Fred: Oh my God! Angel, you're…cute! Angel: Fred, don't! Fred: Oh, but the little hands! And the hair! Angel: Hey! You're fired.

'Smile Time'


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.


-t - Sep 26, 2024 8:22:33 am PDT #2720 of 4159
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am very curious to hear anyone's thoughts on the mayoral stuff as I know nothing at all beyond what the couple of articles I skimmed through in the parking lot this morning. Also, sad about the disappointing fish and chips-not-grits situation. When my brother was down a couple of weeks ago we all went out to a vegan soul food place and the first three things I saw on the menu and asked about they only serve at Sunday brunch, but the food I ended up getting was really good so that was a much better outcome.

Intrigued by this Zingerman's thing - thank-you cheese box is a great idea!


Steph L. - Sep 26, 2024 8:24:05 am PDT #2721 of 4159
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Intrigued by this Zingerman's thing - thank-you cheese box is a great idea!

I literally hit Send on the order like 2 minutes ago! I went with a box of 3 cheeses plus a lovely little loaf of bread.


Tom Scola - Sep 26, 2024 8:51:28 am PDT #2722 of 4159
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Crime makes you stupid.


Laura - Sep 26, 2024 9:01:09 am PDT #2723 of 4159
Our wings are not tired.

Clearly. Apparently, arrogance does the same.


Laura - Sep 26, 2024 9:09:48 am PDT #2724 of 4159
Our wings are not tired.

The worst I've heard is the forgetting his cell phone password. Really, dude. You are not helping yourself.


Dana - Sep 26, 2024 9:12:45 am PDT #2725 of 4159
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

The excerpts of the indictment that people are posting are pretty funny.


DavidS - Sep 26, 2024 9:34:31 am PDT #2726 of 4159
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Today is Matilda's 18th birthday!

Y'all have watched over her since she was still in utero, and now she's able to go drinking in Paris. Which is where she's headed in a few weeks.

But for today, she's getting her first tattoo, which is in tribute to Jacqueline.

It's an image of the Little Prince, which JZ read to her often growing up, but with a Blue Moon to acknowledge her passing since she left us on a Blue Moon.

Tonight we will all go out to dinner including a surprise appearance from her bestie, Iris, who is flying up from San Diego just to see her.


Laura - Sep 26, 2024 10:08:18 am PDT #2727 of 4159
Our wings are not tired.

Happiest birthday wishes to Matilda!


Jessica - Sep 26, 2024 12:27:26 pm PDT #2728 of 4159
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

It's an image of the Little Prince, which JZ read to her often growing up, but with a Blue Moon to acknowledge her passing since she left us on a Blue Moon.

That is really beautiful.

Both of my kids have decided recently that they want piercings (ears for A, eyebrow for D). I told them they had to think about it for two weeks.


-t - Sep 26, 2024 1:38:52 pm PDT #2729 of 4159
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw, I love M's planned tattoo! And going to Paris! Although I don't think you have to be 18 to drink there...I am pretty sure I was 15 the one night I was in Paris and ordered a bottle of champagne mostly because they let me

When I was a teen, my family was friendly with another family whose kids were approximately the same age as us. One guy in that family wanted to pierce his ear, and his mom told him she wouldn't tell him not to but to be absolutely sure and to remember that he would probably look more and more like his father as he aged and how would his father look if he had an earring. He didn't do it.

I totally messed up having lunch. I went to Panera on Tuesday and got a sandwich and a whole salad, so the sandwich was lunch and dinner on Tuesday and half the salad was yesterday's lunch. Today I didn't feel like having the rest of the salad, but I kept doing work instead of deciding what I did feel like and arranging for that, so I ended up having the leftover salad after all and it was not super delicious and I'm still hungry and the whole experience has been unsatisfactory