It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.

Angelus ,'Smile Time'


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 - Jan 24, 2022 8:54:25 am PST #12322 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Hooray for blue roots! And for Tom Brady losing!


Steph L. - Jan 24, 2022 10:21:26 am PST #12323 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Y'all, Tim has Covid again (Electric Boogaloo). We both took rapid tests Saturday before we visited his dad, and we were both negative. But he's had symptoms like a sinus infection for a few days, so he took a test again today before work and it was positive. I took a test and it was negative, so now we're trying to quarantine in our little house. It's kind of comical. I'm going to take a test again in a couple of days. I don't have any symptoms, although that's obviously no guarantee of anything. He's already let his dad's nursing home know he tested positive. But when we visit we have to wear masks (N95s) and face shields, so I think the odds are very low his dad would get it.


Laura - Jan 24, 2022 10:24:04 am PST #12324 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Oh no! I'm so sorry that you have to deal with this again. Sending the ~ma for an easy time for Tim and continued negativity for you.


Dana - Jan 24, 2022 10:26:15 am PST #12325 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

That's the opposite of fun, Steph.


DavidS - Jan 24, 2022 10:35:08 am PST #12326 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Y'all, Tim has Covid again (Electric Boogaloo)

His fucking shop! I swear to god.

Matilda had her booster shot on Saturday and is still having headaches and fatigue so she's staying home today.

Y'all remember how Scrappy has sex dreams with celebrities all the time? (Well, I do anyway, and I always felt jealous because I never do).

So I was having a very boring dream last night, and it was in a cubicle office type setting. Imagine that hyper mundane vibe of The Time Variance Authority. And my only pleasure in this dream was that my cube was out of sight of my supervisor so I could skive off.

Then suddenly standing next to my cubicle was Sigourney Weaver and some random dude. And they were doing some kind of improv exercise where they were high and paranoid and giggly and trying to hide from the boss. (And we're talking big perm era Ghostbusters Sigourney.)

Next thing I know Sigourney is crouched down in my cubicle below the sightline, making shush noises and waving me down next to her. And when I get down next to her she starts making out with me. And I thought, "Well, I'm not turning that down!"

That's as far as it went. But my brain now has the image of me kissing Sigourney Weaver and I don't regret that a bit.


Steph L. - Jan 24, 2022 10:40:21 am PST #12327 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

His fucking shop! I swear to god.

Yeah, combined with immunosuppressant meds for his RA, it's not a great combo.

If I continue *not* getting it, I think it'll be interesting but statistically useless anecdata about how the vaccine + booster work (or, I guess, don't work) in immunocompetent vs immunosuppressed people.

But my brain now has the image of me kissing Sigourney Weaver and I don't regret that a bit.

Way better of a dream than getting a goat in the mail.


DavidS - Jan 24, 2022 11:06:37 am PST #12328 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Way better of a dream than getting a goat in the mail.

[checks tracking] Should be there this afternoon.


DavidS - Jan 24, 2022 11:08:45 am PST #12329 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I really need to start working "immunocompetent" into my everyday conversation.

Boss: You are absolutely incompetent in every way!
Me: Pfft! I'm completely immunocompetent.


Steph L. - Jan 24, 2022 11:11:50 am PST #12330 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Should be there this afternoon.

My neighborhood will shun me if I have a goat instead of chickens. It will be very sad.


DavidS - Jan 24, 2022 11:19:54 am PST #12331 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

My neighborhood will shun me if I have a goat instead of chickens. It will be very sad.

Your yard will be filled with rusted out abandoned lathes overrun with baby goats. The neighbors will call you two "That smelly goat couple."