Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Connie Neil - Dec 09, 2006 3:44:53 pm PST #5289 of 10007
brillig

I'd be a little interested

We've got the three-in-one, the Enterprise Encounter, and one that's called Star Trek the Adventure game (probably the first one) from West End Games, plus Star Trek the RPG from FASA.


Lee - Dec 09, 2006 3:48:25 pm PST #5290 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Can you guess?

Annie Lebowitz?

(Or maybe Scola)


quester - Dec 09, 2006 4:07:55 pm PST #5291 of 10007
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

My bosses have always had classy dinners at nice restaurants for our Xmas parties. This year it was downgraded to a party at work, but the food was catered, but they also provided a floor show...an Elvis impersonater! Most of us were dumbstruck.


§ ita § - Dec 09, 2006 4:14:10 pm PST #5292 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Elvis? That's...interesting.

Whatever's to happen at the krav holiday party is a big secret. Last year was a totaly bust (murder mystery they cancelled halfway through and had one of the guests perform his standup instead). Year before was poker with prizes. Cool.

When did I become the girl who explains sex terms to people and ends up miming a rusty trombone in front of Baja Fresh? I mean, have I always been her, and this is no fall from grace?


sarameg - Dec 09, 2006 4:28:01 pm PST #5293 of 10007

Dude, you are the woman with the suspect links.

I hate this cough.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 09, 2006 4:29:04 pm PST #5294 of 10007
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

The rusty trombone pantomime is a new wrinkle, but you've been explaining sex terms to the vanilla as long as I've known you.


Cashmere - Dec 09, 2006 4:30:46 pm PST #5295 of 10007
Now tagless for your comfort.

Cash, what Cindy said about affording the shot if possible.

I suspect that the cost of the shot is just a shade over a $1,000 per (according to my share of the medical, plus my copay). It's sort of a complicated procedure--and they have an x-ray tech there taking pictures as they go. Pain injection, then they inject me with dye to see where they're shooting, then the put in a giant needle, attached to a packet of medication, slowing injecting it into the spine.

I'm not sure if it's just insurance or the effectiveness of the medication (it's cortisone, I think, so they may be extra careful with steriods). I should probably know more but I never seem to have very much time with the doctor and I usually forget to ask.

The last shot lasted four months. If this one can just last five, I can grit out a month, I think. I know surgery is easier now than it was--but I seriously worry about recovery with two kids under 3.

Time will tell. But it will be my last resort.


DavidS - Dec 09, 2006 4:54:12 pm PST #5296 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I know surgery is easier now than it was--but I seriously worry about recovery with two kids under 3.

I will note that in the several people I know who have had the surgery, the recovery wasn't instantaneous (though the pain relief was), it was fairly quick.


Cashmere - Dec 09, 2006 5:29:26 pm PST #5297 of 10007
Now tagless for your comfort.

I will note that in the several people I know who have had the surgery, the recovery wasn't instantaneous (though the pain relief was), it was fairly quick.

That actually helps. If it's a matter of a week or two, that's doable in my book (if DH can get the time off at work and I can get help coming into the house).

We'll cross that bridge when we have to, though.


Ailleann - Dec 09, 2006 5:34:16 pm PST #5298 of 10007
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

Cash, if you need help, I would be glad to come over and play with your kids. I'm a trained aunt!