'Smile Time'
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.
I'm very sorry for your losses, Calli and msbelle.
I have been playing a lot of (free, of course) online poker. I have, in the last month, started tackling small projects around the apartment, so I feel like there's some progress there. But I'm a much better poker player than I used to be... way more so than a well-organized and cleaned apartment dweller.
Oh, gosh, amyparker. All comforting thoughts your and Jim's way.
Sending lots of loving ~ma in your family's direction, amyparker.
Thinking of y'all, amyparker. Much love.
I play little puzzle games of various kinds on my phone pretty regularly. It helps me get my mind straight, sometimes at least, and is easy to walk away from if it isn't helping or I really need to do something else or whatever.
I hope the service goes as well as possible and affords some small level of comfort, AmyParker.
{{amyparker and Jim}}
Many thoughts in yours and Jim's family's way, amyparker.
I have been thinking about that a lot too, as well as being filled with rage that accommodations really were more possible and people just didn't want to do them.
Tomorrow I'm moderating a panel. Panel is on zoom, but it's broadcasting to vimeo which is what the audience sees (so they're not a part of zoom). I am including live captioning because the conference is not accessible to deaf and hard of hearing I'm stubborn about these things. Since participants will not be able to decide for themselves whether or not to enable it, I fear that a lot of people will experience the live captioning as "subtitles that are not in sync". And we all know that's annoying. All in all, I chose to think of it as an experiment in hearing audience's reaction to live captioning.
Suzi! That's wonderful. Healthy, quick and safe delivery, with lots of health and sleeping hours to baby and family.
My heart is with each of you. Fuck Cancer, Fuck Depression, Fuck it all.
My dad passed July 28th and I'm still struggling with it. I couldn't go to SF to see him when they discovered that his cancer was back and spreading aggressively. Fuck Covid for keeping me from spending some time with him.
The main thread I've been holding onto is the circle of life. K-Bug is expecting a baby this month. Well, actually today/tomorrow. Somehow I can't concentrate on work.
Oh, SuziQ, I'm so sorry for your loss. But congratulations on impending grandmotherhood!