Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.

Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Consuela - Nov 12, 2013 4:17:25 pm PST #11785 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Crap, I forgot to tell y'all: Allie Brosh, of Hyperbole and a Half, is on Fresh Air tonight.

Maybe you can stream it later, if it's already been and gone in your area.


-t - Nov 12, 2013 4:17:25 pm PST #11786 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I bet asbestos pots seemed like a great idea back in the day.

Good luck wiping out the bloodsuckers, Sue.


Jesse - Nov 12, 2013 4:23:42 pm PST #11787 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

There's a Fresh Air podcast, for sure.

And yet, I hate those bastard fleas and want them all to die.

That seems legitimate.


Cass - Nov 12, 2013 4:25:05 pm PST #11788 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

God, I hate battling fleas.

I really recommend 20 Mule Team Borax on everything but the animals. I am so allergic to flea bites and that's what gets rid of fleas effectively for me.

I have a couple tennis ball sized balls that I toss in the dryer and I get a notable increase in efficiency due to better air circulation during the load. Probably can't hurt.

That works? I need to buy a couple of tennis balls.


-t - Nov 12, 2013 4:58:03 pm PST #11789 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Looks like I bought the wrong size of hemispherical silicone molds. No cranberry centers for me until at least Thursday.

Just as well, my fridge is actually getting full.


le nubian - Nov 12, 2013 5:43:31 pm PST #11790 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Oh goodness, DCJ. I'm so sorry.


Consuela - Nov 12, 2013 6:06:48 pm PST #11791 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Hey, Jesse, I'm behind on my RSS feed (so you might have posted it already), but I was thinking this statement by Jennifer Lawrence on body-image and body-shaming is kind of awesome: [link]


sarameg - Nov 12, 2013 6:20:28 pm PST #11792 of 30000

Daniel, so sorry to hear it.

Today involved a flu shot, fastest swim I've managed in mumble and possibly too much red wine with my friends a couple houses down. I went looking for the benadryl (my red wine reaction is back in my joints hurt form) and I seem to be out.

I think I might ache tomorrow.

Still worth it.


§ ita § - Nov 12, 2013 6:37:29 pm PST #11793 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That works? I need to buy a couple of tennis balls.

Mine are "specific" thingummies, but the two different kinds I got average out to tennis balls. Before, two washer loads would be damp at the end of a dryer run. With two balls, crisp and dry. ROI in, what, four laundry days? Those are some metrics.

Unless you're unlucky enough to chip one out of pitchblende, anyway.

How would you know not to? You're stony!


Atropa - Nov 12, 2013 6:44:06 pm PST #11794 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

The tennis ball thing in driers works? I guess I'll go buy tennis balls.