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Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.

Mal ,'Ariel'

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.

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Steph L. - Jul 02, 2026 9:18:25 am PDT #13198 of 13204

That which does not kill you should RUN

If you like sour-sweet things, and you can handle your tongue being destroyed by citric acid, I highly highly recommend Trader Joe's sour cherry cotton candy (it comes in a plastic tub). The cherry flavor is awesome and it is so sour it will make Sour Patch Kids cry.

(Tim's taste buds are still recovering after getting blasted with radiation, and he's really into sour flavors right now. Off the top of my head, in the kitchen we have: sour cherry cotton candy, sour Skittles, Trader Joe's sour Scandinavian swimmers gummy candy, sour jelly beans, and a lot of lemon drop candies.)

-t - Jul 02, 2026 9:30:51 am PDT #13199 of 13204

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Tangentially related, perhaps, I finally picked up some True Lime (it was shelved with baking supplies, even with the little grocery store aisle map on my phone telling me where to look it was hard to find!) and can't remember what I wanted it for. Besides adding to Diet Coke. I'm pretty sure there was something else I wanted to try. Sprinkling on popcorn, is that a thing?

Steph L. - Jul 02, 2026 9:37:27 am PDT #13200 of 13204

That which does not kill you should RUN

True Lime on popcorn is AWESOME, but use it sparingly or the citric acid will destroy your tongue.

(Keen-eyed readers will notice a pattern wherein I cannot stop eating Sour Stuff before it's too late. My greed destroys my tongue every time.)

Probably also good in guacamole if you don't have an actual lime, I would guess.

meara - Jul 02, 2026 9:50:33 am PDT #13201 of 13204

Sour cherry cotton candy is making my salivary glands go crazy just thinking about it. Yikes.

Also today was another 5/5 hard connections! I think that’s two days in a row?? (Yesterday I had 1 error, today 2, and really my last was a wild guess)

Trudy Booth - Jul 02, 2026 9:54:59 am PDT #13202 of 13204

Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Does Tim enjoy Tajin? That's a big hit on popcorn 'round these parts. Chamoy on ice cream is as well.

-t - Jul 02, 2026 10:16:48 am PDT #13203 of 13204

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Thanks, Tep! We shall see if I can avoid destroying my tongue.

I did get today's Connections eventually but I think that was a dirty trick with the song lyrics. I checked the bot thingy that says how hard it is and today was "extremely tricky" with 56% of players getting 4 mistakes and yesterday was "exceptionally tricky" with 60% getting 4 mistakes (unclear if anyone but me got zero categories (apparently that still gets you 50 skill points which seems odd. My "uniqueness" yesterday was 1 in 500k out of a sample of 1 million games, so I guess there's at least one other person...)

Steph L. - Jul 02, 2026 10:25:15 am PDT #13204 of 13204

That which does not kill you should RUN

Does Tim enjoy Tajin? That's a big hit on popcorn 'round these parts.

I'm not sure how he feels about Tajin. Maybe that needs to be the next thing he challenges his taste buds with.

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