erika, that's a really good piece, I hope you can get it widely read in some form
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
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 - Jan 07, 2026 1:04:00 pm PST #10983 of 11008
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
erikaj - Jan 07, 2026 1:22:00 pm PST #10984 of 11008
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Thanks...I thought about an LTE in my local paper-- not sure how wide that reading is now.
-t - Jan 07, 2026 1:58:12 pm PST #10985 of 11008
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Not what it used to be, but classic for a reason
Calli - Jan 07, 2026 2:16:51 pm PST #10986 of 11008
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Congrats on the award, atropa!
What an annoying series of events, dcp.
Today a scammer tried to lure me with a job offer. The whole process seemed a bit rushed, so I called someone at the company that was supposedly head hunting me, and they told me it was a known scammer. While I’m glad to get that worked out before the scammer got my social security number or whatnot, it’s still disappointing that it wasn’t a real thing.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 07, 2026 3:09:40 pm PST #10987 of 11008
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Congrats Atropa!
That day does sound annoying, dcp.
-t I believe True Lemon sells its own products on its website. At least they did because I bought a whole bunch earlier this year.
I remembered why I stopped posting so much, and it is because I am so annoyed by the autocorrect on my phone! I don’t have time to post at work anymore, so my phone on the bus is the best place. But it took me so long to get your names not to be dumb!
-t - Jan 07, 2026 3:35:32 pm PST #10988 of 11008
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks, Sophia! A pox on autocorrect, especially wrt names!
Dana - Jan 07, 2026 3:43:18 pm PST #10989 of 11008
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I would much rather have you posting than worrying about names, Sophia.
-t - Jan 07, 2026 4:08:55 pm PST #10990 of 11008
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Seconded
Hil R. - Jan 07, 2026 4:17:51 pm PST #10991 of 11008
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Today in first-world problems: There's a restaurant that has a spaghetti with mushroom and tomato sauce that I ordered once and really liked -- the combination of spices in the sauce was just perfect -- but it's also ridiculously expensive for just pasta and a sauce made of fairly cheap ingredients, so I haven't ordered it again in a while. I just got back to Cincinnati, and I figured I can get something I really like for dinner after being on a plane all day, so I ordered it through DoorDash. It arrived, and it's totally different than it was before -- the sauce is basically just tomatoes and garlic, and the pasta is linguini. It's edible, but very much not what I wanted, and definitely not worth what I paid for it.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 07, 2026 4:21:29 pm PST #10992 of 11008
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jeezy Creezy, I just replied to Dana in another thread about Pluribus, and that was so stressful! But thank you! Maybe I will get it to learn names!