If you need to feel better (god knows I do), the McGill Cancer Research Centre gets its groove on: [link]
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
brenda m - Oct 19, 2011 11:25:05 am PDT #1306 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Atropa - Oct 19, 2011 11:27:16 am PDT #1307 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yeah, I have to do whatever it takes to stay insured.
That's the main reason I go back to the tech industry, even tho' I would like to take a shot at being the freelancing creative one in the household. The idea of not having insurance (or steady income) freaks me out. Enough to where I can't concentrate as effectively on the freelance stuff I do.
Steph L. - Oct 19, 2011 11:27:38 am PDT #1308 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
But I don't think a doctor friend works for you in the US
My doctor friend is such an asshole, I can't even express it. I think I've shared this story here. He doesn't think health insurance should exist at all, that everyone should pay out of pocket whatever the doctor/hospital charges.
He then went on to opine that people who choose to smoke or do drugs or... (and at that point he trailed off with a pointed look at my not-inconsiderable size) shouldn't be insured because of the choices they made.
I'm not sure I've ever really talked to him since then, nor do I particularly care to.
No, wait -- when I went to the hospital last year with what seemed like chest pains, he was the ER attending doc. So he was, in fact, paid by my insurance. I wonder if he refused the payment, since he's so opposed to insurance?
Connie Neil - Oct 19, 2011 11:29:13 am PDT #1309 of 30001
brillig
I just laugh at the idea of retirement. I've got some annuities with the total of a year and a half's income in them, but I'll be working as long as I possibly can.
Connie Neil - Oct 19, 2011 11:30:09 am PDT #1310 of 30001
brillig
My doctor friend is such an asshole
That's not a friend, that's a person whose orbit you occasionally cross.
javachik - Oct 19, 2011 11:30:34 am PDT #1311 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
My doctor friend is such an asshole,
Forgive me, but I think, based on your further descriptions of him, he is not a friend.
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2011 11:31:18 am PDT #1312 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, I gotta agree he's no friend of yours, Steph.
Brenda, that's marvellous. I can't watch it right now, because it's making me cry, but it's marvellous.
erikaj - Oct 19, 2011 11:32:39 am PDT #1313 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Probably not. (although he could be the one purist in the world.)
sj - Oct 19, 2011 11:33:27 am PDT #1314 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I just made TCG order another scotch so that I can stay on the internet a bit longer. There is only free internet in the bar and lobby at this hotel. They want 20 pounds a day to give you internet in your room! I'm in withdrawal because I don't have an internet enabled phone with me.
Steph L. - Oct 19, 2011 11:34:35 am PDT #1315 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
That is a good point; I mentally categorize him as "friend" because I've known him for over 20 years.
He's an excellent doctor, and was really great with me when I was at the ER, explaining all manner of medical fiddly stuff. I'd want him as my doctor if I were in a genuine medical crisis.
But as a person, I can't say I have anything in common with him any more other than a shared past.