Marco: Do we look reasonable to you? Mal: Well. Looks can be deceiving. Jayne: Not as deceiving as a low down dirty... deceiver.

'Out Of Gas'


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 - Sep 30, 2020 12:17:56 pm PDT #26923 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Actually, I saw something about what he does use - it's a liquid concealer, not a spray-on tan. It's orange because, seemingly, an orange concealer works on dark circles and blemishes on pale skin.

Orange concealer needs to be applied with a light hand, and then layered under a non-orange foundation and translucent powder. And even then it needs a lot of blending.

I really hope the poor makeup person who works for him is deliberately doing this to him. That would make me so happy.


Toddson - Sep 30, 2020 12:20:48 pm PDT #26924 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Or, if he's as germophobic as I've heard, he does it himself ... which would explain how badly it's done. I do like the idea of someone deliberately doing it badly, though.


bennett - Sep 30, 2020 12:24:21 pm PDT #26925 of 30019

Thank you, Toddson. My mom loved Anna Russell and I haven't heard her Ring Cycle in years. So great to hear it again.


Toddson - Sep 30, 2020 12:28:35 pm PDT #26926 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I love her too ... I always think opera plots are like a Christmas tree - if it's thin in one spot, throw a lot of glittery music over there. The Ring Cycle ... when she explains it you see just how weird it is.


bennett - Sep 30, 2020 12:39:10 pm PDT #26927 of 30019

I think she had a take on Gilbert and Sullivan as well. I need to find it.


Sheryl - Sep 30, 2020 12:41:30 pm PDT #26928 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Did not watch the debate and am not planning to watch any further debates. I like my blood pressure the way it is.


aurelia - Sep 30, 2020 12:44:35 pm PDT #26929 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

From The Root: "Trump has proven himself to be a trash can who paints his skin with garbage truck juice"


amyparker - Sep 30, 2020 1:15:36 pm PDT #26930 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.

Jim, Ken and I have been YouTube Party-watching Alton Brown's Quarantine Quitchen; Alton and his wife Elizabeth were going to do a debate watch-and-post, realized on the night they didn't have the stomach for it, and instead had a lively discussion of mayo-based hot dips and how to make a boulevardier. Which was a much better use of my time, because I got a cocktail out of it.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 30, 2020 1:26:58 pm PDT #26931 of 30019
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.

aurelia, I had snapdragons that did pretty well indoors and were cat-safe. Though not cat-proof, mine regarded the plants as toys and proceeded to play kickball with them.


-t - Sep 30, 2020 1:35:22 pm PDT #26932 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

aurelia - philodendron or spider plant? In my experience they are both quite hardy and low maintenance - I'm not positive about the cat safety without doing some research but I have had them and cats in the same house without anything bad happening, for sure.