Hey, I've been in a firefight before! Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired from a fry-cook opportunity. I can handle myself.

Wash ,'War Stories'


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.


DavidS - May 02, 2024 12:42:43 pm PDT #66 of 3568
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

are you planning to lie, Smaug-like, on top of a pile of aging Buffistas?

Only if everyone committed to being soft and squishy.


Steph L. - May 02, 2024 12:48:12 pm PDT #67 of 3568
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

are you planning to lie, Smaug-like, on top of a pile of aging Buffistas?

Only if everyone committed to being soft and squishy.

Baby, I got this.


Dana - May 02, 2024 12:49:04 pm PDT #68 of 3568
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I managed not to listen to my husband's conversation with his parents about protests at college campuses, which is good, because now I don't have to wonder if his parents have ever given a shit about antisemitism before FOX started yelling.


Jessica - May 02, 2024 12:55:41 pm PDT #69 of 3568
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Only if everyone committed to being soft and squishy.

I've been training my whole life for this!


Steph L. - May 02, 2024 12:57:55 pm PDT #70 of 3568
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I've been training my whole life for this!

#TeamSquishy!


Atropa - May 02, 2024 1:31:32 pm PDT #71 of 3568
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Only if everyone committed to being soft and squishy.

That is so not a problem for me.


JenP - May 02, 2024 1:39:34 pm PDT #72 of 3568

genuinely can't imagine not working. The structure of a job is good for me.

I said very similar words to my husband over an early dinner at our pub-like place just now as I was recounting the retirement convo from the board. Like, I'm on a staycation this week, and I decided to play it be ear... not my best decision. I, too, benefit from structure. Thank goodness Shir is coming this weekend to shake me out of my sloth. For a visitor, I can plan and do! Just me? Eh.

My mom was a teacher, and she retired at, maybe 70, but really only because she just got fed up with students being ill-mannered and the administration being, well, an administration. Mentally and physically, she could have done 75 easy. And would have. I am hoping for the same, honestly.

A few of my friends are retiring early-ish. I'm surprisingly not feeling envious. Like, bully for them, and let.me.live vicariously through you and occasionally join you in your travels! Except.my camping friends. I will not join them. But I will happily ooh and ahh over their pictures.


JenP - May 02, 2024 1:40:06 pm PDT #73 of 3568

Oh, and, yeah, soft and squishy is my jam, fear not.


Steph L. - May 02, 2024 1:45:04 pm PDT #74 of 3568
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Oh, and, yeah, soft and squishy is my jam, fear not.

Aging Buffistas: committed to the soft and squishy lifestyle. (Although on that note, I'm off to lift weights. Any muscle I build just lurks beneath the softness and squishyness.)


JenP - May 02, 2024 1:46:45 pm PDT #75 of 3568

Though we be soft and squishy, we be strong.