Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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.


Laura - Nov 30, 2022 8:29:12 am PST #18881 of 29869
Our wings are not tired.

Yes, waiting seems a good choice. Have a good audiobook?


Calli - Nov 30, 2022 10:30:13 am PST #18882 of 29869
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm sorry about the leak, askye. But if it's M or M's mother's house, it seems like they're the ones who should have been taking care of structural issues. Beyond making sure your stuff is out of the way, I don't see how it's your problem to solve.


askye - Nov 30, 2022 10:38:26 am PST #18883 of 29869
Thrive to spite them

It didn't take that long. I pulled up the kindle app and read a bit.

I know the house isn't mine and thr problem is theirs to solve but I do live here and also I see how things get pushed to the side and I feel like I should do something.

I'm at mom's. She sent me to the grocery store to get something for myself for lunch and dinner. And while I was there at the counter to get a fried chicken plate I asked the lady helping me "How are you today?" And she said

"I'm sick but I'm here." She was wearing gloves but no mask and she didn't sniffle or look sick bur I was like "you're sick?" Yes, they are short handed....I told her "I changed my mind..." which was the best I could come up with and she looked at me and said "wow!" In that i can't believe you were so rude kind of tone. And I just walked away and got some frozen dinners.

I did find a manager and tell them what happened and said they shouldn't be calling in people who are sick but if they do then serving food isn't the best option. Or at the very least remind your employees to LIE in that situation.


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 30, 2022 10:47:16 am PST #18884 of 29869
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis

Busy couple of days here, I got my 30 days notice yesterday that someone has bought my apartment and I need to be moved out by the end of December. So I kicked the housing search into high gear, asked my realtor about a couple of places on my backup list, and he arranged a showing of one of them. Turns out I like this house much more than I thought I would from the listing pictures, I can really see myself living there long-term rather than just as a temporary measure like I was considering for the last house I looked at: [link]

The seller being okay with a move-in before closing is an added bonus, though I hope that's not necessary. So I made an offer today, the seller counter-offered, and I'm accepting and signing the contract this afternoon. Looks like I'm going to be a homeowner!


Dana - Nov 30, 2022 10:53:02 am PST #18885 of 29869
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Hooray!


DavidS - Nov 30, 2022 10:59:34 am PST #18886 of 29869
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

How exciting, Matt!

"Please stop sneezing on my fried chicken," doesn't seem like a big ask.

Has anybody been watching Warrior Nun on Netflix? Sepinwall is asking for favorite shows from 2022 over the last year and it's getting a lot of love in the comments.

Looks a bit Buffy-ish.


-t - Nov 30, 2022 11:01:20 am PST #18887 of 29869
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, wow, Matt! I hope everything keeps going smoothly! I like the look of it and how wonderful that it is better in person. How exciting!


-t - Nov 30, 2022 11:04:21 am PST #18888 of 29869
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have seen some mention of Warrior Nun from someone, Tep, maybe> Possibly even here in the Streaming thread? Have not gotten around to checking it out myself but I had it in the back of my mind of something to try

I let my FitBit that I use as a watch run out of charge and thus did not realize the time this morning and did not actually get out of bed until after my first meeting of the day had started Whoops! Was only a few minutes late and it didn't seem like I missed much so I think it's okay, but I am embarrassed. So of course I had to tell someone.


Steph L. - Nov 30, 2022 11:09:23 am PST #18889 of 29869
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.

I have seen some mention of Warrior Nun from someone, Tep, maybe

Season 1 took a little while to really hook me, but I ended up loving it despite how ridiculous and cheesy it is. I know season 2 dropped a little bit ago but I haven't watched it yet, even though season 1 ended on a cliffhanger.


-t - Nov 30, 2022 11:15:18 am PST #18890 of 29869
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Seeing it as a quotation, I should have punctuated that sentence differently. Full colon, perhaps. Ah well. I am not a mistress of punctuation.