Wow!
Glory: Lesson number one, Vampires equal impure! Spike: Damn right I'm impure, I'm as impure as the driven yellow snow!
'Dirty Girls'
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 - Jan 24, 2026 1:01:10 pm PST #11254 of 11616
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
-t - Jan 24, 2026 1:02:56 pm PST #11255 of 11616
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Also noting that I got a Kickstarter reward yesterday, as informed by USPS and also in actuality. Tom Tomorrow’s Our Long National Nightmare which I am glad to have but not in the mood to actually read right now…might be a while
Calli - Jan 24, 2026 1:17:37 pm PST #11256 of 11616
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I’m glad for your mom, Trudy.
I’m less glad for your tooth, Tom. I hope you can get it fixed soon.
Today I dragged my butt out the door into -14F weather to help my sister chase after one of the grandnephews (the other was going to a friend’s birthday party). Three hours of running after a toddler is a lot if you don’t do it all the time. He’s a sweet kid who likes us and wants to play. I figure when he hits 13 he’ll be far less interested in hanging with his great aunt, so I’m enjoying it while it lasts. Then there was a couple of hours running around with my sister, and now I’m home, enjoying my comfy sofa.
-t - Jan 24, 2026 1:26:13 pm PST #11257 of 11616
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good stuff, Calli
dcp - Jan 24, 2026 1:43:40 pm PST #11258 of 11616
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
... -14F weather...one of the grandnephews....
Did you show him the toss-boiling-water-into-the-air-to-make-snow trick?
erikaj - Jan 24, 2026 2:53:03 pm PST #11259 of 11616
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Vocational Rehabilitation paying was always kind of like that, Hec. Sad that that's the memory Matilda's college life brings back.But I got through it(and if I live to be 150 maybe it will even out, somewhat) and she will too.
-t - Jan 24, 2026 3:15:56 pm PST #11260 of 11616
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I started my taxes, although I am not willing to dig up my mortgage info right now so that’s on pause, and I looked up the training I was thinking of doing tomorrow that is actually in a couple of weeks. So I have not actually *done* anything but I feel vaguely accomplished.
Yesterday, my mom had some fresh cilantro she wanted to use but she couldn’t find any of the recipes she remembered not having the cilantro they called for. We did eventually find one for a sweet potato and black bean chili that required hardly any substitutions and did include cilantro. It was really good, especially with the buttered cornbread we also threw together.
B.org is, of course, where I feel any chili or cilantro news might be appreciated.
Steph L. - Jan 24, 2026 3:27:41 pm PST #11261 of 11616
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
sweet potato and black bean chili that required hardly any substitutions and did include cilantro. It was really good, especially with the buttered cornbread we also threw together.
That sounds really good!
It's snowing very lightly (started within the last hour), so I opted to DoorDash Indian food from the place that's just 2 miles away. I wouldn't have ordered if it were snowing hard, or if there was any accumulation, but it's pretty decent right now, and matar paneer just sounded so good. [edit] And I tipped extra well because of the weather.
-t - Jan 24, 2026 5:03:17 pm PST #11262 of 11616
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds like a win for everyone involved
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 24, 2026 5:40:28 pm PST #11263 of 11616
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
I ran out to the nearest grocery store to get some non-essentials this afternoon, and the only trouble I had was getting up the incline of my driveway and into the carport. I suppose I could shovel that tomorrow, but I'm more inclined to leave it until the air temperature/sunlight melts a driveable path.