I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.

Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'


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.


JenP - Jul 09, 2024 6:50:37 am PDT #1439 of 3480

Happy Birthday, sarameg! (Just in case...)

I have two more days of work, them I'm going to a weekend event and working a table with a non-profit I supoort/work very part-time for, run by a dear friend. It's going to be at a NASCAR race in the Poconos. Not my usual crowd, so it'll be interesting.

Not as hot as it's been, which is nice, and one of the ladies who's coming is bringing a big-ass canopy/tent thing, so... shady, at least. Wish me... something.

ETA: It's not the crowd I'm even so much wondering about. My friend, bless, is as kind as can be and also conservative (not a Trumpist) as are a majority of her volunteers (no idea). I just wish for literally zero political talk, because I just cannot.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 09, 2024 7:06:07 am PDT #1440 of 3480
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Happy Birthday, sarameg!

We had a great delayed Independence Day backyard BBQ with the extended family Saturday. Even the weather was nice, when I'd expected it to be sweltering. So much good food, and a reminder that I really enjoy my cousins' company.


Jessica - Jul 09, 2024 7:06:46 am PDT #1441 of 3480
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Happy birthday sarameg!


Toddson - Jul 09, 2024 7:11:10 am PDT #1442 of 3480
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

My suggestion for irony of the week - in the UK, Boris Johnson turned up at the polling place, but he hadn't brought his ID with him (which he had pushed for) and was turned away without voting


Toddson - Jul 09, 2024 7:11:44 am PDT #1443 of 3480
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

And, because it deserves its own post - Happy Birthday sarameg! !


lisah - Jul 09, 2024 7:45:16 am PDT #1444 of 3480
Punishingly Intricate

Happy birthday, sarameg!!


P.M. Marc - Jul 09, 2024 9:14:39 am PDT #1445 of 3480
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

The French news would be better if the French left weren't almost as rabidly antisemitic as the French right.


-t - Jul 09, 2024 10:36:07 am PDT #1446 of 3480
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Happy birthday, sarameg!


Laura - Jul 09, 2024 11:15:55 am PDT #1447 of 3480
Our wings are not tired.

I just wish for literally zero political talk, because I just cannot.

Have a wonderful, and non-political time!

So much good food, and a reminder that I really enjoy my cousins' company.

Nice! Good times with family are the way to spend holidays.

in the UK, Boris Johnson turned up at the polling place, but he hadn't brought his ID with him (which he had pushed for) and was turned away without voting

Bwah! Love it.

I hear you on the French, Plei, but they have to be better than Le Pen.


P.M. Marc - Jul 09, 2024 2:05:04 pm PDT #1448 of 3480
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I hear you on the French, Plei, but they have to be better than Le Pen.

Yes, absolutely! Sadly, not as much better for French Jews as one might think, but better for the rest of France for sure.