Lorne: My little prince. Oh…what did they do to you? Angel: Nina…tried to…eat me. Lorne: Oh, you're--medic! You're gonna make it Angel. Just don't stop fighting. Doctor! Is there a Gepetto in the house?

'Smile Time'


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.


Steph L. - May 05, 2021 4:23:37 pm PDT #6140 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I get vaccine #1 in about an hour!

Any additional new superpowers yet, Teppy?

Is intolerance to spicy food a superpower? I'm eating leftover shrimp biryani (that was a bit too spicy to begin with, but cooled down with raita on it) that seems to have gotten WAY spicier in the fridge. Or possibly I have become even more intolerant of spicy food in the last 8 hours. Dang it, Moderna!

So far, no side effects, though I didn't really expect any this early. (I have read about some people developing side effects within a few hours, but that's more on the outer edge of the bell curve.)


Calli - May 05, 2021 4:40:50 pm PDT #6141 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Congrats on the promotion and engaged offspring, Gud!

I helped moderate a symposium session today, and all my coworkers decided to go out for Mexican food after work. On May 5. I wished them well and ordered delivery. ‘Cause I wouldn’t have been willing to deal with that crowd before the pandemic.


DavidS - May 05, 2021 4:48:10 pm PDT #6142 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

and I'm wondering if I can achieve similar results without buying a grill press or whatever it's called that she's using.

I think you could just smush things with the back of an iron skillet or something similar.


askye - May 05, 2021 4:56:29 pm PDT #6143 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

Congrats on TCBITW 's engagement and the promotion.

And the Instant pot bc they are awesome.

I had my second shot this morning and so far it's.. just some arm pain. No super power....


Matt the Bruins fan - May 05, 2021 7:14:35 pm PDT #6144 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

Congratulations Gud!

My car is in the shop this week to have the damage from my wreck last summer repaired, Allstate willing, so I'm feeling even more hemmed in than is pandemic-normal. I did think to save a package of Mexican street corn to fix in honor of the holiday, even though there are no decent Mexican places within walking distance. (Okay, there's a taco truck down by the police station, but I don't think it's open at night and I'm sure not walking to that neighborhood to find out.)


Shir - May 06, 2021 1:46:25 am PDT #6145 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Congrats, Gud!


Laura - May 06, 2021 6:00:20 am PDT #6146 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Congrats on all, Gud! I use the Instant Pot quite a lot. Love it for hard boiled eggs. Easy peasy quick and perfect.

Today is the celebration of Karl's birth. If ya see him around give him birthday hugs.

Mona leaves today after a 10 day visit. It has been a whirlwind. Visited with my MIL yesterday, went and did our nails, ate out at Hurricane Alley and there was a Mitch McConnell doppelganger. We tried not to stare and didn't ask to have a picture with him. My sister looks quite like Kathy Bates and has had people ask to take pictures with her, which she does in good humor. Oh, and my nails are quite turquoise. I like it! SIL took a picture so I have to see if she posted it.


Jesse - May 06, 2021 6:43:00 am PDT #6147 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My nails are ALSO sort of turquoise!

Congrats on all that, Gud! How do you feel about TCBITW's fiance?


lisah - May 06, 2021 7:53:51 am PDT #6148 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Congrats, Gud!!


msbelle - May 06, 2021 8:27:43 am PDT #6149 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Eye dr Appt today. Sadly my OG glasses that I broke cannot be fixed and the frames are discontinued so 1 set of new frames and new lenses in my sunglasses -almost $400 after insurance! I will spend some time today on some online places to see if I can snag any fun frames that with my script will be less than $100.