Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.

'Out Of Gas'


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 - Sep 14, 2026 3:30:49 pm PDT #13965 of 14044
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Thanks for checking in Steph. I’m glad things went well!


DavidS - Sep 14, 2026 3:41:40 pm PDT #13966 of 14044
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Wire transfer went through. Escrow closed. I own the house.


Laura - Sep 14, 2026 3:57:09 pm PDT #13967 of 14044
Our wings are not tired.

Champagne all round on the house closing, but none for Teppy because she already has the good drugs.


NoiseDesign - Sep 14, 2026 4:50:04 pm PDT #13968 of 14044
Our wings are not tired

Glad you are through surgery and doing well Steph.

Congratulations on escrow closing and the new house David!


Jesse - Sep 14, 2026 5:15:42 pm PDT #13969 of 14044
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wow, congrats, David!

I am watching the Emmys and was caused physical harm by the announcement that "up next, David Boreanaz and Sarah Michelle Gellar celebrate 30 years of Buffy the Vampire Slayer."


Dana - Sep 14, 2026 5:21:34 pm PDT #13970 of 14044
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Huh, Boreanaz has had some...stuff done to his face, I see.


-t - Sep 14, 2026 5:34:27 pm PDT #13971 of 14044
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That seems amazingly fast! Congrats!

30 years of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

::slow blink::


meara - Sep 14, 2026 9:34:19 pm PDT #13972 of 14044

Dang David, that was so fast! Didn’t you just put the offer on it like, last week??

Enjoy some good drugs, Teppy!!


DavidS - Sep 14, 2026 11:47:15 pm PDT #13973 of 14044
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Dang David, that was so fast! Didn’t you just put the offer on it like, last week??

Yes, but I used a Securities Backed Loan (SBL) to make a cash buy and now I'm going to refinance it with a regular mortgage (which will pay off the SBL).

It was five days from bid to close.

It's been an absolute blizzard of DocuSign! (and texts, emails and calls)


-t - Sep 15, 2026 7:38:51 am PDT #13974 of 14044
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That sounds like a land speed record

I absolutely should not complain about this, but: my dad picked up some “cinnamuffins” one of the times he was grocery shopping and we discovered after he got them home that they were made with eggs so Mom couldn’t eat them. So yesterday, he and I had one each, and they were pretty delicious! I woke up this morning thinking “I don’t have to think about what to eat for breakfast, we have two of those muffins left so I can have one of those and that will be good”. Got down to the kitchen and the empty container is in the recycling. Alas. Have to make a decision when I didn’t plan to.