Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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.


Toddson - Sep 18, 2020 7:30:52 am PDT #26351 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

The dreams I do remember are usually nightmares that I wake up in the middle of ... any others must be fairly innocuous.


-t - Sep 18, 2020 9:26:13 am PDT #26352 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw, meara

I rarely remember my dreams, usually just a few images and a general impression of what was going on. This one was unusually vivid.

Successfully gave a pint of blood, should have antibody results in a week or so (forgot to make my next appointment I just realized, oops, but I have the phone number for the site I go to so I can call them directly). Stopped by Trader Joe's for challah, they had round holiday loaves! Also picked up a bottle of Honey Moon viognier as that seemed appropriate and way too much in the way of pumpkin flavored this and that because of course I did. Checked my work email for the thing I was expecting on Tuesday that I would've had to do some work on and found instead the other party postponing our next meeting so I do NOT have to work while on vacation at all! Pretty good day so far and no ambitions for the rest of the day!


Jesse - Sep 18, 2020 9:28:19 am PDT #26353 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That's a good day, -t!

I got a pumpkin spice iced coffee at Starbucks today, which was delicious, but ridiculous.

And I missed my shot to conveniently give blood this week, so we'll see when I make it back there/when they make it back to me.


Jessica - Sep 18, 2020 9:38:22 am PDT #26354 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I find the long ass day in the car drives actually work much better with very frequent stops, even just to walk around the vehicle and get back in. Otherwise I get stiff and/or overtired.

My family's long drives always include rest stops every 2-3 hours no matter what (use bathroom/get snacks if needed or just stretch legs), but These Days I don't know if I'd be more nervous about multiple 5-minute rest stop breaks vs one night in a hotel. Or two hours on a plane. Honestly this is why I haven't been more than 2 hours from my house all summer.


chrismg - Sep 18, 2020 9:40:59 am PDT #26355 of 30019
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Yeah, "string theory" is the one I was looking for. Like I told dcp, reading $ as string says you've worked with certain programming languages or computer systems - I think it goes all the way back to BASIC.


msbelle - Sep 18, 2020 9:58:23 am PDT #26356 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

way too much in the way of pumpkin flavored this and that
pumpkin spice iced coffee

I LOVE ALL THE PS STUFF! except it seems coffee. I got JoJos and petite cookies and fakey Pop-Tarts (The actual pumpkin Pop-Tarts that come out limited edition I have not seen yet, but this year I am going to STOCK UP!, and some soup.


-t - Sep 18, 2020 10:00:19 am PDT #26357 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, only now do I realize I forgot to look for pumpkin ravioli!

Also got a pumpkin cold foam whatever on the way to give blood. Yum.


-t - Sep 18, 2020 10:00:50 am PDT #26358 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

And string theory totally makes sense but I would need to see it in context to get there myself, I think.


Sheryl - Sep 18, 2020 10:04:11 am PDT #26359 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Haven't had much by way of pumpkin spice flavored things, as I don't like coffee. I haven't even had pumpkin pie, as my MIL doesn't like it, so we always do apple pie at Thanksgiving.


Steph L. - Sep 18, 2020 10:07:59 am PDT #26360 of 30019
That which does not kill you should RUN

The Trader Joe's wave of pumpkin stuff is about to become a tsunami. They had some stuff last week, including gluten free pumpkin bagels, which are so fucking good.