Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


dcp - Jan 25, 2022 11:08:16 am PST #12379 of 30000
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

I can see the appeal of that house. Worth putting in the effort to pursue, I'd think.

The yard looks pretty steeply sloped, for any sort of ambitious project. I shouldn't think it gets much sunlight. Is xeriscape a thing in San Francisco?

Perhaps consider a gazebo on the roof instead?


meara - Jan 25, 2022 11:10:53 am PST #12380 of 30000

Holy crap stuff is expensive these days! But yeah, having a few spaces to rent out or have your kids live close would be amazing in SF!


-t - Jan 25, 2022 11:36:54 am PST #12381 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

beth has a yurt, you don't need one as well. Hobbit houses we need more of.


Calli - Jan 25, 2022 12:00:05 pm PST #12382 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

House~ma, Zmahems!

sj, I'm sorry to hear about the severe COVID problems for people in your life.

Thanks for the feedback on the stay-interviews. I'll probably be a bit guarded, but let some level of honesty through. Not "here are my 12 google alerts for jobs in MI in my fields" level of honest.


DavidS - Jan 25, 2022 12:07:51 pm PST #12383 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'll probably be a bit guarded, but let some level of honesty through. Not "here are my 12 google alerts for jobs in MI in my fields" level of honest.

Sound strategy!


meara - Jan 25, 2022 12:49:13 pm PST #12384 of 30000

Calli, would your current job be do-able remotely? Or would it be “you can do it from home but for logistical/admin/tax reasons we can’t have you live in another state” kind of thing?


Toddson - Jan 25, 2022 1:01:48 pm PST #12385 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Just wanted to mention that it's Robert Burns' birthday. I ran across this comment on him:

It’s the birthday of Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert Burns (1759-1796). In his short life, Burns sired twelve offspring, some of them legitimate; and he wrote hundreds of poems and song lyrics, some of them suitable for polite company. When Scottish Television polled its viewers in 2009 on the question of who was the greatest Scot of all time, Robert Burns was the winner (William Wallace was the runner-up).


Tom Scola - Jan 25, 2022 1:09:10 pm PST #12386 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Ughh. I just had to narc on a colleague who sits across the aisle from me. He's not wearing a mask, and has been coughing all day.


Laura - Jan 25, 2022 1:33:07 pm PST #12387 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Ugh, indeed. I'm really glad I work remotely.

I've been training a new MA at one of my practices and she has called countless times, mostly because she is just not getting it at all. I already was at a high level of annoyance with her, then she started on the mask wearing and how she really never wore one anywhere before going to work at this medical office and she never got sick. I shut down that immediately by telling her I wore mine all the damn time when I have no choice but to be out and about because I know too many people, including MAs who died. No doubt the office manager will ask me my opinion of her since I have been helping more with training as they are so short staffed. I won't hold back my opinion. Why, oh why, oh why?


Toddson - Jan 25, 2022 2:10:36 pm PST #12388 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I found it ironic that when I was on the Metro with a bunch of people - mostly young - with their "pro-life" shirts, signs, etc., none of them were wearing masks.