You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.

Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'


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 29, 2021 8:08:38 am PDT #5985 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Yeah, I forgot that there was such a thing as dusting. Huh. I do have an annual big dusting event in Otter Lake. After the place is closed all winter there is a coat of stuff over everything. It is quite the project. I expect this year to recruit son's GF to help with the task. She is helpful that way.

Also I plan to have her give me a color streak in my hair because she is really good at that too. My favorite was last summer when she did half of her head white and the other black. It was super cute. I do not plan on being that bold.


Laura - Apr 29, 2021 8:09:58 am PDT #5986 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Oh amyparker, sending all manner of health~ma for your dad and calm~ma for you.


dcp - Apr 29, 2021 8:22:58 am PDT #5987 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

amyparker, I have the same. Let me know if I can help, as a sounding board or doing research. If your Dad wants someone to discuss it with, give him my profile address.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 29, 2021 8:36:31 am PDT #5988 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Oh no, I'm sorry amyparker.

Last night I got off my butt and assembled a set of wire frame shelves for the smaller boxes I'm downsizing my comics collection into. Hopefully this will help with me going through said collection and discarding comics, since they're now accessible rather than stacked behind my old work computer tower. I lost some floor space at the back of my home office as a consequence, but it was mostly occupied by the barstools that are now actually at my island/bar. (Now to clean off all the random clutter that's accumulated on that and turn it into a workable eating surface...)


Topic!Cindy - Apr 29, 2021 8:42:34 am PDT #5989 of 30000
What is even happening?

amyparker, I'm sorry to hear about your dad. I'm sending every good thought and intention his way (and yours).


amyparker - Apr 29, 2021 9:16:53 am PDT #5990 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.

Thank you all. dcp, I may take you up on that.

I'm sitting here thinking "Have I left anything unsaid?" And the answer is "Hell yes, plenty of things." But my actual gender is none of his business and my actual belief system would make him think I'm going to the LDS equivalent of Hell. He knows I see him, and I love him. I'll grieve the father I lost to religion for the rest of my life, but I can show kindness to the man who took his place.


msbelle - Apr 29, 2021 9:17:32 am PDT #5991 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

heavy sigh

mac still does not get it. He is once again failing his classes. He's been given the choice of figuring out how to pay his own rent and expenses (he does not make enough at his job, but could likely swing it if he got a roommate in his studio apt which is allowed) or move here and live with me and work full-time.

I am not thrilled with either option. I am worried about both options.


amyparker - Apr 29, 2021 9:41:48 am PDT #5992 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.

msbelle, I'm sorry. It's hard to watch and think "If you would just -" about your adult offspring.


msbelle - Apr 29, 2021 9:55:50 am PDT #5993 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

YES! Just pass two easy af Community College classes a semester AND YOU HAVE SHIT PAID FOR!!! JFC. (to be clear, I do not take this tone with him)

Of course he is not responding to my texts.

I guess I should start really organizing the basement in case moving here is the choice.


Laura - Apr 29, 2021 10:17:25 am PDT #5994 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I'm sorry, msbelle. I hope he gets his act together faster than my eldest.