One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!

Mal ,'War Stories'


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.


JenP - Feb 11, 2024 5:06:06 am PST #28599 of 30000

I had one shedding in my late 20s due to stress, then the induced shedding of chemo (and forced menopause, I suppose) in my late 30s, then weirdness that was the 2019-20 hospitalization... I am lucky that I started with so damn much, let's just say.

I do love my Cruella DeVille-like gray streak. More than one youngling has asked me if I put it there myself. I mean, I suppose, in a way... but not with dye.

Speaking of gray, that's the weather here today, and a little rainy. Enjoying a chai, while catching up here, with a pup snuggled up on my left, and a still-snoozing spouse upstairs. It's a whole mood.


lisah - Feb 11, 2024 7:17:33 am PST #28600 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

My hair has gotten wavier as it’s gotten more silver and I’m digging it.


JenP - Feb 11, 2024 8:20:16 am PST #28601 of 30000

I wish mine were. No such luck.


Kate P. - Feb 11, 2024 9:14:34 am PST #28602 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Yeah, my greys are straight and wiry and stand out quite a bit against the rest of my hair, which is much curlier. I don't mind the grey streaks, but I do wish they'd curl more.


Karl - Feb 11, 2024 10:55:07 am PST #28603 of 30000
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

So, yesterday got a little exciting.

I'll start off with the good news: I'm fine, no one is hurt.

The bad news: I was sideswiped on the way to Safeway, and the car's front axle is broken. It's a 2009, so the insurance will probably total it.

Not how I wanted to spend my Saturday afternoon/evening.

I have now been sideswiped or rear-ended three times in the past five years. Each time, I was in the proper lane and not moving, waiting for a traffic light or at a stop sign.

This fucking year, man. 2020 just goes on and on and on.


smonster - Feb 11, 2024 12:00:56 pm PST #28604 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Oh, Karl, what a bummer. I’m glad you are okay physically, at least.


Atropa - Feb 11, 2024 12:11:20 pm PST #28605 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

after Covid your hair falls out.

Huh. I guess I'll add that to the list of possible culprits.

My hair is also becoming wavy as I get older, and I am DELIGHTED by this.


Karl - Feb 11, 2024 12:37:08 pm PST #28606 of 30000
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

Thanks, smonster. It's just one of those days where the doom-spiral feels entirely too close, you know?

And then I think of you and your radiant smile in the belly-dancing outfit from the SF2F, and for a brief moment all is right with the world.

Buffistas make my world a better place.


smonster - Feb 11, 2024 12:48:28 pm PST #28607 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Aww. You definitely make our world better, too.


erikaj - Feb 11, 2024 2:58:02 pm PST #28608 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

One committee I wouldn't have to be hassled to stay on. And, yes, I've also thought about the belly-dancing outfit.(half-credit for your tagline?)