I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?

Zoe ,'War Stories'


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.


Steph L. - Nov 19, 2024 2:12:40 pm PST #3530 of 3566
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Doctor. Fucking. Oz?!?!?!?!?!?

We are all gonna die.


DavidS - Nov 19, 2024 3:13:23 pm PST #3531 of 3566
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

In an attempt to get back to my daily gym schedule that I was on up north I have gone to a couple gyms here the last couple days. Did a muscular development class yesterday and an aqua fit class today.

Right the fuck on! The award for today's Excellence In Body Movement goes to Laura. Gold star!


Calli - Nov 19, 2024 3:19:26 pm PST #3532 of 3566
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Go gym-istas!

I’m getting my exercise from packing and taking out amazing amounts of trash and recycling. I’m also glad that I’m moving on the 25th, rather than the 23rd that I’d been shooting for, as that gives me another weekend for packing. Packing, packing, all is packing.


Steph L. - Nov 19, 2024 3:41:12 pm PST #3533 of 3566
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

and an aqua fit class today

Aqua fit sounds fun -- is it fun?


Laura - Nov 19, 2024 4:00:50 pm PST #3534 of 3566
Our wings are not tired.

Doctor. Fucking. Oz?!?!?!?!?!?

Seriously, the clown car is most impressive.

Packing more than counts as exercise.

Aqua fit sounds fun -- is it fun?

It is! The best part is being in the pool and not getting all sweaty. The instructor this morning was a hoot. Lance was wearing mid-thigh length skin tight leopard print shorts and had an abundance of tattoos from his time in the Navy. By the time the class was over we heard about his dad leaving Texas and moving to Naples next week, and this restaurant, and the art show at that place, and his birthday Thursday. He was chatty chatty. Most all the others were regulars.

The class yesterday had a fun activity toward the end of the Full Hour torture class. 14 of us in a circle tossing a ball around the circle, one direction then the other, then she kept adding balls until we had 5 of them going. Fetch, toss, fetch, toss until we all were in stitches and started getting clumsy. It was a twist the middle exercise.


amyparker - Nov 19, 2024 7:07:04 pm PST #3535 of 3566
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

Our pho place called at 2.30 and said "We're closing at 4 to give everyone the chance to get home safely; we need you to pick up your order by then." The Port Townsend/Coupeville ferry route stopped running 15 minutes ago, and one of the boats on the Edmonds route has already tied up for the night. I'm hoping I can get the sheets dry before the power goes out.


amyparker - Nov 19, 2024 7:23:19 pm PST #3536 of 3566
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

... and a large branch just came down on the patio. We're all right, but this is going to be an unnecessarily exciting evening.


-t - Nov 19, 2024 7:43:48 pm PST #3537 of 3566
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Dang! Stay safe parker!


amyparker - Nov 19, 2024 10:15:52 pm PST #3538 of 3566
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

And the power is out! Is DARK here at night, and our neighbors' generator is very noisy. 324,000 other folks going to bed early, too.


Theodosia - Nov 20, 2024 3:47:51 am PST #3539 of 3566
'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"

And here on the other coast, we're actually hoping for a big storm tomorrow, to put out all the brush fires and wet down the fuel for others. It's been a very dry summer/fall.

I've got a couple bus trips today, which are always an effort, especially because one of them is to deliver and pickup a lunch group, literally in the middle of Harvard Square, at the Russell House Tavern. I'm literally going to have to 'park' in the middle of an intersection. SIGH