Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Nilly - Jul 19, 2010 1:32:30 am PDT #13358 of 30001
Swouncing

Skipping yet again in between all the end-of-semester mess (and, well, grading) because, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is SA's birthday.

Happy birthday, SA! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!

[Edited to hug msbelle from a distance (which I wish were so much smaller). I've been trying to keep up, what with all the skimming and skipping, with what's going on with you, and I'm thinking about you a lot lately, obviously. Good luck with all that's left to be done.]


Tom Scola - Jul 19, 2010 1:33:40 am PDT #13359 of 30001
They pay me in WOIMS

Happy Birthday, SA!!!


Jars - Jul 19, 2010 1:38:11 am PDT #13360 of 30001

Happy Birthday SA!


Calli - Jul 19, 2010 1:51:38 am PDT #13361 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Happy Birthday, SA!


Jesse - Jul 19, 2010 3:01:52 am PDT #13362 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I didn't realize that the Susan Buffet Foundation (wife of Warren) funds so much pro-choice and contraception programs.

Oh yeah. The old Buffett Foundation was a huge funder of the pro-choice place I worked for.


msbelle - Jul 19, 2010 3:32:36 am PDT #13363 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

JESUSITA - just got word that HR is trying to retroactively make 7/9 my last day as an employee! FUCKERS! My boss and I were trying to get info from them my last two weeks. Then I worked from home another full week. They would never get back to us. I HATE THEM!. He is trying to fight it, but I am not sure he will win.


Kat - Jul 19, 2010 3:32:48 am PDT #13364 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Jesse, it still does! I don't know why I'm tickled by that, but I guess it's because I think of Buffet as so plain spoken and midwestern, precisely the opposite of the stereotypical baby killer liberals. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also currently funds LOTS of contraception work, especially overseas, and I think it's great, just not as surprising.

Also, good morning buffistas.

Happy birthday SA.

I think some of the Grace bumps have diminished, except at her waistline where she has continued to scratch.


Kat - Jul 19, 2010 3:33:18 am PDT #13365 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Oh, msbelle, that BLOWS. I am extremely sorry.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 19, 2010 4:01:53 am PDT #13366 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Msbelle, that just sucks!

bonbon- I think the antiperspirant might work AFTER this rash has cleared up, but right now, unfortunately, it is sort of problem of stewing in ones own juices, so to speak.


Jesse - Jul 19, 2010 4:13:24 am PDT #13367 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OMG WTF, msbelle!! Would you still get paid as a contractor for the time, in that case?

I don't know why I'm tickled by that, but I guess it's because I think of Buffet as so plain spoken and midwestern, precisely the opposite of the stereotypical baby killer liberals.

Stereotypically, those folks like to be left alone, and are willing to leave you alone, too. Of course, Susie (Sr.) lived in San Francisco for many years before she died -- they never got divorced, but Warren has been with his current wife for a looong time. Susie introduced them.

I know way too much about the Buffett family. Back in the day, the administrator of the foundation was Susie Jr's ex-husband.