Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?

Xander ,'Dirty Girls'


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.


Tom Scola - Oct 02, 2018 3:57:38 am PDT #270 of 30019
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Uh oh. You know that's got to be a dark portent.


Steph L. - Oct 02, 2018 4:06:09 am PDT #271 of 30019
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Or shenanigans are about to go down.


Gudanov - Oct 02, 2018 4:06:59 am PDT #272 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping

Somebody is going to be unmasked.


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 02, 2018 5:34:05 am PDT #273 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

Ruh roh.


Sparky1 - Oct 02, 2018 5:53:37 am PDT #274 of 30019
Librarian Warlord

I love this: [link]


Laura - Oct 02, 2018 5:59:54 am PDT #275 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Nice, Sparky1!


Jesse - Oct 02, 2018 7:16:31 am PDT #276 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have a big meeting today with someone who is a long time friend of BK. Other than Friend, everyone in the room will be female. After our first meeting, Friend said to me, "now I know how you feel!" (That is, outnumbered by men in the room.) I said, "Not yet you don't."

Oof. You are amazing.

Would you confirm I'm not crazy on two different points?

Point the first: There's this big band festival this weekend (big [band festival], not [big band] festival, although I would also like that), and so far I know when we're playing, but not anything else! Like, from the volunteer sign-up requests, I get the idea that there are afterparties and meals provided and whatnot, but I have no details about any of this! Apparently we are going to get information about a bands-only website with details, but do not have it yet. This thing starts on Friday! It is stressing me out.

And second: I have cause to want an air mattress about once a year. Am I OK to keep borrowing my neighbors'? It seems silly to buy my own, right?


Jessica - Oct 02, 2018 7:26:15 am PDT #277 of 30019
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Sooo you may want to try googling "gigantic jillifont PNW" (or something similar), and see if the photos look like what you saw.

NO THANK YOU I WILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT

My mother once sent me a video of a gadget that's supposed to easily sweep up THOSE THINGS so you can get them out of your house EXCEPT of course the video involved lots of helpful closeups of the sweepy thing working and so it mostly just made me run screaming for the close tab button.


Sparky1 - Oct 02, 2018 7:27:36 am PDT #278 of 30019
Librarian Warlord

This thing starts on Friday! It is stressing me out.

It would stress me out.

Am I OK to keep borrowing my neighbors'? It seems silly to buy my own, right?

Buy something your neighbors would need to borrow on a similar schedule! Everybody wins!


Laura - Oct 02, 2018 7:36:25 am PDT #279 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Jesse: Point the first: Stress appropriate, and hopefully relieved quickly. And second: Sparky's idea is a good one. You don't want to store an air mattress for once a year use.