Kaylee: H-how did you... g-get on...? Early: Strains the mind a bit, don't it? You think you're all alone. Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. Bring presents to the good girls and boys.

'Objects In Space'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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.


Dana - Nov 20, 2015 2:15:29 pm PST #9485 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Person on FB just referred to the way some people think Christians are "enfilades".

I...assume that means infidels?


SuziQ - Nov 20, 2015 2:24:15 pm PST #9486 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

infidel enchiladas?


JZ - Nov 20, 2015 2:26:44 pm PST #9487 of 30003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

My mind went to empenadas. Which, TBH, is a place my mind likes to go anyway.


-t - Nov 20, 2015 2:49:18 pm PST #9488 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

"A suite of rooms formally aligned with one another", apparently. I'm picturing a shotgun double, although the examples given include baroque palaces. Can't figure out how to apply it to Christians.

Also a military tactic, but I am even less confident I am picturing that correctly. Although maybe easier to apply to how some people think of Christians?


Dana - Nov 20, 2015 3:14:04 pm PST #9489 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Still at work for the foreseeable future. We have ordered sandwiches and expensed them, and I have taken out my headphones and am listening to Hamilton out loud.


Hil R. - Nov 20, 2015 3:20:28 pm PST #9490 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I'm feeling like I need to DO something to help refugees, because I'm just appalled at a lot of the rhetoric going around. I mean, I've signed some petitions and stuff. I looked into volunteering, and HIAS has programs in Columbus and Cleveland, but nothing in Cincinnati. Catholic Charities does have a refugee program in Cincinnati, and it says they're looking for volunteers for technical and clerical work, and for teaching ESL and citizenship classes, all of which are skill sets I have, so I'll look into them some more. (They also want people who can move and deliver things, which is not a skill set I have.) I think I'll go to synagogue tomorrow -- the rabbi gave a sermon on Yom Kippur about Black Lives Matter, and about how saying the words isn't enough if you don't have action to back it up, so she seems like someone I could talk to and find out what I can do.


Jesse - Nov 20, 2015 3:30:28 pm PST #9491 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Still at work for the foreseeable future. We have ordered sandwiches and expensed them, and I have taken out my headphones and am listening to Hamilton out loud.

Oh dear. Those sound like the only possible steps to take.


Kate P. - Nov 20, 2015 4:04:45 pm PST #9492 of 30003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

I'm feeling the same way, Hil. I want to do something to help, though realistically I'm pretty maxed out these days as far as my energy and free time are concerned. But the need is so great, and I feel acutely how privileged I am, and I know that it's my responsibility to use that privilege to help others.


Dana - Nov 20, 2015 4:25:38 pm PST #9493 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

WHERE IS MY FOOD.


Steph L. - Nov 20, 2015 4:53:42 pm PST #9494 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Person on FB just referred to the way some people think Christians are "enfilades".

"Enfilades" sounds like a fancy French dish.

Also, I did indeed have a painkiller, but it was the beverage, not medication. It came in a mug that looks like a coconut, with a pink umbrella in it. And my ankle does hurt less.

I also had amazing roasted Brussels sprouts and a grilled cheese sammich that had braised short ribs in it. I need to lie down so I can have my heart attack in a comfortable position.