My friends were in town from Wednesday-today, so I spent a lot of wonderful time with them, watching TV and movies, with a two-day break in the middle to go to my MIL's funeral. So it's been an interesting week.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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.
Dana - May 26, 2026 5:45:53 pm PDT #12814 of 13093
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Laura - May 26, 2026 6:27:15 pm PDT #12815 of 13093
Our wings are not tired.
That place is super cute, Hec.
dcp - May 26, 2026 7:02:20 pm PDT #12816 of 13093
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
shopping for a flat/condo
I tried to tempt my cousin with this one, but I couldn't get him interested.: [link]
DavidS - May 26, 2026 7:27:05 pm PDT #12817 of 13093
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I tried to tempt my cousin with this one, but I couldn't get him interested.: [link]
7 baths seems excessive.
meara - May 26, 2026 9:39:53 pm PDT #12818 of 13093
The teal kitchen is fun, David but yes, gasping at prices. Yikes.
I realized this evening that I am doing dance related things 6/7 days this week (and yesterday I went to the Folklife Festival in town and watched various types of dancing and music and such—the Québécois music jam was very cool). It seems a bit much. But the one I could’ve/would’ve skipped was tonight, and I didn’t realize until after I was there that I was so booked! But the other stuff I have to or really want to do.
Laura - May 27, 2026 4:37:33 am PDT #12819 of 13093
Our wings are not tired.
Fort Lauderdale condos are all over the map in price. From 300K to over 20M. The cheap ones are generally in buildings with huge maintenance assessments, or about to be hit with them. A lot of our buildings have to be redone to meet newer hurricane regulations.
Laura - May 27, 2026 5:24:29 am PDT #12820 of 13093
Our wings are not tired.
More coffee: Could we just put the orange menace in the UFC cage? The streaming rights would balance the budget.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 27, 2026 7:12:56 am PDT #12821 of 13093
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Saturday my family had a gathering in place of the one we usually have on July 4. It was nice to see everyone and the food was great. Though I ended up spending so much time at the table with the (other) olds that I didn't get to visit as much as usual with my younger cousins. Consolation prize: lots of petting time with our host's adorable dog before she made a break for a forbidden dive into the pool.
Laura - May 27, 2026 7:18:23 am PDT #12822 of 13093
Our wings are not tired.
Water dogs are just hysterical. There are some at the dog park that declare the large water bowl a wading pool. The doberman's have no interest in swimming.
DavidS - May 27, 2026 11:07:20 am PDT #12823 of 13093
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Just sent Matilda off to work, stumbling out the door with coffee in hand.
I had a long talk on the phone with my friend this morning and we discussed: the disappearance of ham salad, relatives who smelled of overly cloying perfume, coworkers who reeked of nicotine and cat pee, how St. Louis' vintage housing stock was razed in the 90s because the old bricks they were made of were more valuable than the property, her ex-boss who was a woman married to a gay man who had three goals in life - to own a castle, own a theater and have a princess daughter (and achieved these goals), best recipes for avocado toast, the delight of having a blackberry bush in your back yard and eating 7 or 8 perfectly ripe berries off the bush in the morning, the great Chestnut tree blight, how Hank Williams is the music of pain, misadventures at the Mayo Clinic and how our respective 19 and 20 y.o. daughters were spending the summer.
A good and wide ranging conversation.