Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.

Host ,'Why We Fight'


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.


Sheryl - Apr 25, 2019 12:47:11 pm PDT #7254 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I'm sorry for the awful day, Matt.


Dana - Apr 25, 2019 12:53:46 pm PDT #7255 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I hope your day is going better, Sheryl.


aurelia - Apr 25, 2019 2:28:54 pm PDT #7256 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Oof. Heading home after a long day on my feet, ankle throbbing, and I get a text from my landlord that the boiler malfunctioned causing all the radiators to overflow. I may have floors in four rooms to clean up when I get home.


Steph L. - Apr 25, 2019 2:49:53 pm PDT #7257 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I have to actually call the dang IRS tomorrow. The check I wrote for my quarterly estimated taxes hasn't cleared, and I sent it 3 weeks ago. Now, the IRS might be swamped, but my estimated payments have always cleared pretty quickly. I googled for what to do, and it said if it's been 2 weeks or longer, call the IRS to see if it's cleared. I might have to stop payment on the check and re-send the payment, dang it.


sarameg - Apr 25, 2019 3:45:58 pm PDT #7258 of 30019

Laura, our local politics are a shitshow. We're like a month in since the reveal of this particular shitshow (looks like...self dealing? Corruption? Money laundering?) but she's been a disaster from the get-go.


Jesse - Apr 25, 2019 3:50:13 pm PDT #7259 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Um, these do not sound like the best days, people!

My day was fully redeemed with trombone practice.


Amy - Apr 25, 2019 4:03:45 pm PDT #7260 of 30019
Because books.

I'm sorry for all the bad days. It helps any, I said to a woman caller tonight (who until then had just seemed irritated and sort of abrupt) that I was sorry to hear her husband had passed, and she said, "You don't give a shit, you bitch! Now have that asshole Robert (the funeral director) call me because I am PISSED OFF."

So ... that happened.


-t - Apr 25, 2019 5:18:08 pm PDT #7261 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yikes! Sorry that happened, Amy.


DavidS - Apr 25, 2019 6:16:41 pm PDT #7262 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

My day was fully redeemed with trombone practice.

{fist pump}

"You don't give a shit, you bitch!"

I second that "Yikes!" On the one hand, people go squirrelly in grief. OTOH, I know that you do give a shit, and that was mean.


DavidS - Apr 25, 2019 6:16:42 pm PDT #7263 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

My day was fully redeemed with trombone practice.

{fist pump}

"You don't give a shit, you bitch!"

I second that "Yikes!" On the one hand, people go squirrelly in grief. OTOH, I know that you do give a shit, and that was mean.