Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.

'Time Bomb'


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.


lisah - Nov 13, 2025 8:39:11 am PST #10182 of 10480
Punishingly Intricate

Ha! Ok now I have Green


-t - Nov 13, 2025 8:54:36 am PST #10183 of 10480
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 10480
"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 10480
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 10480
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 10480
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 10480

Yikes! Stay safe!


-t - Nov 13, 2025 1:28:13 pm PST #10189 of 10480
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.


askye - Nov 13, 2025 3:09:34 pm PST #10190 of 10480
Thrive to spite them

Stay safe !

Happy Birthday Hil!,

I forgot to go check out the lights late enough. With all the trees it can be hard to see anything cool.

Today at work they reminded us to check out schedule for the week of Thanksgiving. I looked and it looked like I expected. But then I looked closer and realized I do not have tomorrow off . Instead I have Tues and Thursday off next week (our weeks run Sat-Sun). So that means I'm working 6 days in a row.

And work friend let me know she has gotten a referral to see a psychiatrist about medication and about seeing a different therapist. It sounds like her boyfriend has been encouraging her. And she hasn't texted you to me about any of the stuff she's been stressing over.


Calli - Nov 13, 2025 3:24:44 pm PST #10191 of 10480
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Happy birthday, Hil!

It’s Michigan-typical cold here now. Which is fine. But usually my body sort of adjusts, so I still feel the cold, but I don’t get all shivery. And that hasn’t kicked in yet. Annoying.

The skies cleared around sundown yesterday, so I went out to try and see the aurora. I stopped at a couple of likely places, with no luck, even through the camera. Then I went home, saw a faint glow from the parking lot, and I was able to catch some red and green on my phone’s camera.