Yeah, from here it feels both fast and slow. Many happy returns to Tickybox. ETA: Here's a good article on what happened in Hungary. [link]
Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.
'Potential'
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.
erikaj - Apr 13, 2026 12:52:02 pm PDT #12293 of 12473
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Steph L. - Apr 13, 2026 1:00:24 pm PDT #12294 of 12473
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Princess Tickybox turns 21 today.
WHAT.
Laura - Apr 13, 2026 1:23:09 pm PDT #12295 of 12473
Our wings are not tired.
It's a turvy-topsy world!
DavidS - Apr 13, 2026 3:55:40 pm PDT #12296 of 12473
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Because I must share the "linear time, wtf" -ness of it all: Princess Tickybox turns 21 today. HOW ON EARTH IS MY GOTHDAUGHTER TWENTY-ONE?! OMGWTFBBQPOLARBEAR
But she's just a little big eyed lemur!!
P.M. Marc - Apr 13, 2026 4:01:30 pm PDT #12297 of 12473
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, IDEK how that happened.
askye - Apr 13, 2026 4:53:32 pm PDT #12298 of 12473
Thrive to spite them
Happy Princess Tickybox day even though it can't be she's 21?
askye - Apr 13, 2026 5:31:52 pm PDT #12299 of 12473
Thrive to spite them
I keep seeing people on social media talking about how there will be massive food shortages /food prices getting out of control and everyone should stock up on things now/plant gardens etc. And I'm trying to figure out what is realistic and what isn't.
DavidS - Apr 13, 2026 5:52:37 pm PDT #12300 of 12473
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And I'm trying to figure out what is realistic and what isn't.
I don't think that scenario is going to happen. Some prices will go up but Trump's not going to win a war of attrition with Iran. He's going to quit and then say we won and accomplished great things.
TACO 4evah.
Calli - Apr 13, 2026 6:01:23 pm PDT #12301 of 12473
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Some prices will go up but Trump's not going to win a war of attrition with Iran. He's going to quit and then say we won and accomplished great things.
Yeah, but timing is an issue. We get a big chunk of our fertilizer through the Straits of Hormuz, and crops need it sooner than later. I expect the US will get hit with higher food prices, but people in resource limited countries may see some food problems.
DavidS - Apr 13, 2026 6:17:35 pm PDT #12302 of 12473
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah, but timing is an issue. We get a big chunk of our fertilizer through the Straits of Hormuz, and crops need it sooner than later. I expect the US will get hit with higher food prices, but people in resource limited countries may see some food problems.
That's true, but we're not in a resource limited country. It will continue to make things more costly but there shouldn't be any need for panic hoarding. Having lived poor I can vouch that you can get by on beans and rice for a pretty long time.