Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'

Riley ,'Potential'


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.

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JenP - Oct 17, 2025 1:56:04 pm PDT #9772 of 9777

I am already contemplating MB merch

I did not see links to merch anywhere--are they in podcast notes? I definitely need some merch. I do not have ENOUGH t-shirts with writing on them. Same for mugs.

So glad Tim is doing so well, and also sending good vibes for ease of management and normal blood pressure!

I am supposed to stay off the ankle as much as possible, so I will not go tomorrow, but I plan to have DH drive us in a loop past our local gathering to I can honk and wave in support.

I got a (pretty cool looking wooden tree root) cane to help with stability as I heal. Honestly, the ginormo boot is much harder to manage this go-round than the one twenty years ago. I was generally more stable and balanced then, it seems!

Must work on that, which I know I keep saying and not doing, but this has been an object lesson in why.


-t - Oct 17, 2025 2:11:29 pm PDT #9773 of 9777
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I was looking at the Midnight Burger website trying to figure out what I wanted to do about subscribing, JenP. They got merch there! [link]


JenP - Oct 17, 2025 2:28:17 pm PDT #9774 of 9777

Thank you, -t!


Cass - Oct 17, 2025 2:47:41 pm PDT #9775 of 9777
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Who is marching tomorrow?

I am going.


Jessica - Oct 17, 2025 2:51:40 pm PDT #9776 of 9777
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'll be in Boston tomorrow visiting Dylan so any protesting will be up to him. The campus is across the street from the Public Gardens so we will be present even if we don't end up participating.

It's also Head of the Charles weekend so Boston is going to be craaaaaazy busy.


-t - Oct 17, 2025 6:38:04 pm PDT #9777 of 9777
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

So, I have my little post work podcast routine these days, ease out of being business!-t with Marketplace, switch over to Midnight Burger to get ready for whatever might come next (which is generally reading whatever book I am trying to finish before it is due back at the library but could theoretically be more exciting) so I hear a bunch of ads. The one for I’m not sure what, some phone service maybe, which told me to imagine I was a purveyor of pillows and tomorrow was National Sleep Day so my pillows have to get delivered but my vendor isn’t answering their phone OH NOES but not to worry I have 5 G or something that solves all my problems except there’s no explanation why my having 5 G would make my vendor answer their phone! I play the vendor role to many customers and it would cut no ice with me! I get all worked up because the plot of this ad is too full of holes. Just shoddy craftmanship. They don’t make ‘em like they used to.

But what I heard today was an ad for Asana, which we actually use at work, but when the ad started by saying “When you’re stressed, Asana can really help you” or something along those lines, I heard “ a sauna can really help you” which made sense and made me want to go sit in a sauna. Which I could theoretically do while I read with my waterproof e-reader. But I’d have to get dressed, so that probably won’t happen.


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