We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.

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.


brenda m - Feb 03, 2025 1:29:42 pm PST #5136 of 5209
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Glad you’ve made it home David, and with JZ’s blessing.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 03, 2025 4:15:02 pm PST #5137 of 5209
"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 don't need a full scale invasion, I just want to watch Musk dragged out of the country by Mounties.

Personally I'd prefer polar bears whose habitat is being destroyed by the extra heat from his data centers, but I'm not that picky about who does the dragging so long as it gets done.


-t - Feb 03, 2025 4:24:58 pm PST #5138 of 5209
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Polar bears would be very satisfying


-t - Feb 03, 2025 4:26:05 pm PST #5139 of 5209
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Sorry about everything dental, Theo. Healing soothing vibes.


brenda m - Feb 03, 2025 4:43:28 pm PST #5140 of 5209
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Exeunt dragged by bears.


aurelia - Feb 03, 2025 5:55:35 pm PST #5141 of 5209
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Hooray for safe travels. David, that was a lovely dream. Brenda, I look forward to hearing about Cymbeline.

I have never noticed the lack of lit exit signs and running lights before in my life.
Ha! You'll never see that in Chicago.

I was distracted from the shit show of our government (and it's parasites) for a few hours by an emergency trip to the vet this morning. Gilda is home and resting now, but it turns out the sudden onset of vestibular disease is pretty disconcerting. She was upset because she didn't know why the world was spinning and I didn't know what was wrong or how to help her. Her eyes were jittering from side to side, poor old girl. She got some fluids and anti-nausea meds and her eyes settled down so now she just walks like she's drunk. Even so, she's highly offended that I piled stuff in all the high perches she likes to sit in. I tried to take away the ramp to the bed but she just jumped up anyway, so the ramp is back. I'll have to pill her once a day for a while (2 weeks maybe) so I hope the pill pockets are a welcome treat. This could either fade away on it's own or be a sign of something unwelcome in her brain. Given that she's nearly 20yrs old I decided not to go down the latter diagnostic path.


msbelle - Feb 03, 2025 6:34:55 pm PST #5142 of 5209
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Well I tried calling my rep and Senators tonight, but on the 2nd call the sound on my phone was cutting out. Not sure if it was on my end or theirs. I left 2 long messages about Musks illegal bs, but when the connection was bad again on the third call I bailed. I urged them to not vote, not allow a quorum, to let anything else more forward until this is stopped. Plan to call every night moving forward.

This is all fucking insane and I’ve got precious few nails left to bite.


DebetEsse - Feb 03, 2025 6:40:43 pm PST #5143 of 5209
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Weird. I also had a wonky connection to my Senator's local office


-t - Feb 03, 2025 6:55:45 pm PST #5144 of 5209
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I chickened out and just sent resistbot texts today, but my rep is having a “phone town hall” on Wednesday, so I’ll probably do that

My salesperson that is just back from maternity leave (like, I think her first day back might have been Friday? Definitely last week) was asking me something over chat and then kind of paused and asked how I was which was nice because she was clearly genuinely asking but also, jeez how do I even answer that? I said something about flailing a bit because everything but basically okay


Jesse - Feb 03, 2025 6:56:49 pm PST #5145 of 5209
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I had the same thing, and heard all of their phone systems were fucked. I did eventually get through to everyone. And apparently Warren and Markey both heard from enough people this morning, because by the end of the day I got fundraising emails from both of them about Musk.