Fred: Oh my God! Angel, you're…cute! Angel: Fred, don't! Fred: Oh, but the little hands! And the hair! Angel: Hey! You're fired.

'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.


amyparker - Feb 06, 2023 9:31:29 am PST #20476 of 29959
In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next.

Thank you for that, but plans have changed - Ken's been in an accident. He and Alex are both all right, but Rupert the Mini may have been totaled: Ken was picking Alex up at Sea-Tac and they were rear-ended by an uninsured driver.

Jim immediately asked if we needed him to cancel his trip, from the security line at said airport. He is such a good dad.

I am telling myself he is 35, isn't alone (Alex is a member of the Horde and a Marine, he's very familiar with concussions and is keeping a close eye on him), has insurance and isn't immediately injured. Staying calm and asking what he needs is correct action. Privately I am screaming in texts elsewhere.


-t - Feb 06, 2023 10:17:16 am PST #20477 of 29959
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh dear, Parker! Sending ~ma


Cass - Feb 06, 2023 1:25:15 pm PST #20478 of 29959
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Much ~ma for Ken and also you.


Laura - Feb 06, 2023 2:10:35 pm PST #20479 of 29959
Our wings are not tired.

Staying calm and asking what he needs is correct action. Privately I am screaming in texts elsewhere.

Understandable on both counts. I hope all is well.


JenP - Feb 06, 2023 2:14:48 pm PST #20480 of 29959

Oh, dear, that is not how that was supposed to go at all, amyp. Definitely glad to hear no injuries and being observed to confirm that holds.

In my very much more workaday news, I finished and sent off my project, woo-hoo! Now awaiting feedback. Glad to get that ball lobbed out of my court for now.

Now I want to make some dinner and watch the latest Last of Us. That's about as ambitious as my evening gets.


Laura - Feb 06, 2023 2:49:55 pm PST #20481 of 29959
Our wings are not tired.

It has been a sad couple of days for my northern family and community. A women I went to elementary school with came home from her daily walk over the weekend to find her husband had shot himself. She is the same age as me and super active. Hiked over 1000 miles last year in the Adirondack region, local librarian since retiring from being postmaster. Involved in all kinds of stuff including hosting my monthly book club where we snowbirds participate via zoom. Her husband, who I really didn't know, was more the sit at home and not really participate type. Her thousands of pictures of adventures with kids and grandkids rarely included him. Local conjecture was that he was upset over getting a DWI a couple of weeks ago. She and all the family are of course devastated. What do you even say? My heart breaks for her. It is just so very sad. eta: Just read the obit, they were married in 1974 just a couple of years after we all graduated high school. He was a few months younger than me.


JenP - Feb 06, 2023 3:08:54 pm PST #20482 of 29959

Oh, Laura I'm so sorry for her and her family's loss. How terrible.


Calli - Feb 06, 2023 3:24:59 pm PST #20483 of 29959
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I’m sorry, Laura.

I hope Ken is ok, amyparker.


Sheryl - Feb 06, 2023 5:34:45 pm PST #20484 of 29959
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Much ~ma for you and yours, amyparker


meara - Feb 06, 2023 7:57:19 pm PST #20485 of 29959

Oh wow Laura, how sad.

I uploaded about 100 pictures to a shared photo album, hoping my aunt can identify some of the people.