I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.

Willow ,'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.


Jesse - Sep 27, 2020 2:35:11 pm PDT #26782 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Y'all, I am so tired of managing my mother's emotions. So. Tired.


amyparker - Sep 27, 2020 2:44:41 pm PDT #26783 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

Aw, Jesse, I'm sorry. That's hard. Is there something nice and low-effort you can do for yourself?


Jesse - Sep 27, 2020 2:47:09 pm PDT #26784 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Eh, it's OK. I was thinking I would love to take a proper week off, but I'd just have to spend it with her! Oh well.


Consuela - Sep 27, 2020 3:25:28 pm PDT #26785 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Jesse, can you find an Air BNB somewhere in western MA or Maine? You deserve some down time.

I had a very tasty lobster roll! And I bought some (more) wine. Now I have yard work to do but it's too hot out so I'm surfing Youtube and reading the NYTimes article on Trump's taxes -- they got 17 YEARS worth of taxes. It's shocking and appalling.

Because, get this, I know you'll be shocked, He's been lying about his money and he's actually horribly in debt.


Dana - Sep 27, 2020 3:26:05 pm PDT #26786 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Also shocking, he's both a terrible businessman and a giant crook.


Steph L. - Sep 27, 2020 3:39:29 pm PDT #26787 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Because, get this, I know you'll be shocked, He's been lying about his money and he's actually horribly in debt.

Whaaaaat.

Also shocking, he's both a terrible businessman and a giant crook.

Whaaaaat.


Jesse - Sep 27, 2020 3:44:43 pm PDT #26788 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Jesse, can you find an Air BNB somewhere in western MA or Maine? You deserve some down time.

I don't drive! So I am kind of stuck, although obviously I could take public transportation and it might actually be worth it at this point.


Consuela - Sep 27, 2020 3:49:25 pm PDT #26789 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Bus and Uber? be nice to yourself.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 27, 2020 3:52:38 pm PDT #26790 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I'm a little surprised. I just heard an NPR interview with Dan Alexander of Forbes where he'd gone through Trump's assets vs. debts and came up with a $2.5 billion net worth figure. I'd assumed he was doing well, just by crooked means like refusing to pay vendor contracts and having loans from Russian oligarchs forgiven in return for political favors.


Vortex - Sep 27, 2020 5:06:38 pm PDT #26791 of 30019
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Net worth doesn't necessarily equate to actual money, it's about value. So you could have assets that have value (e.g. an expensive resort in Florida), but still be in debt (you owe people money that you haven't paid).