied to my friend's Twitter thread, it's supposed to be "orn'ree".
DebetEsse: Yeah, it's definitely 2 syllables.
DXMachina: Only if you're Yosemite Sam.
Tom Scola - Jun 10, 2020 10:22:43 am PDT #1268 of 1329
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Cashmere, in Natter:
EAT A SCONE, LIMEY!
Laura - Jun 27, 2020 3:52:27 am PDT #1269 of 1329
Our wings are not tired.
Jesse, in Natter:
And Scrabble is practically as bad as making out!
note: aurelia made me COMM it.
Calli - Jul 09, 2020 10:52:18 am PDT #1270 of 1329
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
AmyParker in Natter:
a multibajillion-dollar company can afford a bit of guillotine repellent in the form of not being in a hurry to make people homeless.
COMMed for the delightful phrase "guillotine repellent".
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 17, 2020 6:10:07 am PDT #1271 of 1329
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Topic!Cindy in Natter:
My voting plans are as follows:
1) Vote early in-person at town hall for our state primary (for US Senate, not POTUS) on August 22nd (election is September 1)
) Request a mail-in ballot for the general election, and drop it off in person on the first day of in-person early voting
2a) If I don't receive a mail-in ballot, or if something else changes for the worse, I will vote early, in-person.
2b) If something else changes for the worse, my family has instructions to dress up my debilitated body or actual corpse and make me/it vote in person, on election day, Weekend at Bernie's style.