On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


Connie Neil - Jun 12, 2017 1:54:59 pm PDT #12601 of 30002
brillig

Right to work state, right?


lisah - Jun 12, 2017 2:02:38 pm PDT #12602 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate

Wait, they're closing the office but forcing everyone to use up one of their own leave days? 

That is some bullshit!


Sheryl - Jun 12, 2017 2:55:47 pm PDT #12603 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Back from CT. Things went well for the most part. The Sea Songs Festival was fun(great weather!) and we ran into some folks we know from the folk retreat we go to every year. Everybody at the party thought Mr. S was adorable. However, the cold thingy that I was dealing with is still around, complete with recurring cough that Robitussin does little to help and a voice that either sounds like I smoke 3 packs a day or can't talk above a whisper. If I'm still having problems tomorrow, I'm calling my doctor.(or at least her group)


sj - Jun 12, 2017 3:02:26 pm PDT #12604 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Tonight ltc became hysterical at dinner about bath time even though we told her no bath tonight. I was able to get her to eat a little by showing her Youtube videos on my phone. Send cocktails.


sarameg - Jun 12, 2017 4:31:18 pm PDT #12605 of 30002

Clusterfuck all week at the pool. Short staffed, interim director is on vacay and storms predicted. Gonna be a cranky week. Already emailed director because the guards are so stressed out and exhausted and this is all mgmt's fuck up and there is no excuse for it. The pool is probably the most heavily patronized neighborhood resource in summer & they keep treating it like the bastard cousin. They need a dedicated pool director, not a hybrid ( awesome one just left to a different Y and they decided to hybrid the job. It suckedlast time they did this too.)


sarameg - Jun 12, 2017 4:33:30 pm PDT #12606 of 30002

Waaahhh waaahhhnnn.


brenda m - Jun 12, 2017 4:40:55 pm PDT #12607 of 30002
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

I know some people have issues with it, but I just used Alexa to wake my dad up in Twin Lakes and tell him to call me when we were worrying because it's so hot and we just got back from traveling and hadn't heard from him. He wasn't hearing phone/texts because the phone was in another room. That's huge.


-t - Jun 12, 2017 4:45:01 pm PDT #12608 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Good use of available technology, brenda!


sumi - Jun 12, 2017 4:47:12 pm PDT #12609 of 30002
Art Crawl!!!

brenda - that is very cool.


WindSparrow - Jun 12, 2017 5:21:34 pm PDT #12610 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

That is cool, Brenda.