Just trying to fit all I can into the month of September. Maybe I'll get scurvy next.
Unlikely. You need limes for guacamole, and we all need guacamole to live.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
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 - Sep 06, 2025 11:40:22 am PDT #9181 of 9193
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
erikaj - Sep 06, 2025 12:28:20 pm PDT #9182 of 9193
Always Anti-fascist!
Trust me, I don't. I love it, but it does not love me back. (One strange thing I shared with Jacqueline, iirc. being...oil-crossed with avocado.) ETA: in other star-crossed news, hey, Karl. No oil there, either. So far.
Steph L. - Sep 06, 2025 12:48:35 pm PDT #9183 of 9193
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Unlikely. You need limes for guacamole, and we all need guacamole to live.
You know, I haven’t had guacamole in a while. Maybe that’s the root of my problems.
Mmmmmm, guacamole.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 06, 2025 2:51:52 pm PDT #9184 of 9193
"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
Wishing you easy fixes to your tooth problem, Steph.
Happy Birthday, flea!
The other night I ran across the new-to-me music comedy YouTube channel The Key of Awesome, about a decade and change late: [link]
It has lots of fun musical parodies that I stayed up way too late watching. Though they came with a price—their parody of "One Thing" resulted in the horrifying discovery that I like a One Direction song.
Calli - Sep 06, 2025 3:54:25 pm PDT #9185 of 9193
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I hope the tooth stuff gets fixed quickly and painlessly, Steph.
I got my COVID and flu vaccinations today. I’m 99.7% sure it’s psychosomatic, but I generally feel loggy after getting my shots. Eh, I had nothing else major to do today.
Karl - Sep 06, 2025 5:09:03 pm PDT #9186 of 9193
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Happy flea day!
Karl - Sep 06, 2025 5:12:25 pm PDT #9187 of 9193
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Cereal post (Cheerios!):
Mwa-haha-ha! First Ellery Queen, then ... THE WORLD!
Erika, I do a pretty good hench, if I do say so myself. Let me know if you need a minion.
(Seriously, congratulations -- it's well-deserved.)
dcp - Sep 06, 2025 5:29:07 pm PDT #9188 of 9193
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
It is finally cool enough outside that I can comfortably open my sliding glass door and close the screen door. This means that I can now hear their chirps and their humming wings as the hummingbirds come and go from the feeder. So delightful.
Steph L. - Sep 06, 2025 7:33:34 pm PDT #9189 of 9193
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I hope the tooth stuff gets fixed quickly and painlessly, Steph.
What's weird is that there's been zero pain, even when it broke. The main reason I went to the emergency dentist was to see if it could wait to be treated by my regular dentist (who of course is off on the weekend), or if it was such a Tooth Emergency that it needed to be treated today, do not pass go, no waiting. The Emergency Dentist (who looked unnervingly like a young Cillian Murphy) said it can wait for my regular dentist to treat it, as long as the wait isn't like a month. And my regular dentist is good about making time for last-minute appointments, so I'll call first thing Monday.
I feel like it was Ginger who always commiserated about dental woes, and the way that sometimes, even when you take care of them, your teeth are like chalk. My dental grumbling is in her memory tonight.
erikaj - Sep 07, 2025 10:42:36 am PDT #9190 of 9193
Always Anti-fascist!
Even when they are strong, teeth are still a challenge. (Gums are needy, too. They are totally the tooth's partner that wants to know what they are thinking all day.) Yeah, that particular piece of sudden success took about seven years. Maybe more, if you counted how long I've been writing some of those characters. I'm not *totally* sure I'd be up to take over the world, Karl. For one thing, I haven't got a wheelbarrow, firecrackers, and Carmen Electra.(/Pinky and The Brain) OTOH, couldn't be worse than some of those who really got the gig. Right?