My latest eShakti wish list, which I am looking at instead of working:
Mal: Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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.
Dana - May 02, 2016 10:20:37 am PDT #20761 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Pix - May 02, 2016 10:38:00 am PDT #20762 of 30003
The status is NOT quo.
Epic, all my best wishes to you and your mom. I'm sorry you're feeling so overwhelmed and worrying about this scary situation. Remember you have us, for what it's worth.
Jesse - May 02, 2016 11:32:11 am PDT #20763 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Here is why I don't believe in office birthday celebrations: One team here does them a LOT. I just learned it's because the boss likes it. Well, the assistant just found out today that his birthday? Was last Wednesday. She didn't know! So they didn't do anything for him, and now she's mortified.
Connie Neil - May 02, 2016 12:13:10 pm PDT #20764 of 30003
brillig
"I'm 57, I don't know this computer stuff." If he annoys me any further, I think I'll say "I'm 55, and I fix this computer stuff."
Theodosia - May 02, 2016 12:22:23 pm PDT #20765 of 30003
'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 have fist-bumped some older female passengers (i.e. as old as me or older) when they have been especially cluefull about using ride-sharing, cellphones or GPS.
(GPS in particular is problematic when it comes to mapping addresses, since sometimes it goes by the absolute lat/long, so if the address says 200 Clarendon, and you're at the far end of the building on say Trinity Place, guess where it sends your poor innocent Lyft driver? The smart passenger double-checks where the pickup point has landed....)
Kat - May 02, 2016 12:55:17 pm PDT #20766 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I get that R&D costs are high, but I still don't understand the point of pricing a drug so high that no one can afford it without assistance. Just price it lower in that case.
It's not just blatant greed, but it is all the ridiculously confusing people who are trying to influence payment options. My insurance is excellent and Grace's super expensive meds have no copay for us. So the idiotic pricing is a result of insurance insanity.
Sheryl - May 02, 2016 1:38:10 pm PDT #20767 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
It's Monday. It's Monday after a weekend where I didn't get to sleep in at all.(First panel at the con I was commuting to was 9 am, and I gave myself extra time because Metro.)
-t - May 02, 2016 1:47:05 pm PDT #20768 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dang, there's a grass fire about 3 blocks from my house with the wind blowing this way. I'm not sure how concerned to be, or where to look for emergency notifications. 2 or 3 fire engines seem to have gotten there since I passed it on my way home, so hopefully they'll put it out soon...
Calli - May 02, 2016 1:50:16 pm PDT #20769 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
A fair amount of pharmaceutical research happens through the U.S. National Institutes of Health, which shares the results with all--including pharm companies--for free. Which I'm fine with, but if you're a US citizen, there's a non-zero chance you've paid for some of your medication's research costs through your tax dollars. Depending on the issue being treated, you may also have given money to charities that support research. So some lucky ducks pay for their meds three times.
billytea - May 02, 2016 1:50:18 pm PDT #20770 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The latest Miss Fisher's Murder Mystery had a funnel web spider as the murder weapon. And Phrynne is desperately afraid of spiders. Jack was very cruel to her about that.
I think that's kind of awesome. Isn't it set in Melbourne? Because the first reason I'd be choosing a spider as my murder weapon - well, is because they're awesome, but the second reason is to make it look like an accident. And if you have a funnelweb in Melbourne, then clearly it was premeditated.
Tell me they had a scene where the killer was getting roughed up by the other prisoners for thinking "our Melbourne spiders not good enough for you, is that it?".