Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'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.


Gudanov - Nov 01, 2020 5:41:22 am PST #28422 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping

Tip. If you go to your Profile and select the view settings, there is an option to display a left-side menu like on the old board.


meara - Nov 01, 2020 6:00:35 am PST #28423 of 30019

Ooh, shiny new board! Hello!!

I feel like y’all will appreciate this story from a FB friend of mine here in Seattle:

Halloween 2020.

What was supposed to be a super fun Halloween surprise this evening turned into a terrifying event. I hid pieces of candy each with a little flickering battery lit candle around our backyard for an after dark candy hunt.

We went outside and began the hunt in the dark only to encounter a family of raccoons that had been feasting on the candy in the yard. They didn't run away despite shining lights on them, screaming, and waving long sticks in their direction. This turned into Kid screaming and crying hysterically. She was then running around the yard waving a shovel around above her head screaming "the raccoons can't have MY CANDY."

Everyone is calm and safe inside now watching Ghostbusters. But Kid did say that “Halloween was TOO SCARY this year.”


Theodosia - Nov 01, 2020 6:13:21 am PST #28424 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Oh dear. 2020 in a nutshell.


dcp - Nov 01, 2020 6:14:00 am PST #28425 of 30019
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

"...the raccoons can't have MY CANDY."

Don't mess with raccoons unless you are Jack-Jack: [link]


DavidS - Nov 01, 2020 6:28:37 am PST #28426 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Trash Panda Assault Team! That's horrible and hilarious.

Thanks for all your work, Gud.


Jesse - Nov 01, 2020 6:37:48 am PST #28427 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh no! Poor Kid.


askye - Nov 01, 2020 7:27:43 am PST #28428 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

Poor kid.

I hope that a lot of people were doing Halloween stuff or out doing last minute political stuff because they weren't ordering items from our store. Which was troubling but also a nice reprieve because we were able to get things cleaned up and super organized.

I'm off today. Rare Sunday off. And M's nephew's birthday party is today. I'm not going. No one really expects me to go. M's and his Mom are going but she said she's telling them that this will be the last gathering she goes to. She's seen the news about how there is an increase in cases everywhere-including here and that it's coming from small gatherings at home and is taking it seriously. But then she was like "you aren't that safe at work" . I try to be. I try to use hand sanitizer frequently and stay way from people but I haven't been showering and changing as soon as I get home and I may start doing that again.


DavidS - Nov 01, 2020 7:34:26 am PST #28429 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

but I haven't been showering and changing as soon as I get home and I may start doing that again.

Do it if it feels better, but that's not how it's being transmitted. Fomite transmission is negligible. In fact in European contact tracing there is not even a single instance of transmission of Covid from an object.


sj - Nov 01, 2020 7:34:49 am PST #28430 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Poor kiddo. We did our Halloween hunt before dark.


-t - Nov 01, 2020 7:36:27 am PST #28431 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, poor kid, but happy Halloween for those raccoons!