Wash: Little River just gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing. It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it.

'Objects In Space'


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.


Calli - Mar 08, 2026 4:51:08 pm PDT #11894 of 12320
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

If I'm hoping for something, is that your President will be distracted by a new shiny thing to collapse the world order with and decide what he got was good enough, or that my PM will get on his nerves and he'll decide to wrap things up.

From your keyboard to g_d’s ears.

how do we tell others about our inner worlds and how we pass down this kind of knowledge and how we can understand other people's strange experiences

I honestly think that’s what poetry is for, to the extent that it’s “for” anything. Not to be pretty or get another person to fall in love or into bed with you (although sometimes it is and occasionally it does). But to attempt to convey as sense of what our inner worlds are like and how they can intersect.

Anyway, I continue to be glad to see your pixels and read your thinky thoughts, Shir. All possible safety ~ma to you and yours.


-t - Mar 08, 2026 7:07:37 pm PDT #11895 of 12320
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Always good to see your pixels, Shir, but especially nice to get some true insights with them! Good stuff.


meara - Mar 08, 2026 8:28:09 pm PDT #11896 of 12320

Has anyone seen/heard from Monty (gc) lately? I realized I haven’t, a friend was talking about Gentleman Jack and I was thinking of her


Nilly - Mar 09, 2026 4:21:57 am PDT #11897 of 12320
Swouncing

Poking my head for just a minute (I've just ended a zoom meeting, and the semester starts on zoom tomorrow, so there's stuff to prepare, but I had a minute on the computer with my Oh-I'm-So-Late-With-Them grading breathing down my neck but not literally on my lap), because I feel the need to report that we're fine, as fine as possible under the circumstances.

We've had non-stop alarms during the last twenty-four hours, but we're still in generally better shape regarding that than most other places. We're still hurrying to the local shelter each time, we're still losing sleep (I don't think I've had six hours total in the past two nights combined together), we're all cranky and tired and stressed.

But it could be so so much worse. We're as fine as possible in a reality that still seems like something out of the history books rather than what could be an actual everyday life.

Take care, y'all.


JenP - Mar 09, 2026 7:03:12 am PDT #11898 of 12320

Thank you so much for checking in, Nilly. My words are inadequate in all of this, but I'm keeping you, Shir, and your families and loved ones close in my heart.


Laura - Mar 09, 2026 8:33:47 am PDT #11899 of 12320
Our wings are not tired.

It helps so much to hear from you, Nilly and Shir. You are in our hearts and minds continuously right now.


Jessica - Mar 09, 2026 9:34:54 am PDT #11900 of 12320
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Has anyone seen/heard from Monty (gc) lately? I realized I haven’t, a friend was talking about Gentleman Jack and I was thinking of her

I haven't, here or on other socials. I hope she's ok and just taking a digital break.


dcp - Mar 09, 2026 10:49:20 am PDT #11901 of 12320
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I think I saw something on bsky not long ago. Not sure how to find it again, though.


DavidS - Mar 09, 2026 11:15:16 am PDT #11902 of 12320
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Has anyone seen/heard from Monty (gc) lately? I realized I haven’t, a friend was talking about Gentleman Jack and I was thinking of her

She's off FB, but I see her Dear Wife there periodically.


Steph L. - Mar 09, 2026 11:21:55 am PDT #11903 of 12320
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I am suffering the consequences of inadequate documentation -- I have 2 dentist appointments this week, one today and one Wednesday: one is for a crown fitting, and one is for a regular cleaning. I put them on the calendar on the correct days with the times, but not what the appointments are for. So I have an appointment in 40 minutes, and it's going to be like playing the lottery. Crown? Cleaning? Bet now!