(My obsessive planning is basically adding stuff to my Netflix queue.)
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
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.
Steph L. - Aug 27, 2026 9:53:52 am PDT #13743 of 14509
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Jessica - Aug 27, 2026 11:02:21 am PDT #13744 of 14509
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Stupidest timeline getting stupider by the minute: [link]
Steph L. - Aug 27, 2026 11:41:58 am PDT #13745 of 14509
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Stupidest timeline getting stupider by the minute: [link]
That imbecile makes Idiocracy look like a good alternative.
meara - Aug 27, 2026 12:02:00 pm PDT #13746 of 14509
Oh for fucks sake. This is ridiculous.
-t - Aug 27, 2026 12:03:02 pm PDT #13747 of 14509
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's, like, fractal stupid. If you inspect any part of it it's even stupider than you first thought.
bennett - Aug 27, 2026 3:01:11 pm PDT #13748 of 14509
"The Senate today have voted to make me a god in Palmyra. They'll put a little statue to me in the temple, and people will bring offerings to me, asking me to bring rain or cure their father's gout. Tell me, Livia: if I'm a god, even in Palmyra, how do I cure gout?!" Augustus, "I Claudius"
The latest meme has Canada renaming the lake "Lake Epstein Files". Which would be awesome.
-t - Aug 28, 2026 8:36:38 am PDT #13749 of 14509
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I guess today we are losing literal kings? Which is easier on me emotionally, I must admit.
I'm reading a book that keeps referring to something called "the Vastness" and for some reason every time it's mentioned I hear it being said in Effie Mucklewain's voice. It's very distracting (in part because I can't actually remember what the MB context was, if there was indeed any and this isn't just something my brain is doing for its own reasons)
Steph L. - Aug 28, 2026 8:58:21 am PDT #13750 of 14509
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
I'm reading a book that keeps referring to something called "the Vastness" and for some reason every time it's mentioned I hear it being said in Effie Mucklewain's voice. It's very distracting (in part because I can't actually remember what the MB context was, if there was indeed any and this isn't just something my brain is doing for its own reasons)
I know this one! At the end of every episode, before Zebulon says "And if time and tide roil you too harshly..." Effie leads in with "Be sure and tune in this time next month for more adventures in the vastness."
-t - Aug 28, 2026 9:00:28 am PDT #13751 of 14509
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
THANK YOU!
Calli - Aug 28, 2026 6:03:35 pm PDT #13752 of 14509
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Ok, it’s not the octogenarian we were hoping for, but I can get behind the Butcher of Bosnia snuffing it. [link]
Steph, I’m glad you have the surgery scheduled. Shir, congrats on the studies in Belgium!
In house hunting news, my realtor suggested I see other realtors. Apparently finding a house or condo with a main floor laundry and wood burning fireplace is akin to finding a unicorn. I did not know realtors could and would dump you. I’m getting flashbacks to my 20s.