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

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

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.


Gudanov - May 17, 2017 5:50:48 am PDT #11549 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

I am a horrible parent.

Nah. That's just normal stuff. I remember this one time I was talking with a pediatrician. He said that when he started he would secretly feel judgemental about the parents with some of the injuries that he say. Then he had a child and one day he had his child on his shoulders and walked him into a ceiling fan. He was never judgemental again.


msbelle - May 17, 2017 6:16:14 am PDT #11550 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

It was more the wishing bad upon him for being an obstinate oppositional child and then him getting hurt. I know I did not will it into happening and I know I never wished actualphydical harm to him, but in the moment it sure felt like karma was saying "ok bitch, we got your bad energy right here.".


Dana - May 17, 2017 6:18:11 am PDT #11551 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Often, with doctors, I comfort myself with the knowledge that they've always seen worse.

Y'all, I'm almost feeling sorry for Spicer.

A deflated and exhausted Sean Spicer, who continues to read reports that his job is in jeopardy but is working 12 hours every day in his office, huddled in his office with Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.

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Dana - May 17, 2017 7:02:08 am PDT #11552 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Holy cow, this episode of Hoarders has a woman who talks to the camera through her ventriloquism dummies.


Dana - May 17, 2017 7:27:10 am PDT #11553 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

She's filled her adult daughter's room with puppets and tells her that the puppets are having a party.

I know I post about this show in jest or whatever, but it's fascinating to me how clearly hoarding is tied to grief or traumatic events. So many of these people need help and haven't been able to get it.


msbelle - May 17, 2017 7:27:43 am PDT #11554 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Change the channel before it is too late!!!


Laura - May 17, 2017 7:33:01 am PDT #11555 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

but it's fascinating to me how clearly hoarding is tied to grief or traumatic events

Absolutely. My sister has been hoarding since her son died 22 years ago. She is an incredibly intelligent capable woman, super effective in her career, active in lots of community activities, president of this and treasurer of that. But we are powerless to do anything about her house, which is a horror. We can't even mention it to her. Her living son has told her in no uncertain terms that her beloved grandchild will never go to her house, 2 miles away. He is only 7 so he hasn't figured out that he never goes to Nana's house yet. But he will. Hoarding is really hard on the adjacent friends and family.


Dana - May 17, 2017 7:41:04 am PDT #11556 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I'm sorry, Laura. That's sad.


-t - May 17, 2017 8:00:14 am PDT #11557 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am afraid that I would watch Hoarders and pick up tips.

Totally understand, msbelle. You are allowed to not be the nicest inside your own head sometimes.

Looks like we have shipped an order that is supposed to go to Trinidad intermingled with an order going to Barbados. Awesome. I would volunteer to go to Barbados and help separate the orders if that becomes an option...


Fred Pete - May 17, 2017 8:02:01 am PDT #11558 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.

I would volunteer to go to Barbados and help separate the orders if that becomes an option...

Ask for Trinidad, accept Barbados.