Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


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.


Gudanov - Oct 28, 2018 4:22:41 pm PDT #1283 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping

There's something about washing, folding, and putting away a shirt that I was wearing earlier in the day that makes me feel efficient.


Sophia Brooks - Oct 28, 2018 4:26:50 pm PDT #1284 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Ugh. sue. Shingles tends to suck.

I just got an email that my university had a graffiti swastika defacing a sign at our school of music (different campus). I am glad they addressed it, but ugh.


-t - Oct 28, 2018 4:27:32 pm PDT #1285 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's very impressive! I've got some of the clothes I plan to wear tomorrow in the washer in hopes that I can get dressed by pulling stuff out of the washer tomorrow morning.

ETA ugh, Sophia. That sucks.


Jessica - Oct 28, 2018 4:31:48 pm PDT #1286 of 30019
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Shingles pain is truly awful. I'm so sorry.


sj - Oct 28, 2018 4:36:35 pm PDT #1287 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Ugh, Sophia. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little nervous about taking ltc to school tomorrow.


meara - Oct 28, 2018 7:44:31 pm PDT #1288 of 30019

Oh man, Gris, I forgot you had moved! How tough—the few things I've read about the guy just sound horrific and ridiculous.


Shir - Oct 28, 2018 11:50:58 pm PDT #1289 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Health~ma, Sue.

News from Brazil are disheartening (then again, who am I to say such a thing, being from where I am). Gris, I hope you will be able to build and strengthen bridges, individually and as a community. And take care.


Laura - Oct 29, 2018 2:10:12 am PDT #1290 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

I'm sorry about the shingles, Sue. May the drugs work quickly and effectively.

We have a large Brazilian population here and I have heard surprisingly little about the horrible situation there from my local friends. I suspect this is because they are unable to do much more than worry about their families and friends.

Monday. Was up at 6 to get a jump on the work day, and yet. Maybe some more coffee.


Gris - Oct 29, 2018 2:13:13 am PDT #1291 of 30019
Hey. New board.

As usual, there were plenty of "respectable" reasons to vote for Bolsonaro, number 1 of which is that his only tenable competitor came from a party that has held power for over a decade through bribes and corruption and insanely unsustainable economic populism. But it sure sucks that the only candidates to have a chance were Tammany Hall and Bigot Fascist.


Laura - Oct 29, 2018 2:58:17 am PDT #1292 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

It really is horrible, Gris. Brazil has so much going for it, but it has been destroyed and bled dry by corruption for so long.