Fred: Oh my God! Angel, you're…cute! Angel: Fred, don't! Fred: Oh, but the little hands! And the hair! Angel: Hey! You're fired.

'Smile Time'


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.


Kalshane - Nov 09, 2016 3:12:55 pm PST #1659 of 30002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Thanks for the support, everyone.

I'm happy to be back at home with my family safe and sound.

Just physically and emotionally exhausted between the car BS and the election and worry about my wife and child.

Now that the adrenaline and shock has worn off the child is being overly-dramatic and whiny. But that's not surprising.

The tow truck driver that hit my wife actually had the nerve to offer to tow her back to his shop. She understandably told him to go fly a kite.


askye - Nov 09, 2016 3:29:49 pm PST #1660 of 30002
Thrive to spite them

I realize that it won't just stop. But this is the only thing I can directly control right now.


askye - Nov 09, 2016 3:30:15 pm PST #1661 of 30002
Thrive to spite them

I'm glad they are ok Kalshane


Nora Deirdre - Nov 09, 2016 3:31:41 pm PST #1662 of 30002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

If I lose Medicaid, I'm so screwed.

I heard former LA gov. Bobby Jindal's name being bandied about as Sec of Health and Human Services. This is the guy who refused to accept federal Medicaid expansion in his state (a very poor and unhealthy state) - we had to wait until the new guy came in to finally get services to folks. Because, you know, Obamacare.


Amy - Nov 09, 2016 3:31:57 pm PST #1663 of 30002
Because books.

Kalshane, that's so scary. I'm glad they're all right.


sj - Nov 09, 2016 3:37:04 pm PST #1664 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I feel like I need to do something, but I don't know what I can do. Suggestions welcome.


-t - Nov 09, 2016 3:37:25 pm PST #1665 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I finally looked up my local results - they're pretty much what I wanted. Disappointed in the State results on the Death Penalty propositions. Nice to see that my county was 67% for Hillary. It doesn't matter, as such, but it makes me feel a little more comfortable with my immediate surroundings.

Left my phone at work again. Oops. I think that underscores that deciding not to drive to Tai Chi was right - I'm sure the actual class would be really good for me, but I'm physically and mentally exhausted to the point where getting behind the wheel would not be responsible.


Spidra Webster - Nov 09, 2016 3:58:43 pm PST #1666 of 30002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

Good luck, smonster.

Just got back from my volunteer shift at the plant conservation lab. That wipes me out when I'm "normal". Today on two hours sleep I'm feeling utterly beat. I'm catching up on socnets and emails but hope I can keep myself from breathlessly trying to find out more takes, more news...because I need a hot bath and sleep to function for a long day of chem lecture and lab tomorrow.

I haven't read through any post-mortem articles. I heard a little analysis on public radio on the way home and that's it. I'm bummed, anxious, and stressed but I know the fullness of this hasn't hit me yet. My mother was really devastated this morning. She was quiet about it, but yesterday morning she posted a photo of her clad head to toe in buttons she'd bought from the Hillary campaign. She did more work than ever to get my apathetic siblings to get out to vote (only 2 out of 14 didn't, one of whom can't because he's in jail).

I'm not on Medi-Cal but I'm on Medicare and SSDI and I do worry about what's going to happen with that. Given that my only other way to supplement my disability income is to sell off assets (bike, musical instruments, etc), I'm worried at what the plunge in the stock market is going to do to everything else that determines these things. So I can definitely empathize with those of you who are worried about the GOP dismantling ACA and how to get coverage with pre-existing conditions.

I find myself worried about me a lot (self-centered because I just don't have a family/social network I can absolutely depend on), but I also think about how this feels for people of color, Muslims, immigrants, etc. I've been thinking for months that I wanted to find some kind of working group on race. It's tricky to do, with lots of minefields, but I'm looking into it.

We do have a bit of good news on the local politics front and I'm really hoping that CA's general liberal lean coupled with its economic strength will help it resist or be resilient to the crap the GOP will try to do.


Kalshane - Nov 09, 2016 4:05:52 pm PST #1667 of 30002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Looking at the results for WI, Trump won by 0.9%. Jill Stein got 1% of the vote and Gary Johnson 3.6%. Argh. Why have people not learned from 2000?


Connie Neil - Nov 09, 2016 4:33:26 pm PST #1668 of 30002
brillig

Watching a cat special on PBS. Apparently cats have stronger bites than dogs, because of shorter muzzles.

A mental palate cleanser.