Buckle up, kids! Daddy's puttin' the hammer down.

Spike ,'Touched'


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.


shrift - Feb 13, 2017 12:16:19 pm PST #7289 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Happy birthday, Connie!

The one thing the skateboarding professor really wants is a skate park in his backyard.

You're making me want to hate-watch HGTV.

Note how it's not a question.

David, I thought of this: [link]


Steph L. - Feb 13, 2017 12:24:48 pm PST #7290 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Okay, the online appointment thing needs some bugs worked out, because I haven't heard back yet, even though the web portal says if you submit your request by noon you'll hear back by 3. Grumble.


Steph L. - Feb 13, 2017 12:32:50 pm PST #7291 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Ha! I *just* got a text from CVS telling me my Rx is ready for pickup.

I always forget the power of posting about something to make it happen.


Dana - Feb 13, 2017 12:39:42 pm PST #7292 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

They did build some ramps for the guy in his backyard, which totally gave away the "love it or list it" decision. Can you imagine a property listing for that? "3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, spacious kitchen, walk-in closets, sick skateboard ramp in formerly useful back yard."


Jesse - Feb 13, 2017 1:08:18 pm PST #7293 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My eye doctor will say "about the same?" whenever I hesitate with the "1 or 2" questions and it is such a relief to be told that's an option.

Yeah, I think the last guy I saw even asked it that way. "1, 2, or about the same?"

Ah, David, you remind me to be glad I don't have to schedule international calls anymore. I had to ask a funder (the funder!!!) to do a 6am call one time because that was the one slot the Minister of Health had offered him. (It was afternoon her time.)


-t - Feb 13, 2017 1:09:09 pm PST #7294 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Woo, Tep!

I kind of want a bath but cleaning the tub is too onerous. I may troll through Yelp for affordable day spas that offer aromatherapy baths nearby. Don't judge me. Or go ahead and judge, but don't feel obligated to share your judgment with me. Believe me, I know.


Sheryl - Feb 13, 2017 1:12:36 pm PST #7295 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Connie!


Calli - Feb 13, 2017 1:50:35 pm PST #7296 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Happy birthday,Connie!


Amy - Feb 13, 2017 1:51:18 pm PST #7297 of 30002
Because books.

Happy birthday, Connie!

David, fingers still crossed for everything to work out. And for the annoying majority partner to get a nasty rash in an inconvenient place.

Don't judge me. Or go ahead and judge, but don't feel obligated to share your judgment with me. Believe me, I know.

I haven't taken a bath since we've lived in this apartment because it's in the kids' bathroom, and there's no way they're keeping it clean enough for me.


Zenkitty - Feb 13, 2017 2:03:17 pm PST #7298 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Happy birthday, Connie!

My doctor's office, bless them forever, now has a service where you can get an online evaluation for 8 or 10 common (but also simple to treat) conditions/illnesses.

That's brilliant!

msbelle, solidarity, sister, my finances have gotten out of control again, too. Happens when I'm stressed. I really need to get to a point that when I (inevitably) go into a anxious spending spree, I don't end up hurting myself before I'm through.

I always forget the power of posting about something to make it happen.

I need $100,000. Really. I need it. #rocket

Speaking of which, may the cash come through quickly and in delightful amounts after which may you not need to deal with your a*hole partner so much anymore, David.

I spent way too much time "debating" with an anti-abortion person on Twitter today. We were doing okay, until he said something that made me lose any respect for him. He said that he would happily adopt a baby, but he's offered his services on Twitter before and mysteriously there were no takers, so, no adopting. I called bullshit. Then he told me he already had 6 kids "of his own", after telling me neither men nor women should ever have sex unless they're ready to have kids. I told him, hey, you could've adopted 6 innocent babies if you'd just never had sex!