Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Topic!Cindy - Feb 11, 2020 5:14:19 pm PST #16273 of 30019
What is even happening?

now I am seeing one person reporting that Steyer is out, but I think she got confused with Bennett.

Ha!

Happy belated birthday, -t! I didn't realize it was your birthday yesterday, but I knew it was your birthday before I got to b.org tonight, because I went to my old email account that I seldom check, to see if I got a receipt for my donation to Elizabeth Warren, and I had a reminder from LiveJournal.

(It is, of course, my old email account, because entities like LiveJournal and ActBlue have the address.)


askye - Feb 11, 2020 5:21:34 pm PST #16274 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

Theo we have been trying to do date night but weather and varying work schedule makes it hard. Plus we would like to have just time alone for a nice at home Netflix and chill kinda night.

He and his mom are around each other WAY too much, they are home together almost all day because they are both on disability and stay at home. Benefits of a stay at home Boyfriend are dinners made almost every night and laundry done and I don't have to worry about it.

we've talked to her about doing stuff but she doesn't really drive and she hasn't really been receptive and she has a lot of anxieties about stuff.


Consuela - Feb 11, 2020 5:26:14 pm PST #16275 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

posted a new article on the front page of the A's blog

Coolness, Hec! Hey, I dunno if you've met him, but I know the A's unofficial/official historian -- he's my niece's BF's father, a long-time Oakland resident, former llama trek guide, and amateur historian. Wrote a book a few years back about sports history in Oakland. He's done some work for the A's in the last few years, and knows a lot. I can hook you up if you haven't already met him...

Sorry I missed your birthday, -t, I hope it turned out okay.

I'm just beyond stressed about the political news: Trump squawked about Roger Stone's sentencing recommendations on Twitter, and immediately the DOJ revised the recommendation downward, and four AUSAs quit in protest.

I kid you not: they're going to open a DOJ investigation on whoever the Dem candidate is, before the Democratic convention even starts. And there's nothing we can do about it.


JZ - Feb 11, 2020 5:27:39 pm PST #16276 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

I am sure Maggie will be thrilled by the soup, whether or not she's getting plenty of hearty food elsewhere.

Maggie is definitely not getting any hearty food anywhere else--when she put the stew in the fridge, there were maybe three other items in it. I have pretty close to utterly fucking had it with this country and what it does to its most marginalized citizens (but I'm incredibly grateful for her doctor at the General, who's connected her with the city's Dept of Human Services, and now she has a social worker who's trying to untangle what food assistance and debt relief she's eligible for).

But she was thrilled with the stew. Just the smell of it was amazing and life-giving.

Plate-removal~ma to meara and get-out-of-the-house~ma to Tim, and, Sophia, I am completely in awe of you tackling graduate school even with the killing and the ass-pulling.

Happy birthday, -t, and may the evening be infinitely less stressful and infinitely more comforting and celebratory than work, and with no nice foods going astray.

eta: Suela, the news of the world, and the country, and the current administration in particular, is also killing me. Horrifying.


sj - Feb 11, 2020 5:41:32 pm PST #16277 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Happy Birthday, -t!!! I'm sorry about the work stress.


-t - Feb 11, 2020 5:42:45 pm PST #16278 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I closed out the evening with loaded tiny tacos from Jack in the Box because sometimes I have the palate of a stoned teenager. It was pretty darn tasty. Thank you all for sharing my birthday journey through chain restaurants.


Topic!Cindy - Feb 11, 2020 5:53:44 pm PST #16279 of 30019
What is even happening?

I closed out the evening with loaded tiny tacos from Jack in the Box because sometimes I have the palate of a stoned teenager. It was pretty darn tasty. Thank you all for sharing my birthday journey through chain restaurants.

Good for you!

I kid you not: they're going to open a DOJ investigation on whoever the Dem candidate is, before the Democratic convention even starts. And there's nothing we can do about it.

YUP and I'm sick about it.


DavidS - Feb 11, 2020 7:20:43 pm PST #16280 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Coolness, Hec! Hey, I dunno if you've met him, but I know the A's unofficial/official historian -- he's my niece's BF's father, a long-time Oakland resident, former llama trek guide, and amateur historian. Wrote a book a few years back about sports history in Oakland. He's done some work for the A's in the last few years, and knows a lot. I can hook you up if you haven't already met him...

Very thoughtful! Good to see your pixels here too!


Katerina Bee - Feb 11, 2020 7:31:38 pm PST #16281 of 30019
Herding cats for fun

I have found a blessed source of imPOTUS relief people at DH's work are crazy for: Randy Rainbow! See the Cheeto mercilessly lambasted musical style by a fabulous gay man. Don't skip the one about Cruella deVos.

Take two and post about it in the morning.

Happy Birthday -t!


msbelle - Feb 12, 2020 3:16:09 am PST #16282 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I got up at 7:30 - trying to get myself back on a schedule.

I found jobs to apply for yesterday, but did not complete even one application. Back to it today.