Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.

Mal ,'Serenity'


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.


Laura - Dec 05, 2018 3:03:03 am PST #2717 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

"How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?" ― Dr. Seuss

Good luck with the dentist, Calli. I found one nearby with good reviews that I need to check out. I love going to the dental school, but it is over an hour each way in heavy Fort Lauderdale traffic and just too time consuming.


Jesse - Dec 05, 2018 4:07:15 am PST #2718 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Good luck, Calli!


amyth - Dec 05, 2018 4:30:47 am PST #2719 of 30019
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Best of luck, Calli!


aurelia - Dec 05, 2018 5:12:46 am PST #2720 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

My nephew was 2 (or almost 2) when I started hanging around here. He'll be 19 in a couple weeks.


Dana - Dec 05, 2018 5:25:09 am PST #2721 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Remember how old Holli was when she started posting? She's on Tumblr talking about being a fandom old, and she's not wrong.


Jessica - Dec 05, 2018 5:30:03 am PST #2722 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

She's on Tumblr talking about being a fandom old, and she's not wrong.

LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU*

*because my hearing is going, because I am also an old


-t - Dec 05, 2018 5:48:34 am PST #2723 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Nope.

t /octopus


Calli - Dec 05, 2018 5:51:16 am PST #2724 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Thanks, y'all. Everything went well enough. Getting ones gums poked with pointy implements is never fun, but nothing dramatic was uncovered.

The dentist looked half my age. Sadly, that did not make him look too young to be a dentist. I could have lived without hearing "a little gum recession is normal as one gets older," but where's the lie.


-t - Dec 05, 2018 6:11:12 am PST #2725 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Hooray for no drama!

One of my coworkers randomly baked a cake for me - she was making pineapple upside cake for her brother and saw the recipe for "my" cake on the back and figured while she was baking she might as well. So nice!

I really feel like cancelling direct-to-customer orders so we can move inventory into the outlet sale is dumb. Above my paygrade, though, apparently.


Toddson - Dec 05, 2018 6:23:54 am PST #2726 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

The food section - possibly a week later? - had an article about one family that has regular potato latkes, sweet potato latkes and I think there was a third option. Since I'm not planning to make any version, I kind of skimmed over it.

In other, non-food, news, I saw a video of a school in Alaska during their recent earthquake. Kids reacted perfectly - immediately went under their desks, the teacher talked them through it, once the quake stopped he told them they could text their families to let them know they were still OK, but to stay under their desks. Seemingly, they have drills for this. I was impressed.