Quite a mixed bag there, Debet. May the rest of the year have more in the plus column.
Gabriel: Are you trying to destroy this family? Simon: I didn't realize it would be so easy.
'Safe'
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.
Laura - Aug 16, 2026 5:15:03 pm PDT #13592 of 13611
Our wings are not tired.
Karl - Aug 16, 2026 5:30:20 pm PDT #13593 of 13611
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Ok, that hip flexor sprain? Not as bad as I feared. With strategic use of 600mg ibuprofen every six hours or so, I'm having almost no pain in that thigh at all, even when it's in positions that were literally agonising yesterday.
Thank you, whoever's listening up there. I needed that relief.
Love and hugs and ease~ma to all Buffistas and loved ones who are suffering today. You are all extraordinary humans, and I am extremely fortunate to number all of you among my nearest and dearest. Buffista love is good, good love. And we're foamy as hell, to boot.
erikaj - Aug 16, 2026 5:36:33 pm PDT #13594 of 13611
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Ah, somebody got my letter. Putting the dots in like the Commander likes. (Of course, I could have sent it about the job losses or something else and the relief is on backorder, but at least the Powers sent it and not some stupid postcard.) Nobody wants to work anymore.
P.M. Marc - Aug 16, 2026 8:43:05 pm PDT #13595 of 13611
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Thanks everyone! For my birthday, I got a hurricane, power and cell outage, and a shave ice machine!
One of these things is not like the other! However, that one thing is pretty awesome.
-t - Aug 16, 2026 9:50:19 pm PDT #13596 of 13611
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
PARTY AT THE SHEEP’S EYE
Dang, y’all, that was a helluva episode. I’m gonna have to binge the whole season, I think.
So many great moments, but don’t sleep on Caspar and Doug talking birdwatching. Gold.
meara - Aug 17, 2026 1:45:33 am PDT #13597 of 13611
Happy birthday Debet! Boo hurricane, yay shaved ice?
Today is my last day in London. Tomorrow is travel all day. Booo. Vacation is so nice. And London seems quite cheap after Iceland! Too bad I didn’t remember to buy a powerball ticket and therefore didn’t win the powerball.
askye - Aug 17, 2026 6:13:07 am PDT #13598 of 13611
Thrive to spite them
Happy Belated Birthday Debet!
Steph L. - Aug 17, 2026 7:26:51 am PDT #13599 of 13611
That which does not kill you should RUN
PARTY AT THE SHEEP’S EYE
Party at the Sheep's Eye!!!
Caspar and Doug talking birdwatching. Gold.
Ha! Yes!!!
DavidS - Aug 17, 2026 11:58:21 am PDT #13600 of 13611
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My downstairs neighbor, Jamille, called me this morning so I could take a picture of her and her son, Sebastian, on his first day of 4th grade.
FB memories informed me that today is the 11th anniversary of Matilda's first day of 4th grade, and 5th anniversary of Matilda's first day of Sophomore year in HS (her first day back after the pandemic lockdown which lasted 18 months in SF).
Soph was her only good year of high school being the tiny sliver of time between worldwide pandemic and Stage 4 cancer.
Matilda hasn't really been happy since the beginning of her junior year before JZ's diagnosis. She has her moments, but she's no longer carefree or joyful. I'm not sure if she'll ever get that back.
Steph L. - Aug 17, 2026 12:00:31 pm PDT #13601 of 13611
That which does not kill you should RUN
While I object to the term "vegan cashmere" (that's not a thing), I did in fact trip and fall right into this hipster sweater trap and had to buy it: [link] I'm allergic to real wool, anyway, so woo hoo for the unbiblical manmade fibers!
("Hipster Sweater Trap" = new band name, or new album name?)