I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


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.


Fred Pete - Sep 10, 2015 9:22:20 am PDT #5103 of 30003
Ann, that's a ferret.

Would everyone please remember to mute your phones unless you are speaking? The background noise is incredibly distracting and rude to the current speaker.

Sometimes it can be amusing, like a conference call I was on this morning. Someone asked whether anyone objected to a certain course of action. As if on cue, a dog started barking.


Steph L. - Sep 10, 2015 9:27:23 am PDT #5104 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I have to admit I am loving this new look of guys with long hair needing to find creative ways to put it up. LA is awash in boys with beards and buns. I think what amuses me is to see men with the same messy hairdos I've been sporting for years.

I had to show Tim how to make a messy manbun. Sheesh.

t edit I am endlessly amused that I ended up marrying a man with the kind of hair we lusted after in college. It was the early to mid-90s, so the Ur-hair was Michael Hutchence from INXS. Long and curly. So 18-year-old Steph is SO HAPPY. As is 44-year-old Steph.

(No beard for him, though he's willing to grow facial hair to be Ichabod Crane for Halloween. Specifically, skinny jeans!Ichabod Crane, because [1] HILARIOUS, and [2] he owns skinny jeans already, so his costume is done.)


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 10, 2015 9:30:01 am PDT #5105 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Hey, if Mr. Puddles has objections maybe some rethinking is in order.


tommyrot - Sep 10, 2015 10:02:38 am PDT #5106 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Our heatwave is over. Right now it's 61 and raining, and I wish I had worn long pants.


-t - Sep 10, 2015 10:04:39 am PDT #5107 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ours is not. Although it's only 91 right now, which is comparatively cool.


EpicTangent - Sep 10, 2015 10:08:06 am PDT #5108 of 30003
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Ours is not.

Ditto. 94 here. And I'm pretty close to the coast. Inland doesn't bear thinking about.


Sue - Sep 10, 2015 10:10:07 am PDT #5109 of 30003
hip deep in pie

It's in the 70s here, but humid and hot. This is not the September weather I love.


brenda m - Sep 10, 2015 10:22:17 am PDT #5110 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

That is perfect for Tim.


Maria - Sep 10, 2015 10:50:09 am PDT #5111 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

flea, I'm so glad the electrical was not a problem for me. Whoever renovated my house kept it mostly to code, even if it doesn't always make sense. They just skimped on other things, like installing ceiling fans using only a light box.

I hope the project isn't too time-consuming and disruptive.

Burrell, the improvements will happen, even if it isn't all at once. I'm excited to see what you do with your kitchen.

Steph, that costume sounds perfect for Tim. (Pics or it didn't happen.)

Heat wave over here, as well. 67 degrees, rainy, and we have a flash flood warning until 6 pm.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 10, 2015 10:50:36 am PDT #5112 of 30003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I just want to go to bed and sleep off the cold that is brewing, but money.

Just make sure to breathe heavily (if not sneeze near) any evil overlords.