Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.

Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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 10, 2024 12:59:17 pm PDT #2460 of 3384
Our wings are not tired.

In purely unscientific observation, There are far fewer Trump signs in this very red area. As in extremely rare, which was not the case in the prior 2 elections. Noticeably fewer. I have heard the same from friends and relatives in other red areas. I'm going to take it as a good indication. Or at least not a bad one.


Steph L. - Sep 10, 2024 12:59:27 pm PDT #2461 of 3384
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

She knows his playbook.

It's not just that he's a liar (though he obviously is), he's increasing incoherent verbally. For real, Trump's speech patterns remind me very very much of how my dad talks, and *he* hallucinates blue people and aliens in his apartment. I would be 110% UNsurprised to learn that Trump hallucinates people and/or aliens.


Gudanov - Sep 10, 2024 1:05:56 pm PDT #2462 of 3384
Coding and Sleeping

In purely unscientific observation, There are far fewer Trump signs in this very red area. As in extremely rare, which was not the case in the prior 2 elections.

They are all over the place here, but I wasn't here for the last election so it could be that there are less. It probably makes me a bit more pessimistic though.

Thing that is more encouraging: Trump's base was already locked in, numbers-wise. He was never going to get *more* voters.

His favorability is higher than it has been in the past, so Harris has to probably outperform Biden from 2020 and right now she isn't there yet, which is making me think Trump will win. She really needs to get back to his 2020 level with Black and Latino voters.


NoiseDesign - Sep 10, 2024 1:07:38 pm PDT #2463 of 3384
Our wings are not tired

That's a lot of firefighting.

We are opening a total of 32 Haunted Houses, across 5 states and they all open in a three week window. First ones opened last week, another round this weekend, and the final round the next weekend.


DavidS - Sep 10, 2024 1:17:54 pm PDT #2464 of 3384
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Stretch goals: Both NC and TX(!) are closer than they ought to be, because downticket races are dragging Trump down, rather than the opposite.

That's actually another big positive, the bounce Kamala got opened up more lines of attack that the Republicans have to spend time defending. So even if she doesn't win Texas, they have to spend money, energy and focus there to defend against down ballot effects.

Also, the GOP wasn't really spending money on NC before because they thought they had it in the bag. Now it's super tight. Also the GOP had a stretch goal of New Hampshire and have given up on that.

Ugh. It makes my stomach tight and I've got to focus on Matilda's travel stuff.


Cass - Sep 10, 2024 1:34:47 pm PDT #2465 of 3384
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

and I said, "doing anything good?" which let her say YES!!!

That's a fantastic way to ask and it allows them to give whatever details (or not) that they wish. I'd respond well to it and I don't like 'not friend' people asking for too many deets.

My first vote was on one of those! Very satisfying.

Me too! Our house was a polling place (it was vey small town back then) so I 'voted' a lot as a child. For every candidate. I loved punching the little chads.


JenP - Sep 10, 2024 2:10:15 pm PDT #2466 of 3384

Even so, I'd like to cast my absentee ballot and then be put into a drug-induced coma until after the election.

I feel this so hard.


Karl - Sep 10, 2024 2:47:51 pm PDT #2467 of 3384
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

trying hard to duck (say) Rita Moreno's phone calls.

Yeah, she's another one I'm not ready for. That "Heyyyyy you guyyyyyyys" from The Electric Company is literally one of my first childhood memories.


dcp - Sep 10, 2024 3:11:16 pm PDT #2468 of 3384
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

"Heyyyyy you guyyyyyyys" from The Electric Company

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-t - Sep 10, 2024 3:35:31 pm PDT #2469 of 3384
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Man, The Electric Company was amazing