Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.

Simon ,'Objects In Space'


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.


flea - Sep 13, 2023 3:48:32 pm PDT #25316 of 30000
information libertarian

Hil, I’m so glad you listened to your body and called 911, and I’m sort of astonished you were teaching today. Please continue to rest!

I had a good meeting with my boss today after writing a cover letter for another job on my lunch hour, and I hardly know what to do with myself. (I mean, he didn’t apologize or anything but he seems prepared to let me actually be the lead in onboarding my new staff member.)


meara - Sep 13, 2023 4:43:03 pm PDT #25317 of 30000

That’s a win, flea!!

just got tickets to go see The State, which makes me think of meara and $240 worth of pudding.

Wait are they touring or something? What??? A fb memory the other day was of a friend being at a buffet and tagging all of us from college who watched that in a pic of a giant thing of pudding saying $240 doesn’t go as far these days


meara - Sep 13, 2023 4:44:33 pm PDT #25318 of 30000

(The sketch, for anyone curious:

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Jesse - Sep 13, 2023 5:32:27 pm PDT #25319 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

30th anniversary tour!


Susan W. - Sep 13, 2023 7:05:48 pm PDT #25320 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Update on the star tile for our bathroom remodel--we decided to go with the black on white version, and use it for the shower walls. Compromise! [link]

And we've now settled on pretty much everything but the paint color, which is OK to pick last because it's easy to get it locally. I foresee the usual debate where I prefer dark, rich hues and Dylan thinks they don't belong in so small a room. Odds are pretty good we compromise on sage green and I dig in my heels for the darkest shade of it I can find.


meara - Sep 13, 2023 8:02:18 pm PDT #25321 of 30000

Ooh Jesse I’ll have to look into that!!


DavidS - Sep 13, 2023 9:45:11 pm PDT #25322 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Welp. Matilda's boyfriend broke up with her today.

The timing is not great, Matilda's ex. You are officially a shit-bag for all eternity.

She's spending the night at Emmett's and has been crying for hours.

::deep breath::

This year is challenging.

Side note: I had my three month check up today on my melanoma removal at five months and my doctor carved a variety of chunks off me such that I was bleeding into my clothes on the way home and had to make a pitstop at my skincare aesthetician (not my dermatologist) to put new bandaids on me.

I'm not having a great day. A great month. A great year. So very little greatness going on.


Susan W. - Sep 13, 2023 9:48:27 pm PDT #25323 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

shakes fist in general direction of Matilda's ex


EpicTangent - Sep 13, 2023 10:23:29 pm PDT #25324 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Oh, David. That is not a good day. I hope tomorrow treats you more kindly.

I hope Matilda's heart recovers from this *exceedingly* ill-timed blow. And as for the ex-bf...I hope he has the day that he deserves. Jerk.


Kate P. - Sep 14, 2023 4:16:50 am PDT #25325 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Oh no, David. What a jerk! They'd been together for a while, right? Ouch.

It is lovely that Emmett is such a source of comfort to her.

May today treat you all more kindly.