I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.

Simon ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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.


Steph L. - Dec 10, 2021 7:26:41 am PST #11239 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Dang, Tom, that is literally too close for comfort.


Trudy Booth - Dec 10, 2021 7:44:59 am PST #11240 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Oh Tom!


Gudanov - Dec 10, 2021 8:04:20 am PST #11241 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Yikes, Tom. That's a lot of fire.


DavidS - Dec 10, 2021 8:28:43 am PST #11242 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Please don't be on fire for Christmas, Tom!

There's a Molecular Biologist on my A's baseball group and he gave me some of the best insight into COVID when it first hit. (He's been doing work on it from the get-go.)

Anyway, he mentioned this in thread today:

"Be ready to get an omicron specific booster in a couple months.

The [current] booster will jack up your antibody levels enough for a while, but looks like T-cell mediated immunity may not be strong enough to prevent cases, though hopefully strong enough to prevent hospitalizations.

I’m crossing fingers that this leads to more people realizing preventing hospitalizations is the real goal anyway."


meara - Dec 10, 2021 9:35:37 am PST #11243 of 30000

I mean yes preventing hospitalization but also I’d prefer not to get long covid if I can at all avoid it?


Dana - Dec 10, 2021 9:56:28 am PST #11244 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I think I will eventually catch it, and long covid is the only thing I really worry about.


Steph L. - Dec 10, 2021 10:25:07 am PST #11245 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Man, my booster shot is making me feel like hot garbage today. I have chills, muscle aches, and a headache. I'm pretty sure I didn't feel this bad with either of the first 2 shots. Still, it's definitely a fair tradeoff for improved immunity.


Tom Scola - Dec 10, 2021 10:40:12 am PST #11246 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

One Monkee standing.


Gudanov - Dec 10, 2021 11:42:29 am PST #11247 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

I probably need to go get my booster. I've had the one J&J shot and the two Pfizer shots, but the booster can't hurt I suppose.


Laura - Dec 10, 2021 11:47:56 am PST #11248 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Get a Moderna booster and have allt he bases covered!