First hummingbird of the season! Hooray!
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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 - Apr 30, 2025 6:46:07 am PDT #7022 of 8217
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 30, 2025 6:59:53 am PDT #7023 of 8217
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I find the bug zapper racquet to be particularly satisfying when electrocuting mosquitoes, David.
JenP - Apr 30, 2025 7:11:03 am PDT #7024 of 8217
Yay, hummingbirds and family gatherings!
And the satisfaction of bug zappers, if not the infestation requiring them
Today is DH's bday, which is low key, but I got him his card and little gifties + serenade, of course. Dinner on Saturday with a friend to celebrate officially.
Happy mid-week to you all.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 30, 2025 8:42:10 am PDT #7025 of 8217
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
For my fellow worker bees in publishing:
4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2025 8:53:15 am PDT #7026 of 8217
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence
It's scary on those mean streets!
brenda m - Apr 30, 2025 9:25:16 am PDT #7027 of 8217
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
Killed 8 this morning and 12 this afternoon.
8 in one blow?
/possibly obscure reference
askye - Apr 30, 2025 10:09:23 am PDT #7028 of 8217
Thrive to spite them
I wrote a post about how nice my past two days off were but something happened and it didn't post .
Anyway it was nice. Walked into a shitshow at work because our overnight crew is not good
-t - Apr 30, 2025 10:19:14 am PDT #7029 of 8217
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Deep cut, brenda
JenP - Apr 30, 2025 10:26:53 am PDT #7030 of 8217
Nice, Brenda (I had to look it up, full disclosure.)
Also -- the style guide wars, heh.
Glad you enjoyed your time off, askye!
meara - Apr 30, 2025 11:17:32 am PDT #7031 of 8217
That’s nice askye!
I just scheduled my first colonoscopy for next month. Whee? I do think it’s obnoxious that they demand the name of a person who will be accompanying you before they let you schedule. Like wtf—who I can get is very much going to be dependent on when it is! Anti single people is what that is.