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 74: Ready or Not  

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


Gudanov - Aug 17, 2016 7:58:22 am PDT #26227 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

Much ~ma Matt.


Gudanov - Aug 17, 2016 7:59:02 am PDT #26228 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

and generally is non-alcoholic to some non-Americans.

But will get most non-Americans plastered.


lisah - Aug 17, 2016 8:05:44 am PDT #26229 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate

Alcoholic root beer is now a thing and is delicious!


Beverly - Aug 17, 2016 8:18:07 am PDT #26230 of 30003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Mom~ma, Matt.


-t - Aug 17, 2016 8:34:19 am PDT #26231 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't know why I feel like alcoholic root beer is okay but alcoholic ginger ale is not.

Mom~ma, Matt.


Jesse - Aug 17, 2016 8:35:42 am PDT #26232 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Best wishes to your mom, Matt.

Coworkers were talking about alcoholic seltzer the other day?


Jesse - Aug 17, 2016 8:38:56 am PDT #26233 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That didn't seem like a real thing, but it is: [link] And then I remembered the many many flavored vodka/sodas I have drunk, which is of course basically the same thing.


Calli - Aug 17, 2016 8:55:43 am PDT #26234 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Much mom~ma, Matt.


Gudanov - Aug 17, 2016 9:03:54 am PDT #26235 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

Looks like we'll be putting our oldest dog, Thor, to sleep tomorrow morning. Pretty sad, but he's in very bad health.


shrift - Aug 17, 2016 9:07:20 am PDT #26236 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Alcoholic root beer is now a thing and is delicious!

It is a thing! I have some in my cupboard from when my mom was visiting, but I won't drink it because it's too sweet. Any Bay Area peeps want 3-4 cans of it, let me know.

My explanation was about how A&W should be considered a soda like Coke or Pepsi.