Kaylee: H-how did you... g-get on...? Early: Strains the mind a bit, don't it? You think you're all alone. Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. Bring presents to the good girls and boys.

'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.


Steph L. - Sep 13, 2018 6:07:31 am PDT #29571 of 30002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Huh, Journey and Def Leppard are touring together? Did not see that coming.

Is a time rift involved? Does buying a ticket give you the coordinates to a time portal you have to enter to see the concert?


shrift - Sep 13, 2018 6:17:03 am PDT #29572 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

The final word on the tuna/cinnamon bagel thing

I mean, I guess it's a flavor profile that exists in various cuisines, but I wouldn't eat it on a dare.


Gudanov - Sep 13, 2018 6:40:52 am PDT #29573 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

Tasks for the weekend are starting to line up. I need to fix a toilet, fix my car, make a Faraday cage, finish up making a cabinet, make a control panel, set up a web server, and do some staining. Also want to fit in some time to work on beta board migration and maybe some writing along with the usual cleaning, laundry, dishes, and cooking.


Topic!Cindy - Sep 13, 2018 6:46:44 am PDT #29574 of 30002
What is even happening?

Is a time rift involved? Does buying a ticket give you the coordinates to a time portal you have to enter to see the concert?

I would like the figure I had during their native time (or heck, just the face) and in exchange, I would be willing to wear an era-appropriate costume (including shoulder pads, because I have no shoulders).

However, someone else is going to have to do my hair.


Topic!Cindy - Sep 13, 2018 7:32:11 am PDT #29575 of 30002
What is even happening?

So my daughter transferred from Mass College of Art & Design to UMass for her sophomore year.

She is in a suite with five other girls. She and her roommate want to transfer to a double somewhere on campus.

On her transfer form, she accidentally checked off that the box stating she is a felon. (She's not. She has never even had a parking or speeding ticket.)

Now, she has to submit to a background check, in order to get that removed. There's no background to check, but it seems strange that she needs a background check to clear up a mistake she made. It's not like the University got some wrong information from a law enforcement agency. She checked a box she shouldn't have checked.

Does this sound typical?


Toddson - Sep 13, 2018 7:32:49 am PDT #29576 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Seemingly, the National Weather Service had an, um, interesting graphic for Florence.


Fred Pete - Sep 13, 2018 7:55:47 am PDT #29577 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.

Cindy, it doesn't sound unusual to me. They need to make sure your daughter just made an error and isn't trying to put one over on the college.

Annoying and time consuming. Shouldn't be anything to worry about, and a good object lesson in why you should read the document carefully.


Topic!Cindy - Sep 13, 2018 8:00:19 am PDT #29578 of 30002
What is even happening?

That is true. Thank you, Fred.

I told her (via text) to make sure she clears it up, even if she and the roomie decide not to move, just because she doesn't want to have to be explaining it for the rest of her life.

Her response was, "I'm aware."

I'm waiting for the cookies I surely earned by not cracking, "Too bad you weren't that aware when you filled out that form."


Jesse - Sep 13, 2018 8:37:29 am PDT #29579 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think I just ate the cookie due you, Cindy.

Because I had the best-case scenario: They provided treats at the big department meeting AND it only lasted an hour, instead of the 1.5 hours scheduled! I feel like a winner.

Anyway, I can see where the college wouldn't just take her word for it at this point. "Yes, I am a felon -- I mean no! No I'm not!!!"


Topic!Cindy - Sep 13, 2018 8:47:59 am PDT #29580 of 30002
What is even happening?

You are a double winner today, cowgirl!

I know what you mean about the taking her word thing. It's just funny in the annoying-for-her way, because she just applied and was accepted in the spring of this year. It was the room transfer form she filled out this week that she screwed up.

Ah well, she's very fond of reminding us she is an adult, so I'm going to let her adult this one on her own.

And apparently I'll be doing so without cookies.