Anybody can be a prop class clown.

Xander ,'Touched'


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 - Sep 07, 2023 9:16:56 pm PDT #25183 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

David, it’s too much and unfair that you have to be dealing with this so soon.


aurelia - Sep 07, 2023 10:15:35 pm PDT #25184 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

David, I hope you and your sister are able to have some good moments together.


aurelia - Sep 07, 2023 10:17:53 pm PDT #25185 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Yeah, my boss just has her jargon wrong.

Why is there jargon for this? Just say who you want in a meeting.


erin_obscure - Sep 07, 2023 10:59:51 pm PDT #25186 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

Ugh, David, that’s so profoundly unfair that you are still in first-circle grief and now having to navigate second-circle loss at the same time. You should really get at least a decade in between catastrophes. As usual, fuck cancer.

Typing on my phone which just auto corrected “fuck” to “Rico” which just….makes no sense. Also tried to make “grief” into “Greif” which is insane troll logic as I haven’t worked with that troll in decades. Also I might have legit typo-d. Thumbs and all that.


erin_obscure - Sep 07, 2023 11:03:16 pm PDT #25187 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

Separate post about the convent praying for Tim because my initial reaction was “oh, that’s obviously why he accidentally od’d on painkillers” and cackled maniacally at the obvious (in head) joke, but now I can’t explain that thought process.


Toddson - Sep 08, 2023 5:50:04 am PDT #25188 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

oh David, life is certainly piling on you. I mostly avoid flying, since I don't have anywhere to go and I'm nervous about the crazies. Also, TSA doesn't like DC driver licenses as ID - a number of the agents think "District of Columbia" means the country of Colombia. sigh ....


DavidS - Sep 08, 2023 5:58:46 am PDT #25189 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Typing on my phone which just auto corrected “fuck” to “Rico” which just….makes no sense. Also tried to make “grief” into “Greif” which is insane troll logic as I haven’t worked with that troll in decades.

Rico Greif would be a good villain's name in a 90s action film.

One of the bigger stressors so far (after the hour long wait at Dollar rent-a-car) was getting the car out of Park. Because the gear shifter is some dumbass knob and it wouldn't turn and even pulling out the manual it took me 15 minutes to stumble on to the answer.

Short answer: You have to have your foot on the brake or the knob won't turn.

Also they upgraded me to a SUV. I didn't want an SUV! I just want a regular ass car with a regular ass gear control.

So I slept in (after a restless night) which means I should be perfectly timed for rush hour Atlanta traffic. Yay?

Off to hunt coffee and hit the road. If I can find the road.


-t - Sep 08, 2023 6:23:30 am PDT #25190 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

{{{Hec}}}


sj - Sep 08, 2023 6:26:45 am PDT #25191 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

David, I hope the drive isn’t too bad.

My local coffee shop has pumpkin spice lattes. So I’m drinking an iced one and sorting through piles of clutter.


sj - Sep 08, 2023 6:43:47 am PDT #25192 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I saw what I can only assume was a 5th grader walking into the school this morning with an iced coffee looking way more world weary than any tweenager should ever look.