That's better than "those freaky lathe people."
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
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 24, 2022 11:21:17 am PST #12332 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
-t - Jan 24, 2022 11:46:44 am PST #12333 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well fork, Tep. I hope all y'all's super powers keep it mild for him (and you and his dad negative)
Your neighbors would love for you to have a goat, Tep, don't even try to pretend otherwise. There would be cute goat pictures with your stately manor in the background all over NextDoor with captions like "I wish this was my goat"
Toddson - Jan 24, 2022 12:18:33 pm PST #12334 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Not only cute, but if your neighbors should just, somehow, have a nasty obstinate patch of poison ivy you could turn the goat loose on it. Or not, depending on how the neighbors treat you. (How does poison ivy spread? is there a way to encourage it? just asking out of, um, scientific curiosity)
meara - Jan 24, 2022 12:35:50 pm PST #12335 of 30000
I like the “immunocompetent” idea! But dislike Tim getting covid again, yikes!!
-t - Jan 24, 2022 1:15:12 pm PST #12336 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Immunocompetent is a good word.
Steph L. - Jan 24, 2022 1:15:43 pm PST #12337 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I like the “immunocompetent” idea!
That's a real medical word! It just means having a normal immune system. #TheMoreYouKnow
JenP - Jan 24, 2022 1:18:00 pm PST #12338 of 30000
Well, that is not cool, Steph. Not at all. I wish Tim a quick and uneventful time of it. And I wish for your immunocompetence to excel.
That's as far as it went. But my brain now has the image of me kissing Sigourney Weaver and I don't regret that a bit.
That definitely is in the excellent dream category. (I once dreamed Anthony Edwards asked me to marry him. Not the same, but it was strangely comforting!)
Toddson - Jan 24, 2022 1:21:25 pm PST #12339 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I almost never consciously remember my dreams but I'll occasionally get a feeling that something happened which I think must have been in a dream. Almost like deja vu.
Calli - Jan 24, 2022 1:21:55 pm PST #12340 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I hope Tim's round of COVID is mild and short.
My department is starting "stay interviews" (as opposed to "exit interviews") to see about the best ways of keeping people. Or to take the temperature and see who's planning on leaving. One person gave his notice the day he had his stay interview, so the interview started with "funny thing, actually." By and large I like the people I work with and the things I do. I just want to do them closer to family (i.e., in Michigan). And if a comparable institution in MI offered me a similar job, I'd find it hard to turn down. Not sure how to convey that (or if I should) in a stay interview.
I don't remember the last time I dreamed about being close to or getting busy with an attractive person. Even my subconscious can't picture it.
-t - Jan 24, 2022 1:26:08 pm PST #12341 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's interesting, Calli.