And you're sure this isn't just some fanboy thing? 'Cause I've fought more than a couple pimply, overweight vamps that called themselves Lestat.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


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.


Tom Scola - Oct 24, 2023 9:48:51 am PDT #26376 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Guilty plea #3!!


-t - Oct 24, 2023 10:13:59 am PDT #26377 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Who knew that hearing about lawyers taking plea deals would be such a good time? Not me

Thanks for highlighting the privilege ramifications, Vortex.


Steph L. - Oct 24, 2023 10:38:04 am PDT #26378 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I woke up with Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" stuck in my head, and it will not budge.

Thanks for sharing. That sounds sarcastic, but I mean it sincerely.

It has now been replaced by Whitesnake. I can’t explain it and I don’t make the rules; I just go with it.


-t - Oct 24, 2023 10:39:02 am PDT #26379 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't think I will follow you there, Tep. Then again, I have no control of the music playing in my head so who knows?


DavidS - Oct 24, 2023 11:30:31 am PDT #26380 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Today we get to celebrate the birthday of Kate P!

::French horn fanfare::

There was a time in our lives at the old apartment where Kate and SA would stay with us almost annually as they came and went on their various "I'm in my early 20s and I'm traveling" days.

I remember Kate on her way back from India, and SA ripping about a hundred of my CDs to her laptop.

I'm grateful to have had them in our lives for so long that I got to watch them both come into their adulthood.

The last time I saw Kate was when she visited with her husband, and I talked with him about doing a blurb for his book on The Kinks while we breakfasted at Zazie.

The last time I saw SA she made a trip down from Portland to reconnect, and I took her to the Ice Cream Bar.


Toddson - Oct 24, 2023 11:32:20 am PDT #26381 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Actually, in the Georgia case, I believe it's guilty plea #4 - the first was the bail bondsman. But it's now #3 for the lawyers (mine is an evil laugh)


Toddson - Oct 24, 2023 11:33:27 am PDT #26382 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

David, might some Benadryl OINTMENT give you some relief? I've found it works well for mosquito and other bug bites as well as any allergy-related irritation (I'm suggesting the ointment on the theory it won't interact as badly with anything else)


Shir - Oct 24, 2023 12:51:23 pm PDT #26383 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Things that are apparently really helpful during a war, when your government is a fading simulacra of what a government should be: a zoom meeting of reading yoga scripts and their interpretations. Not even kidding, something in me really needed that.

Also, happy birthday, Kate!


erikaj - Oct 24, 2023 1:34:28 pm PDT #26384 of 30000
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

Maybe a different simulation, but I feel like I know how that feels, shir. Happy birthday, Kate. Still sick of my life, but it feels a little better that my stomach doesn't hurt.


Dana - Oct 24, 2023 2:07:59 pm PDT #26385 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

The latest Republican nominee for House Speaker dropped out 4 hours after he won the secret ballot.