Actually not needing validation right now, but thank you.

Buffy ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


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.


smonster - Jan 04, 2017 8:45:44 am PST #4951 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Enjoy your tea and Pokémon break.

I *did* have unclaimed money! Over $50 from the last address I lived in NC. So sometime in the next month I should get a check. Woot!


-t - Jan 04, 2017 8:59:46 am PST #4952 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, right, I should sign up for that class I was going to take. Because I have so much free time. t /irony


-t - Jan 04, 2017 9:01:04 am PST #4953 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I've rented places with kitchens like that, btw.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 04, 2017 9:51:04 am PST #4954 of 30002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Yeah- that kitchen is pretty much like the one in my apartment, except I have appliances! But the bathroom is lovely, and it is next to an emu campus. I am sure that is Eastern Michigan University, but I like to imagine a place full of large birds.


-t - Jan 04, 2017 10:01:58 am PST #4955 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Large scholarly birds.


Jesse - Jan 04, 2017 10:15:38 am PST #4956 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I know this is looks-ist, but I can't see emus as being very scholarly.


Burrell - Jan 04, 2017 10:44:03 am PST #4957 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I know I've been pretty lurkery lately, but can I get some hivemind advice? I have to go to Philly tomorrow for a work thing and, well, I'm a Californian so not a lot of cold weather clothes. My daylong meetings will all be in the hotel, so no worries there, but for coat options I have:

a barn coat - warm but, well, looks like it's a barn coat

car coat length trench with full lining - looks professional, but is it warm enough?

And for shoes, I was going to go with my hiking boots for outside as they serve well on mountains when not skiing, etc, but they can fill with ice and get slippery if there's slush. Seem okay, or courting disaster?

thanks in advance for any advice


Fred Pete - Jan 04, 2017 10:55:12 am PST #4958 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.

Burrell, I've done fine in DC winters (which is usually just a few degrees warmer than Philadelphia) with a lined trench coat, as long as it stays out of record low territory. DC over the next few days is supposed to be cold (by DC standards -- highs in the low 30s F) but not record-breaking, and dry.


Jesse - Jan 04, 2017 10:58:18 am PST #4959 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Two schools of thought on the coat: (a) You won't be outside much, if you're going airport-cab-hotel-cab-airport. (b) IT'S FREEZING!!!! And your work stuff will all be in the hotel?

I'd bring the warmest coat you have.


-t - Jan 04, 2017 10:59:13 am PST #4960 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

They are dinosaurs that are still alive, Jesse, you think they can't be academic?