I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.

Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'


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.


dcp - Jul 15, 2021 2:29:02 pm PDT #7863 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Have you considered Parmesan cheese ice cream? [link]


-t - Jul 15, 2021 2:41:15 pm PDT #7864 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I will now. That sounds intriguing.

I am less intrigued by mac and cheese ice cream but I would try it if given the opportunity. Might be good, who knows?


Dana - Jul 15, 2021 2:45:50 pm PDT #7865 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I am less intrigued by mac and cheese ice cream but I would try it if given the opportunity. Might be good, who knows?

I know. I know it would not be good.


-t - Jul 15, 2021 2:48:28 pm PDT #7866 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Now I don't know what to think. My instinct is to believe Dana, but mac and cheese casts a pretty compelling spell (I have tried a number of dishes that include mac and cheese in some unlikely way that are not so much bad as just not worth the effort and I have clearly not learned my lesson)


Jessica - Jul 15, 2021 2:50:00 pm PDT #7867 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I would try it if given the opportunity

I'm like 95% sure it will not be good but I would try it once just to say I did.


msbelle - Jul 15, 2021 2:53:02 pm PDT #7868 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I do not want savory ice cream. No thank you.

- t that sucks re:budgeting. Is there any way to reduce other expenses?

The last 2 days I have felt increasingly bad as the day went on. Headache, chills inside (no fever), sluggish, slightly upset stomach. Yesterday after I walked the dogs and fed them, I laid out in the recliner with a throw over me and drank water and listened to podcasts. Around 8 I fell asleep, so when I woke up I took the dogs out one more time and went to bed. Felt great this morning, got up early and everything. Now I am yuck again.


amych - Jul 15, 2021 2:57:58 pm PDT #7869 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I've had a couple of amazingly good savory ice creams, always in the form of some absurd frou-frou appetizer in a fancy mod cuisine joint where you get, like, a tiny cone of avocado or wasabi or something on a plate of equally absurd but tasty things. For like 2 bites. I can't emphasize that part enough.

Kraft Mac ice cream is not that.


-t - Jul 15, 2021 3:07:48 pm PDT #7870 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I could maybe get cheaper internet and get rid of DirecTV but I have kind of tried and it's a lot of effort and wouldn't make much of a dent so I don't want to. Everything else is pretty fixed. I actually paid off 4 credit cards earlier this year with a combination of stimulus money and a gift from my mother, and I was all excited because that meant another $175 disposable without those minimum payments but then my mortgage payment went up $150/month (escrow, I assume for insurance) so that was discouraging. It's not unworkable, I can live with it, I just would be happier if I thought this was temporary.

I hope you feel better soon, msbelle, that sounds miserable. I hate those on and off not really SICK sick but definitely not well things


msbelle - Jul 15, 2021 3:11:36 pm PDT #7871 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I was wrong, I do have a baby fever. 100.9, so 3 degrees for me. I guess Tylenol and bed.


Laura - Jul 15, 2021 3:20:02 pm PDT #7872 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I hope it passes quickly with more rest, msbelle.

-t, is refinancing your mortgage an option? With the current interest rates being so low that could help lower your monthly chunk.