Chiming in to say that I covet that clipboard you made, Gud.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
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.
shrift - Oct 29, 2018 3:51:01 pm PDT #1335 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Connie Neil - Oct 29, 2018 4:02:46 pm PDT #1336 of 30019
brillig
In distracting News, I can highly recommend the British TV genre of Competitive Antiquing. Antiques Roadshow is only the restrained tip of the iceburg. The UK version of Antiques Roadshow is a lot more laid back, and specialists there pop up on the show Antiques Road Trip, where a pair of them get in smallish classic car and roam a region of Britain to find things in antiques stores and auction them to see who can get the best profit.
We've also got the freewheeling Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, another pair of antiques dealers scrounging for treasures, and Bargain Hunt, where two pairs of regular folk do the scrounging and auctioning.
Most of these are on YouTube, and other stuff is on BritBox.
Kate P. - Oct 29, 2018 5:34:52 pm PDT #1337 of 30019
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
It's all too much. M and I are actively scheming about how to get jobs in and move to another country, so we won't have to worry so much about our children being shot in their schools. Except the jobs part is really hard, especially for M, who isn't ready to leave academia yet (though he may get there eventually).
In other news, I have started watching Outlander and it is delightful and captivating and I just want to live in that world for a while, not this one. Not right now, thanks.
Sue - Oct 29, 2018 5:48:23 pm PDT #1338 of 30019
hip deep in pie
I'm so sorry Theo.
sarameg - Oct 29, 2018 6:28:04 pm PDT #1339 of 30019
Oh, Theo.
I can't find words for what I think of the world right now, work is having some serious drama that I can't do much about but foment & translate & serve as conveyor of Anonymous commentary, there's a man at the pool I actively hate (passive aggressive toxic masculinity. The whole pool staff has turned on him, just by watching. It's kinda epic) and yeah. I should go to bed, I need to go Have Conversations with bosses tomorrow.
Zenkitty - Oct 29, 2018 8:04:14 pm PDT #1340 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
This has been a very hard week. Love and sympathy and support to all who need it. I can't even talk about the state of the world right now. I've added another asthma med to my daily lineup, one I used to take and had stopped, because I keep having asthma attacks and I know they're stress/anxiety related.
Windsparrow, I hope your psych visit went well and you can quell the anxiety demons at last.
Theodosia - Oct 30, 2018 12:50:39 am PDT #1341 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"
Here's hoping Windsparrow is doing well!
Calli - Oct 30, 2018 1:40:37 am PDT #1342 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry, Theo.
You may be right, sj. I cooked the pasta separately before adding it to the soup, but it may well have continued to soak up liquid afterward.
Jesse - Oct 30, 2018 3:45:20 am PDT #1343 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Except the jobs part is really hard, especially for M, who isn't ready to leave academia yet (though he may get there eventually).
I hear Canada is recruiting! But maybe only famous academics.
WindSparrow - Oct 30, 2018 4:46:16 am PDT #1344 of 30019
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Theodosia, there are no words to lift a burden of grief like this. I'm sorry.
Gud, you are amazingly hard-working. You do so much for other people.
Laura, your DH is a good, good, man.
The appointment went well. We're trying Celexa. Thank you all for the kind support.