why "Derp?"

I guess a derp face is like a gurn, or pulling a goofy face. And it's considered ableist because it's like making somebody with Downs. That seems to be the objection.

My blood pressure was notably high at the ER this weekend, and is still high for me now (112 over I-forget) I wonder if that's a thing, or just a coincidence.

Alan Alda is always on the TV at this doctors office. And by always I mean every time I've been here in the pat couple years. And this is the migraine doc, so that's not rarely. He must be making a significant chunk of change from this speciality niche. I wonder how many hours of footage he's filmed...damn, this is a stupid thing I'm about to go google.

I am not on top of this shit. Apparently I forgot an entire new med. It's like I recall a different last visit than he does. Though, since I wrote down an incorrect med on the list (no, I didn't take it this morning, no I didn't tell the ER I took it) I am totally willing to take the blame on that one.

So I go straight to the pharmacy with it, just in case my brain farts again, and something is wrong with the script. So much for getting that all taken care of at once. Still, better sooner than later.

Someone just came in and they couldn't find the prescription she was asking about, because it was filed under her dog's name. How had that never occurred to me before?

Come on, doc, call back. Let me wrap all this up.

Clearly I need to journal doctor's appointments in Evernote.

So the guy at the checkout line at Trader Joe’s was asking me: Who would win in a fight, Laura Ingalls or Anne of Green Gables?

Obviously it’s Laura Ingalls, right?

As adults? No question. (As girls, a little harder to call).

No way man, that Anne is scrappy.

Young Anne is a scrapper. And a red-head. I say Anne.

I too will be working from home today. I'm editing a manual for rugby workouts.

Who here has played rugby or has rugby knowledge?

Laura. Ann would get distracted and start composing a poem about the fight. Whereas you recall how Laura dealt with Eliza Jane when she messed with her little sister, don't you?

Strix, you want to talk to smonster and Vortex.

Many belated thanks for the birthday happies. I was up in Maine for most of last week on vacation and have only just caught up (on this thread he says eyeing Bitches wearily).

Also belated birthday happies to sj.

Congrats to Tom and Jesse on their respective good news!

United Shapes

Was having MA be an elephant meant ironically or was it just willfully perverse?

Thanks, Tom! I was thinking smonster, but couldn't recall who else.

HI! Vortex!