See if someone can get you a stray cat, msbelle. Thanks to the mama cat in the back alley I haven't had a mouse in my apartment for the past 8 years.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 10, 2021 5:44:48 am PDT #7689 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
Laura - Jul 10, 2021 6:11:51 am PDT #7690 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yes, I actually brought some used litter to my niece to scatter around the perimeter of the house to fool the mice into thinking there was a cat around.
Laura - Jul 10, 2021 7:27:43 am PDT #7691 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
In who is following us news, my recipe newsletter from the Washington Post this morning featured Cherry clafoutis.
Jessica - Jul 10, 2021 9:01:31 am PDT #7692 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I am finally getting around to watching the original Leverage (at the time I never did because...reasons? I have no idea) and I'm enjoying it but WOW the early 2000s had A Look, didn't they.
amyparker - Jul 10, 2021 9:19:41 am PDT #7693 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.
Jessica, you are not wrong! I've been doing a rewatch and WOW.
Today is our last day of vacation. Yesterday was spent with Bev and her good spouse (there was Leverage watching); today we will see my goddaughter and her family for the first time in four years. This was also a scouting mission for our next (and possibly last) home, since Bainbridge is doing its utmost to turn into Mercer Island West. I scored a first edition of Le Guin's Always Coming Home, with the cassette, for $12 at a bookstore in Anacortes, so it's currently my favorite.
DavidS - Jul 10, 2021 9:25:18 am PDT #7694 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but WOW the early 2000s had A Look, didn't they.
Ooh, I'm curious. What is the Look of the Early '00s?
Jessica - Jul 10, 2021 9:25:24 am PDT #7695 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The hair and the camera angles and the lighting and the pacing, all of it. This is a show Of Its Time.
askye - Jul 10, 2021 9:31:32 am PDT #7696 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
If anyone is interested in Leverage you need to watch the original before watching the new series. They aren't spending anytime catching people up.. even within the show.
Laura - Jul 10, 2021 9:41:53 am PDT #7697 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I agree. The history is important. I haven't watched in a while, but can't wait to dive into the new so I didn't re-watch.
Jessica - Jul 10, 2021 9:54:33 am PDT #7698 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What is the Look of the Early '00s?
I don't know if I can describe it but it was instantly recognizable. Muted lighting/color palette. Men's hair was in a weird transitional phase. There's a focus on cutting edge technology in the exposition scenes that just screams "WE HAVE NO IDEA THE FIRST IPHONE WILL BE RELEASED NEXT WEEK." And the makeup of the team - exactly one Weird Girl, one Sexy Girl, one Black Guy - is either cringeingly or charmingly retro, depending on the scene.