Yes. Lucky for you, people may be in danger.

Buffy ,'Him'


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 - Mar 13, 2025 7:40:50 pm PDT #6138 of 6171
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

Our DEI task force is still active and engaged. The global head of DEI has had a title change - It’s possible this preceded all of this and I just didn’t notice - but she’s director of culture and experience

Everybody raise your hand if you know exactly where your passport or birth certificate is!

Me because I just had to order a new birth certificate. I also got my passport renewed in November. For reasons.


Steph L. - Mar 13, 2025 7:47:34 pm PDT #6139 of 6171
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I have to get a new Social Security card, though maybe sooner rather than later.

I used to keep mine in my wallet (I know you're not supposed to do that), and now I have no idea where it is. Did I throw it out with a previous wallet? That doesn't feel like a thing I would do. But it sure isn't in the current wallet.

Everybody raise your hand if you know exactly where your passport or birth certificate is!

I want to raise my hand, but I feel like I'd be jinxing myself if I did. Like, I'd go to look in the accordion file where I'm...96% sure my birth certificate is, and poof! it would be gone.

For real, my mom kept my birth certificate in my baby album and wouldn't give it to me until after I graduated and insisted she hand it over.

Now I'm gonna go check the accordion file. Which is where I'm...80% sure my (very expired) passport is.


meara - Mar 13, 2025 7:51:22 pm PDT #6140 of 6171

I know where my passport is! My birth certificate I have a copy of but not 100% sure it would be a legal type copy or if I’d need to order a new one with like a seal or something.

I am at the gym. I’ve done 2/3 of my workout. But now I need to do abs and have to psych myself up.


-t - Mar 13, 2025 8:06:37 pm PDT #6141 of 6171
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I carry my passport card with me all the time. I am pretty sure my actual passport and birth certificate are in the fireproof safe but I’m not sure where I stashed the safe. Or where the keys to the safe are. That stuff is very safe from both me and fire.


Steph L. - Mar 13, 2025 8:17:41 pm PDT #6142 of 6171
I look more rad than Lutheranism

My birth certificate WAS exactly where I thought it would be! Woo hoo! Bonus: tucked up next to my birth certificate was...my Social Security card!!! I don't remember putting it there, but it makes sense they're together.

My passport was not with them. The other place I think it might be is in the bedroom, and I'll check before I go to bed.

Total lunar eclipse tonight, y'all! Depending on where you are in the US, the timing of totality ranges from Late to Jesus Christ It's Late.


lisah - Mar 13, 2025 8:44:55 pm PDT #6143 of 6171
Punishingly Intricate

I know where my passport is but not my birth certificate. Is it in my safe deposit box? Maybe?

I’m going to meet a couple friends at 230 and sit on a roof and watch the eclipse. It feels like the right thing to do in these trying times


brenda m - Mar 13, 2025 9:41:29 pm PDT #6144 of 6171
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

Steph L. - Mar 13, 2025 9:44:32 pm PDT #6145 of 6171
I look more rad than Lutheranism

...did the eclipse get Brenda?


Laura - Mar 14, 2025 6:15:47 am PDT #6146 of 6171
Our wings are not tired.

I went outside at around 2 and saw much of the moon hidden, but when I went out at what was supposed to be totality it was covered by a cloud. It likely would have cleared, but I went back to sleep. I do have to walk over to the beach for the full moon rise tonight since it is at a decent 8 PM and the forecast calls for completely clear skies.

I've been listening to BBC News in the morning. This morning, the discussion involved how to proceed now that the US has proven to be completely unreliable. With a side of do we just have to deal with this for 4 years or is this a more permanent change. It is just so depressing.

I should be absent today because I need to do something with my house! It doesn't take much for a smaller place to be completely out of order.


brenda m - Mar 14, 2025 6:34:58 am PDT #6147 of 6171
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

I think I was outside around the same time Laura. I was too tired and cold to wait for the totality though.