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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.


Sue - Sep 23, 2018 4:14:24 am PDT #29802 of 30002
hip deep in pie

Sorry Buddy!

You can bring them in and they can get on him. But it seems unlikely. My cats have always gone out a little.

It could be mosquito bites. For me, they never really appear as red, itchy bumps right away. It's usually either when I'm going to bed or the next morning that I realize I've been eaten alive.


billytea - Sep 23, 2018 4:46:49 am PDT #29803 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.

Sorry about the bites, Jesse. Ryan is sporting a bite too; a spider bite, I think, because this is Australia.

Speaking of Ryan, yesterday I took him to Healesville Sanctuary (a zoo for Australian wildlife). We took along some maths homework. We got a seat in the cafe by the window and went over decimal multiplication while watching two echidnas trundle past on a regular circuit. Educational win! (Echidna Institute - for when you really need to get your point across.)


juliana - Sep 23, 2018 6:12:01 am PDT #29804 of 30002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Jesse, we also have teeny tiny jillifonts that love to snack on me (and Alexandra, unfortunately). Big red bumps, but they're not in a line (which is the tipoff for bedbugs, I think).


sj - Sep 23, 2018 7:02:09 am PDT #29805 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

If it looks like two little bites right next to each other, that's probably fleas.


meara - Sep 23, 2018 7:37:18 am PDT #29806 of 30002

If it looks like two little bites right next to each other, that's probably fleas

Or vampires. Could be tiny vampires.


Consuela - Sep 23, 2018 7:40:57 am PDT #29807 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

So there were sideshows all over Oakland last night, including about two blocks from me. Which included bonus gunfire. As a result the beast felt the need to sleep on the bed with me, and I didn't have the energy to fight her off. At least when she's worried like that she doesn't get all worked up, she just wants to be on me.


DavidS - Sep 23, 2018 9:20:55 am PDT #29808 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So there were sideshows all over Oakland last night, including about two blocks from me.

And apparently the police impounded more than 100 cars.


Sheryl - Sep 23, 2018 9:42:35 am PDT #29809 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Woke up a couple of times last night because Gary's electric razor started randomly buzzing. Now it's raining.


Dana - Sep 23, 2018 10:14:01 am PDT #29810 of 30002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Making chili with the spices we had on hand, which meant jerk chicken seasoning, some smoked paprika, and red pepper.


-t - Sep 23, 2018 10:14:23 am PDT #29811 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Sounds like aliens.

Went up to Folsom for the Ren Faire yesterday. Good times, especially the falconry demonstration. Discovered while looking for parking that there is a Johnny Cash Trail through Folsom, which pleases me.

Today is dance practice and a scorpion hike.

I have fleas. My cats don't go outside anymore, but the fleas got their civilization into the carpets and whatnot back when they did, I guess. Now the cats are dosed with Advantage so the fleas bite me instead. I think I'm actually going to use a fogger.