Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.

Host ,'Why We Fight'


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.


Kate P. - Oct 19, 2016 5:17:16 am PDT #29604 of 30003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

It is too warm for socktober here.

Ha -- I rely on knee socks for just this kind of way-too-warm October weather, when it's really too warm to wear pants every day (plus, let's be honest, several of my pre-baby pants still don't quite fit yet), but I flat-out refuse to shave my legs again. So, skirts and knee socks it is!

Can I say how good it was to see Lee and shrift? They are the first Buffistas to visit me in Melbourne (I did catch up with meara in Sydney lo these many years back), and the first to meet Biyi and Ryan.

Yay for intercontinental Buffista meetups! I'm so glad you all got to see each other. I have dreams of going back to Melbourne one day (where I hung out with Angus, back in 2003!), and would be thrilled to see you and your lovely family if I ever do make it back there.

Happy birthday, Calli and Burrell!


Dana - Oct 19, 2016 5:23:44 am PDT #29605 of 30003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I wonder if anyone in this meeting would notice if I skipped out to take a shower.


Sparky1 - Oct 19, 2016 5:25:05 am PDT #29606 of 30003
Librarian Warlord

What part(s) are you going to?

So far, no plans except to fly in/out of Santiago since the DH has work meetings there after we are done vacationing for a week. Tix were cheapish, so we booked, and now we have to figure it out.


brenda m - Oct 19, 2016 5:41:21 am PDT #29607 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

In loving socktober from a distance, but personally I'm clinging to my flip-flops a little while longer.


Karl - Oct 19, 2016 5:48:32 am PDT #29608 of 30003
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

If I remember correctly, Heart started life as a Led Zeppelin cover/tribute band, so their LZ covers are consistetly pretty amazing.

I'm glad you got to see them, Matt. It sounds like it was well worth it.

Also, yay for meeting the Clan of Tea! Lee and shrift, I'm envious.

One thing for starting the commute in the dark: Seeing the sun rise over SF Bay this morning was lovely.


Sparky1 - Oct 19, 2016 5:52:49 am PDT #29609 of 30003
Librarian Warlord

One thing for starting the commute in the dark: Seeing the sun rise over SF Bay this morning was lovely.

Karl, it is wonderful to see your pixels and have you here to remind us of silver linings!


JZ - Oct 19, 2016 5:52:59 am PDT #29610 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.

One thing for starting the commute in the dark: Seeing the sun rise over SF Bay this morning was lovely.

Oh, yes! I have one crazy early day a week, and I actually look forward to it for the gorgeous sunrises -- work is exactly due east from home, so every now and then I get to bike or shuttle-ride straight into these amazing Maxfield Parrish skyscapes.


Jessica - Oct 19, 2016 6:03:48 am PDT #29611 of 30003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I do love seeing the sun rise over the Hudson* in the mornings, as much as I hate leaving before it does so.

We recently had blinds installed in all the bedrooms and it makes waking up early a million times harder. Stupid dark. Stupid commute.

*Or, for mornings when I'm not across the bridge by sunrise, reflected in the Hudson from the other side.


Volans - Oct 19, 2016 6:32:07 am PDT #29612 of 30003
move out and draw fire

Happy birthday ladies!


sumi - Oct 19, 2016 7:05:44 am PDT #29613 of 30003
Art Crawl!!!

Happy Birthday ladies!!

I have not celebrated sockober in the traditional manner of my people, the knitters. I have been working on a scarf this month instead of socks.