There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'


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.


flea - Oct 18, 2016 3:07:11 am PDT #29478 of 30003
information libertarian

Is the show available for non-live viewing anywhere?


Dana - Oct 18, 2016 3:16:03 am PDT #29479 of 30003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I was going to complain that it was early, but JZ's got it way worse.

First set of movers come and gone with positive results. And now the sun is rising.


sj - Oct 18, 2016 3:18:18 am PDT #29480 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Good luck, Dana!


Sue - Oct 18, 2016 3:33:48 am PDT #29481 of 30003
hip deep in pie

Good luck Dana.

I wonder if Peter Thiel is consciously trying to develop his own supervillain origin story, or if that's all just a coincidence? [link]

More than anything, Peter Thiel, the billionaire technology investor and Donald Trump supporter, wants to find a way to escape death. He's channeled millions of dollars into startups working on anti-aging medicine, spends considerable time and money researching therapies for his personal use, and believes society ought to open its mind to life-extension methods that sound weird or unsavory.

Speaking of weird and unsavory, if there's one thing that really excites Thiel, it's the prospect of having younger people's blood transfused into his own veins.


JZ - Oct 18, 2016 3:40:13 am PDT #29482 of 30003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

I think you're onto something, Sue.


Sue - Oct 18, 2016 3:44:02 am PDT #29483 of 30003
hip deep in pie

I know, right?

  • Mad with power, check.
  • Obscene amounts of money, check.
  • Obsessed with immortality, check.
  • Willing to experiment on himself, check.

He's is a flashy red bodysuit and a secret weapon away from being an actual supervillain.

ETA: And we don't know that he doesn't have the secret weapon already!!!


JZ - Oct 18, 2016 3:48:51 am PDT #29484 of 30003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

What with the young-blood infusions, I'm not quite willing to rule out Buffier possibilities. There's even a neighborhood here in San Francisco, where (alas) he lives, called Sunnydale.

(eta: I mean he lives in SF, but in one of the fancier neighborhoods. If he actually lived in *Sunnydale*, that'd be a giant code red right there.)


Jesse - Oct 18, 2016 3:49:14 am PDT #29485 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I've been sickish but not actually sick for a week now and am so tired of it. Definitely not flu and not strep, just some miscellaneous cold that's playing havoc with the asthma and making me a drippy, coughing, decongestant-fogged idiot at work. BLARG.

I almost hate to say this, but could it be allergies? Hate to say it because at least a cold will go away...

I was going to complain that it was early, but JZ's got it way worse.

Same!

My poor stupid cat woke me up at like 3:30 by puking straight on my bed, so that was fun. I guess I should call the vet and see what new kind of $$$ food she wants me to try. And cross my fingers that there's a way to buy a small portion of it. My cupboard is already full!


Sue - Oct 18, 2016 3:55:46 am PDT #29486 of 30003
hip deep in pie

What with the young-blood infusions, I'm not quite willing to rule out Buffier possibilities. There's even a neighborhood here in San Francisco, where (alas) he lives, called Sunnydale.

It definitely a situation that calls for Buffy.


JZ - Oct 18, 2016 3:56:04 am PDT #29487 of 30003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Allergies are definitely part of it. My sinuses hate pretty much every plant and animal on the planet, and wage war against them all by swelling up into a solid impenetrable mass that effectively turns all my facial cavities into concrete. Throbbing concrete.

But I'm (spoilerfont for grossness) hacking up multicolored globs, so there's some kind of actual bug in the mix too.

Good times!