Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.

'War Stories'


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.


sj - Feb 17, 2023 6:25:39 am PST #20702 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I broke my key into the front door lock this morning. I always always have tweezers on me which I didn’t today. So, I used nail clippers to get the broken part out of the lock while I waited for TCG to come home and let me in the house. Does that get me a MacGuyver gold star or something?


JenP - Feb 17, 2023 6:56:10 am PST #20703 of 30000

A trophy, in fact! Look for it in the mail.


-t - Feb 17, 2023 8:20:39 am PST #20704 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Impressive, sj!


Jessica - Feb 17, 2023 8:53:38 am PST #20705 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Just because you apparently can get Commander’s Palace delivered next Tuesday does not mean you should. Oh look, Veselka’s! Graeter’s! STOP LOOKING

Uh oh, somebody fell down the Goldbelly rabbit hole...


-t - Feb 17, 2023 9:05:16 am PST #20706 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It's full of things labelled EAT ME, Jess. Very dangerous.


Steph L. - Feb 17, 2023 9:09:06 am PST #20707 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

You should ALWAYS get Graeter's delivered.


-t - Feb 17, 2023 9:20:12 am PST #20708 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm doing a pretty good job of convincing myself that if I can get Graeter's delivered any time, I don't have to do it today. It's a struggle.


Jesse - Feb 17, 2023 10:08:39 am PST #20709 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That reminds me I forgot to look for the Ben & Jerry's/Tony's Chocolonely flavor when I was at the store yesterday.


meara - Feb 17, 2023 10:44:09 am PST #20710 of 30000

I’ve been tempted several times to get Jeni’s delivered but then I see the total and think about how much almost-as-tasty ice cream I could buy in person, and shut the window.


Jessica - Feb 17, 2023 11:55:37 am PST #20711 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Today in exciting renovation news, the electrician was here installing the wiring for the exhaust fan and the new bathroom light fixtures. We had a light in our kitchen (remodeled by the same firm 5 years ago) that stopped turning on about a month ago, and I asked if he could take a look at it since he was in the house anyway.

So he takes the light out, and to test if it's the unit or something else he screws a bare bulb into the empty socket.

And all the other lights in the kitchen go out.

Which then led to him and the owner of the design firm (who had stopped by to pick up a check from me) spending about 45 minutes alternately saying (to each other) "What the hell...that is so WEIRD!" and (to me), "We can fix everything, don't worry about it" while they tried various configurations of removing the high hats and looking underneath them for...I'm going to say... wires? Not wiring properly and should be wiring better?

(They did eventually figure out what was causing the short in addition to the bad light unit, and now all 6 recessed lights turn on when you flip the switch. But it was a more exciting afternoon of "Will I have lights in this room ever again?" than I had initially planned on.)