Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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


-t - Nov 05, 2013 4:18:01 am PST #11113 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I like our taglines next to each other, msbelle.

Good luck with clearing your desk!

I am mixing prints with abandon today - plaid skirt, striped shirt and a cardigan with big flowers. It's a more subtle ensemble than it sounds.


sarameg - Nov 05, 2013 4:23:42 am PST #11114 of 30000

A coworker who never calls in sick has called in sick with a nasty cold and now I'm paranoid that this lingering off-ness is not just from the whiplash of the weather change and mucking about with leaves the other night.


msbelle - Nov 05, 2013 4:24:26 am PST #11115 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

at this point my tagline should be because beer, yum Oktoberfest and fall specials.


Tom Scola - Nov 05, 2013 4:29:46 am PST #11116 of 30000
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

As a city employee, I get the day off of work today! Be jealous of me! I’m going to go and vote, just as soon as I finish another cup of tea.


hippocampus - Nov 05, 2013 4:33:30 am PST #11117 of 30000
not your mom's socks.

Scola, you could come to the reading tonight! Or, not! Either way I wave in your direction.


-t - Nov 05, 2013 4:34:12 am PST #11118 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I can't figure out if I am supposed to vote today, and if so, on what. I guess I will swing by City Hall after work and see what's going on.


msbelle - Nov 05, 2013 4:42:32 am PST #11119 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I need to look up the items on the ballot. There are State Constitutions things that I am sure are too confusing to really understand in the voting booth.


Jessica - Nov 05, 2013 4:45:39 am PST #11120 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I highly recommend vote411 - you can look at all the races and propositions in your area and print out a ballot of how you want to vote: [link]


Hil R. - Nov 05, 2013 4:47:07 am PST #11121 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

My students have a midterm today, which means the only way I could vote would be to wake up really early, and I didn't feel like doing that for a ballot that's almost entirely uncontested local races.


Jesse - Nov 05, 2013 4:54:14 am PST #11122 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I get to do crazy proportional representation voting for the one and only time today! I probably won't rank all 25 candidates for City Council, but I'll do a bunch of them. And I only have a recommendation on one person running for School Committee, so I may just vote for her and leave it at that.