I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions.

Buffy ,'Potential'


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. - Jan 04, 2022 10:39:30 am PST #11874 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Still trying to get Matilda a booster, but while the FDA approved 12-15 y.o.s, the CDC hasn't recommended it.

If the FDA approved it but the CDC hasn't recommended it, does that mean that Walgreens and clinics and such aren't offering it to 12- to 15-year-olds yet? I disapprove of that bullshit. Kids are about to be back in school, and those places are petri dishes.


Toddson - Jan 04, 2022 10:48:44 am PST #11875 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I'm hoping 2022 will be better ... it's been a rotten year for so many in so many ways. I'm OK, although at the nibbled to death by ducks stage. I spent nearly two hours trying to get an appointment for a booster and flu shot at the pharmacy I've been using for more than 20 years. Got there, no appointment, but the pharmacist condescendingly said I could have the booster. But not the flu shot - he kept telling me I needed to have Part B and I kept telling him I wasn't on Medicaid. Then he said my insurance wasn't valid ... turns out I have to go online, set up an account with the insurance company, register and request them to send me a card. That was the 23rd. I had plans for the 24th - go to the shopping center and watch the last-minute shoppers. But I woke up that morning with my booster injection site really painful and my back hurting to the point I could barely get out of bed. Same for the 25th and 26th. A friend had sent me a present and, when I opened it, it was a size 4 ... which I don't think I've been able to wear since I WAS 4. So I'll need to return it. Had to do some laundry and go to the grocery ... and fight my way through the screaming (literally) tourists.

Thursday the 30th I was awakened by building maintenance a bit before 6:00am. There was a leak upstairs and, luckily, wasn't dripping into my apartment. There were some water stains on the ceiling and they put in one of those big fans to dry it out. But it was really warm and rained almost non-stop, so it wasn't drying well. Meanwhile, I don't have a living room; guess I should be glad it wasn't the bedroom or I'd have no place to sleep (those fans are LOUD and I had to move furniture to make room for it). They were talking about opening up the ceiling to get it dry, deal with any mold that had developed ... which means even longer without the living room. I had them stopping by on a daily basis, checking the water stains and waving a moisture monitor at the ceiling.

Monday, the 3rd, it snowed. And snowed. And snowed. People were told to stay home, just about everything closed, but there were accidents. Because people. As of this morning, some people had been stuck on the highway for 16 hours - no food, no water, running low on gas.

Dragged myself into work because there was a project I needed to deal with. My boss tested positive; I haven't been able to get a test, so I'm hoping for the best. Couldn't get a bus, eventually got a cab. It has to be better tomorrow.

And for those parents dealing with small children who have their own ideas of how things should be, here's one mother's take on that.


sj - Jan 04, 2022 11:39:12 am PST #11876 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

ltc had a two hour delay on her first day back to test all the teachers. I was waiting to hear that she wouldn’t be going in at all, but we got lucky.


askye - Jan 04, 2022 11:57:54 am PST #11877 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

Happy Birthday Shrift


askye - Jan 04, 2022 12:02:58 pm PST #11878 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

My nephew is very happy because he was supposed to start back to school yesterday and instead they have snow days.

It's been nice because we get to play more Minecraft together. I have been trying to figure out what his Xmas present should be since my first idea isn't going to work. I finally asked him did he want something he could hold and look at and use or did he want a rank on the server we are playing on. He didn't hesitate "rank . But not the most expensive one I'm not expecting that".

You make a donation and get a rank on the server so a title and extra benefits I didn't want to do it immediately but I will.


Toddson - Jan 04, 2022 12:03:42 pm PST #11879 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Here's something to look forward to.


dcp - Jan 04, 2022 12:07:29 pm PST #11880 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I've seen trailers for that, but so far they just make me want to re-watch Romancing the Stone instead.


Toddson - Jan 04, 2022 12:45:34 pm PST #11881 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

It does seem to have the same feel ... but Daniel Radcliffe playing the villain? two hunks for visual enjoyment?

edited to correct actor's name


lisah - Jan 04, 2022 12:55:50 pm PST #11882 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

We've been able to get home tests regularly and quickly through ro.com and Amazon, fwiw.


Steph L. - Jan 04, 2022 12:59:51 pm PST #11883 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

We've been able to get home tests regularly and quickly through ro.com and Amazon, fwiw.

We just got some delivered today from Amazon.