And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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 - Oct 28, 2025 12:38:03 pm PDT #9918 of 10286
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

...incredible original musical will have its world premiere in La Jolla next Feb...The music is SO GOOD and the book is SO GOOD.

You had me at Bear McCreary.


erikaj - Oct 28, 2025 1:04:53 pm PDT #9919 of 10286
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

Happy belated to Brenda, and I haven't seen Aurelia lately, but hope her b-day is good too. I finished off Mom's birthday cake today so I guess I am in the spirit.


-t - Oct 28, 2025 1:15:19 pm PDT #9920 of 10286
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

OMG a musical about the large hadron collider?! Very exciting, even without the personal connection!

Relieved you have a job, Jess. Those numbers are whack

The VP who is retiring at the end of the month/week brought in some fancy sweets for the building so I am enjoying a cannoli, no gun


dcp - Oct 28, 2025 1:17:23 pm PDT #9921 of 10286
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

no gun

Well, no, of course not. It had to be left behind.


-t - Oct 28, 2025 1:18:52 pm PDT #9922 of 10286
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Those are the instructions


Trudy Booth - Oct 28, 2025 1:44:03 pm PDT #9923 of 10286
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

Sighh.... I read "large hard-on collider" and was briefly a 12 year old boy.


Calli - Oct 28, 2025 2:16:25 pm PDT #9924 of 10286
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Happy birthday, Aurelia!

I’m glad you dodged the ax, Jessica. 14k layoffs is nuts.


erikaj - Oct 28, 2025 3:33:31 pm PDT #9925 of 10286
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

#FuckTheBosses


aurelia - Oct 28, 2025 8:08:49 pm PDT #9926 of 10286
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Thanks for the birthday wishes! I'm in the midst of A Christmas Carol load-in, so I'm keeping things low key this evening. Take-out sushi and finishing S2 of Slow Horses.

(I have a bunch of wishes for your city too, but you know about those)

And this is much appreciated. I haven't been teargassed yet, but there has been activity within a few blocks. I carry my whistle.


meara - Oct 29, 2025 6:44:36 am PDT #9927 of 10286

I hate that I love working east coast hours. It’s so much nicer than my usual schedule, where I wake up and immediately have meetings and am frantic to catch up on emails. But I can’t do it from home (would require getting up and going to bed hella early). But when I’m out on the east coast? So nice. Wake up at a reasonable hour, when the sun is up, sit down to computer, catch up on stuff, and THEN have meetings about stuff…