This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.

Snyder ,'Chosen'


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. - Jan 01, 2024 1:25:16 pm PST #27783 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Husband and I both spent the night vomiting, so 2023 and 2024 can go fuck themselves right now.

Dana, I literally feel your pain. The best comfort I have is: if it's the same thing we had, it doesn't last too long.


Sheryl - Jan 01, 2024 4:10:59 pm PST #27784 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Happy New Year!

Happy birthday Susan W!


Calli - Jan 01, 2024 5:10:19 pm PST #27785 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Happy birthday, Susan!

Health~ma to those that need it.

Pix, managing my dad’s care from a 90 minute drive away was challenging. Trying to do so from across the country seems really hard.

I had a long new year’s brunch with some friends, and then spent the rest of the day de-Yule-ifying the apartment. Work starts up again tomorrow, and I work from home. So it’ll be good to have stuff done instead of looking at to-dos every time I raise my head from my laptop.


smonster - Jan 01, 2024 6:02:35 pm PST #27786 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I haven’t sent any cards, either. I just move them around from room to room, where they sit, cheery and accusing.


Shir - Jan 01, 2024 10:35:49 pm PST #27787 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Happy New Year, buffistas. May it be much better than the one before it.

Pix, ooooof. That's so difficult, especially when it's all on you, and I'm sorry. Continued ~ma to you and your family.


Pix - Jan 02, 2024 6:01:01 am PST #27788 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

So there's more drooping on one side of his face today. The nurse thinks he may have had a stroke. He may be going back to the hospital


Laura - Jan 02, 2024 6:37:23 am PST #27789 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I'm sorry, Pix. It sounds like the hospital is a better place right now.


Tom Scola - Jan 02, 2024 11:24:25 am PST #27790 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Pix, I'm so sorry.

So there's this person I don't like, and I want to run a smear campaign against them. Does anyone know who at the NYT I should contact to get the ball rolling?


P.M. Marc - Jan 02, 2024 11:45:01 am PST #27791 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Pix, I am so sorry that this all sucks so much and that there's just you in terms of family who can help at all.

(Which, despite having two siblings, I get on a visceral level that I am just unable to even go into if I want to function. Just know that I get it. I get it so hard, and I'm so sorry.)


Dana - Jan 02, 2024 11:52:41 am PST #27792 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Boy, I did not expect, when posting about being sick on FB, that I would get an anti-Covid-testing comment from a dude I knew in high school. What a fucking wanker. I mean, he was a fucking wanker in high school too, so that part isn't too surprising.