This money, it is too much. You should have some small refund.

Niska ,'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.


Jesse - May 08, 2023 9:12:59 am PDT #22119 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am also not that interested in working after a week away.


-t - May 08, 2023 10:15:51 am PDT #22120 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am also not interested in working for no particular reason


msbelle - May 08, 2023 10:39:14 am PDT #22121 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Ate and could easily fall asleep at my desk. Still not wanting to work.

Look forward to my inevitable burst of energy around 8 tonight. Stupid body.


shrift - May 08, 2023 12:19:53 pm PDT #22122 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

So today I learned I have Norwegian rats in the crawlspace: they tunnel under the foundations!

Big fucking yikes to all of that.

I flew back to California last night. The taxi should have taken maybe 25 minutes but I think it took twice that amount of time, and I spent the entire ride hoping that I would get home without being in a car accident. I made it home late but unharmed aside from the stress of being a passenger in a car with someone who maybe shouldn't have a driver's license.

I'm at the office because I got notice that they're testing the new fire alarm system in my building today, and I already was at a "if I didn't have noise-cancelling headphones, I would stab you for the sounds you keep making" level of irritation on my flight last night with the dudes seated in my row. Very much would like maintenance to finish up testing so I can unpack my suitcase, do laundry, and get some groceries.


NoiseDesign - May 08, 2023 12:27:13 pm PDT #22123 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

Today is being a Monday. Working on catching up on things after a weekend visiting K's family in Tucson. I teach my class at UCI in 30 minutes. Thankfully that's a fully remote class now so I don't have to commute to the other side of the city to do it.


Steph L. - May 08, 2023 12:38:59 pm PDT #22124 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

The group chat with my college roommates informed me today that we graduated sometime in the second week of May (no one remembers the exact date) THIRTY YEARS AGO. We are all appalled.


shrift - May 08, 2023 2:02:20 pm PDT #22125 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Steph, I feel like the group chat should have waited until happy hour to spring that news upon you.


Steph L. - May 08, 2023 2:08:55 pm PDT #22126 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Right? I replied "I feel personally attacked," and one of my roommates said, "This feels like age discrimination."


Trudy Booth - May 08, 2023 2:19:43 pm PDT #22127 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

There’s a guy here at the bar with a man-bun, a pencil mustache, several gold chains, and an ascot. I don’t know what to make of it.
The biggest weirdo in your bar had better watch his back. When you come at the king…


Cashmere - May 08, 2023 2:58:46 pm PDT #22128 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.

Emmett is deeply into Rothfuss right now.

He lives in my town. You know he's never going to finish that series.

I read David Morrell's Murder as a Fine Art (Thomas de Quincey mysteries). And now I have to read Confessions of an English Opium Eater. I'm headed down the historical murder mysteries rabbit hole.

After waiting FOUR FUCKING MONTHS for an appointment with a pediatric endocrinologist who can prescribe Oliver's testosterone, and after jumping through the therapy, letter and paperwork hoops, the doctor cancels THIS MORNING. Less than 3 hours before the appointment. No idea when another one can be scheduled.