Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

Oz ,'Beneath You'


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.


shrift - Oct 10, 2016 12:47:55 pm PDT #29100 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Hi, Nilly! We miss you when you're not here, but our lives are better with you in it, so there's that.

Okay. I have requested coverage while I'm out of office, ordered foreign currency and got a small corporate discount, and I think I got a prescription renewal approved without having to go to the doctor's office. I think I'm making pretty good progress on my To Do list. It's probably foolish to say that. Did I just jinx myself?


Jesse - Oct 10, 2016 12:49:30 pm PDT #29101 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I ate just enough to be full, but not uncomfortably full. I call that a win!

Total win!


billytea - Oct 10, 2016 12:53:23 pm PDT #29102 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Hi, Nilly!

Quote of the day, from Pinceton Election Consortium: "All their base (R) belong to Trump."


Steph L. - Oct 10, 2016 12:59:46 pm PDT #29103 of 30003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Quote of the day, from Pinceton Election Consortium: "All their base (R) belong to Trump."

I saw that earlier and lost it. What magnificent nerds.


Calli - Oct 10, 2016 3:05:49 pm PDT #29104 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Hi Nilly! It's always so lovely to see your pixels. And I love your Yom Kippur posts, as they remind me that, even though I don't follow your faith, some regular soul searching would be a wise thing for me, too.


Zenkitty - Oct 10, 2016 3:48:52 pm PDT #29105 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Hi, Nilly! It's always good to see your font around here.


Consuela - Oct 10, 2016 4:19:11 pm PDT #29106 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Hey, Nilly!

I have conducted my yearly ritual of the baking of the fruitcakes. When they're cool, I'll douse them with (more) brandy and wrap them well to age for the next couple of months.


Steph L. - Oct 10, 2016 4:21:50 pm PDT #29107 of 30003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Am trapped in a conference call for the board of the ADD group. I want to stab someone. The upside is that no one knows that I'm not paying attention and reading the internet.

I gotta officially resign from the board, because this is painful and annoying.

Save me, or at least entertain me!


amych - Oct 10, 2016 4:25:04 pm PDT #29108 of 30003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

The upside is that no one knows that I'm not paying attention and reading the internet.

They are too.

(edit: I say this from years of experience as an ADD'er on conference calls!)


lisah - Oct 10, 2016 4:31:03 pm PDT #29109 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate

I have to say I made a pretty delicious dinner tonight for Canadian Thanksgiving--ginormous roast turkey breast, yummy buttery creamy mashed potatoes, sweet potato rolls, kale salad, and both brownies & apple crisp for dessert. OH! And surprisingly good gravy that I just kind of winged (but had delicious defrosted turkey stock to put in). Fortunately, my friend and his 10 year old twins came to help me and my Canadian eat it. I need to figure out what to do with all the leftover turkey, though. Turkey pot pie?