Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.

'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.


Fred Pete - Feb 03, 2021 3:51:32 pm PST #3111 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.

Congrats, Brenda!

The government also runs on acronyms, even if most of them weren’t words. I specialized in laws such as EFTA, TISA, EFAA, and SCRA. I was less expert in, but at least familiar with, FCRA, TILA, UDAP, and RESPA. Then there was legislation like FIRREA, FDICIA, GLBA, DFA, and I kid you not, EGRPRA.

Sometimes things could be confusing. Depending on the context, FTCA could mean Federal Trade Commission Act or Federal Tort Claims Act.


Hil R. - Feb 03, 2021 3:52:29 pm PST #3112 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

My aunt is doing somewhat better. She was able to talk to her son on the phone for about ten minutes -- before, she wasn't breathing well enough to do that.


Calli - Feb 03, 2021 3:58:01 pm PST #3113 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

That sounds promising, Hil.

Yay, Brenda!

My delicious Indian food arrived before the end of my last meeting of the day, and now I'm sitting here listening to people report out, staring longingly at a bag full of yum.


-t - Feb 03, 2021 6:01:05 pm PST #3114 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Best wishes for your aunt, Hil.


JenP - Feb 03, 2021 6:46:41 pm PST #3115 of 30000

Sending continued getting better vibes to your aunt, Hil.

And continued getting better and hoping for good superpowers vibes to Steph and Tim.


Steph L. - Feb 04, 2021 8:00:41 am PST #3116 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Covid update: still no superpowers. Unless I have a weird Umbrella Academy superpower that I don't know I have until I try it, like Diego's trajectory manipulation. Let me go throw a knife and I'll let you know.


Steph L. - Feb 04, 2021 8:01:40 am PST #3117 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Nope. Not trajectory manipulation.


meara - Feb 04, 2021 8:03:18 am PST #3118 of 30000

Quiet around here. What’s up?


Steph L. - Feb 04, 2021 8:03:47 am PST #3119 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Well, I was throwing a knife.


Dana - Feb 04, 2021 8:05:59 am PST #3120 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

And the rest of us were ducking.