Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.

'Hell Bound'


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.


Theodosia - Aug 04, 2024 4:04:49 am PDT #1927 of 3459
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Hugs to you too, Shir.


Steph L. - Aug 04, 2024 4:49:23 am PDT #1928 of 3459
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Shir, I'm glad to hear you're safe.


meara - Aug 04, 2024 7:40:49 am PDT #1929 of 3459

That’s good to hear, Shir. I’m sorry shit continues to be insane like that for so long.


Karl - Aug 04, 2024 9:39:23 am PDT #1930 of 3459
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

I am safe and sound in San Leandro. This move has easily been the most traumatic of my life, but I am with people who will take good care of me. (Mike just went to Costco and brought back donuts for the household.)

I love you all, and I am keeping up with Natter, but I probably won't be posting much for at least the next month.

In particular:

Tom, the hug I shared with you at JZ's gathering continues to warm my heart and make me smile. I was telling my household here that among this group of really wonderful, loving people, you stand out to me as one of the gentlest, warmest souls I know. I am so sorry for your loss. Please remember that you are so, so loved here.

Shir, getting to share a hug with you was truly wonderful; I am so glad you could come out and see us and feel our love for you. I will continue to hope for compassion and safety for you and those around you.


erikaj - Aug 04, 2024 11:31:27 am PDT #1931 of 3459
Always Anti-fascist!

Awww, babe.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 04, 2024 12:53:53 pm PDT #1932 of 3459
"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

Glad to hear you're safe Shir, and simultaneously sad that it's necessary for you to be in a place with a shelter to make that so.


askye - Aug 04, 2024 1:40:48 pm PDT #1933 of 3459
Thrive to spite them

Tom lots of love to you. (((Tom)))

Shir I'm glad you are safe

Karl. I'm sorry you've had such a rough time but I'm glad you are with people who care about you and can help.


Sheryl - Aug 04, 2024 1:52:41 pm PDT #1934 of 3459
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I'm so sorry, Tom.

I have a new phone. It's a smartphone, but a very basic one. The T-Mobile store didn't have any dumb phones, so I went to Best Buy, which only had Jitterbug phones in stock.(They could order me a dumb phone, but it wouldn't be available until Thursday.) Went back to the T-Mobile store and bought the smartphone and a charger. Didn't know most smartphones don't come with a charger.


Tom Scola - Aug 04, 2024 3:47:34 pm PDT #1935 of 3459
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Sorry you have to go through that, Shir.

At the end of May, I went to a family gathering, and saw my Mom the last time before this Friday. She had slowly but steadily been declining for years, and she had just received her cancer diagnosis, and I knew that the end was coming soon. In the end, it wasn’t the cancer that got her, but the cancer treatments left her in such a bad state that she finally just gave up.

I’ve been in such a deep funk all summer, which I was in denial about the causes of, but after she died, with me there to see it, I now feel like a weight has been lifted off me.

I grew up in Northern New Jersey, but my Mom was from the Jersey Shore, and she moved back about 15 years ago. My sisters researched our ancestry, and Mom has very deep roots to the area. My sister pointed out the graveyard behind the funeral home, and said that my Mom has relatives there going back to the Eighteenth Century.

Thanks, everyone, for your support.


Pix - Aug 04, 2024 3:50:52 pm PDT #1936 of 3459
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

I’ve been in such a deep funk all summer, which I was in denial about the causes of, but after she died, with me there to see it, I now feel like a weight has been lifted off me.

Oh, Tom. It's so hard, but I'm so glad to hear this. Waiting for someone to die is...I don't even know how to finish that sentence. But I'm glad to hear you're feeling a tiny bit of respite.

Shir, I'm so sorry this continues to be your reality. Thinking about you.