From Natter:
Trudy Booth: Great problems call for Graeter solutions
Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
'Shindig'
Coffee On My Monitor Again
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dcp - Sep 02, 2022 8:16:02 am PDT #1312 of 1325
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye
Topic!Cindy - Dec 23, 2022 12:10:28 pm PST #1313 of 1325
What is even happening?
In Natter:
Pix: My PCP... officially diagnosed me with "derangement of the knee..."
Susan W.: "Derangement of the knee" sounds like it belongs on one of those medieval lists of ailments.
Tom Scola: Kristin’s knee is obviously choleric, and is producing too much yellow bile.
Laura - Dec 24, 2022 12:29:13 pm PST #1314 of 1325
Our wings are not tired.
Natter:
NoiseDesign: I’ve been taking it three times a day for a couple of years now.
aurelia: I'll bet Pix doesn't have to pin you down, squirt it in your mouth, and then give you treats to cover the cherry flavor.
NoiseDesign: How we choose to live our lives is our business.
Calli - Mar 09, 2023 6:31:41 am PST #1315 of 1325
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Not funny, but well put. Cass in Natter:
Loving living things can be hard. Beautiful, but hard.
Cass - Aug 28, 2023 5:53:19 pm PDT #1316 of 1325
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
kat: But also why does ophthalmology have so many extra letters?
javachik: Yeah you’d think those letters would be ophthional!
Java cat - Oct 10, 2023 11:09:45 pm PDT #1317 of 1325
Not javachik
Toddson: Years ago, after I'd dislocated my kneecap, a doctor looked at an x-ray and said, "what's a joint like this doing in a nice girl like you
Java cat - Oct 10, 2023 11:09:52 pm PDT #1318 of 1325
Not javachik
Toddson:
Years ago, after I'd dislocated my kneecap, a doctor looked at an x-ray and said, "what's a joint like this doing in a nice girl like you?"
Java cat - Oct 17, 2023 1:14:03 pm PDT #1319 of 1325
Not javachik
DavidS:
Oooh, we're talking about supplements now!
B.org has aged into supplements and kaftans.
Java cat - Oct 17, 2023 1:25:40 pm PDT #1320 of 1325
Not javachik
ND: Take a lesson from me. Don't slice the tip of your thumb to the point of needing five stitches while making dinner.
David S: Dammit! There goes my evening plans.
Teppy: I guess I won't even *make* dinner, now.
DavidS: What's the point if there's not arterial spurting?
Teppy: Hell if I know.
erikaj - Dec 12, 2023 2:38:09 pm PST #1321 of 1325
If Scooby Doo taught me anything, it's that the only thing to fear is real-estate developers.Lisa Simpson
Nilly brings Hanukkah Wisdom in Natter: It's Hanukkah now (started on Thursday afternoon, and we'll light candles every day until this Thursday afternoon), and it's quite strange to try to be festive - let alone, feel festive - in such difficult and troubled times.
I have to admit I find myself choked up trying to sing out loud the lyrics to some of Hanukkah's songs, talking about the hardships that were put upon the Jewish people through the generations. However, there's one line that keeps resonating with me, and I can't help but feel how well it describes these times - 'each one of us is a little light, but all of us together are a strong and steady light'.
So I make it a point to look for these little lights, these acts of grace and compassion and kindness. I feel that they're so deeply needed, so I try to actively look for them (oh, and if at all possible, I wish and hope that I can also actually do a tiny bit of that myself, for others). And that's what this Hanukkah is, for me.
Hope you are, too, as well as possible, and lots of ~ma for all good things, all around. This place, and each of you, is way more than just-a-little light, for me. Thank you.