All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.

Mal ,'Trash'


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.


DXMachina - Mar 30, 2020 11:45:46 am PDT #18955 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

oh, as usual, dear

My little brother did something like this once. Of course he was, like, three at the time.


Toddson - Mar 30, 2020 11:50:28 am PDT #18956 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I did too ... I was about three also. Of course, with MY expert timing, it was an evening when my parents had guest over ....


Calli - Mar 30, 2020 12:45:47 pm PDT #18957 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Meltdowns are tiresome, but at least hair grows back.

No word on my uncle, yet. I expect it's fraught on site, and it's not like I could do anything. And maybe he'll make an amazing recovery.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 30, 2020 12:53:42 pm PDT #18958 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

I don't think I ever had any mishaps with magnets, but I did swallow the metal ring from a ballpoint pen and start choking when I was a small child. Fortunately dangling me upside down and shaking me solved that crisis.


DXMachina - Mar 30, 2020 1:52:14 pm PDT #18959 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Welp, right now neither my students nor I can access the media server at the university. All we get is a blank page with a URL that ends in /error/error. That can't be good.


Hil R. - Mar 30, 2020 1:56:52 pm PDT #18960 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Welp, right now neither my students nor I can access the media server at the university. All we get is a blank page with a URL that ends in /error/error. That can't be good.

Are you using Kaltura? We're having the same issue.


DXMachina - Mar 30, 2020 2:11:39 pm PDT #18961 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Got it in one, Hil. But it's weird in that the community college system seems fine.


Zenkitty - Mar 30, 2020 2:32:33 pm PDT #18962 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

My ex-fiancee lives down the street from Elmhurst Hospital in Queens. He says it looks apocalyptic and he has started to believe in conspiracy theories. DMORT has large trucks backed up to take the bodies away because the hospital has no room for them. DMORT is an apt acronym for Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams, a thing that I didn't even know existed.

Gov. of VA issued a stay-at-home order today. They will be arresting people in gatherings of more than ten people. I support this and think he should've gone even further, but this is Virginia.

I called my doctor and asked for a refill on my Valium and she kindly did it, so tomorrow I will venture forth to the pharmacy drive-through with gloves on and a bandana on my face.

And, today I realized that I've dropped the ball on getting my car inspected; it expires tomorrow and I promise you I'm not sitting around at the mechanic for hours to get it done, so it'll just have to expire.


Sophia Brooks - Mar 30, 2020 2:58:48 pm PDT #18963 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Elmhurst in Queens was what my student mentioned.


msbelle - Mar 30, 2020 3:05:33 pm PDT #18964 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Zen - I think they are waving things like that in MD, may be the same in VA.