She just... she just did the math.

Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'


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.


hippocampus - Jul 20, 2017 3:14:24 pm PDT #14136 of 30002
not your mom's socks.

Yay Sophia!


Steph L. - Jul 20, 2017 4:35:37 pm PDT #14137 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Tonight Tim is at that (poorly organized) bachelor party I mentioned a couple weeks ago. Because the groom and his friends are all middle-aged dudes who all fall somewhere on the curmudgeon scale, they aren't at a strip club or anything -- they're at a movie theater that serves dinner with the movie. I am DESPERATELY hoping they're watching The Big Sick. (Except I haven't seen it yet and I'll be jealous.) Because that's perfect for a bunch of curmudgeonly 50-something dudes at a bachelor party.

But I suspect they're either seeing Dunkirk, Spider-Man, or Wonder Woman. Still, my fingers are crossed for the romantic comedy.


Dana - Jul 20, 2017 4:44:47 pm PDT #14138 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Apparently Trump is asking, just theoretically, if he can pardon himself.

If he tries this, we are going to spend a fucking year or something with every person in the world debating the meaning of the word "pardon".


sarameg - Jul 20, 2017 4:56:29 pm PDT #14139 of 30002

Yeah, I've seen that.

Got filling done, sans anesthesia because when you've had 2 root canals on a tooth, you actually don't need it. My jaw isn't even sore. Finalized work & catcare instructions, maybe. Tying the last bits up tomorrow & packing. AND THEN! Swim @ Druid sat morning, last of any packing, charging, possible stop for a taco & sope, etc & off to Alaska for a week.


Steph L. - Jul 20, 2017 4:59:16 pm PDT #14140 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Apparently Trump is asking, just theoretically, if he can pardon himself.

Just ascend already.


billytea - Jul 20, 2017 5:20:29 pm PDT #14141 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Just ascend already.

I am clearly way overthinking this, but I'm feeling like what we're seeing with Trump is if Balthazar had been given the role of the Big Bad by mistake. Where is the Republican member of Congress who, when Trump says "You know what I want", has the fortitude to respond with "If it's for me to scrub those hard-to-reach areas, I'd like to request you kill me now"?


sarameg - Jul 20, 2017 5:32:40 pm PDT #14142 of 30002

Ah crap, I'm probably gonna start my period on this trip. Unamused.

And in less personal, I'm getting a comment retweeted (I don't tweet much, I use twitter for info) about city pools vs fancyschmany pool ($50 a SUMMER + adult morning swim vs a DAY) & kinda freaky. Especially when local pols I really don't like. Otoh, more people know the awesome of summer city pool pass.


Gudanov - Jul 20, 2017 6:01:35 pm PDT #14143 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

I'd really like to post snarky stuff about Trump, but I don't have time.

I'm feeling kind of down. My wife apparently thinks I'm too lazy and don't do enough. The last four days I've been solid busy from waking up to collapsing in bed. I'm thinking I just suck at doing stuff in general. I feel miserable a lot of the time, and I just seem to disappoint people no matter how much I try and I guess mostly fail to do. What the fuck is the point? I wish I could just go to sleep and not have to wake up.


Kat - Jul 20, 2017 6:04:45 pm PDT #14144 of 30002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

aurelia - Jul 20, 2017 6:31:27 pm PDT #14145 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Gud, your wife is not a credible source. Her opinions belong in the junk folder.