We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!

Anya ,'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.


meara - Jul 02, 2025 12:33:25 pm PDT #8051 of 8078

Hah I got connections but only got wordle on try 6 after trying two things I knew couldn’t be the answer because I could t figure out any words that fit!


Steph L. - Jul 02, 2025 12:37:42 pm PDT #8052 of 8078
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I stopped doing Connections a while ago. It did not spark joy. I love Letter Boxed, though, and nobody ever talks about it.

only got wordle on try 6 after trying two things I knew couldn’t be the answer because I could t figure out any words that fit!

Ha! I got the Wordle on 6 because apparently you can spell more than one word with those letters, and I only guessed the correct word on try #6.


-t - Jul 02, 2025 12:40:17 pm PDT #8053 of 8078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I was on top of Connections today although I only got purple because it was the last four left. Wordle was tough, I had an all yellow 2nd guess and took quite a while working out how to rearrange that into the actual answer


-t - Jul 02, 2025 12:40:59 pm PDT #8054 of 8078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

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Steph L. - Jul 02, 2025 12:41:09 pm PDT #8055 of 8078
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

The power went out here -- as I came home from therapy at 2-ish I saw the power company's truck at the top of the street, where there is a VERY damaged electric pole. And I thought "Yikes, I'm glad they're fixing that!" But I didn't realize it would mean our power would have to go out. The washing machine was right in the middle of a load of towels, dang it.

If you look at the outage map (I posted a picture on FB), out house is literally right on the border of the area with the outage. We were so close to not losing power! [crying emoji] At least it's MUCH less humid here today, so it shouldn't get too bad in the house. And my laptop has 100% battery, so I have no excuse not to work.


Steph L. - Jul 02, 2025 12:42:13 pm PDT #8056 of 8078
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I had an all yellow 2nd guess

Was your all-yellow guess the word "runic," by any chance? I guessed that before I guessed the real word. In retrospect it's a weird choice, but it's what popped into my undercaffeinated brain.


Jessica - Jul 02, 2025 12:58:58 pm PDT #8057 of 8078
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Wordle in 4 today, haven't tried Connections yet.


Trudy Booth - Jul 02, 2025 12:59:31 pm PDT #8058 of 8078
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Wordle I get very worked up about. I got to 138 once. After that I switched to picking a start word from the Mini and have never even broken a hundred again.

Connections I play, but I'm not all that emotionally invested.


P.M. Marc - Jul 02, 2025 1:34:49 pm PDT #8059 of 8078
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

My nails are vermilion with a green to gold shimmer topper. The topper makes the polish beneath look more to orange side of things than the red side of things. I expect that this Bee's Knees lacquer is going to look awfully similar when it arrives next week. [link]


brenda m - Jul 02, 2025 1:35:06 pm PDT #8060 of 8078
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

Was your all-yellow guess the word "___" by any chance?

I had that one as an all yellow before I got the actual answer.

Connections was a beast today.

The Bee dictionary has some noticeable gaps, but they have updated it to include some things that got a lot of pushback.

Wordle I get very worked up about. I got to 138 once.

Wait, what does that mean?