Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.

'Safe'


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.


Steph L. - Nov 04, 2016 4:57:55 am PDT #786 of 30002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I am not liking what I'm seeing on Five Thirty Eight.

Nate Silver has kind of lost it. This is a good piece about why his predictions are so wildly different from other places like Princeton: [link]

I just need someone to bait Trump into saying something stupid, preferably today.

I do have the jitters that something HUGE is going to be dropped today. It's the last weekend before the election, so if there's going to be the bombshell to end all bombshells, it's going to be today. I'm just hoping it's about Trump.


Jesse - Nov 04, 2016 5:05:16 am PDT #787 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

More importantly, I'm going to make election cake this weekend, and was going to use dark rum to soak the fruit in, because I have it around and also it's American. That will still be delicious, right? Even though the recipes call for whisky or other?


sj - Nov 04, 2016 5:06:18 am PDT #788 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

What's disheartening is how many stupid things he's already said that his supporters just blithely ignore. Or embrace!

Yes, this. It's so scary.


Steph L. - Nov 04, 2016 5:14:11 am PDT #789 of 30002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

My coodinator just emailed all the freelancers to tell us that the AMA is giving the employees an extra hour of paid time off today to attend the Cubs parade. That's awesome.


tommyrot - Nov 04, 2016 5:41:01 am PDT #790 of 30002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I have a dentist appointment and yet another Comcast appointment today, so no parade for me.


flea - Nov 04, 2016 5:48:06 am PDT #791 of 30002
information libertarian

I have never drunk rum. I want to buy a bottle of rum. (Mostly so, some day, in 15 years, I can say, "Why is the rum gone?") What kind of rum should I buy, and how should I drink it? (I am serious about the 15 years thing. Last week I finished a bottle of Chivas we inherited when mr. flea's grandparents died in 2001. Note that it was not full when we inherited it.)


Laura - Nov 04, 2016 5:51:48 am PDT #792 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

I'm partial to the Caribbean rums. Appleton from Jamaica is very nice.


flea - Nov 04, 2016 5:55:45 am PDT #793 of 30002
information libertarian

Also, I would like to confess that despite an overall excellent command of English, I am confused about the tenses of the verb "to drink." "I have never drunk rum" is, I think, correct, but it feels wrong. Drink, drank, drunk. Sigh.


WindSparrow - Nov 04, 2016 6:09:06 am PDT #794 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Where rum is involved, drunk is always an appropriate word.


Jessica - Nov 04, 2016 6:10:52 am PDT #795 of 30002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

That will still be delicious, right?

Yes. But if you're not sure, you can send me some and I'll taste it for you.

I'm having an EVERYTHING IS ON FIRE kind of day, which doesn't seem fair on a Friday where I'm working from home! Why so emergencified, work?