Nandi: I ain't her. Mal: Only people in this room is you and me.

'Heart Of Gold'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.

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.


Nora Deirdre - Oct 21, 2021 5:26:23 pm PDT #10120 of 29994
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Oh! I am going to Austin for business from 11/1-4, so that's a thing. I've been invited to a "house party with ecstatic dancing." I both don't think that's my jam and am SO curious. We'll see.

Oh man, that sounds so Austin. I live here, but I will also be out of town on business that week. I am intensely curious about the ecstatic dancing, lol.

I did a barge trip in the Bordeaux region in France in 2019 and it fucking SLAPPED. It was like the most luxurious, most service-oriented experience I've ever been involved with. It is also extremely expensive but if you have the cash it's worth it. (I was there for a press trip - it was worth the cost of the flight that I paid, but maybe not worth the week of misery in Bordeaux City and Paris that followed the perfect barge trip.)


meara - Oct 21, 2021 6:10:49 pm PDT #10121 of 29994

Yes, it was Nora I was thinking of not Lisah!

I also have a friend who has been hiking the Camino de Santiago which I’m not into the religion part but the walking through small towns and staying interesting places and eating lots of food sound pretty cool.


DavidS - Oct 21, 2021 6:26:34 pm PDT #10122 of 29994
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I also have a friend who has been hiking the Camino de Santiago

My friend Jocelyn did that!


Jesse - Oct 21, 2021 6:33:25 pm PDT #10123 of 29994
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My cousin (my mother's first cousin) is training to do that next year! It seems really cool.


JenP - Oct 21, 2021 7:31:12 pm PDT #10124 of 29994

Dude! meara! The person who invited me to the ecstatic dance house party just finished the Camino de Santiago. That's so funny.

Honestly, in these Covid times, I'm not sure I'll be checking out the ecstatic dance house party, but I do love saying it.


meara - Oct 21, 2021 8:28:16 pm PDT #10125 of 29994

Hah, I wonder if they know my friend Chad? It’s a weird small world sometimes!

It is POURING rain here right now, where usually it just sprinkles. I do not want to take the dog out. But if I don’t take him for a walk, he won’t go, and will instead wake up in the middle of the night and make me let him out. Decisions.


Vortex - Oct 21, 2021 9:43:21 pm PDT #10126 of 29994
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I thought about doing one of those barge trips for my 50th, but it is indeed expensive (I mean it's my birthday, so I would indulge), but its also limited capacity, and I want as many people as possible celebrating my existence.


d - Oct 22, 2021 4:04:31 am PDT #10127 of 29994
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.

Laura - Oct 22, 2021 4:31:51 am PDT #10128 of 29994
Our wings are not tired.

I find cruises are especially nice when you are going with a group of friends since there's lot of ways you can get together, but also do things that suit each individual.

The bestest part of cruising with ND for me is the shared appreciation and amusement derived from bad theater. Good times. With cruise lines mandating vaccination, I am ready to do it again, even if I am living on a boat!

Now I want to go to an ecstatic dance party, hike the Camino de Santiago, and go on a cruise.


JenP - Oct 22, 2021 5:40:53 am PDT #10129 of 29994

Do the things, Laura!