Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.

Lilah ,'Destiny'


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.


beekaytee - Aug 31, 2023 3:10:50 pm PDT #24878 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

David, because I'm me, I immediately researched how to anchor a lifeline solidly.

The lifeline has a shock absorber to cushion impacts to the extremities in case of a fall.

This seems like the very best metaphor for our community I've ever imagined.

And, I'll add a lyric from one of my favorite bands. "We don't have to worry, 'cause when we fall, we know how to land."


Atropa - Aug 31, 2023 3:10:52 pm PDT #24879 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Yay for Arthur going home!


lisah - Aug 31, 2023 3:17:28 pm PDT #24880 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Huzzah for Arthur going home!!


P.M. Marc - Aug 31, 2023 3:23:35 pm PDT #24881 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Yay, Arthur!

Huh. Smonster, I think your post hit a possible quick edit + autolink bug we might or might not of known about. (I did click edit, but all I did was break your link to a new line, as Natter's body text had been all italics on mobile Chrome.)


brenda m - Aug 31, 2023 3:29:21 pm PDT #24882 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Go Team Normal Noisy Baby!


DavidS - Aug 31, 2023 3:37:48 pm PDT #24883 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So here I am. I'm not scary; I'm just lurking.

I welcome your unscary hugs at all times, Karl.

I dreamed something this morning about having something to tell DX and being sad that I couldn't.

Ooofdah! Mortality dreams galore.

I have an appointment at Green Street Mortuary in North Beach at 1pm.

They called this morning.

Me: This is David Smay...
JoJo: This is Green Street Mortuary. My name is JoJo. Your wife came into our care last night. Do you want to make an appointment to come in?"
Me: Yes, can I come in around 1pm?
JoJo: 1pm! Good. Bring your wife's driver's license and SSN so I can make the death certificate. Look for JoJo!

So "Looking for JoJo" has now replaced "Waiting for Godot" in my existential pantheon.


beekaytee - Aug 31, 2023 3:41:32 pm PDT #24884 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

your post hit a possible quick edit + autolink bug

Plei, I threw a close link into my post, which seems to have fixed it downstream.

ita taught me that lesson years ago with a very stern talking to!


P.M. Marc - Aug 31, 2023 3:48:15 pm PDT #24885 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I was still getting all the italics, all the time on mobile! It was most def. weird, but throwing smonster's link onto a new line fixed it. It's like it hurled when it had to both make italics AND automatically generate a link + [link].


erikaj - Aug 31, 2023 3:51:29 pm PDT #24886 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

Karl is such a master at hugging that he finally almost made me get why those strangers wanted to touch me all the time when I was younger. (Well, that, and wanting to see if the Crippled Magic could rub off, I suppose.) Much like I hadn't tasted a great tomato till I was about fifteen, getting hugged at an f2f was like "Oh, that's what people like when they do that."


Atropa - Aug 31, 2023 4:03:05 pm PDT #24887 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I finally installed an ad-blocker today, because Tumblr decided it would be great to slap some sort of unnerving clown pirate on everyone's dash. Nope, no thank you.