It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.

Buffy ,'Empty Places'


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.


Steph L. - Sep 17, 2023 3:34:29 pm PDT #25441 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

He lives in Cleveland and it was shockingly (to me) nice. Really green and a lot of open spaces in what appeared to be contiguous parks.

Cleveland is pretty nice. Excellent Polish food.

And wow, being in Cleveland on a game day is intense.

Well, you were there for the (1) season opener (2) against the Bengals, so I imagine it may have been even a little more intense than usual.

But! After the wedding reception some of us got on a party bus to go see Duran Duran.

What. That is awesome!

Next Saturday (the 23rd), I'm one of the neicephews (a nephew, to be exact) is getting married, and I am officiating. I'm basically the Beckmeyer family wedding officiant now. And I need to practice the ceremony with Tim and the kitty as the audience, so that I don't cry while I'm doing it for real, and also so I don't talk too quickly, which is a really bad habit I've never been able to break.


Steph L. - Sep 17, 2023 3:35:07 pm PDT #25442 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

The open was Waiting for the Nightboat

WHAT. I now have that song in my head, and I ain't mad about it.


Jesse - Sep 17, 2023 5:04:30 pm PDT #25443 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

But! After the wedding reception some of us got on a party bus to go see Duran Duran.

Oh yeah! I saw them here last week, and it was fucking incredible. Love them! And they've still got it.

I'm sure it was a beautiful day out, but I walked into my church before 9 this morning and didn't leave again until 6:30. That was not normal, and a long day. Phew!


sj - Sep 17, 2023 7:01:17 pm PDT #25444 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

How is nephlet 27? Sounds like a great wedding.


Laura - Sep 18, 2023 5:08:55 am PDT #25445 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Happy birthday to erikaj! I hope you are having a wonderful day. Got forth and put that natural authority to good use in the year to come!

I have to meara later as Monday is Mondaying.


lisah - Sep 18, 2023 8:46:41 am PDT #25446 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Happy birthday, erika!!!


-t - Sep 18, 2023 9:09:03 am PDT #25447 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Happy birthday, erika!

That sounds great, Cass, aside from the mosquitos with screen defeating superpowers. I am pretty excited about DD's halloween album even though I really haven't listened to them since high school

Cause ironically? I'm kind of allergic.

I have a friend who is allergic to Benadryl and that just seems monumentally unfair and terrible. Sudafed is similarly bad sensitivity.

I'm basically the Beckmeyer family wedding officiant now.

Oh, that is awesome!


smonster - Sep 18, 2023 9:11:02 am PDT #25448 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Happy birthday, Erika!


Cass - Sep 18, 2023 9:37:47 am PDT #25449 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Happy birthday, erika!

How is nephlet 27? Sounds like a great wedding.

It seems unpossible. I watched his birth. But he's grown into a good man.


JenP - Sep 18, 2023 9:40:45 am PDT #25450 of 30000

Happy Birthday, erika!

Happy Couple of Days Belated Birthday, Nora!

I'm basically the Beckmeyer family wedding officiant now.

I love that, Steph.

We adopted a sweet pup yesterday (she's 11, but small, so I keep calling her a puppy), Birdie, and I had a dentist appointment and attended a med appt. with DH already today. What the what? Too much adulting for one morning!