I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.

Buffy ,'Chosen'


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.


Steph L. - Feb 25, 2022 4:57:22 pm PST #13402 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Because I am a petty petty bitch who thrives on schadenfreude, I am getting a boatload of serotonin from finding out that the "parent church" in Columbus of my Freak-Ass Church down here has been the subject of a 5-night news investigation about being a fucking manipulative, damaging cult. No goddamn lie. Man, it's gotta SUCK to be such a shitty "church" that the news does an investigative story on you and they find so much dirt that they make it a 5-night series.

Yeah, sure, it's been like 20 years since I was a part of the FAC, and if I were a bigger person, I wouldn't care about this, but I am not, in fact, a bigger person, and this is giving me LIFE. I can't even tell you how much.


DavidS - Feb 25, 2022 5:04:09 pm PST #13403 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Because I am a petty petty bitch who thrives on schadenfreude, I am getting a boatload of serotonin from finding out that the "parent church" in Columbus of my Freak-Ass Church down here has been the subject of a 5-night news investigation about being a fucking manipulative, damaging cult. No goddamn lie. Man, it's gotta SUCK to be such a shitty "church" that the news does an investigative story on you and they find so much dirt that they make it a 5-night series.

Fuck, yeah!

And fuck the FAC.


Calli - Feb 25, 2022 5:14:52 pm PST #13404 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

it's gotta SUCK to be such a shitty "church" that the news does an investigative story on you and they find so much dirt that they make it a 5-night series.

For real. I haven’t seen a multi-day news series like that since Rachel Maddox covered the Flint water crisis. And that involved a state government poisoning tens of thousands of people.


Laura - Feb 25, 2022 5:22:57 pm PST #13405 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Yeah, what Hec has to say abut the FAC.

Signing contracts on house sale tonight. Agreed to a price. Quick timeline. 10 days for inspection, close March 23rd. May all be smooth with the various hoops. Yeah, I have to do some serious purging and packing too.


Steph L. - Feb 25, 2022 5:33:36 pm PST #13406 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Signing contracts on house sale tonight.

That's so exciting, Laura!!!


amyparker - Feb 25, 2022 5:35:00 pm PST #13407 of 30000
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

Yeah, sure, it's been like 20 years since I was a part of the FAC, and if I were a bigger person, I wouldn't care about this, but I am not, in fact, a bigger person, and this is giving me LIFE. I can't even tell you how much.

{offers a fistbump of solidarity}

Laura, woohoo!


Pix - Feb 25, 2022 6:00:01 pm PST #13408 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

So happy for you, Laura!!!

Hugs to all who need them, including in person hugs for Drew when he gets home.


JenP - Feb 25, 2022 6:01:54 pm PST #13409 of 30000

Awesome, Laura!


DavidS - Feb 25, 2022 6:23:06 pm PST #13410 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Signing contracts on house sale tonight. Agreed to a price. Quick timeline. 10 days for inspection, close March 23rd. May all be smooth with the various hoops

Right the fuck on! Here we go!


Jesse - Feb 25, 2022 6:32:18 pm PST #13411 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wooo Laura!!