Excuse me? Who gave you permission to exist?

Cordelia ,'Beneath You'


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.


DavidS - Mar 21, 2024 8:25:42 am PDT #29278 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

My therapist is a goddamn QUEEN.

Absolutely! Stepping up when you needed it.

I'm sorry about your brother. I know he's your closest ally in all the family biz too.


Steph L. - Mar 21, 2024 8:33:37 am PDT #29279 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Relapse is a part of recovery. Which is not to say that everyone who gets sober will relapse; plenty people get sober and stay sober. But plenty more do relapse. So it's not like "yay, relapse!" but just "okay, this happened; what do you need to move forward?"

It does suck, though.


-t - Mar 21, 2024 8:40:27 am PDT #29280 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, no, Tep, I'm sorry. I'm glad your therapist is supporting you! You are being way more spiritually advanced than I with the relapses happen acceptance, it definitely sucks.

Good call on letting the line drive joy stand without dropping the pancreatic cancer news as soon as possible. I'm relieved you will be able to share that with Matilda, though.


Dana - Mar 21, 2024 8:55:28 am PDT #29281 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

That's a lot of family crap, Steph.


Shir - Mar 21, 2024 9:04:39 am PDT #29282 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Steph, I am sorry. Lots of ~ma to you and your family.

David, I'm thinking of you and Matilda.


Shir - Mar 21, 2024 9:10:54 am PDT #29283 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

And in a separate post: she does not have the time to check the board these days, but I wanted to let you all know that Nilly's eldest will have his Bar Mitzvah soon. He'll be reading Book of Esther this Sunday/Monday.

It's an extra joy to bring good news to this board, after announcing mostly bad news in the past six months.


DavidS - Mar 21, 2024 9:17:23 am PDT #29284 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

And in a separate post: she does not have the time to check the board these days, but I wanted to let you all know that Nilly's eldest will have his Bar Mitzvah soon. He'll be reading Book of Esther this Sunday/Monday.

Bar Mitzvah is exciting, but wait until he turns 17!!


-t - Mar 21, 2024 9:32:29 am PDT #29285 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, wow, passage of time. Book of Esther seems like a pretty sweet portion for a Bar Mitzvah!


Dana - Mar 21, 2024 9:49:47 am PDT #29286 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I made too much muffin mix (don't ask), and I think I'm going to try it out in my new bundt cake pan.


Laura - Mar 21, 2024 10:08:03 am PDT #29287 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

It is good to read that there is some normalcy in Nilly's life.

Also, of course I want to know about the excess muffin mix.