My heart expands / 'tis grown a bulge in't / inspired by / your beauty effulgent.

William ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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. - Oct 22, 2026 8:50:47 am PDT #14488 of 14505
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.

Sophia, I'm glad to hear you've been discharged, and it sounds like things are moving in the right direction, clot-wise. Use up that PTO to heal and rest up for further treatment!

erika, I am making a O_O face at hail breaking a window! That's some serious hail!


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 22, 2026 8:56:50 am PDT #14489 of 14505
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.

Water (frozen, but still) should not be breaking in when no one answers its knocks!

Glad to hear that things have somewhat improved, Sophia.


JenP - Oct 22, 2026 9:43:31 am PDT #14490 of 14505

Sophia - all I keep saying is that I'm sending good vibes your way, which feels kind of useless, but I am thinking about you very much! I hope you can get things sorted to your satisfaction with work and all.

-t, may this be a fun and memorable (in only good ways) trip! I mean, you probs won't be doing a play by play, but if you do... yay. And if you don't -- look forward to hearing the details post-trip.

meara, I have two crowns in my future. But, sadly, no Mexico trip. Hmmm.

erika - holy shit! I'm sorry that happened to your window, geez. Am glad it didn't bonk any humans, though. Yikes.

It feels like a Friday, and yet it is not.


JenP - Oct 22, 2026 9:44:10 am PDT #14491 of 14505

Oh! And lisah -- I'm glad you're healing well and resting! Bionic knees for the win.


-t - Oct 22, 2026 9:49:42 am PDT #14492 of 14505
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

They said this flight was full but the seat next to me is empty, yay! My seat won’t really recline, boo.


erikaj - Oct 22, 2026 10:54:57 am PDT #14493 of 14505
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal

The stones were kind of big, but it was a lot. Because the fun never stops, I have a dental cleaning today and tomorrow I have to get up two hours early so that Mom can take a stupid CPR class for what feels like the thousandth time.(The agency left it to the last second so it's our emergency--all of those people are stupid and The Absolute Worst.)


NoiseDesign - Oct 22, 2026 11:03:33 am PDT #14494 of 14505
Our wings are not tired

It was just bucketing rain here a few minutes ago.


-t - Oct 22, 2026 11:04:23 am PDT #14495 of 14505
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

How tiresome, erika.

Looks like we sat on the tarmac before taking off long enough that I’ll only have 14 minutes to make my connection in Dallas. Or maybe -4 minutes? Exciting! If I get moved to a later flight it makes no difference to anyone, I don’t have plans for this evening or anything, so I’m just interested to see how this works.

Oh, in a different terminal, even.

If I rebook I can’t keep my first class upgrade, apparently. That’s disappointing, I was looking forward to that.


-t - Oct 22, 2026 11:09:29 am PDT #14496 of 14505
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Nice that I can rebook from my phone while in the air, I guess.


Atropa - Oct 22, 2026 11:29:16 am PDT #14497 of 14505
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

The ungodly early meeting was to announce that our boss is leaving the company in January. Which I'm not thrilled about, but the meeting could have been about worse things.