Love isn't brains, children, it's blood, blood screaming inside you to work its will.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


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 - Oct 27, 2024 6:14:17 pm PDT #3106 of 4188
'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"

Given that left to my natural inclination, I'd wear out my favorite pair of shoes by wearing them every.damn.day, I've taken to having three pairs that I religiously switch between. I also don't want to track much outside dirt into the house, so I switch into slippers when I come in the front door, so they can get lined up and I know which pair gets used next.

I have to set these little habit traps for myself, or else I'd literally eat the same thing every day, wear t-shirts until they're in shreds, reread the same books...


Laura - Oct 27, 2024 6:37:41 pm PDT #3107 of 4188
Our wings are not tired.

99% of the time I wear sandals, but when I wore real shoes I found having the best socks made a real difference. Brendon goes through shoes at 10x the rate I do because he is huge, but having a rotation helps a lot.


Laura - Oct 28, 2024 5:44:48 am PDT #3108 of 4188
Our wings are not tired.

Today, we celebrate aurelia's birth! I hope this day brings nothing but joy and delight. May this year be everything you desire and more.


JenP - Oct 28, 2024 6:35:58 am PDT #3109 of 4188

Happiest of birthdays to you, aurelia!


msbelle - Oct 28, 2024 7:29:50 am PDT #3110 of 4188
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

My dog, is there anything more mind numbingly burning on a Monday morning than a backlog of required IT security videos???


Theodosia - Oct 28, 2024 7:46:18 am PDT #3111 of 4188
'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"

Woke up to the strong smell of smoke, though nothing was smoky throughout the house. Ran around checking, including the cellar! Stepped outside, could smell it strongly though no sirens or ominous smoke or firelight on the horizon.

Checked social media -- grass fires comfortably far off.

Still not a great start to the day.


lisah - Oct 28, 2024 8:16:42 am PDT #3112 of 4188
Punishingly Intricate

Happy birthday, Aurelia!!


meara - Oct 28, 2024 8:25:22 am PDT #3113 of 4188

Yikes that would be a scary way to wake up!! I recently saw a video about how a lot of fires start from bathroom fans that are full of dust and now I’m paranoid but not enough so that I’ve actually figured out how to, say, clean the fans.

I accomplished nothing this weekend. Which was nice but also I really should’ve done one or two things other than laundry and sitting on the couch watching TikTok or reading. Go for a run, or errands or cooking. Kicking myself a bit, because this is a rather busy week and I wish I’d set myself up better.

Happy birthday Aurelia!


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 28, 2024 8:34:48 am PDT #3114 of 4188
"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, aurelia!


-t - Oct 28, 2024 9:16:42 am PDT #3115 of 4188
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Happy aurelia day!

Ugh on Monday backlog of security videos. Fie on that! We hates them, precious.

Yikes, Theo, waking up smelling smoke is never fun!