Fare thee well, Robert Duvall.
I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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.
JenP - Feb 16, 2026 2:00:13 pm PST #11568 of 12332
Hil R. - Feb 16, 2026 4:08:52 pm PST #11569 of 12332
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I woke up this morning with all the clocks in my kitchen flashing the time, and my heat not working. So, power outage during the night, and I assumed that had done something to the furnace. I called the HVAC people, and they sent someone out. Turned out the power outage and the heat were unrelated -- the problem with the heat was just that the batteries in the wall controller unit thingy had died. So, $60 to have someone sent out to change the batteries. He did some kind of safety check of the system while he was here, and said that everything looked good, so I guess I got something out of it.
dcp - Feb 16, 2026 5:07:11 pm PST #11570 of 12332
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
power outage
As I was leaving the cancer center today, I pushed the elevator call button -- and lights for the whole floor went out. Yikes!
I repressed the urge to shout, "I didn't do it!"
There was a loooooong ten second pause, and then power came back -- for three seconds.
Another long pause. Power flickered.
I decided that even if power came back on and seemed to stay on, I wasn't going to risk the elevator.
Fortunately I only had to climb five flights of stairs to get to the level where my car was parked, and I can still manage that.
-t - Feb 16, 2026 5:21:37 pm PST #11571 of 12332
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yikes! That seems like a bad place for the power to go wonky!
msbelle - Feb 17, 2026 6:00:55 am PST #11572 of 12332
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Happy Monday Tuesday.
I’m starting to loath coming to work and that’s no good. I need an attitude adjustment.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 17, 2026 7:27:23 am PST #11573 of 12332
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
I managed to get the cats out of the crawlspace under my house and seal the entrance behind them yesterday, so hopefully that's an end to the neighborhood toms circling my house and serenading all through the day and night.
I also took Mom out to a mystery movie that turned out to be an advance screening of How to Make a Killing last night. It's apparently a remake of Kind Hearts and Coronets. It's enjoyable for much of the run time, but really fails to stick the landing.
Tom Scola - Feb 17, 2026 8:11:06 am PST #11574 of 12332
They pay me in WOIMS
Happy Fat Tuesday Paczki Year of the Horse!
Dana - Feb 17, 2026 8:34:34 am PST #11575 of 12332
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I found a king cake at Wegmann's from an actual Louisiana bakery. It's stuffed with cream cheese, but that's better than some kind of fruit stuffing. (Stuffed king cakes are incorrect.)
-t - Feb 17, 2026 8:40:28 am PST #11576 of 12332
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The congruence of holidays this year is wild!
Steph L. - Feb 17, 2026 8:43:01 am PST #11577 of 12332
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Man, I forgot it was Paczki Day. I have what I'm pretty sure is norovirus -- the symptoms are dead on, and it's going around Cincinnati. So I'm a little distracted by the Ick, and I will definitely not be eating any paczki today! Zofran and gatorade for me!