Mal: I call you back? Wash: No, Mal. You didn't. Zoe: I take full responsibility, cap.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


-t - Feb 07, 2017 3:07:12 pm PST #6972 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Thin Mints.

Have CPAP machine and some vitamin supplements. The sleep specialists warned us not to go right toned as soon as we got home and that is the only reason I'm not.

Also bought chocolate, because I am a sucker for heart-shaped chocolate.

Congrats on the good review, Connie! Live it up!


Calli - Feb 07, 2017 3:12:07 pm PST #6973 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Thanks for checking in, NOLA people. I'm glad you're ok.

I've never gotten the thin mint thing. Then again, I'm not fond of mint and chocolate chip ice cream either, so maybe I'm just weird. More for y'all.

Re: continents. Yeah, the Europe/Asia split seems more historical and/or cultural than anything that stands out when you look at a map.

There's (at least) one thing that's not objectively the worst thing about 45, but it's still a problem. I've been sick since before the inauguration. All the cold meds I've seen have had big ol' liver damage warnings on them. So I've been living through the first weeks of 45's administration completely unable to drink. Thank Gaia the cold's clearing up. We're not even halfway through the cabinet yet.


Susan W. - Feb 07, 2017 3:49:35 pm PST #6974 of 30002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Samoas are my favorites, but frozen Thin Mints are also a worthy indulgence.

Because of the DeVos confirmation, I just rage-gave to a high school history class in Alabama via Donors Choose after carefully reading the teacher's prior projects and concluding he's a pretty awesome teacher who's most likely not indoctrinating his classes with right-wing views. This is in addition to my standing rage-gift monthly rotation of the Trevor Project, SPLC, 350.org, and the Committee to Protect Journalists. I have a feeling this will be a pattern with me throughout 45's administration.


amych - Feb 07, 2017 4:17:01 pm PST #6975 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I adore Thin Mints and Samoas. Husband adores Thin Mints and hates coconut.

ALL THE SAMOAS ARE BELONG TO ME.

t all sugared up


Zenkitty - Feb 07, 2017 4:17:40 pm PST #6976 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Yay for a good review, Connie!

Thanks for the virtual vote, -t!

Also, you probably don't have to run for office to get involved in local government. Where I live, at least, there are a ton of commissions and boards and stuff.

That is true. The main thing that stops me from getting involved in government is that I don't know how to talk productively to people who are stubbornly refusing to engage with reality, for whatever reason. And there always seem to be a lot of them. I'm no diplomat; I just want to yell Stop being stupid! which oddly no one responds well to.


Steph L. - Feb 07, 2017 4:18:52 pm PST #6977 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I love Samoas violently and will risk gastrointestinal unrest to eat them.

Hey, Teppy, there's a place called The Macaron Store in Cuyahoga, Ohio!

They're everywhere!


-t - Feb 07, 2017 5:00:09 pm PST #6978 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I just want to yell Stop being stupid! which oddly no one responds well to.

I find myself stuck on "Is that seriously what you believe? Really?" Which doesn't go far. I have been failing for months now to just go to my city council meetings and, like, listen, so my political career is not going to take off like a comet any time soon.


Consuela - Feb 07, 2017 5:38:08 pm PST #6979 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I love Samoas and have one box tucked away in the top cabinet. Damn, I wish I didn't remember that.

So at work today my team got a noise complaint about us. Dunno who it came from, but I suspect it was one of the Trump voters on the next cubicle hallway. Grumble. So now instead of ranting about politics (which I was doing too much for an office environment anyway), I will only talk about puppies. Probably better for my blood pressure.

I was thinking about joining a commission, there's a bunch of them here with openings. But I don't want to make any sudden changes or commitments right now...


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 07, 2017 6:05:23 pm PST #6980 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

Am I the only one here who doesn't much like cookies?


Zenkitty - Feb 07, 2017 7:15:24 pm PST #6981 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Cookies have to be really special to tempt me much.