Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.

'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.


lisah - Nov 17, 2016 3:53:09 am PST #2317 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate

That's scary, sarameg! What the hell?!


Jesse - Nov 17, 2016 4:13:20 am PST #2318 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OMFG, scheduling this meeting -- WITH THREE PEOPLE -- is going to kill me.

Me: schedules meeting for Monday afternoon, because I've only heard from one person and need to get something on the calendar
Person A: Can we do Monday or Tuesday morning? I'm not available Monday afternoon
Person B: Monday afternoon would be fine or early Tuesday morning or later Tuesday afternoon.
Me: Can everyone due Tuesday at 9am?
Person B: It is Grandparents Day at my grandson's school and I think I need to be there at 9:30a. I can't be late or he will have a nervous breakdown. I can do a call on Monday afternoon or Tuesday afternoon.

Arrrgggghhhhhh. OK, fair enough that maybe Person B meant 8am by "early Tuesday morning," but fucking say that!


-t - Nov 17, 2016 5:06:46 am PST #2319 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Be [clap]specific [hand claps] B-E specific {repeat}

Aimed at the alphabet people meeting with Jesse.

We did have a backup plan although right now I don't remember what it was. Ultimately, if we end up viewing the eclipse from a rest area off of I-5, well, that actually worked quite well when mom and I did that for the annular eclipse a few years ago, so that would probably be fine and achievable. And, yeah, bad luck and overwhelming demand (12:06 was actually too late but I kept trying for a while just invade) but also I had one job, you know? At least I am the one who is most disappointed.

Ooh, are there archives of Bob Ross anywhere? Happy little trees and so forth would be nice background tv, yeah?


Jesse - Nov 17, 2016 5:09:54 am PST #2320 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Be [clap]specific [hand claps] B-E specific {repeat}

Yesssssss.


Steph L. - Nov 17, 2016 5:15:28 am PST #2321 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Ooh, are there archives of Bob Ross anywhere? Happy little trees and so forth would be nice background tv, yeah?

I feel like there are, but I can't remember where.


Tom Scola - Nov 17, 2016 5:16:30 am PST #2322 of 30002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Bob Ross is on Netflix.


juliana - Nov 17, 2016 5:25:27 am PST #2323 of 30002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Okay, it's petty, but I just dropped a link to the definition of Sealioning [link] on a particularly aggressive "I just want to understand" poster in one of my friend's FB posts about the rise of violent crimes since the election. And now the Sealion is, well, Sealioning, and we're just talking around him.

This are my friends from MN and I miss them so much sometimes, that it's nice to feel like we're back in the same bar chatting.

Bob Ross would be excellent background TV. His perm and all.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 17, 2016 5:43:21 am PST #2324 of 30002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I never knew that was called sea-lioning. That makes me crazy!

I think I might be getting a promotion at work, which is sort of un heard of here. I would keep my higher level duties for the program I work with and take on similar duties for the other programs (helping produce online learning courses, events, and registration). I am hopeful but not counting on it.


Tom Scola - Nov 17, 2016 5:44:45 am PST #2325 of 30002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

In case you missed it: The origin of the term sea-lioning.


Jesse - Nov 17, 2016 5:47:24 am PST #2326 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ooh, fingers crossed, Sophia!