10 days past our Christmas gathering and not a symptom in sight, so I guess I didn't catch the 'Rona. (I've held off testing in the absence of symptoms, just kept my distance and masked up.)
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 02, 2022 9:22:08 am PST #11822 of 30000
"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
DavidS - Jan 02, 2022 9:46:17 am PST #11823 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
A round of No 'Rona for my friends!
I'm keeping my fingers crossed they don't close the schools or go back to online for a few weeks.
At the same time, I'm thinking of rescheduling some things from next week to a few weeks out, as I'm hoping for the quick surge/quick slope to Omicron rollercoaster.
Hmmm, I'm really craving poached eggs over hash this morning but not sure what I've got that's I can make a decent hash out of. "I'll make a hash of it!" implies that fucking it up is the proper approach so maybe I'll root around in the crisper.
Theodosia - Jan 02, 2022 10:45:07 am PST #11824 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Happy gnu ears all!
I also skippy-skipped through a bunch of posts, but enough to feel fairly caught up. Gonna do better in 2022!
I watched Consuela's off-road towing video, which was wonderful -- nice to see a dicey situation resolved with attention to safety. Reminds me of a guy I know who retired from the Navy to become a backcountry EMT -- his wife remarked that while he was an adrenaline junkie, at least he channelled it in a useful manner.
At work (assisted living) we've had a couple Covid cases, including two direct coworkers of mine who had to go home to quarantine in the middle of Thursday! We're testing twice a week until there are no new cases.
DavidS - Jan 02, 2022 1:45:02 pm PST #11825 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Good news: I made that hash.
Today seems to want to be particularly dreary. It's that post-holiday hangover times the Sunday before work.
Jesse - Jan 02, 2022 3:49:49 pm PST #11826 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Happy new year, all!
Good news, Dana! Apparently no one I was at church with on Christmas Eve has covid, which is amazing to me.
Sheryl - Jan 02, 2022 4:06:19 pm PST #11827 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Today it was grey and 60 degrees. It's supposed to start snowing tonight, and continue through the morning. Oh, goody.
Dana - Jan 02, 2022 4:06:59 pm PST #11828 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Hooray for boosters.
Beverly - Jan 02, 2022 6:26:42 pm PST #11829 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Happy New Year, longtime peeps! I love you all (tempted to go into Bilbo speech rn, but I don't have the brainpower to recall correctly--madness). We have finally thawed and begun to melt out of the +/- foot of snow we've had just sitting around looking pretty since Christmas Eve. Of course higher temps are accompanied by 30mph winds gusting to 65mph, but hey, as long as it's not falling the mad monkey marimba band in my shower is quiet enough for me to sleep. Not having a job to go to means theoretically I can sleep anytime. Which right now my little bear-brain is interpreting as sleep alla time. Mmm sleep. I do note the daylight is increasing by the day, which, yay! Other than that, no news from here. Which, given the givens, is good.
askye - Jan 03, 2022 5:08:53 am PST #11830 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
My cousin Jay died this morning. If yall could send ~ma and vibes out to his family.
I don't know all the details of what happened with his decline. Every time mom and I tried to talk she didn't have privacy or was just worn out from talking about it. I think a will to love played a role in his decline. When he was in a coma everyone said he wouldn't want to be in the situation he was.
I hadnt seen Jay in decades and frankly when we were kids he often bullied (or tried to bully) me and I thought he always trying too hard to be...tough. But he was always kind and loving towards Mom.
Mostly I'm sad for his son and my aunt and his former step daughters and all the people who loved him and liked him.
Out of 8 first cousins Jay is the 3rd to die, all under the age of 50.
Tom Scola - Jan 03, 2022 5:21:37 am PST #11831 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I’m so sorry, askye.