Timelies all!
Happy birthday Consuela!
(It’s also Gary’s birthday today.)
Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.
'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.
Sheryl - Dec 10, 2023 1:00:45 pm PST #27318 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Steph L. - Dec 10, 2023 5:44:03 pm PST #27319 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I said this earlier today:
If the tree is all up and decorated by the time I go to bed, I might keel over from shock. (Every year there's some kind of Christmas light-related problem Tim has to solve. And by "problem," I mean "sometimes I'm pretty sure some of the issues are just things he made up because he likes to tinker.")
The tree is up and lit, but not decorated, mostly because Tim did in fact invent a light-related "problem" that he's been tinkering with for the past 3 hours. I have zero involvement with that, and I'm just over here enjoying my eggnog.
chrismg - Dec 10, 2023 6:53:30 pm PST #27320 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Happy birthday, Consuela! May you have all the coffee you want and may Dominar Rygel XVI bless you.
Shir - Dec 11, 2023 2:15:43 am PST #27321 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Happy belated birthday, Consuela!
Laura - Dec 11, 2023 4:18:26 am PST #27322 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Wish me sanity. Off to new doctor's office and hoping things aren't too crazy. They have a full patient load with new software. Ah. Thinking Zen thoughts.
Calli - Dec 11, 2023 4:33:45 am PST #27323 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Much chill~ma, Laura.
msbelle - Dec 11, 2023 6:13:19 am PST #27324 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Vacation starts tomorrow for me, so I have zero work motivation.
I need to start a task list and a packing list so I make sure I get things done tonight.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 11, 2023 6:55:14 am PST #27325 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
Dammit, I just got Little Drummer Boyed by the muzak at a convenience store while picking up some coffee.
-t - Dec 11, 2023 7:16:45 am PST #27326 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is an unfortunate way to go out
Nilly - Dec 11, 2023 8:41:42 am PST #27327 of 30000
Swouncing
Skipping (sorry!) to poke my head and assure y'all we're still as OK as possible here.
It's Hanukkah now (started on Thursday afternoon, and we'll light candles every day until this Thursday afternoon), and it's quite strange to try to be festive - let alone, feel festive - in such difficult and troubled times.
I have to admit I find myself choked up trying to sing out loud the lyrics to some of Hanukkah's songs, talking about the hardships that were put upon the Jewish people through the generations. However, there's one line that keeps resonating with me, and I can't help but feel how well it describes these times - 'each one of us is a little light, but all of us together are a strong and steady light'.
So I make it a point to look for these little lights, these acts of grace and compassion and kindness. I feel that they're so deeply needed, so I try to actively look for them (oh, and if at all possible, I wish and hope that I can also actually do a tiny bit of that myself, for others). And that's what this Hanukkah is, for me.
Hope you are, too, as well as possible, and lots of ~ma for all good things, all around. This place, and each of you, is way more than just-a-little light, for me. Thank you.