Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.

Willow ,'End of Days'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 20, 2019 7:53:27 am PDT #11664 of 30019
"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

Hills are great! They make for variety in scenery.

Signed, Has Lived In the Flat Part of the State All His Life


Kate P. - Sep 20, 2019 8:09:19 am PDT #11665 of 30019
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

I would be fucking ecstatic if we could move to Pittsburgh.


shrift - Sep 20, 2019 8:15:10 am PDT #11666 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Ugh, Pittsburgh has hills?

Lots of hills and bridges.

I have had A Morning. I finally dragged myself out of bed and got on the train to work at my office downtown. I would have worked from home, but they're doing emergency work in my building and the water will be shut off from 9am-3pm. Halfway to work, we're told there's a power outage in the subway. So we all pile off the train and walk to Market Street where we're told there's a shuttle bus waiting for us. This is a lie. As we're milling around waiting, a streetcar pulls up, and before it gets to the stop, some angry dude harangues the streetcar operator, like that's going to achieve anything. The streetcar, predictably, is packed full but people try to get on anyway. Eventually we hear that the power is back on, and so we all pile back into the subway to get on one of the other trains that go downtown.

And now I'm supposed to do work and not be wildly cranky with everyone.


Laura - Sep 20, 2019 8:39:24 am PDT #11667 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Over 1000 bridges! It really is very pretty with all the rivers. They even have a cable car up the mountain where you can view the pretty city.

Ugh, shrift. I'd be super cranky.


-t - Sep 20, 2019 9:06:09 am PDT #11668 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, man, shrift. I'm sorry.


Dana - Sep 20, 2019 9:33:26 am PDT #11669 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Yikes, shrift.

Call went well. Turned out just to be the woman he'd be replacing, so he hasn't talked to the actual hiring manager yet. So far, signs are all good, but god knows what will happen.


shrift - Sep 20, 2019 9:50:59 am PDT #11670 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

It was more of the human experience than I was prepared to deal with pre-coffee.


Calli - Sep 20, 2019 10:15:11 am PDT #11671 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Where upstate?

Oswego. It's north of Syracuse. And less than an hour from where my niece lives, which would be nice. Since the niece had her baby, my sister is there monthly, so family-wise it's nearly as good as moving to Michigan.

shrift, that's a heck of a start to the day. I hope the rest is better.


Laura - Sep 20, 2019 10:51:21 am PDT #11672 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

My niece lives in Oswego. Crazy winters with lake effect snow and stuff, but pretty area.


lisah - Sep 20, 2019 10:59:43 am PDT #11673 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate

I'm another one in the loves Pittsburgh column!