I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.

Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


Kathy A - May 07, 2009 5:59:37 pm PDT #18501 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Kat, you don't suck. You have a life of your own--I'm sure your family understands.

Found cat! Shot the antibiotic in her mouth. Now she hates me again....

Did it work better than your previous method? Did she meow, thus making it easier to shoot it in?


Beverly - May 07, 2009 7:02:57 pm PDT #18502 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

David, we leave for Bellingham June 1. But we'll be on the left side of the country until September, when we'll be in NC through November, and then back in B'ham for the forseeable future after that. There will be togetherage, I promise.


Burrell - May 07, 2009 7:11:52 pm PDT #18503 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Whoa, Kat, your sister had a liver transplant? That's... wow. I'm glad to hear she's home now. How's her recovery going?


Kat - May 07, 2009 7:18:58 pm PDT #18504 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

She had to go back in for a second 4 hour surgery for a complication. But it's going to be a long long recovery.


§ ita § - May 07, 2009 7:23:03 pm PDT #18505 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

All the best for your family's medical travails, Kat.

Tonight is apparently the night that Supernatural and GA bring the pain. What a nine o'clock hour.

Got test results today. I don't have any autoimmune disorders past some arthritis. Not the first time I've popped preliminarily positive for lupus. That and thyroid disorder. Apparently I look like I have thyroid problems.


Hil R. - May 07, 2009 7:27:17 pm PDT #18506 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Oy. Representative opposing the bill granting family leave to federal employees, because people might take advantage of it by stocking up on kids: [link]

Workers "could have one adoption or one foster child per year, resulting in every year you get a new foster child, every year the husband and wife if they are both federal workers would take four weeks off with pay, because they have simply taken in a new foster child," he said before the vote.


Burrell - May 07, 2009 7:33:14 pm PDT #18507 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

She had to go back in for a second 4 hour surgery for a complication.

Ugh. I can't even imagine. I hope that's it for complications for her and the rest of it goes smoothly.

But it's going to be a long long recovery.

That's what I have heard from others. But I'm glad she's home. It's got to be better to be there than at the hospital.

Your father too. Oh Kat, I send my thoughts and my blessings.


billytea - May 07, 2009 7:34:33 pm PDT #18508 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Workers "could have one adoption or one foster child per year, resulting in every year you get a new foster child, every year the husband and wife if they are both federal workers would take four weeks off with pay, because they have simply taken in a new foster child," he said before the vote.

In baboon tribes, there's often a taboo against hitting an infant. An adult baboon will sometimes swipe a baby and use it as a shield to escape a dangerous confrontation.

Apparently this guy thinks the federal government is staffed by panicky baboons.


billytea - May 07, 2009 7:36:50 pm PDT #18509 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

She had to go back in for a second 4 hour surgery for a complication. But it's going to be a long long recovery.

Holy hell. I hope she recovers steadily.


Kat - May 07, 2009 7:46:07 pm PDT #18510 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Well the first surgery was long. She found out a week after being officially on the list that there was a liver. So she was at the hospital. The surgery started at 8:00 PM and wasn't finished until 8:00 AM the next morning.