Faith: A kid. Angel's got a kid. Wesley: Connor. Faith: A teenage kid born last year. Wesley: I told you, he grew up in a hell dimension. Faith: Right. And what, Cordelia spent her last summer as… Wesley: A divine being. Faith: Uh-huh. Can I just ask--What the hell are you people doing?

'Why We Fight'


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 - Dec 09, 2020 10:55:44 am PST #814 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Now, I want a cheese omelette. I talked myself into melted cheese, and I have to say I didn't put up much of a fight.

I made arancini out of last night's risotto, and can state with confidence that adding melted cheese makes delicious foods even better.


meara - Dec 09, 2020 11:05:56 am PST #815 of 30000

Ooh. Time to haunt the bagel place, Jesse?

Juliana over the last many years, our Christmas dinner has devolved to what we call “Trader Joe’s appetizers night”. So I support you on that.

Not sure what I’ll do food-wise since my fam doesn’t have a strong tradition there, but probably won’t do anything fancy. But do plan to make lots of cookies.


JZ - Dec 09, 2020 11:07:43 am PST #816 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Hec, Scoma's is still open and does a good cioppino to go, if you decide you need it.

This is extremely useful information!


Volans - Dec 09, 2020 11:25:05 am PST #817 of 30000
move out and draw fire

I don't know this phrase. What does it mean?

It means making a face that looks like: -.-

Unimpressed and kind of blaming the person for doing the thing.

I just saw a MAGA dreidel (shin, hay, gimel, hay) and have decided to hide under a chair for the rest of the year.

sj, one was The Ham Yard and I don't remember the other - it was a hotel restaurant in SoHo. Both were good and not the 400-pound prix fixe that most of the places open on Xmas offer.


-t - Dec 09, 2020 11:25:18 am PST #818 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I feel you on Kaiser docs, juliana. I feel like their whole system limits dr-patient interaction to my detriment. But they have all my records, when I had different insurance and a different doctor my PCP had trouble finding out what happened at my ER visits, so that wasn't good either.

Aw, Chris Evans and bagels, what a happy thought!


Steph L. - Dec 09, 2020 11:31:03 am PST #819 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

one was The Ham Yard

That is a goddamn fantastic name.


Calli - Dec 09, 2020 11:33:44 am PST #820 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'd love to see Chris Evans at my local bagel place. I'd settle for being able to eat a bagel there.

Say, are there any parents or caregivers of toddlers, or otherwise toddler-adjacent people, who could recommend some books for a soon-to-be 2 year old, please? She loves music, stuffing her pockets with shiny rocks, and elephants.


DavidS - Dec 09, 2020 11:35:13 am PST #821 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Say, are there any parents or caregivers of toddlers, or otherwise toddler-adjacent people, who could recommend some books for a soon-to-be 2 year old, please? She loves music, stuffing her pockets with shiny rocks, and elephants.

Emmett was very fond of Calef Brown's books at that age: [link]


Calli - Dec 09, 2020 11:36:58 am PST #822 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Cool! Thanks, David.


DavidS - Dec 09, 2020 11:38:32 am PST #823 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Cool! Thanks, David.

I think we had Dutch Sneakers and Polka Bats. Super fun!