Does anyone here know the Duchess of Malfi irl? Is she well? Does she think of us kindly? Hey, Sarge! :wave: She's fine. I see her on FB a lot. She retired from her day job during the pandemic (bless her heart, she worked at a VA hospital - it was very tough during the early days of the virus) and ...

Best of luck with the move, Sarge -- and Ms. Mary, too.

Those last two years before retirement were the longest decade and a half of my life.

Is anybody else watching this? I'm enjoying the heck out of it. Probably my favorite Marvel TV show yet.

I *really* liked this show. As in "can't wait for season 2" really liked it. Oscar Isaac hits it out of the park.

I'm watching it. It's okay. I find myself picking up my phone at times, though -- never a good sign.

I binged The Sandman. The first five episodes, especially ep 5, were brutal, but Luci convinced me to stick it out through ep 6, which was really good. The rest of them were okay. I liked the shorts better, particularly the last one.

I never read the comics so I have nothing to compare it to.

Keeps new Watch posts from being nothing but screeds in the Tank.

Until this past week, anyway.

Quite likely, although not for some time to come.

And this makes four!

High Lord Tolkien wrote:I've tried edibles and smoked the happy kind of pot several times with the same results...nothing.

oh well.

I tried pot once in the '80s and it did nothing for me. The carpet felt weird under my feet -- that was it. Didn't seem worth risking arrest to try it again.

but on the open road in BF Nowhere, it is easy to listen to tales like the Chrons and use the Landscape around you to further enhance your mental imaging of the story's setting. I can definitely see that happening here in NM. I dunno how much time you guys have spent in the northern part of the sta...

peter, I think Biden knew *exactly* what he was saying when he made the Armageddon comment. I don't think it was a slip of the tongue at all. And his staff has said that Biden simply restated the administration's view of the situation. At the start of his administration, his advisers actually did tr...

All right, I'm signed up. Gimme a job or whatever, Av.

(Thanks!)

I have no news - Someone said "no news is good news" so... good to see you Io! Speaking of audio books - I finally listened to an entire series. I actually loved it. It means I can listen to something while driving or washing up, etc. So I've finally "read" (listened to) the Har...

wayfriend wrote:It's really more like Slack.

Yeah, thanks, WF. I don't use Slack, either. (Just messing with you. The rest of your post helped -- thanks!)

Where do I sign up for this Discord thing? Is it an app to download or something? Can Mama Google find it for me? (Probably. She knows everything...)

One of my issues with Chatbane, the one time I went in there, was that nobody was there. The BBS platform works much better for the sort of global community we are, with everybody strung out across time zones. Discord audio/video channels would have the same problem, right? You'd almost have to make...

lucimay wrote:and in voice channel you can
turn your cams on and see each others beautiful faces.

But but but one of the beautiful things about the Watch is I don't have to show my face.

I never used Chatbane, either.

Eh. I'll think about it.

Do I have to? I've been avoiding signing up for Discord - it's just one more thing to keep up with...

Does anyone here know the Duchess of Malfi irl? Is she well? Does she think of us kindly? Hey, Sarge! :wave: She's fine. I see her on FB a lot. She retired from her day job during the pandemic (bless her heart, she worked at a VA hospital - it was very tough during the early days of the virus) and ...

Yay, Balon and baby Balon (and mama Balon, too)! She's adorable!