I don't know about you guys, but I've had it with super-strong little women who aren't me.

Buffy ,'Get It Done'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

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.


Katerina Bee - Aug 12, 2019 6:57:13 pm PDT #10443 of 30019
Herding cats for fun

The doctors say, maybe Wednesday we will have information. Dad is deeply asleep with all the Propofol to keep him from seizing. He did make a little "hmm" noise deep in his chest when I spoke to him. That's the sound he makes when he's not quite going to laugh. I took that as a good sign.

My stepmother prepared me for the idea of letting him go instead of becoming a ventilated vegetable, which is what I think he would prefer even though he chickened out on having that conversation with me like she wanted him to. We're not to the point of having to decide that yet.

Thanks for listening.


Shir - Aug 12, 2019 10:11:36 pm PDT #10444 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

So much ~ma, Katerina. I'm thinking of you and your family.


Theodosia - Aug 13, 2019 1:46:35 am PDT #10445 of 30019
'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"

Time is on your side in this, and on his. Holding my fingers crossed!


Laura - Aug 13, 2019 3:58:02 am PDT #10446 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Holding you in my heart, Katerina.

I'm trying to become more a creature of habit, a change from the totally random lifestyle I have generally enjoyed. Doing my laundry on Monday, Tuesday is my trash day. Early in the morning I loaded the recycles and trash into the car and drove the long winding mountain road to the transfer station, which for some reason is up near the ski resort. The dog actually jumped into my back seat unassisted for the first time and we had a really nice ride. Only saw one deer, but did see a nice family of turkeys.

DH is back in Florida. My DIL facetimed me yesterday so the cats could say hello. She is too cute.


Calli - Aug 13, 2019 4:17:04 am PDT #10447 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I understand that Yahoo bought tumblr for $1 billion (with a "b") and Wordpress is getting it for $3 million (with an "m"). So, bit of a fire sale there. Who'd have thought removing the porn and keeping the Nazis would have monetary consequences? (Aside from roughly everyone.)

In other, unrelated news, I did the first draft of a project, due tomorrow, last Friday. And I came in today thinking that I had so much stuff I needed to do to finalize it. Turned out I needed to spend five minutes writing and another 30 seconds printing something out. That was it. Usually, it works out the other way around.


Jesse - Aug 13, 2019 5:22:21 am PDT #10448 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have just been dicking around all morning, and I have actual work to do! WTF.


Sheryl - Aug 13, 2019 10:09:43 am PDT #10449 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

We took a bus tour that went to Kilkenny, among other places. Interesting, but a lot of time was spent dealing with Mr. S.(like the boat tour on the River Nor, where he kept dangling his hands off the side of the boat)

Tomorrow we take the train to Galway.


Laura - Aug 13, 2019 10:15:28 am PDT #10450 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Enjoy the tours! Sorry about the struggles with Mr. S. Does he respond to bribery? I liked the stage where Brendon could be bribed. Alas, it didn't really last.


-t - Aug 13, 2019 10:48:57 am PDT #10451 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ugh. We are under an Extreme Heat Advisory until Friday at 10 pm. I don't think I've seen one that long before.

As long as there aren't any fires I will not complain. Much.


meara - Aug 13, 2019 11:44:48 am PDT #10452 of 30019

Yikes t, what kind of temperature is it? I painted half my bathroom this morning, and am trying to decide if I want to go to the beach this afternoon (it's like 77 out?) or go buy the additional paint I need. Or in what order I should do those. Would paint sitting in a hot car go bad, for an afternoon?