Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!

Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


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.


Cashmere - Mar 21, 2020 3:34:48 pm PDT #18352 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.

Katie Bee, you have to be the most composed human on the planet right now.

ND, I know you treat your employees like family so I understand how hard this was for you. I am hoping with all my might that you and K come out of this okay. I really hope that there is some small business relief for you and your employees.


Maria - Mar 21, 2020 3:48:56 pm PDT #18353 of 30019
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Oh, Matilda. I'm so sorry you didn't get in, but I'm so glad you have Emmett.

Katerina Bee, holy hell. Way to keep calm in the face of ridiculousness.

JZ, sending you all the negative ~ma I've got.

Drew, I'm so very sorry. I hope that a small business package is included in whatever relief Congress passes.


Laura - Mar 21, 2020 4:11:43 pm PDT #18354 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Matthew's brother sent around some screenshot from somewhere warning

Between the people posting fake cures and the dire warning I just want to scream. There are plenty of sources for real information. Exploitative idiots.


-t - Mar 21, 2020 4:27:20 pm PDT #18355 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm so sorry, Drew.


Jesse - Mar 21, 2020 5:02:07 pm PDT #18356 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm really taking this opportunity to explore my fridge, and I have to say: adding some flat blood orange soda to some going-off red wine is pretty tasty!


sj - Mar 21, 2020 5:11:28 pm PDT #18357 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

My grandmother used to add orange soda to red wine all the time at home.


Jesse - Mar 21, 2020 5:12:35 pm PDT #18358 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I knew it sounded familiar! (I mean, not from your grandmother, but from the world somewhere.)


sj - Mar 21, 2020 5:16:27 pm PDT #18359 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I may have mentioned it before. I don't know if it is an Italian-American thing or what.


Hil R. - Mar 21, 2020 7:48:40 pm PDT #18360 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

One of my friends is a doctor, and so is her husband. They decided that, until they feel like this pandemic has passed, they're having their kids stay with her parents, and not seeing them in person, so that they don't expose the kids or grandparents to corona. It must be so hard for them -- the kids are about 4 and 7.


Katerina Bee - Mar 21, 2020 8:20:23 pm PDT #18361 of 30019
Herding cats for fun

Thanks for all the support re: adventures with the worst of people at the grocery store. We live in exciting times now, yo.

It's a little funny to me: I wasn't physically frightened. I'm a big strong woman and thought I might do pretty well defending myself, but I just didn't want to bother with subsequent consequences if I gave them any smart talk. It was so much easier to go Gray Rock and watch them get bored.

I keep thinking, if that was my teenager, I'd be so ashamed to see him act like that.