My work's illegal, but at least it's honest.

Mal ,'Shindig'


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.


Dana - Sep 18, 2024 12:15:21 pm PDT #2638 of 4200
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Yep, Richmond.


erikaj - Sep 18, 2024 12:22:52 pm PDT #2639 of 4200
Always Anti-fascist!

Thanks for the birthday wishes! Wow, Tep, you picked up a bad one. feel better fast. During college, I finally stopped doing mom's warrior-woman, show-up sick thing. (Although I still got surprised a time or two, the dining hall was a menace. Good to remember if I get too nostalgic.)


Calli - Sep 18, 2024 6:16:28 pm PDT #2640 of 4200
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Happy birthday, erikaj!

Good luck with the move, Dana!

Throat~ma , Steph.


Laura - Sep 19, 2024 10:16:38 am PDT #2641 of 4200
Our wings are not tired.

Quiet day! My day started with the gym like every day, then my sister and I decided to break with habit and stopped at the market and got awesome breakfast sandwiches. My sister only eats once daily so breakfast isn't her thing. Then the NYT had an article with their 50 most popular recipes over the 10 years of the cooking section so I downloaded a bunch.

Watching the leaves float to the ground outside my windows and listening to the ongoing construction here. I might have kitchen cabinets before Brendon goes back to Florida. He's been putting in 12-hour days on it. My other construction dudes have been putting up walls and pocket doors in the bedrooms this week. It is a noisy house. It's an incredible renovation, but it has at least one more summer to go before it is done.


Steph L. - Sep 19, 2024 1:20:58 pm PDT #2642 of 4200
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Watching the leaves float to the ground outside my windows

I saw the picture you posted on Facebook, of the red leaves on the red car -- pretty leaves! The leaves aren't changing here yet, so I have to live vicariously through pictures. The aspens were just starting to turn color when I was in Colorado, at least up in Breckenridge. Down in Denver they weren't turning yet.

My throat still hurts, but less than yesterday. I'm still sticking to soft food and popsicles. Our wedding anniversary is Saturday, and I'd like to be able to eat sushi to celebrate. (Sushi should be soft enough, but I feel like wasabi will be nothing but pain on my throat.)


Pix - Sep 19, 2024 5:11:53 pm PDT #2643 of 4200
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Happy Birthday, erika!

Yay, Dana!

I hope you keep feeling better, Tep.

Guys. The condo closes tomorrow morning. I won't believe it until the paperwork is official, but...I think it's finally happening. I can't tell you what I relief that will be. I have a feeling I may cry a bit. Aside from dealing with his taxes next year, this is the last piece of Dad's estate I need to wrap up.


Steph L. - Sep 19, 2024 5:14:16 pm PDT #2644 of 4200
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Guys. The condo closes tomorrow morning.

SUCH good news, Pix!


Laura - Sep 19, 2024 5:16:27 pm PDT #2645 of 4200
Our wings are not tired.

Finally, Pix. It will be such a weight off your shoulders!


Cass - Sep 19, 2024 5:57:16 pm PDT #2646 of 4200
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Tep, I'd advise against wasabi. But I hope you have lots of delicious sushi.

K, I am so relieved the condo closes tomorrow. I will be nervous with you until it is Done Done.


DavidS - Sep 19, 2024 6:46:38 pm PDT #2647 of 4200
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Guys. The condo closes tomorrow morning.

Phew! What a relief for you!