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.


Amy - Sep 19, 2016 5:56:11 am PDT #27877 of 30003
Because books.

I just emailed her, but haven't heard back. Confused as well.


Steph L. - Sep 19, 2016 6:01:56 am PDT #27878 of 30003
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.

Thanks for emailing, Amy.


Dana - Sep 19, 2016 6:20:45 am PDT #27879 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I'm hoping Cindy was talking about the pipe bombs, or something. Which is a weird thing to hope for.

So today is the day I talk to my boss about the move and possible telecommuting, and I'm trying to figure out the optimal time/approach.


Maria - Sep 19, 2016 7:17:14 am PDT #27880 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

PSA: Amex presale for Hamilton tickets is live. Still some orchestra and mezzanine seats available from May 2017 to August 2017.


-t - Sep 19, 2016 7:20:06 am PDT #27881 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah, that is what I'm hoping, too, Dana. Weird as that is.

I feel like crap. I was hoping if I dragged myself to work I would feel better once I got here but it is not working out that way. I have too much to do to be sick! Argh.


Dana - Sep 19, 2016 7:22:48 am PDT #27882 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Success! Provided that HR and management don't have any complaints!


-t - Sep 19, 2016 7:24:12 am PDT #27883 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Go Dana!


Maria - Sep 19, 2016 7:25:36 am PDT #27884 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Woo hoo! That's wonderful news, Dana!


Dana - Sep 19, 2016 7:27:13 am PDT #27885 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

It's certainly going to make potential mortgage lenders happier. Husband found a place this weekend we may want to make an offer on.


Jesse - Sep 19, 2016 7:28:49 am PDT #27886 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yay Dana!

Thank goodness the job I applied for finally reached out for a phone screen. I'm 1000% qualified, so I figured they would -- except the search firm was also hired by my current job to find my new boss (the job I am currently "acting" in), and they are about to get fired from that search if they haven't been already. So I wasn't sure.