Jessica that's how I know my new antidepressant is working really well, because I am not thrilled with any of this, or with my broken fucking leg (to put it mildly) but it's more anger and serious lack of optimism rather than actively being depressed and crying. Yay my medication! Here's hoping the insurance doesn't quit covering it because it's name brand!
Don't let the space bugs bite!
Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'
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.
meara - Nov 09, 2018 8:27:12 am PST #1837 of 30019
Jesse - Nov 09, 2018 8:28:46 am PST #1838 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm sorry to come in with something so light, but I got the most anti-climatic email today. From the President of the university, subject line: Winter Break Extended.
Guess what? Because it falls on a Monday, they are giving us the whole day off Christmas Eve, instead of the half-day that is written into contracts. I mean, it's nice, and it is an extension, but still.
Karl - Nov 09, 2018 8:31:26 am PST #1839 of 30019
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Jesse, that is pretty anti-climactic.
Dana - Nov 09, 2018 8:38:02 am PST #1840 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, last time I saw my psych a few months ago, he asked if I was feeling anxious, and I said no. Not really. Maybe a bit, with the state of the world. And he said, well, yeah, that makes sense.
NoiseDesign - Nov 09, 2018 9:13:40 am PST #1841 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
When does the rainy season usually start in CA?
Here in LA it's February 18th to 22nd for the rainy season. Not the start, that's the whole thing.
Fred Pete - Nov 09, 2018 9:36:05 am PST #1842 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.
Jesse, maybe the university president was thinking that Winter Break now includes the preceding weekend?
Consuela - Nov 09, 2018 9:42:57 am PST #1843 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Here in LA it's February 18th to 22nd for the rainy season. Not the start, that's the whole thing.
Heh. It is supposed to be an El Nino winter this year, but I think that'll mean a lot of warm wet rain, which won't build up our snowpack. We'll get a lot of fuel for fires but not as much in the reservoirs as we need.
In any event, I would have expected the rains to be starting by now, but it's just dry. Beautiful sunny days (when the air isn't full of smoke like today), and cool nights.
The air quality is so bad today they say not to exercise strenuously, so I took the dog for a hike in the woods instead of a run. Now I really have to do some stuff around the house instead of obsessively following political news.
Tom Scola - Nov 09, 2018 10:21:14 am PST #1844 of 30019
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Next week's New Yorker cover: [link]
Consuela - Nov 09, 2018 10:25:31 am PST #1845 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Why am I wasting my day arguing the Dickey Amendment in the comments of Jen Gunter's twitter feed?
DebetEsse - Nov 09, 2018 12:40:11 pm PST #1846 of 30019
Woe to the fucking wicked.
100 years from now, health researchers will have some interesting data to look at for the effects of long-term stress on all kinds of things at a population level.