Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

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


-t - Jun 17, 2014 7:39:27 pm PDT #169 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't have many metal utensils because all my pans are non-stick, pretty much. So that saves me from that danger.

That makes so much sense, Kat - both your "if we can just get her trache out it will be better" assumptions (that's what everyone thinks with a big Thing and it's rarely true) and the reality of it. Somehow the impact on whether you can travel is . . . I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it.


meara - Jun 17, 2014 7:46:36 pm PDT #170 of 30000

Yeah, NSM metal utensils for cooking, more like "stick a spoon in it to taste it and stir it around and then..."


Burrell - Jun 17, 2014 7:57:26 pm PDT #171 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Aw, such sweet kids! I love that he misses her so much. And yeah, Fault in our Stars looks too sad for Franny, too. She'd be a big pile of weepy.

I know that it's parochialism, but it's also scary to think about in light of today's incident.

Yes and no. It's useful to remember how ginormous this country is and how unequal the distribution of medical care.


SuziQ - Jun 17, 2014 7:59:12 pm PDT #172 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Oh Gracie. Breathing is a good thing. And hopefully all the short term surgeries will result in longer term stability.

Some crap is going down between K-Bug, KCD, and B. I don't even know the cause but KCD pulled me into it tonight with a text after 10pm and then stopped responding to my questions. Dude, I know you suck at communication but this is beyond even for you. Tomorrow is going to suck mightily. Oh and tomorrow is KCD and B's anniversary. Oy and vey.


Amy - Jun 18, 2014 2:04:29 am PDT #173 of 30000
Because books.

Yes and no. It's useful to remember how ginormous this country is and how unequal the distribution of medical care.

Especially in that part of the country. There's just less of everything there. When we were in WY, I had Ben in a 40-bed hospital. Total, 40 beds. And when I was in premature labor, the OB told me if we couldn't stop it, I'd have to be air-lifted to Salt Lake City, because that was the closest NICU.

Growing up twenty minutes outside of NYC, that was a big surprise.


Sue - Jun 18, 2014 3:22:18 am PDT #174 of 30000
hip deep in pie

Buffista Island, Highlands/Downton Abbey edition? [link]

About 98% of those deer heads have to go.


Theodosia - Jun 18, 2014 3:41:49 am PDT #175 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I love that the real estate listing has a "Commuter Time Estimate" you can use.


Kat - Jun 18, 2014 3:44:03 am PDT #176 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

When we were in WY, I had Ben in a 40-bed hospital. Total, 40 beds. And when I was in premature labor, the OB told me if we couldn't stop it, I'd have to be air-lifted to Salt Lake City, because that was the closest NICU.

It is amazing when thought of that way, isn't it. As many of you may remember, when I first moved to LA that this was not my city of choice. It still isn't. K and I both would love to live in the PNW, but we've chosen to stay because of Grace's docs.

My clothes are in the trunk of the car. I just... I just don't want to.


Kat - Jun 18, 2014 3:45:59 am PDT #177 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

That is a lovely house, and I agree with fewer deer heads it would be more appealing.


Jesse - Jun 18, 2014 3:49:39 am PDT #178 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Holy crap, that is a lot of deer heads.

But if I've learned one thing from working adjacent to Downton Abbey, it's that those houses are a bitch to maintain.