They should film that story and show it every Christmas.

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


Hil R. - Mar 18, 2020 1:49:28 pm PDT #18090 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

In regard to the fathers (any mothers?) who are not taking precautions, I saw a story about an older couple - in their 70s, I believe - who announced to their adult daughters that they'd booked and were still planning on taking a cruise this month. Leaving from a virus hotspot. Both daughters called them up and yelled at them until they decided that maybe they should cancel.

My family had that exact same conversation a few weeks ago. The cruise was supposed to be last week.

My university keeps sending out new emails with lists of online teaching resources that we can use or can't use, or things that we must do or must not do. Twice now, I've gotten something set up and then gotten an email that said that I can't use it.


Amy - Mar 18, 2020 2:17:28 pm PDT #18091 of 30019
Because books.

Question: if I was off my meds (Prozac and Wellbutrin) for two weeks, could going back on them mess with my moods/emotional balance? Or is more probably just stress and anxiety?


Hil R. - Mar 18, 2020 2:22:41 pm PDT #18092 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Going off and then back on Prozac can absolutely mess with your moods. I don't know about Wellbutrin, but I'd guess that it could, too.


Hil R. - Mar 18, 2020 2:25:12 pm PDT #18093 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

One of my friends is sick. (She's also a genealogist -- we met when we were talking about genealogy on Facebook, and recognized each other's last names, and figured out that, while we're not actually related to each other, there have been at least three or four marriages between my cousins and her cousins.) She's got all the symptoms of coronavirus. And she's been told that they'll be able to test her in a few days, because they've got to ration the tests at the moment.


Calli - Mar 18, 2020 2:50:16 pm PDT #18094 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Good luck to everyone dealing with recalcitrant parents. And kids, but at least kids can't sign up for cruises on their own.

Speaking of kids, it's great to hear how the Next Gen Buffistae are doing.


EpicTangent - Mar 18, 2020 3:02:03 pm PDT #18095 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Scrambling to get my work stuff together to start WFH tomorrow so I'm just driving by, but this article came up in a newsletter this morning:

How to Snap Your Parents Out of Their Coronavirus Denial

And I thought some of you might find it useful. NB: I haven't actually had time to read it myself, so grain of salt and all that.


msbelle - Mar 18, 2020 3:10:43 pm PDT #18096 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

tonight was wood-fired brick oven pizza. local place #2.

Tomorrow I start work from home. I should really spend some time tonight setting up my home office.


-t - Mar 18, 2020 3:34:59 pm PDT #18097 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Officially "shelter at home" here through April 7. Doesn't impact me much, I was pretty much already doing that, but it's official.


Jesse - Mar 18, 2020 3:36:59 pm PDT #18098 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

In regard to the fathers (any mothers?) who are not taking precautions

My mother definitely thinks that being out and about and seeing just one person at a time is fine. She has started washing her hands with soap, at least???


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2020 3:39:30 pm PDT #18099 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

My boss just sent out the company-wide permission okaying WFH if that works best for people's individual situations. I think I'm going to continue working at the office as long as it's open though. There are less than 10 people on site, we don't deal with clients in person, and I share a bathroom with one other employee.