Thank you for checking in, Nilly. It is so much to comprehend all of the life disruptions, ranging from people dying to missing school and holidays like Purim. The insanity of the powers that be is affecting every aspect of people's lives.
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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.
Laura - Mar 01, 2026 1:48:24 pm PST #11787 of 12310
Our wings are not tired.
erikaj - Mar 01, 2026 2:00:09 pm PST #11788 of 12310
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I know lots of movement people that got their starts from those, Consuela. But yeah, you didn't get an immediate effect from that, but that is how PDA became a thing, for one.
JenP - Mar 01, 2026 2:55:33 pm PST #11789 of 12310
You and your families are close in my heart and thoughts every day, Nilly and Shir.
I think that's all I have right now.
kat - Mar 01, 2026 3:33:40 pm PST #11790 of 12310
"The thing about dorks is we stick together. Mostly for gaming purposes but also because it wards off jocks, gutter clowns and other Stephen King-like threats." - Lauren Okie
Thanks for checking in, Nilly.
Kat did you expect a younger crowd for Brandi Carlyle? I guess I assume her fans are all middle aged lesbians because that’s who I know…
meara, I think the problem is that I don't think of myself as a middle-aged lesbian! I guess I think of Brandi Carlile as predominantly drawing the same crowd as Glennon Doyle or Elizabeth Gilbert. That flavor of white lady. Maybe it's because when I was in my big live music listening times (like my early twenties) Carlile was decidedly not on the scene. Like it doesn't ping me that the Indigo Girls are OLD. Carlile's a little younger than I am, I think... more elder millenial than Gen X... so I thought her crowd would be younger.
kat - Mar 01, 2026 3:36:07 pm PST #11791 of 12310
"The thing about dorks is we stick together. Mostly for gaming purposes but also because it wards off jocks, gutter clowns and other Stephen King-like threats." - Lauren Okie
meara, I just figured it out! I thought her crowd would be like the gay version of the crowd at a Pink show.
meara - Mar 01, 2026 4:53:48 pm PST #11792 of 12310
Hahaha I can see that. I have several friends who have attended her “girls just wanna” weekend in Mexico, though I have not because I don’t really know any of her music.
Pix - Mar 01, 2026 7:20:10 pm PST #11793 of 12310
The status is NOT quo.
So glad to hear from you, Shir and Nilly.
chrismg - Mar 01, 2026 9:09:58 pm PST #11794 of 12310
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Shir, NIlly, good to hear from you.
Suela, there are multiple reasons the protest might have been smaller - the military operation has already started, so there's not the feeling that it might make a difference that way, plus a lot of protest energy has been soaked up by all the OTHER crap the Gropenregime has been perpetrating.
Hil R. - Mar 01, 2026 11:21:41 pm PST #11795 of 12310
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Glad to hear from you, Nilly and Shir.
I'm awake in the middle of the night coughing, which I hope is just allergies or my sinuses reacting to the ridiculous changes in the weather.
Trudy Booth - Mar 02, 2026 7:45:27 am PST #11796 of 12310
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Hang in there, Nilly. Hang in there Shir.
Has Suzy been around? Does she still have peeps in Iran?