I had a trauma-riffic therapy session this evening. I think my Mom senses when this happens, because these are the nights she calls me to complain that I never call her.
Mal: Well said. Wasn't that well said, Zoe? Zoe: Had a kind poetry to it, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Tom Scola - Jul 29, 2013 3:56:29 pm PDT #705 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
-t - Jul 29, 2013 4:21:51 pm PDT #706 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sorry, Tom.
WindSparrow - Jul 29, 2013 4:25:25 pm PDT #707 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Oh, Tom. I wish I could say something useful here. Want hairpats or hugs?
Jesse - Jul 29, 2013 4:26:06 pm PDT #708 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If it's not one thing, it's your mother? (Oy. Sorry.)
Hil R. - Jul 29, 2013 4:27:05 pm PDT #709 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm sorry, Tom.
le nubian - Jul 29, 2013 4:38:44 pm PDT #710 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Windsparrow, I had to read your comment three times and go back and read Tom's because I thought you said: "Want hairplugs?"
Tom,
good wishes to you and hairplugs if you want them.
§ ita § - Jul 29, 2013 4:43:00 pm PDT #711 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
::sigh:: Ah, the parental irony. I'm so sorry, Tom.
And you're totally right about Nick Denton. I've done too much work for him already, and there isn't enough money to make it right for full time. I think...NO.
Here, have The Greatest Show On Legs (NSFW, but comedy, not sex). I'm trying to think of American comedy where instrumental music becomes so fucking funny, because whatever that used to be, in the early 80s it became one thing only.
Kat - Jul 29, 2013 5:21:32 pm PDT #712 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh Tom, I'm sorry.
I'm reading David Rakoff's last book which is a bit slow going but quite fun.
Atropa - Jul 29, 2013 5:50:41 pm PDT #713 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Tom, I'm so sorry.
t's like, I feel fine with my own day-to-day, but I feel bad that I don't have a kid for my dad to play with.
I will always be thankful that a handful of my friends had babies at the right time for my mom to play grandma with them. Both my parents were always okay with my choice to not have kids, but my mom LOVED babies, and would get a little wistful about not having any around.
(Relatedly: thank you, Plei. Because.)
Burrell - Jul 29, 2013 6:01:41 pm PDT #714 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh Tom, I'm sorry.
And shrift, that's great about quitting.
I can hardly take part in the mid life crisis discussion because it's hitting me in that place, you know? I think it's my sister's illness.