Yay, Amy! Fingers are crossed.
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
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.
Maria - Oct 30, 2017 5:22:57 pm PDT #18346 of 30002
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
Zenkitty - Oct 30, 2017 6:08:50 pm PDT #18347 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Good luck, Amy!
sarameg - Oct 30, 2017 7:03:28 pm PDT #18348 of 30002
I hate pretty much everything and this with the plan to take most of tomorrow off. Or today. Whatever.
Consuela - Oct 30, 2017 8:09:18 pm PDT #18349 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So sorry to hear about Strega.
But I spent the day in a barely-suppressed glee because INDICTMENTS ASSHOLES.
Pix - Oct 30, 2017 8:39:41 pm PDT #18350 of 30002
The status is NOT quo.
I am so sorry about Strega. Like a lot of people, I didn't know her, but she was just organically, root-deep, bone-deep part of the board; every post of hers came with a little, "Ah, yes, of course, there she is!" Like a neighbor you don't know that well but see all the time a block or so away, just leaving the corner store or taking their dog for a walk or waiting for the bus. Part of the rhythm and life of the community.
This. Thank you for articulating how I'm also feeling so beautifully, JZ.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 30, 2017 9:10:39 pm PDT #18351 of 30002
"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
Also sorry to hear the news about Strega. Thanks for letting us know, Cindy.
Spacey has been in a saran wrap closet in the gay community as far back as I can remember, but everything I'd heard prior to this had been about him chasing after young adult guys, not 9th graders. Was it Hec who had the hilarious story of him trying to pick up Tom Welling at a party and Welling defusing the situation by playing dumb and pretending never to get the double meanings of what he was saying?
aurelia - Oct 30, 2017 9:16:40 pm PDT #18352 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Good luck, Amy!
Atropa - Oct 30, 2017 10:07:07 pm PDT #18353 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I think I took the good Monday from everyone else.
I had a great Monday, but that's because we went to see Chelsea Wolfe in concert tonight. She's got an amazing voice, and I got to feel that wonderful wall of sound pressure from heavy amplified bass and guitar. That is a thing I need to have occasionally.
Shir - Oct 30, 2017 11:31:03 pm PDT #18354 of 30002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
This. Thank you for articulating how I'm also feeling so beautifully, JZ.
Indeed. Thank you.
Sparky1 - Oct 31, 2017 4:03:55 am PDT #18355 of 30002
Librarian Warlord
Wishing peace to those who knew Strega, face to face or via the Board.
-t, my mother sat on a jury for 9+ months, for a case involving the molestation of children. A few years after that, when she was close to 70 (?) she got a summons for Federal Grand Jury duty [an age which would have been an automatic excuse], which would mean that she had to trek into Manhattan every day for a month. She very, very reluctantly approached the judge from the first case, and he got her excused. She still feels both relieved and guilty.
Good luck, Amy!