Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.

'Bushwhacked'


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.


askye - May 16, 2023 10:20:17 am PDT #22250 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

When I was at Mom's I was looking for Great British Bake Off, but couldn't on her smart TV. (The ones that are free) but I did find Season 6 of Thr Great Australian Bake Off, which hit the spot. Felt very Sue and Mel Era GBBO and the judges were nice...still had criticisms but they occasionally gave actual advice while the contestants were baking not just hints.

And then I read this fanfic this morning...MCU Steve/Bucky as wereswans. [link] Both short. The first is more Sam snd Steve and Sam geeking out that Steve can fly . The 2nd is nesting with baby swans...so kind of mpreg ...but it's just referenced and it's silly and sweet and total Crack.


Dana - May 16, 2023 11:23:36 am PDT #22251 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Nothing like a long meeting with a big client that has incredibly bureaucratic processes to make you realize how much of a sleep deficit you're running.


Tom Scola - May 16, 2023 11:48:33 am PDT #22252 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

how much of a sleep deficit you're running.

Is this a contest? Because I’m pretty sure I’ve got you beat.


Dana - May 16, 2023 12:08:12 pm PDT #22253 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Nope, I'm happy to let you win. But it was a 1.5 hour-long meeting to accomplish nothing and to learn that our chances to accomplish something are slim.


JZ - May 16, 2023 12:46:35 pm PDT #22254 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Ugh, Dana, that would be grim for a 20-minute meeting, but an hour and a half?

I have a fanfic just about ready to go, except that I suck at titles and am depending on Hec to read it through and find something. He's uncannily good at it.


NoiseDesign - May 16, 2023 1:01:08 pm PDT #22255 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

Is this a contest?

My absence of sleep is well documented on b.org.


Sheryl - May 16, 2023 2:58:23 pm PDT #22256 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Car is at the shop, and I have a rental. With luck, this won't take too long...


Dana - May 16, 2023 3:43:01 pm PDT #22257 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Titles are the wooooooorst

ref: Jean-Ralphio Saperstein


askye - May 16, 2023 4:31:39 pm PDT #22258 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

My cousin , who has 3 kids (twins and a boy) just posted for the youngest's birthday. He said that when his wife was pregnant with him the twins declared the baby's name was going to be Oatmeal, until they learned they were going to have a brother and then it had to be changed because Oatmeal is a girl's name. So the new name was Fire.

Note: his name is not Oatmeal or Fire. Although I do have a 2nd cousin whose older brothers were allowed to pick her middle name. They picked something reasonable, although they were older.


erikaj - May 16, 2023 4:34:00 pm PDT #22259 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

yeah... mine are usually more like Friends titles. Once in a great while, something lands in my lap, but mostly? Eh. Sometimes I wonder if that affects my clearance, I mean, my *rejection* rate.