Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


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.


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.


Laura - Jul 15, 2021 3:21:20 pm PDT #7873 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Also, I am totally in favor of chocolate ice cream with mint chips or mint ice cream with chocolate chips, but I don't think I want to try mac n cheese ice cream.


-t - Jul 15, 2021 3:41:59 pm PDT #7874 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I refinanced in 2013, it feels a little silly to do it again. But maybe I should think about it.


Steph L. - Jul 15, 2021 3:52:50 pm PDT #7875 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I refinanced in 2013, it feels a little silly to do it again. But maybe I should think about it.

It's not silly if it gives you some wiggle room in your budget.


sumi - Jul 15, 2021 3:55:41 pm PDT #7876 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!

I am with Laura regarding ice cream flavors.

I wonder who thought what we needed is Mac n cheese ice cream - it’s comfort food gone wrong.