Happy Birthday Jess!
Oh, wow. This place looks great. Oh, I feel like a witch in a magic shop.
Willow ,'Help'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 12, 2026 7:32:04 am PST #14862 of 14908
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.
DavidS - Nov 12, 2026 8:19:42 am PST #14863 of 14908
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Happy birthday, JessiMoon!
JenP - Nov 12, 2026 8:53:43 am PST #14864 of 14908
How did you all know I wanted Blue Mississippi for my birthday?!?! Seriously, that was such a thoughtful gift, thank you.
I do what I can.
Happy Birthday, Jessica!
-t - Nov 12, 2026 9:09:20 am PST #14865 of 14908
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy birthday, Jess! SO generous of you to share the blue MS largesse with everyone!
No further communication from Lyft or the driver, I guess I should erase it but I kind of want to wait until I have the new one. I don't know what that impulse is about. IT was able to give me a code to use instead of the DUO push until Monday, which is mildly disappointing, having an excuse not to do the stuff I couldn't log into was sort of pleasant. So I guess I need to actually work today. Sigh
Also, after I ordered phone it occurred to me that I could have bought direct from Apple, so I checked. What I wanted, of course, was the ancient phone I had because I like it and Apple didn't have any of those, but they did have a refurbished iPad mini in the color I wanted so I went ahead and got that, Both of which more than wipe out the savings I was getting yesterday from the guy at the garage giving me a brake light assembly that he had laying around. So it goes.
meara - Nov 12, 2026 9:45:57 am PST #14866 of 14908
But now you have a brake light AND an iPad! Though “no phone” sucks.
My brain keeps thinking it’s Friday for some reason? I wish.
Dana - Nov 12, 2026 9:51:02 am PST #14867 of 14908
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I am on Day 2 of the shingles vaccine kicking my ass.
-t - Nov 12, 2026 10:02:05 am PST #14868 of 14908
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oof, that's a rough one, Dana. Better than shingles, though! I hope it eases up soon and you can laze about recovering in as much comfort as can be wrought.
But now you have a brake light AND an iPad!
True! I have less money but am happy with the goods and services I have exchanged them for! Anya would be proud
Steph L. - Nov 12, 2026 10:04:54 am PST #14869 of 14908
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.
One BiL and SiL came down to the beach on Saturday with us and are staying the whole week. The other BiL and SiL came down yesterday and will be here until Saturday. The SiL that arrived yesterday talks more than any human being alive, and they haven’t even been here for 24 hours and I’m hiding in the bedroom so I don’t get sucked into the continuous chatter. Holy shit, it’s like the CIA blasting music during psyops.
Tom Scola - Nov 12, 2026 10:14:27 am PST #14870 of 14908
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.
Update: I defeated the phone tree and spoke to a human! Apparently, my prescription couldn’t be renewed because the doctor who wrote it is no longer employed by the practice! Uh, thanks for the heads up, guys. Have an appt for tomorrow.
I had to stop seeing my old doctor who I liked, because he stopped taking my insurance. But! I can switch to a different plan this month. I wonder if I should attempt that.
DavidS - Nov 12, 2026 10:38:01 am PST #14871 of 14908
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Update: I defeated the phone tree and spoke to a human!
{gasp!} Muad'Dib!