Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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. - Nov 22, 2023 7:02:18 pm PST #27011 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

And we just ordered pizza because we don't feel like cooking anything else tonight.

Pretty sure I heard somewhere that the Wednesday of Thanksgiving week is right up there with Super Bowl Sunday in pizza sales.

The pizza got here in 15 minutes. That's a record for our neighborhood pizza place. We greeted the delivery guy with much praise.


lisah - Nov 22, 2023 7:09:37 pm PST #27012 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Dad’s transfer from the rehab facility back to their apartment and our meeting with the hospice nurse went well. My brother in NC is coming up tomorrow night with my nephew so we’ll do Thanksgiving Friday at my folks. I’m making a very delicious miso squash soup and homemade applesauce both of which my Dad will be able to eat (he can’t really do solid food now).


DavidS - Nov 22, 2023 8:03:08 pm PST #27013 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I’m making a very delicious miso squash soup and homemade applesauce both of which my Dad will be able to eat (he can’t really do solid food now).

That's the way.


Shir - Nov 23, 2023 1:02:30 am PST #27014 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Happy Thanksgiving, Buffistas. And continued {{{lisah}}} {{{smonster}}} and general ~ma to everyone and this place.


Shir - Nov 23, 2023 6:41:16 am PST #27015 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Cereal ceasefire: I just wrote to friends "Hamas and Qatar approve our [dependent on ceasefire] plans for tomorrow", and not in a tongue in cheek way.

This timeline is really weird, y'all.

(Starting 7am tomorrow, and hostages will start to be released on 4pm and I don't think I'll breathe until I see them back in the country).


Laura - Nov 23, 2023 6:56:57 am PST #27016 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Happy Thanksgiving! I am so grateful for all of you, every day of the year.


smonster - Nov 23, 2023 8:22:06 am PST #27017 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Lisah, I hope you can find meaningful moments on this difficult time. In my family we leaned on dark humor, but I don’t know how yours rolls.


smonster - Nov 23, 2023 8:26:46 am PST #27018 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Some easy breakup~ma, please. Trying to do the stuff exchange today. They don’t know I’m coming, unless they are reading my text messages, which isn’t out of the realm of possibility. If you’re here, R, hi! This is the awesome community that helped you out because I vouched for you.

Happy Thanksgiving, or yam sham, or Wolfenoot, or possible ceasefire, and/or Thursday.


lisah - Nov 23, 2023 8:54:36 am PST #27019 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Well, I had a whole conversation with my Mom about bringing oysters (my Dad’s favorite) and, if they did happen to kill him would that be such a bad thing? Would he maybe be ok going out that way? (We’re not actually going to bring oysters.)


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 23, 2023 9:27:10 am PST #27020 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

{{{lisah}}}}

{{{smonster}}}

Our family Thanksgiving is in Memphis Saturday, so tonight I just got a couple of personal turkey dinners from a caterer and am having Mom over. It will probably be a better holiday dinner than the last-minute Chinese takeout I scrambled to get last year. (Which would have been perfectly fine for a non-holiday meal, I should clarify.)