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.
Illyria: Wesley's dead. I'm feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence. Spike: Well, wishes just happen to be horses today.
'Not Fade Away'
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.
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 30, 2020 1:26:58 pm PDT #26931 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
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.
dcp - Sep 30, 2020 1:44:51 pm PDT #26933 of 30019
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Zenkitty - Sep 30, 2020 2:50:43 pm PDT #26934 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I've had a particular spider plant for years. Murray the Gray Cat nibbles on it constantly. During warm weather I put the poor thing outside and let it recover from him for a few weeks. It's quite hardy and supposed to clean the air too.
-t - Sep 30, 2020 2:57:38 pm PDT #26935 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's what an aspidistra looks like? Huh
juliana - Sep 30, 2020 3:11:50 pm PDT #26936 of 30019
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
aurelia, we have spider plants and sansiveria (aka snake plant) in our house with two kitties and they work wonders. I also have a ficus which gives a nice variation.
Jesse - Sep 30, 2020 3:37:36 pm PDT #26937 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I guess I always thought an aspidistra was a spider plant! Due to all the similar letters???
-t - Sep 30, 2020 4:04:36 pm PDT #26938 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I was picturing some sort of smallish tree. For no particular reason, just generic plant image. Pretty sure my mental image of a ficus is equally inaccurate.
::checks Google::
Yep, that is not what I thought at all
aurelia - Sep 30, 2020 4:43:04 pm PDT #26939 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
consider the cast iron plant Aspidistra elatior
That may be big for the space I have.
Comparing this allergy info [link] [link] with the various pet-safe lists I've found it's looking like a spider plant or prayer plant. Since the spider plant is mildly hallucinogenic for cats (though non-toxic) I was looking for alternatives. At least I'll be home to see how much effort they put into reaching it.