Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


meara - May 29, 2021 1:48:15 pm PDT #6744 of 30000

Also also: where the heck is my debit card? I used it a few days ago at the store. Nobody else has used it since. But it's not in my phone case where I usually keep it. And I can't find it in any of my jacket or pants pockets. I put a pause on it online, and will get a new one if I have to, but I suspect it's just hiding in my house somewhere...


Dana - May 29, 2021 2:30:35 pm PDT #6745 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

For the first time, my bread has failed to rise. Completely. I'm giving it another hour, but we may be eating very dense bread later.


JenP - May 29, 2021 5:56:09 pm PDT #6746 of 30000

Glad to hear of Matilda's return to seeing her friends, and, yeah, sounds like an excellent summer ahead. All good.

Hope it turns up, meara. I hate that kind of shit.

Had a totally relaxing afternoon. Did the crossword, and then we went to lunch at Jimmy's Old Town Tavern, which lived up to its name. Very much full of regulars. We sat in the room where the poker tournament was going on, as you do. A women's biking (motor) group was chatting in the bathroom. I had fish and chips in defiance of my gf life. Came home, napped, went out for ice cream, and now we're watching a movie. I anticipate an early bed time. Is good.


DavidS - May 29, 2021 6:28:51 pm PDT #6747 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hope it turns up, meara. I hate that kind of shit.

Conversely, I found a woman's wallet on the street and was able to track her down and call her today. So she is very happy to be getting it back.

I was able to find a lot of stuff off her driver's license, but couldn't get past pay sites to get her phone number. So, I played my ace in the hole - one of my Kenyon friends is a private detective and I had her look up the phone number. Which she tracked down and an email in about three minutes.


dcp - May 29, 2021 7:40:29 pm PDT #6748 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

It is baffling to me when people do not carry emergency contact info in their wallets alongside their IDs.

Even my phone and iPad have “If found....” info on the lock screens.


DavidS - May 29, 2021 7:42:10 pm PDT #6749 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

t is baffling to me when people do not carry emergency contact info in their wallets alongside their IDs.

Well her wallet was "Pure Hemp - Made in Nepal" so she might not exactly be the emergency contact forethinking type.


JenP - May 29, 2021 7:50:25 pm PDT #6750 of 30000

Hey, man, she trusted the universal karma, and it worked!


DavidS - May 29, 2021 7:55:38 pm PDT #6751 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hey, man, she trusted the universal karma, and it worked!

Good thing I had a PI on the case! Because I doubt she was going to check her FB message any time soon.


meara - May 29, 2021 8:25:48 pm PDT #6752 of 30000

Yeah I’ve definitely seen stuff posted on next door and buy nothing and stuff being like “if you’re Anna Smith, or know her, I have something of hers that she lost!”


msbelle - May 30, 2021 6:18:44 am PDT #6753 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Rainy Memorial Day weekend here. Yesterday I went to a dinner for highschool friend’s birthday outside of DC. Really lovely to see and hug people.

Today I am going to cook and clean.