Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.

Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'


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.


msbelle - Feb 24, 2025 11:02:18 am PST #5701 of 6968
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

It’s a slow moving Monday over here.

With Mac’s recovery from surgery, I have already logged 40 hours of time of work for his medical stuff in 2025. I think those hours each week have helped to keep me somewhat sane, but they are not serving the same purpose as say 40hours of vacation.


aurelia - Feb 24, 2025 11:32:23 am PST #5702 of 6968
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

There is a chance I’ll be meeting David Byrne in the next half hour or so for a demo at out scene shop.


Steph L. - Feb 24, 2025 11:34:58 am PST #5703 of 6968
I look more rad than Lutheranism

There is a chance I’ll be meeting David Byrne in the next half hour or so for a demo at out scene shop.

That's awesome!


DavidS - Feb 24, 2025 12:44:10 pm PST #5704 of 6968
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

There is a chance I’ll be meeting David Byrne in the next half hour or so for a demo at out scene shop.

Cool beans!

Zazie was delicious as usual, but as a bonus we were seated next to a young, romantic couple traveling together for the first time (to SF from SLC). He was originally from Rochester (where Tracey hails) and that opened a conversation with them which was really fun.

We walked them down to Haight Street and I showed them Borderland Books where we took our leave.

They looked well connected and were both in that stage of life where they wanted marriage and kids and I could see it in front of them. A blessing on the heads of Kristen and Brian.

This is her store: [link]

Here's her IG: [link]

Heh! [link]


Hil R. - Feb 24, 2025 2:08:25 pm PST #5705 of 6968
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

There is a chance I’ll be meeting David Byrne in the next half hour or so for a demo at out scene shop.

Cool!

My father's parents both naturalized a couple years before he was born, but their paperwork would definitely set off some automatic flags if it were ever run through a computer system -- his parents both experimented a bit with new "American" names (think like Wilhelm becoming Wallace, or things like that where the names aren't direct cognates), and they've got records using both names at different times.


-t - Feb 24, 2025 2:32:17 pm PST #5706 of 6968
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, aurelia, I hope that happened!


-t - Feb 24, 2025 3:26:14 pm PST #5707 of 6968
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Miss Kitty is determined to teach me all the keyboard shortcuts. I can apparently lock my keyboard for cleaning, who knew? I don't know how to do it, but I know it can be done. And I very much appreciate that doing so puts a message telling you how to unlock it again on screen!


JenP - Feb 24, 2025 3:30:15 pm PST #5708 of 6968

Ha! No kidding! Clever kitty.


meara - Feb 24, 2025 3:59:10 pm PST #5709 of 6968

That’s good design that it tells you how to unlock!


-t - Feb 24, 2025 4:02:11 pm PST #5710 of 6968
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It really is. Somebody was using their noodle!