I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.

Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'


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. - Jul 03, 2025 12:10:19 pm PDT #8099 of 8114
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

and find the pangram

It's kind of surprising how often I can hit Genius without getting the pangram(s).

The house just passed the bill. It's heading to Trump's desk.

It was going to happen, but that doesn't make it any easier to accept.

There is not one single part of me that wants to celebrate July 4th this year. I'm going to our neighborhood's parade specifically because it's about our neighborhood and not about this fascist hellscape of a government.

So many people are going to be hurt by this bill. It's unfathomable.


brenda m - Jul 03, 2025 12:33:18 pm PDT #8100 of 8114
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I want to throw up.


-t - Jul 03, 2025 12:49:10 pm PDT #8101 of 8114
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I also do Spelling Bee last, and if I get the pangram that is usually enough for me. And if I just find a couple of words and don't find the pangram that often has to do. I can't do it while I'm listening to an audiobook, but I can pop into it for a few minutes at a time while I wait for a report to load or something. I'm gratified when I reach Genius, but if I don't I don't mind.

I can't wrap my mind around the current political reality right now. Maybe I will look for something to do in the company of like-minded people tomorrow....


lisah - Jul 03, 2025 1:28:05 pm PDT #8102 of 8114
Punishingly Intricate

Now I feel bad about joking about that fire seeing as people died in it.

….

Happy birthday, sj!!!

And I also do my other puzzles before the Bee (aka my “chorin’”). Bob and I both do the Bee throughout the day and then combine forces after we each reach Genius (which happens most but not all days) and then try to get to QB together. We usually give up if we’ve gone through all the words we’ve each gotten and there are still 5+ words to QB.


Trudy Booth - Jul 03, 2025 1:47:25 pm PDT #8103 of 8114
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I do Tiles when its pretty, but they could use some variety.


erikaj - Jul 03, 2025 2:08:17 pm PDT #8104 of 8114
Always Anti-fascist!

I never like going out in July around here, but, yeah, nothing to celebrate. Was hoping that Helen Keller gave an Independence Day barn-burner or something, since it feels vaguely appropriating to use Frederick Douglass' slavery one, no matter that I feel...unfree. But if she did, it got lost in the blizzard of inspiration(But she's like Martin Luther King, in that people only like focusing on certain parts of all that. I was at an event last night where I was reminded that PDA's founder Tim Carpenter was a disabled person.(He died right before I got involved, I think.) Funny how if you, idk, ride the border of "chronic condition" for long enough, people tend not to talk about you that way, but he was homebound for half of high school--that counts, where I come from. Not that I'm recruiting. Especially not the departed. I hope to help tie "Well, we all die," so tightly around Joni Ernst's neck that she can't get a deep breath ten years from now. But you already know I flunked both "Such a great attitude!1" and most definitely "So spiritual--she asks for so little!1"(one place where I'm proud to fall short of expectations) Maybe we'll see how good I am at Taking Them Down With Me, though I did have more personal plans for myself at one time, which absolutely feel like even SS. No Chance In Hell has left me in its wake and shit.


meara - Jul 03, 2025 2:42:24 pm PDT #8105 of 8114

I’m at Safeway behind a woman in line. She has beer, water, chips, hot dog buns….and a case of bananas. I’m fascinated what is happening at this bbq she’s throwing.


erikaj - Jul 03, 2025 2:59:03 pm PDT #8106 of 8114
Always Anti-fascist!

gorillas?


-t - Jul 03, 2025 3:08:41 pm PDT #8107 of 8114
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Now I feel bad about joking about that fire seeing as people died in it.

Oh, that's sad. I suppose I should read more than the headline sometimes


sj - Jul 03, 2025 3:24:06 pm PDT #8108 of 8114
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Thank you everyone. I’m having a very nice day and am avoiding focusing on the news until tomorrow.