It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.

Buffy ,'Get It Done'


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.


msbelle - Jan 03, 2017 7:34:35 am PST #4882 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

First one to close for the month!! Whoot!

Now to set up folders and resorts for 2017. So much excitement.

Actually I am cranking out stuff at a good clip. Makes me think I have forgotten something.


Dana - Jan 03, 2017 8:23:12 am PST #4883 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I am slightly amazed that the House backed down on the ethics office.

I still feel like shit, I have a dentist appointment this afternoon, but there's all kinds of drama with the insurance company and a new dentist, and my work is predictably crazy, and I really would just rather be lying down.


Steph L. - Jan 03, 2017 8:29:39 am PST #4884 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I am slightly amazed that the House backed down on the ethics office.

Apparently they got a metric crapload of phone calls from constituents, for one thing.

But I also wonder if they ever really thought it would fly. It felt a lot more like the House GOP members were testing to see who was really in charge of the House, and, as it turns out, it ain't Paul Ryan. I'd have a lot of schadenfreude about that (because I loathe Paul Ryan), except for the fact that it really means they're lining up behind Trump. Ugh.


Steph L. - Jan 03, 2017 8:31:25 am PST #4885 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I really would just rather be lying down.

I have so fucking much work (today is the 3rd and I already have 41 hours on my January invoice, which is INSANE), and I'm trying to get over this food poisoning, but you can't really rush these things, and I just need a nap. (Also, given how little I've eaten over the past 3 days, I don't understand how people on extremely restrictive diets aren't hangry and homicidal all the time.)


Dana - Jan 03, 2017 9:03:29 am PST #4886 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Canceled my dentist appointment. At least that's something.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 03, 2017 9:32:59 am PST #4887 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

Well, I sent Trump a tweet praising him on his statement about Congress. I figure since appealing to his better nature is obviously useless, it's best to use positive reinforcement and attention to try and get him to do the right thing. Like patting a toddler on the head and complimenting them when they use good manners.


Fred Pete - Jan 03, 2017 9:49:06 am PST #4888 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.

Happy Birthday, Shrift!


-t - Jan 03, 2017 10:48:14 am PST #4889 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Happy shrift day!

I really would just rather be lying down.

Me too. I was fine when i got up this morning but we had a meeting pretty much as soon as I came in that sucked the life right out of me and I have just been sliding more and more into needing-a-nap territory.


Jesse - Jan 03, 2017 10:50:33 am PST #4890 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It's been dark and rainy all day here and I have not been my most productive self.


Atropa - Jan 03, 2017 11:15:03 am PST #4891 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Happy birthday, Shrift!