Also, I can kill you with my brain.

River ,'Trash'


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.


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.


askye - Apr 14, 2026 8:07:41 am PDT #12303 of 12473
Thrive to spite them

My coworker who had a miscarriage after a surprise pregnancy last year is pregnant again. This time it was planned. She just showed me ultrasound pictures and I asked her if they had a nickname yet and told her how Princess Tickybox got her nickname


sj - Apr 14, 2026 8:43:25 am PDT #12304 of 12473
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

How is Tickybox 21?! Wow. Time is weird.


-t - Apr 14, 2026 9:43:25 am PDT #12305 of 12473
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I’m at the dentist. I think I cracked a tooth a while ago - noticed it felt different like a gap where there didn’t used to be a gap and more sharpness than felt familiar to my tongue but it didn’t, like, hurt so I just ignored it. Well, now it hurts and there’s some swelling, so, dentist. My appointment was for ten minutes ago and I got here half an hour early to fill out paperwork (is it still paperwork when it is on an iPad? I think it is) so I may run out of ability to entertain myself…


-t - Apr 14, 2026 10:02:45 am PDT #12306 of 12473
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Half hour past my appointment time…


askye - Apr 14, 2026 10:14:53 am PDT #12307 of 12473
Thrive to spite them

-t I hope someone gets you back soon. I hate having to wait for a doctor or a dentist.


-t - Apr 14, 2026 10:32:03 am PDT #12308 of 12473
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

No word yet. I can overhear them sounding like they are trying to rearrange the schedule, something must have happened. But I’m just waiting.


-t - Apr 14, 2026 10:41:38 am PDT #12309 of 12473
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aha, eavesdropping tells me they are short handed by two assistants.


Jessica - Apr 14, 2026 11:03:07 am PDT #12310 of 12473
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Happy birthday Tickybox!!!