Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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.


-t - Oct 21, 2021 9:55:54 am PDT #10103 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have gotten to the point in today's workload where the only things I have to do are things I really just don't want to start. And a meeting.


meara - Oct 21, 2021 11:23:39 am PDT #10104 of 30000

Although I understand the Viking cruises involve little, if any, looting and pillaging.

Well shoot, in that case forget it!!

I remember someone (Lisah?) went on a barge(?) trip in France that sounded amazing?


JenP - Oct 21, 2021 12:23:06 pm PDT #10105 of 30000

My aunt, cousin, and cousin's daughter went on a Rhine (I think) cruise and loved it. And they're all seasoned travelers, so I believe them when they tell me I'd like it. In fact they had a different one scheduled for 2020, but, of course, that didn't happen.

It's in my package of things I'd like to do. But when? Who knows. There are a lot of things in that travel pack of ideas.

Oh! I am going to Austin for business from 11/1-4, so that's a thing. I've been invited to a "house party with ecstatic dancing." I both don't think that's my jam and am SO curious. We'll see.

Who's in Austin? I know there are some Texas peeps, but I also know Texas is big. I have no idea what my free time will be like, but I'm sure the will be some. If I'm not dancing ecstatically, that is.


dcp - Oct 21, 2021 12:51:16 pm PDT #10106 of 30000
Useta-could.

There are companies which do cruises on the Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee rivers. I think there are also Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river cruises.


Toddson - Oct 21, 2021 12:53:12 pm PDT #10107 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

There are also cruises up the coast of Alaska.


-t - Oct 21, 2021 1:20:34 pm PDT #10108 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's what I've been on, part of the coast of Alaska. It was terrific! Highly recommend. [Not the ferry, the other one. The ferry cruise was very very different and not a normal thing - still an enjoyable experience but just not in the same ballpark or league or whatever] I've wanted to do a Mississippi river cruise for forever, ideally on a paddlewheel boat. Or, you know, raft because I am impractically romantic like that. As a child in Baton Rouge I saw a play put on by a theater troupe that reportedly was traveling down the river by raft between shows and that made quite an impression.


Steph L. - Oct 21, 2021 1:23:35 pm PDT #10109 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I've been invited to a "house party with ecstatic dancing."

I am *fascinated*, and you have to give us a full report.


dcp - Oct 21, 2021 1:27:06 pm PDT #10110 of 30000
Useta-could.

Avoid the serpents.


-t - Oct 21, 2021 1:28:44 pm PDT #10111 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Is the ecstatic dancing required? That *is* intriguing.


DebetEsse - Oct 21, 2021 1:34:38 pm PDT #10112 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I believe that ecstatic dancing can't really share space with other activities. In the before times, there was a weekly aession at the local theatre. My impression was that it was a lot of close proximity to sweaty bodies. Since we have an over-abundance of hippies, the bodies in question tended to have an un-viking-like relationship to regular hygiene and bathing.