Thank you everyone. I’m having a very nice day and am avoiding focusing on the news until tomorrow.
We're still working on a plan, but so far it involves being sent to prison and becoming somebody's bitch.
Fred ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
sj - Jul 03, 2025 3:24:06 pm PDT #8108 of 8121
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Steph L. - Jul 03, 2025 3:30:58 pm PDT #8109 of 8121
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
She has beer, water, chips, hot dog buns….and a case of bananas. I’m fascinated what is happening at this bbq she’s throwing.
Post-race (5K, 10K, marathon) BBQ?
JenP - Jul 03, 2025 3:31:27 pm PDT #8110 of 8121
Yah, no plans for the 4th and big feeling of disgust for the shameless, spineless, cruel assholes who passed that monstrosity. May they all suffer tenfold what they are inflicting on so many.
Tone shift: I do Wordle, Connections, and Strands first thing. Then I'll do Letterbox (I try to get two guesses under par, but I don't always succeed in the lower ones) and Sudoku Easy (which is just silly, but it's soothing) at some point in the day, usually. Same re: Tiles, Trudy.
I haven't done Spelling Bee in a while, but I did used to be pretty obsessive. Might start again... maybe.
DH and I do the Mini and the Crossword together in the evening. And now I print out an old NYT or two of whichever day of the week it is from the archives to practice for next year's tournament! Yes, I track my times.
-t - Jul 03, 2025 3:50:18 pm PDT #8111 of 8121
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I like sudoku when I have time for it but I don't feel bad about skipping it. I'm surprised how much I like Strands. Never thought I was into word searches, but it's very satisfying
-t - Jul 03, 2025 3:50:54 pm PDT #8112 of 8121
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Banana splits and someone else is providing the ice cream?
Steph L. - Jul 03, 2025 3:55:23 pm PDT #8113 of 8121
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I play sudoku all the time on my phone. I even tell myself from time to time "You have been conned into DOING MATH! This is not a game; it is sneaky math!" and yet I keep on playing it like it's my second job.
-t - Jul 03, 2025 4:25:11 pm PDT #8114 of 8121
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I mean, most games could be described as sneaky math if you get into it
Laura - Jul 03, 2025 7:18:59 pm PDT #8115 of 8121
Our wings are not tired.
I do the Microsoft Sudoku. Level 920 at this point. I just do the daily challenge stuff.
Avoiding the news. The part that upsets me the most is that the changes won't go into effect until after the midterm elections and the uninformed idiots won't know what is about to hit them until after they vote their deplorable representatives back into office again.
lisah - Jul 03, 2025 7:24:22 pm PDT #8116 of 8121
Punishingly Intricate
My grandparents owned a dairy where they delivered milk and made ice cream. My grandfather used to buy bunches of bananas at a time for splits but he’d tell the people at the store that they were for the chimps at the (nearby) DuPont experimental station.
-t - Jul 03, 2025 8:22:27 pm PDT #8117 of 8121
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That’s some classic grandfather shenanigans right there