Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.

'War Stories'


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 - Dec 23, 2025 11:56:21 am PST #10722 of 10880
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I was gonna demur that you aren't creepy, erika, but then I remembered that the Addams Family theme song says they are so in that sense, I guess we all are

Hey, our vending machine has Chex Mix! Not in 25-lb bags. That would not work well.


Hil R. - Dec 23, 2025 12:00:12 pm PST #10723 of 10880
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I'm in NJ now, mostly just hanging out and watching the snow. Trying to get some work done -- I need to record a bunch of new calculus videos before the new semester starts.


Dana - Dec 23, 2025 12:16:41 pm PST #10724 of 10880
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

It's 79 today in New Orleans.


Laura - Dec 23, 2025 1:08:25 pm PST #10725 of 10880
Our wings are not tired.

Same here as New Orleans, but super windy with big waves out there.


-t - Dec 23, 2025 5:07:03 pm PST #10726 of 10880
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I need to make a correction, Italian Delight is *not* from I Hate to Cook, it’s just something my grandmother (who was not Italian, Grandpa was) made. My mom thinks she clipped the recipe out of a magazine. They ate it very often when mom was a kid. I learned to make it off the index card my mom had copied the recipe to.

It’s a little different from your recipe, dcp. Not sure if that’s because my grandmother’s recipe was different or because my mom changed it before she wrote her copy


dcp - Dec 23, 2025 5:47:09 pm PST #10727 of 10880
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Recipes are just guidelines....

I am fond of the Justin Wilson quote: "What do you put in it? Whatever you got."


Shir - Dec 24, 2025 12:44:48 pm PST #10728 of 10880
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Happy holidays, Buffistas!


erikaj - Dec 24, 2025 2:01:34 pm PST #10729 of 10880
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

Same to you, Shir!


JenP - Dec 24, 2025 3:00:43 pm PST #10730 of 10880

Hi, Shir! Same to you.

My dog just scammed a second dinner out of me! I came home about a half hour later than her dinner time, and I fleetingly thought that I should check to see whether Matt had fed her, but I was all, "Nah, his back is hurting, he's sick... he wouldn't have trudged downstairs..."

In fact, he did.

Nice fake out, Birdie; you acted just as over the top excited for your food as usual. Good one.


DavidS - Dec 24, 2025 4:17:46 pm PST #10731 of 10880
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Nice fake out, Birdie; you acted just as over the top excited for your food as usual. Good one.

Quality scam!

Happy holidays, Shir!

My potatoes are in the oven. There's cream and butter and cheese involved so I'm hoping that works.

Everybody's here. The champagne is open. The charcuterie board is out.

All is well. [knock wood]