Buckle up, kids! Daddy's puttin' the hammer down.

Spike ,'Touched'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

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.


-t - Nov 13, 2025 7:48:50 am PST #10180 of 11177
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Many happy returns of the day, Hil!

I also thought of this place when I got the green Connections. Good one, NYT

Starbucks strike is apparently one do I went to Peet’s for my commute coffee. The nearest Peet’s and the nearest Starbucks are similar distances from my house, but the route to Starbucks feels much easier and they have a drive through, so I do tend to go there more often. Anyway, made conscious effort today. The actual drive to work was pretty bad weather wise and there seemed to have been a crash that happened not long before I crept by with the rest of the traffic. Should have worked from home, but too late for that now. No one crashed into me and I had given myself plenty of time for the drive, so all’s well.


lisah - Nov 13, 2025 8:38:05 am PST #10181 of 11177
Punishingly Intricate

I’m stuck on Connections! I’ve only gotten yellow so far.


lisah - Nov 13, 2025 8:39:11 am PST #10182 of 11177
Punishingly Intricate

Ha! Ok now I have Green


-t - Nov 13, 2025 8:54:36 am PST #10183 of 11177
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Whew! That's the important one


erikaj - Nov 13, 2025 9:59:57 am PST #10184 of 11177
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

Have a good birthday, Hil. Guess I've got to do something else now since Netflix pulled "Archer" off, although the marathon was fun.


Jessica - Nov 13, 2025 10:57:08 am PST #10185 of 11177
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Work Nemesis thinks he can weaponize learned helplessness against me, little does he know I am 47 year old with two almost-grown children and no fucks to give.


Hil R. - Nov 13, 2025 12:12:00 pm PST #10186 of 11177
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Thanks for the birthday wishes! I'm mostly spending the day catching up on emails and grading quizzes, but I might go see a play this weekend.


-t - Nov 13, 2025 12:55:52 pm PST #10187 of 11177
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Big jolt! Only a 3.6 but the epicenter was less than 2 miles away, not even as far as the interstate. I actually thought maybe we have been struck by lightning at first because it was just one jolt and a loud noise


JenP - Nov 13, 2025 1:06:41 pm PST #10188 of 11177

Yikes! Stay safe!


-t - Nov 13, 2025 1:28:13 pm PST #10189 of 11177
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Heh, we were on a Zoom call and my boss was immediately all "do we need to leave the building?" but no one (most of them were remote) jumped in to support that and we just when on with it. I was checking for confirmation from my tracking apps and not paying attention to the call, of course.