Could you ask, "Hey, how did [step-daughter] like [present]? Should I get her something different next time?"
Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.
'Objects In Space'
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.
dcp - Feb 18, 2025 7:19:15 pm PST #5578 of 5692
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
DavidS - Feb 18, 2025 7:37:46 pm PST #5579 of 5692
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ugh. I am tired and my back is sore but I have excavated the bedroom.
Things that had not been moved since Jacqueline died are now off the floor and sorted.
It still needs to be vacuumed and dusted and some of the stuff needs to go to the attic or Garden Apartment.
But I can see the floor and the air filter is working again.
meara - Feb 18, 2025 9:37:08 pm PST #5580 of 5692
I did the onerous task of changing a lightbulb I can’t reach (it’s at the top of the stairs and I can’t put a ladder there and it’s very high!) Borrowed my neighbor’s extendible light bulb holder thing and managed to get the old one out and the new one in…but bungled it and now the outer liner bit that makes a nice edge around the hole in the ceiling fell halfway out and I can’t get it back up. Doh!!
CaBil - Feb 19, 2025 5:46:45 am PST #5581 of 5692
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
DOGE wants to destroy the covid tests that were being sent out to the public, but were stopped for now. Grab them while they are there!
Laura - Feb 19, 2025 5:58:19 am PST #5582 of 5692
Our wings are not tired.
Zooming in to celebrate Beverly today! Happiest of happy birthday wishes. May the day be filled with treats and may the year to come bring an abundance of joy.
lisah - Feb 19, 2025 7:13:17 am PST #5583 of 5692
Punishingly Intricate
Happy birthday, Bev!
The team we worked with at OPM were all fired, the Office of Communication. We’re not sure what it means for our contract yet so we’re just keeping on keeping on.
-t - Feb 19, 2025 7:59:51 am PST #5584 of 5692
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oof, lisah
-t - Feb 19, 2025 8:00:29 am PST #5585 of 5692
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy day, Bev!
meara - Feb 19, 2025 8:24:52 am PST #5586 of 5692
Yikes Lisah. My bff works for the NIH and said several of her coworkers were fired over the weekend. Which is just shitty—like, why over a long weekend? Or on Valentine’s Day? Have the decency to wait until people are back at work on Tuesday or some shit. But there is no decency to be found. I feel like for a couple days I was calming down from my “fuck we are all fucked and the economy is fucked and fascism is here and how do I fleeeeeeee” internal narrative and now it’s back.
aurelia - Feb 19, 2025 10:09:20 am PST #5587 of 5692
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Every day just feels a little harder, doesn't it? I'm still trying to figure out how to get involved in community efforts. I'm still doggedly writing postcards for the April 1 election. I'm trying to find a bank that will cash my treasury bonds, but I fear it's already too late. Mailing them in will likely be a waste of a stamp. In the meantime, I need to find a dress to wear for my nephew's wedding and one part of my brain is saying why not spend a fortune now before US currency is worthless? It really is too much, but I mean... [link]