I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.

Riley ,'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.


amyparker - Mar 08, 2024 9:08:02 am PST #29056 of 30000
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

Everybody pinky promise to do a colonoscopy this year if you are due! Promise!

Jim and I had ours in February: no issues.

David, that is an incredible space.


DavidS - Mar 08, 2024 9:15:22 am PST #29057 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'm looking at this place to cater the event: [link]

What's your favorite from the menu?

I'm realizing this is sort of like planning a wedding but in reverse. This is the end of our marriage. Twice wed but unmarried. A widower.

I'm planning on wearing my wedding ring for a year and then taking it off. Then I'll string it on a gold chain with her engagement and wedding ring. Maybe it'll go in a shadow box.


dcp - Mar 08, 2024 9:33:50 am PST #29058 of 30000
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

What style with this event be? Sit at tables and dine? Or stand, circulate, converse, sip, and nibble?


Tom Scola - Mar 08, 2024 9:36:54 am PST #29059 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I don’t know how you can NOT have spanakopita.


DavidS - Mar 08, 2024 9:40:10 am PST #29060 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

What style with this event be? Sit at tables and dine? Or stand, circulate, converse, sip, and nibble?

Sit at tables for lunch then much mingling. It's a fairly big space, with lots of side areas.

I don’t know how you can NOT have spanakopita.

Yes, that's a given plus the dolmas.


erikaj - Mar 08, 2024 9:46:16 am PST #29061 of 30000
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

Wish I could be there...


Tom Scola - Mar 08, 2024 9:59:29 am PST #29062 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

OK, flight and hotel are booked! I arrive Thursday, May 16, and leave Tuesday, May 21. Stanyan Park Hotel again.


Laura - Mar 08, 2024 10:04:37 am PST #29063 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I'm realizing this is sort of like planning a wedding but in reverse.

I had Steve's memorial gathering at his sister's home, which was where we had our wedding reception. We all commented that it looked the same. Same people, same combination of laughing and crying.

The food options look amazing. The crostinis and flatbreads are making me hungry. We need to know where people are staying.


smonster - Mar 08, 2024 11:23:26 am PST #29064 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

So my advice when you're drowning from lack of executive function is to hire somebody to come around and kick your ass into shape.

Literally a key reason I want to make more money. That, and travel. And the fever dream of retiring some day.

I wish I could make the memorial, but I’ll be just back from a visit to NC and I’m going to Savannah in a couple weeks for my uncle’s memorial. Perhaps we can do a live Zoom thing?

Yay for clean bills of health! Colonoscopy is on my list for this year. It will be my first.

Aieeeee I just submitted my resume and cover letter for that job! Calli was a wonderful help. ETA receipt confirmed, would-be boss is reviewing over weekend. I get awesome lesbian contractor vibes from her so far. My people.


-t - Mar 08, 2024 11:30:28 am PST #29065 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I still wear my rings (except when my fingers swell up or something). A friend of my brother's noticed and commented a while back on my sentimentality or steadfastness or whatever but I don't know that it';s a marker of anything in particular, I mean, it's the only actually valuable piece of jewelry I own, not wearing it would be like keeping the good china in the cupboard. OTOH, every time I have to mark that I am single on a form it feels wrong and weird, so there's probably more to it than that but I am not looking too hard at it

Anyway, the menu looks very full of deliciousness. The organic forest salad with mushrooms is catching my eye.