Hey, evil dead, you're in my seat.

Xander ,'First Date'


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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 19, 2026 8:21:36 am PST #11621 of 12327
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.

Happy Birthday Beverly!

I have done battle with the evil copier/printer at my company's largely-abandoned physical office, and after an inconclusive physical struggle outwitted it by printing pages 2-up on one tabloid sheet at a time, thus lulling its phantom misfeed alarm into uneasy slumber! 2026 tax filings now saved and stored in hard copy form to ward off future audits.


Tom Scola - Feb 19, 2026 8:25:33 am PST #11622 of 12327
They pay me in WOIMS

I’m looking forward to not being constantly earwormed by a certain Kate Bush song, perhaps in a few months or so.


-t - Feb 19, 2026 8:47:54 am PST #11623 of 12327
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ha, I feel lucky that that is one I didn't obsessively listen to over and over back in the day so while I am reminded of it all the time I don't get it stuck in my head. I never read the book so all the discourse just flows through me like fear past the Kwisatz Haderach. Only I remain.

Happy birthday BevDog!


Steph L. - Feb 19, 2026 10:38:16 am PST #11624 of 12327
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Happy Birthday, Beverly!!!


erikaj - Feb 19, 2026 11:23:22 am PST #11625 of 12327
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

Yes, happy Beverly day. Finally feeling a bit better, though I thought that before, and food is still not quite appealing. We raised my mattress, maybe it will help.


JenP - Feb 19, 2026 11:36:52 am PST #11626 of 12327

Happy Birthday, Beverly! I hope there's much good fun for you in the coming year.

I hope you keep feeling better, erika.

I made sautéed shrimp over quinoa for lunch. That's two quinoas this week. I'm down to half a small bag and a boxed, pre-mixed thing with brown rice and some spices. Progress.

Going to make and direct-to-freezer some more red lentil soup. There are just a LOT of red lentils to get through.


meara - Feb 19, 2026 12:01:54 pm PST #11627 of 12327

Pantry progress is good, t! Mine usually just involves me going through the pantry and realizing most of it is expired and throwing it out.

I got a real haircut (as opposed to a great cuts “just chop an inch off and make it a vague bob”) last night. It ended up probably a full inch shorter than requested (the front pieces were supposed to be cheekbone length, but ended up more like eye length by the time she was done?) but I guess now I know. I think it’ll eventually grow out to be more what I want.


-t - Feb 19, 2026 1:45:44 pm PST #11628 of 12327
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Bwahaha I have no internet. I’m physically in the office, and mgmt sent an email this morning saying they’d be doing something tomorrow (not today) which will knock out the wi-fi but most laptops are wired (ethernet, I guess?) so should only be an issue for, like, cell phones - especially, for some reason, if you are on Verizon.

So today, my laptop (which is plugged into a dock but says it’s on wifi) has no internet connection. Pretty much all my work is in the cloud. I’m typing this on my (Verizon) phone.


-t - Feb 19, 2026 1:57:37 pm PST #11629 of 12327
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Hilariously, I can post here but I can’t get to Slack


Atropa - Feb 19, 2026 2:16:55 pm PST #11630 of 12327
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Happy birthday, Bev!