Getting in a bathing suit to spend some dock time with my sister. Not sure how many warm days we will have left. Only 70 today, but sunny.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
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 - Sep 04, 2026 9:18:55 am PDT #13828 of 13838
Our wings are not tired.
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2026 9:19:31 am PDT #13829 of 13838
That which does not kill you should RUN
70 and sunny sounds delightful!
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 04, 2026 9:40:18 am PDT #13830 of 13838
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.
Atropa, here's hoping they were right and it was just an unusual migraine! Flights of obstacles should not hit when you're having a scary medical event.
-t - Sep 04, 2026 9:42:02 am PDT #13831 of 13838
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Enjoy, Laura!
Laura - Sep 04, 2026 12:16:11 pm PDT #13832 of 13838
Our wings are not tired.
It was absolutely delightful. Hot sun, cool breeze, and calm lake. Tonight we have great nephew's first soccer match of the season. Then this weekend the annual Fire Department Steak Bake fundraiser. Big event with tons of raffle items, music, food, booze, and frivolity. End of season activities.
Laura - Sep 04, 2026 12:25:09 pm PDT #13833 of 13838
Our wings are not tired.
From Press, yes I see that Bridget has passed. I shared a seat with her on a bus ride to something at the SF F2F. This is very sad news. Too young.
erikaj - Sep 04, 2026 12:35:29 pm PDT #13834 of 13838
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
I hate that being honest about, like, my disabled life or what's really wrong with the safety net(Social workers aren't protective the way people imagine, in my experience, at least) make abled women strangers bust out the sad emojis. (I mean. I guess it is sort of sad, some people really do need that sort of protection and support, and they don't get it either, but for me, it's like "Wow, let's get a time machine and warn President Gore that sometimes these people are just neurotic, paper-pushing pinheads." It's hard enough to face these things yourself without having to cope with the end of their "America leaves nobody behind," illusions, too. (Not that I posted the pinhead assessment on an acquaintance's page, or anything. And I am sorry that the person handling my file is, well, not someone I'd call with any other option, ever. But it doesn't help to have a stranger feel sad about it.)
DavidS - Sep 04, 2026 1:14:56 pm PDT #13835 of 13838
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, that's very sad about Bridget. I saw her fairly often over the years as she would come in to SF from Sacramento. Though I don't know that I've seen her since the pandemic.
When I worked downtown we'd have lunch when she came into The City.
That's so young to die by a stroke.
-t - Sep 04, 2026 1:41:26 pm PDT #13836 of 13838
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've barely seen her in person, just at the F2F I think, and I don't think I even posted with her much here, somehow, but we got to be pretty friendly on FB. Shocked and sad.
Trudy Booth - Sep 04, 2026 2:01:18 pm PDT #13837 of 13838
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
Aw man. Bridget.
It was nearly a week later, and she was far too young - but there goes our third fabulous soul.
I once asked her why she'd moved to Minneapolis. She said that when you grow up in North (iirc) Dakota, that's the big city. It was a perspective I'd never considered before. Then she went on to San Francisco, then Sacramento. She took the world by leaps and bounds.