Timelies all!
Hi CaBil! Malice is one of my regular cons, and it's local to me.(I Metro to and from there.)
However, this weekend Gary and I will be in Boston for Boskone.
Do not get me started on RFK Jr......(I work for NIH)
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
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.
Sheryl - Feb 13, 2025 3:11:43 pm PST #5487 of 5705
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Dana - Feb 13, 2025 3:12:40 pm PST #5488 of 5705
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm taking a little bit of comfort remembering how quickly Trump churned through people in his first term.
Emily - Feb 13, 2025 3:24:15 pm PST #5489 of 5705
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I have to get to the place where reading nonsense treated as established fact doesn't raise my temperature. If they say, "you are under arrest because you are a frog" when they mean "you are under arrest because we have power and you don't," they don't care that you're not a frog. I need to get to a place where I can focus my anger on the misuse of power, not on the accusation of froggishness. Right now I'm getting mad at both, which is a waste of time. How long we've been at war with Eastasia is not the problem.
Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2025 3:43:28 pm PST #5490 of 5705
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
That’s six officials who resigned, triple the number that happened during the Saturday Night Massacre.
There’s a fourth deputy that hasn’t resigned yet, but that’s because they are currently giving birth, two sources tell NBC News.
sj - Feb 13, 2025 4:31:27 pm PST #5491 of 5705
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ltc is busy packing for her grandparents’ house this weekend singing “it’s okay to punch nazi’s”. Just the refrain over and over again.
msbelle - Feb 13, 2025 4:36:25 pm PST #5492 of 5705
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The SDNY stuff is bananas, but every day is bananas now.
I feel like the country is just sleepwalking through this.
sj - Feb 13, 2025 5:08:20 pm PST #5493 of 5705
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
There is so much bananas stuff I don’t know where to concentrate on anymore. Which, is probably the point.
DavidS - Feb 13, 2025 5:29:18 pm PST #5494 of 5705
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Okay, I've finished my Onerous Task List, having made a chicken soup (and delivered some to my pregnant friend Eleanor - 32 weeks!), and braving the rain to pick up stuff I'd forgotten (including homemade marmalade with ginger).
Now I'm meeting up with a friend at Alembic as reward.
Laura - Feb 14, 2025 6:05:26 am PST #5495 of 5705
Our wings are not tired.
Today I am celebrating the anniversary of my dad's birth! He would have been 104 and we always said he was a sweetheart.
Things on the homefront are not so great. My son and his girlfriend are down here for her grandmother's funeral, and last night, my son tested positive for flu-A. She is fine but doesn't drive and probably won't fly back without him. But she should! We'll see once they get up. He is hacking away in the other room and had a 103 fever yesterday. Ugh.
JenP - Feb 14, 2025 7:00:46 am PST #5496 of 5705
Oh, boo, Laura, I'm so sorry. I hope he feels better soon.