You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.

River ,'Objects In Space'


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.


-t - Aug 16, 2025 7:05:14 pm PDT #8839 of 9171
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Did she use the example from David Copperfield ?

I don’t think so and I suspect I would remember if she did. It was English Lit I took from her - we had a series of subs before she took over, we read an excerpt from Beowulf 3 times because each sub had us start at the beginning of the textbook. We *must* have read some Dickens, right? Maybe A Christmas Carol. But there was no crossover between the two classes, I don’t think.

Free Enterprise was part of the Social Studies curriculum, we did Civics as freshman, American History sophomore year, and Free Enterprise for half of junior year (what went in the other half? Not like there were a bunch of one semester electives lying around to fill that in. Hmm) and that was all that was required for that. I remember a lot from Civics and History (and the World History class I took as an elective senior year) but nothing from Free Enterprise


-t - Aug 16, 2025 7:07:36 pm PDT #8840 of 9171
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

And the econ class I took in college the prof read from his work-in-progress novel the beginning of each lecture and our final was cancelled because he had to go to rehab, so I wouldn’t say I got a good grounding there.


-t - Aug 16, 2025 7:10:15 pm PDT #8841 of 9171
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

But mostly, 17 year old nephew! Always glad to hear how he’s doing, especially when it’s good news


DavidS - Aug 17, 2025 8:37:20 am PDT #8842 of 9171
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Good morning, sleepy board.

It's grey and wet in San Francisco though Wundergound promises me a sunny week.

I can hear seagulls making a racket outside and the guinea pigs chompling away at things in their cage.

My day is pretty open and empty and I should probably do some housecleaning, but going to the movies seems more enticing.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 17, 2025 9:58:58 am PDT #8843 of 9171
"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 think the only practical life skills education I had in high school was a summer driver's ed course. Though I did screen print T-shirts for a local singer's tour in my Commercial Art class and make some spending money along with my grade.


Jessica - Aug 17, 2025 9:59:59 am PDT #8844 of 9171
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

[nothing to see here, I definitely didn't hit Post instead of Read New no idea what you could possibly be talking about]


Jesse - Aug 17, 2025 5:03:08 pm PDT #8845 of 9171
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So...I have been reading behind and nodding along, but now I am here to thank you all for the heads up on Chobani lower sugar and to report that there was PLENTY of lower-sugar lemon yogurt at my supermarket and I'm looking forward to trying it.


Steph L. - Aug 17, 2025 6:18:44 pm PDT #8846 of 9171
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

On Wednesday, Tim has a surgical procedure that I think is, best-case, meant to remove all the cancerous tissue. Because it's located around where his left tonsil used to be (he had his tonsils out as a kid, but the ENT says that it's not unusual for there to be some residual tonsillar tissue left), he's having the equivalent of a sort-of tonsillectomy.

The way this relates to the yogurt conversation is that he'll need soft food for a few-several days afterward, so the top shelf of our fridge is loaded up with lower-sugar blueberry, peach, vanilla, and strawberry yogurts.


megan walker - Aug 17, 2025 6:50:01 pm PDT #8847 of 9171
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

So...I have been reading behind and nodding along, but now I am here to thank you all for the heads up on Chobani lower sugar and to report that there was PLENTY of lower-sugar lemon yogurt at my supermarket and I'm looking forward to trying it.

Here to report that after a hard-target search I too have achieved Chobani Less Sugar Lemon (among other flavors).


Jesse - Aug 17, 2025 6:50:27 pm PDT #8848 of 9171
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh Steph, I really hope they can get it all!!