I just said that you're pretty. Even when you're covered in...engine grease, you're... No, especially, especially when you're covered in engine grease.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


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.


Atropa - Jul 06, 2020 11:16:18 am PDT #23286 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I would like to announce my candidacy for Queen of Fucking About.

You have my vote.

I announced my candidacy for Vampire Witch Queen years ago, so I'm ahead of the curve for announcing on social media?


-t - Jul 06, 2020 11:21:13 am PDT #23287 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't know, Pix, are you going to interfere with my Sovereign Right to Fuck About Independently?


flea - Jul 06, 2020 11:22:45 am PDT #23288 of 30019
information libertarian

I love you all.


Steph L. - Jul 06, 2020 11:30:28 am PDT #23289 of 30019
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I announced my candidacy for Vampire Witch Queen years ago, so I'm ahead of the curve for announcing on social media?

I feel like inherent to being Vampire Witch Queen is that you just claim the position. No democracy involved whatsoever.


-t - Jul 06, 2020 11:32:54 am PDT #23290 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It'd be wise to get Guillermo on your side.


Steph L. - Jul 06, 2020 11:35:57 am PDT #23291 of 30019
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Nah, he just needs to recognize and fall in line.


-t - Jul 06, 2020 11:37:36 am PDT #23292 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am taken aback. But for Atropa I can see that working.


Beverly - Jul 06, 2020 11:40:19 am PDT #23293 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Ooh -t's right, you know.

Sigh, AmyP, it's not just parental units. H is out mending the shed roof across the street. When he peeled back the shingles, what was going to be a quick peel and patch turned into an "Oh dear, the sheathing didn't wrap the edge, water got in and now the rafter is half rotted away. And the wet seeped, and the next two rafters are affected as well." Which is going to require removing at least half the shingling and sheathing, and since he's "not up to" totally removing and replacing the entire roof, cutting and scraping out the rot, treating the timbers and sistering in pressure treated beams, sheathing correctly this time, and reshingling that half of the roof.

This was supposed to be a two-afternoon favor for a friend. We're gonna have lemon meringue pie, bottles of Jameson and cab merlot and chocolate chip cookies for *weeks*, because H can't walk away from either a commitment or a challenge.

ETA: What whips my chicken is the shed and install were a professional job. I can see why neighbor doesn't trust them to mend the job they did badly to start with. But it does seem they should be held accountable some way.


Amy - Jul 06, 2020 12:03:53 pm PDT #23294 of 30019
Because books.

"Whips my chicken" is entirely new to me, and entirely charming.

I'm gonna vote for all y'all.


EpicTangent - Jul 06, 2020 12:05:05 pm PDT #23295 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I watched a few minutes of The Pelican Brief on my lunch break. A presidential advisor pointed out that something the president has done is obstruction of justice, and the president actually looked frightened. Weird, right?

Laugh to keep from crying.