This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.

Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'


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.

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DavidS - Aug 17, 2026 12:44:44 pm PDT #13603 of 13608
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

("Hipster Sweater Trap" = new band name, or new album name?)

Weezer song for sure.


-t - Aug 17, 2026 12:48:25 pm PDT #13604 of 13608
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Carefree might be too much to ask for, but moments or even periods of joy, at least, I think is a reasonable hope. Certainly what I wish for M as a floor

Hipster Sweater Trap is an excellent band name! Maybe they include some Weezer covers in their repertoire?


Tom Scola - Aug 17, 2026 12:49:09 pm PDT #13605 of 13608
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

I'm allergic to real wool, anyway

You’re allergic to sheep AND goats?


erikaj - Aug 17, 2026 1:10:45 pm PDT #13606 of 13608
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal

Maybe it wouldn't *completely* come back(life is different once you know how bad the bad stuff gets, for sure) but research *tends* to suggest that some people are born happier and, after getting through a struggle for a while tend to return to more of their...set point. (I'm sure it says lovely, optimistic things about me that most of what I know about both happiness and sex comes from other people's research.) OPP= Other People's Protocols?(Nah, not quite "Big Bang" enough to make that joke. ETA: Do you think people would have lost their minds about rock and roll so hard if the first bands were more like BareNaked Ladies and Weezer instead of Elvis? (Although, maybe, there's nothing hot about Bill Haley either. Nothing, you know, "because it's wrong", anyway, and the Usual Suspects hated him, too.)


Steph L. - Aug 17, 2026 1:29:56 pm PDT #13607 of 13608
That which does not kill you should RUN

I'm allergic to real wool, anyway

You’re allergic to sheep AND goats?

I can wear wool socks on my bare feet, but I can't wear sheep or goat wool sweaters without a thick long-sleeved shirt underneath. It's too itchy. (I guess my feet are tougher? Or they're more willing to put up with wool in order to not freeze?)

(Also, "You’re allergic to sheep AND goats?" feels like a quote from something, though I don't know what.)


-t - Aug 17, 2026 1:32:18 pm PDT #13608 of 13608
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

You are reminding me of the time Mo Rocca commented on WWDTM that hand knot sweaters were too itchy so a bunch of listeners angrily knot and sent him sweaters to refute that claim.

I doubt that's being quoted, though


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