Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.

Zoe ,'The Train Job'


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.


DavidS - Jan 14, 2025 7:33:28 am PST #4520 of 4541
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I actually love a pure meat chili

That's what I switched to when I went on a low carb/high protein diet. I use ground hot Italian sausage and ground beef. I will add mushrooms but otherwise it's meat, onions, jalapenos and tomatoes. And I hit it with every umami thing I've got in my spice rack. Then I serve it with melted cheese, salsa and a dab of Greek yogurt (which serves all my sour cream needs with more protein).


Steph L. - Jan 14, 2025 7:41:14 am PST #4521 of 4541
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I always default to "but beans are full of protein!" And they are, but I forget they're starchy, too, and therefore problematic for people who are avoiding starchy foods. I love a bean-y chili.

I had insomnia so bad last night that I'm not 100% sure I'm awake right now. My brain feels like it's been replaced with dirty gym socks.


Steph L. - Jan 14, 2025 8:56:58 am PST #4522 of 4541
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Our neighbors across the street have had a work truck for a basement/foundation repair company in front of their house every day since last Thursday, and as the project seems to be getting longer and longer I'm left to wonder: is there something worse than a hellmouth? Because I think that's what these folks are repairing.

Mega-hellmouth.
Uber-hellmouth.
Hellmouth 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Hellmouth 2: Hellmouth Harder.
2 Fast 2 Hellmouth.


Dana - Jan 14, 2025 8:58:55 am PST #4523 of 4541
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

2 Hellier 2 Mouthier.


Steph L. - Jan 14, 2025 9:07:13 am PST #4524 of 4541
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Hellmouth: Fury Road (okay, that one only works if the War Boys are in the basement, which -- THEY MIGHT BE)
I Still Know What the Hellmouth Did Last Summer
Indiana Jones and the Hellmouth of Doom


Steph L. - Jan 14, 2025 9:08:49 am PST #4525 of 4541
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Anyway, nothing demonic has escaped through the neighbor's open garage door, so I'm assuming that the hellmouth repair company is really good at their job.


dcp - Jan 14, 2025 9:12:33 am PST #4526 of 4541
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Hellmouth Interventions LLC. "Foundations repaired, while you wait...and wait...and wait...."


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 14, 2025 10:01:46 am PST #4527 of 4541
"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

I hope to never have personal knowledge of the issue, but foundation repair does seem like one of those things that could require a lot of time and prep work.


JenP - Jan 14, 2025 11:03:25 am PST #4528 of 4541

Anyway, nothing demonic has escaped through the neighbor's open garage door

THAT YOU KNOW OF


Steph L. - Jan 14, 2025 11:12:26 am PST #4529 of 4541
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Anyway, nothing demonic has escaped through the neighbor's open garage door

THAT YOU KNOW OF

When I texted "nothing demonic has escaped" to Tim, this is his exact reply: "The Gentlemen, in dark suits, carrying briefcases and riding invisible Segways, might be coming out of that basement." (I replied "It’s so cold that I think they’d turn their invisible Segways back around and return to the toasty warm hellmouth.")