Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.

'Objects In Space'


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.


Toddson - Dec 09, 2020 11:54:43 am PST #827 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I think narrowed eyes are more like they see you, they recognize what you're saying and they do NOT approve. The flat eyes strike me as having removed themselves from the whole situation. Either you're going on and on and you've passed your attention span or you're having (or trying to have) an out of body experience.


Shir - Dec 09, 2020 12:06:39 pm PST #828 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I just saw a MAGA dreidel (shin, hay, gimel, hay)

I'm trying to understand the letter change and what is supposed to mean in Hebrew now and failing. There's no meaning there. Maybe because I'm tired after a somewhat difficult day, but I have no idea what happened there or why.


Jesse - Dec 09, 2020 12:10:46 pm PST #829 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ooh. Time to haunt the bagel place, Jesse?

Sadly, they don't live close enough to me for that to be practical!


sj - Dec 09, 2020 12:25:23 pm PST #830 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Calli the Gruffalo was one of ltc’s favorite at that age. It’s so much fun to read.


-t - Dec 09, 2020 12:30:15 pm PST #831 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am pretty certain that there is truly no meaning there, Shir


Toddson - Dec 09, 2020 12:31:50 pm PST #832 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Marginally related, there's going to be (another) "Million MAGA March" anti-election event in DC on Saturday. yay


Jessica - Dec 09, 2020 1:06:05 pm PST #833 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

books for a soon-to-be 2 year old, please?

Elephant & Piggie (Mo Willems) are EXCELLENT read-aloud books.


Susan W. - Dec 09, 2020 1:46:27 pm PST #834 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Seconding the Elephant & Piggie rec.

We've had several Christmases with just the three of us in recent years. My brothers and I and our families haven't done the holidays together since our parents died, and we typically go to Oklahoma to see Dylan's people at Thanksgiving. But normally there are all the other trappings of the holiday--the late Christmas Eve Eucharist with ALL the carols and champagne and desserts at midnight (Episcopalians FTW!), me going to up the three different Messiah sing-alongs around town, etc.

So we've got existing traditions in place for Christmas Eve and morning--Christmas Eve is a specific homemade spaghetti sauce with garlic bread and hot Italian sausage that was traditional in Dylan's family, and then waffles for breakfast after we open our presents. I used to try to make a three-person simulacrum of my mom's Christmas dinner for dinner, but this year I'm not going to try. This is less to do with covid and more that it always feels like a bit of an afterthought after the spaghetti and waffles, and also I realized while talking to my therapist that while I love to cook SOMETIMES, it stresses me out to cook ALL the time, and that is perfectly OK. So we don't have an exact plan yet, but it will involve someone else cooking and may well be Chinese food to be eaten while watching WW84.


Calli - Dec 09, 2020 2:16:45 pm PST #835 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

The Gruffalo and Elephant and Piggy. Thanks!


msbelle - Dec 09, 2020 2:30:01 pm PST #836 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Baltimore is shutting down all indoor and outdoor dining starting Fri at 5 and reducing gathering #s and occupancy #s.

Doesn't affect me at all, but going to make sure I order out at least twice a week (I usually order 1.5 or 2 meals when I order).

The numbers are going to be grim through Feb, I think.