A ghost? What's the deal? Is every frat on this campus haunted? And if so, why do people keep coming to these parties, cause it's not the snacks.

Xander ,'Dirty Girls'


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.


DavidS - Aug 08, 2022 8:39:29 am PDT #16754 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

And Jesse dogsitting on a beach in Maine also sounds great

That does sound pretty great.

We just finished our two weeks dogsitting Cupid, and it was so sweet having her around the house.

Also, I learned an important lesson about dog ownership: little dogs have little poops to clean up.


Calli - Aug 08, 2022 8:57:46 am PDT #16755 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Sorry abut Pickles David.

I spent the weekend on the sofa, binging Sandman and reading. I'd have been doing that a fair bit anyway, but I managed to roll my foot on a hickory nut in my apartment parking lot last Friday, and bruised/strained the foot enough that I was on crutches all weekend. I'm doing some around-the-apartment walking without them today, and things are tender but definitely healing. There are also impressive scrapes on my elbow and knee that have reached the itchy phase of healing.

At least Sandman was fun.


DavidS - Aug 08, 2022 9:01:32 am PDT #16756 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

but I managed to roll my foot on a hickory nut

Who knew they were so hazardous?

There are also impressive scrapes on my elbow and knee that have reached the itchy phase of healing.

There should be a word in German for when the edge of your scab is healing and it's pleasurable to scratch the perimeter.

I mean, I know there is a German word that means "Pleasurable Irritation" but I want something more specific.


JenP - Aug 08, 2022 10:16:29 am PDT #16757 of 30000

Aw, man, sorry about Pickles. Sounds like he needs a single-pig home situation.

Beach and dog in Maine, awesome.

Twisted ankle, not awesome.

Successful overnight, thumbs-up. Sleep also thumbs-up.

Black Forest Cake, HUGE, thumbs-up. And belated Happy Birthday.

I finished writing my project; now I just have to proof it and check the links. That's the easy part. ETA: I just fixed my comma splice with a semicolon in honor of Steph.


Steph L. - Aug 08, 2022 10:29:28 am PDT #16758 of 30000
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.

ETA: I just fixed my comma splice with a semicolon in honor of Steph.

So THAT'S why the choir of angels started singing!


Calli - Aug 08, 2022 1:25:10 pm PDT #16759 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

There should be a word in German for when the edge of your scab is healing and it's pleasurable to scratch the perimeter.

Schorfkante kratzen?

In other, sad news, Olivia Newton John has died. [link]


DavidS - Aug 08, 2022 1:55:48 pm PDT #16760 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Schorfkante kratzen

But does that have the pleasurable connotation?


-t - Aug 08, 2022 2:36:47 pm PDT #16761 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw, too bad about Pickles, but you gotta look out for Prubs first

Glad Scrappy Day was successful, Scrappy!

Yay dog sitting, boo injuries, yay healing


JenP - Aug 08, 2022 2:39:31 pm PDT #16762 of 30000

So THAT'S why the choir of angels started singing!

There's, like, an "every time a person uses a semicolon right, a grammar queen adds a diamond to her tiara" joke or something. Maybe too far from angels, bells, and wings?


-t - Aug 08, 2022 2:45:18 pm PDT #16763 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Not too far

Eta there are enough existing variations of the “every time X happens, Y gets a Z” formula that you have a lot of latitude