And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?

Mal ,'The Train Job'


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.


Laura - Apr 19, 2021 7:51:52 am PDT #5692 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

On the other hand, it's great to hear that people are moving forward with weddings and such. And I'm looking forward to a new great-nephew joining the family in June.

Moving forward is so grand. Next week I'll get to spend time with both my sisters at the same time to celebrate Judi's 71st birthday. There will be many hugs! I'm not sure how we are going to handle my brother. We are all fully vaxed, but my brother never will. On the other hand, he is pretty much home bound anyway.

Until she decided to wear it to her vaccination appointment - walked into the site wearing a fancy dress, did her hair and make-up, heels. The people administering the vaccine were amused and appreciative.

That is so delightful!


meara - Apr 19, 2021 7:54:48 am PDT #5693 of 30000

I had bizarre dreams last night but one I remember particularly is I was playing some form of Jeopardy, except it was a team thing, and more than 3 teams, like 4 or 5. And I was playing against buffistas, and realized all the categories were things that y’all probably knew better than me (there was some sort of fanfic category that the first question involved the avengers, which I have not watched, and I was like “well crap, now I have to avoid that category too!”) So, uh....thinking of y’all in my sleep?


DavidS - Apr 19, 2021 8:30:30 am PDT #5694 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I had bizarre dreams last night but one I remember particularly is I was playing some form of Jeopardy, except it was a team thing, and more than 3 teams, like 4 or 5. And I was playing against buffistas, and realized all the categories were things that y’all probably knew better than me (there was some sort of fanfic category that the first question involved the avengers, which I have not watched, and I was like “well crap, now I have to avoid that category too!”) So, uh....thinking of y’all in my sleep?

Heh! I remember one of the conceits of Douglas Coupland's novel Microserfs was that each character had a brief description of their perfect Jeopardy board categories.

All I remember about last night's dream is that we had a kitten, and I was scratching its belly and it was covered in sparkly glitter.


Dana - Apr 19, 2021 8:33:02 am PDT #5695 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I had yet another "I haven't been going to these classes and now I don't even remember my schedule" dream.


Steph L. - Apr 19, 2021 8:41:15 am PDT #5696 of 30000
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.

I had yet another "I haven't been going to this classes and now I don't even remember my schedule" dream.

I wish I would stop having those. They're so tiresome.


sj - Apr 19, 2021 9:33:13 am PDT #5697 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Dana, I have those all the time.


-t - Apr 19, 2021 9:43:34 am PDT #5698 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

We really must've burned those neural pathways pretty hard, huh? Or whatever it is brains do.


Jesse - Apr 19, 2021 9:59:07 am PDT #5699 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

On the bright side, there was an article in the paper about a woman who had been married fairly recently. She and her husband to be had scheduled a wedding and then, in the pandemic, postponed it and ended up having a civil ceremony with few or no witnesses. She'd planned to have a big reception and bought a special dress ... but with no chance of having a reception any time soon, the dress remained unworn. Until she decided to wear it to her vaccination appointment - walked into the site wearing a fancy dress, did her hair and make-up, heels. The people administering the vaccine were amused and appreciative.

That's a friend of a friend! So fun.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2021 10:47:26 am PDT #5700 of 30000
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis

I dreamed last night about being involved in some weird mash-up of Murder on the Orient Express and behind-the-scenes drama on a telenovela. Henry Cavill was involved, but alas dreaming brain didn't arrange a make-out session with him.


-t - Apr 19, 2021 12:06:00 pm PDT #5701 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Jeez. I have had my phone in silent mode possibly since I got it, all the while wondering why I was missing calls. And now I have rolled my eyes right out of my head at myself, so that's not going to increase productivity