I'm in Cape Cod! They're forecasting a giant blizzard.
Welcome! You're just in time!
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
sj - Jan 26, 2022 6:50:58 pm PST #12446 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jesse - Jan 26, 2022 7:01:49 pm PST #12447 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Definitely batten down the hatches, flea! Of course my coworker is going skiing in Vermont this weekend, where they will probably get no snow at all.
meara - Jan 27, 2022 6:44:24 am PST #12448 of 30000
No posts in nearly 12 hours? Goodness.
I woke up about 40 minutes before my alarm today and made the rare decision to stay awake rather than go back to sleep. Anytime this happens I know if no I fall back asleep for 30 min or whatever I’ll feel more groggy when my alarm goes off, but 99% of the time that doesn’t stop me.
DavidS - Jan 27, 2022 7:03:03 am PST #12449 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
woke up about 40 minutes before my alarm today and made the rare decision to stay awake rather than go back to sleep. Anytime this happens I know if no I fall back asleep for 30 min or whatever I’ll feel more groggy when my alarm goes off, but 99% of the time that doesn’t stop me.
I think the day owes you an afternoon nap, now.
Steph L. - Jan 27, 2022 7:26:15 am PST #12450 of 30000
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
Ugh, today’s Covid test was positive. (Covid Strikes Back.) I feel fine, though. My throat might be a little scratchy, but I thought that was because it’s so cold and dry and the humidity is low. But if my scratchy throat is a Covid symptom, it’s the only one I have. Hopefully it’ll stay that way, since I’m fully vaxxed and boosted.
Calli - Jan 27, 2022 7:35:39 am PST #12451 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That does sound ideal, Calli. When is the stay interview?
Tomorrow. I'll let y'all know how it goes.
Yay Flea in Cape Cod!
I'm making ham and bean soup, and the smell is wonderful. Here's hoping the taste matches, because I find it impossible to make less than a metric ton of the stuff. My success rate with bean soup is about 75%. Sometimes it just doesn't work for me, and I'm never sure why.
ETA: I'm sorry, Steph. I hope it passes quickly and completely.
DavidS - Jan 27, 2022 7:39:14 am PST #12452 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm making ham and bean soup, and the smell is wonderful.
Mmmm, I've made my ham and green bean soup a couple times this winter and it does make a homey smell.
askye - Jan 27, 2022 7:39:53 am PST #12453 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I texted a cowoker today and they were like- you're on the schedule! I had no idea. I've missed days. No one has called me. I'm low key panicking and I've called and left a message for the HR person who is there and I just need to talk to someone.
Jessica - Jan 27, 2022 7:40:56 am PST #12454 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Too many people getting breakthrough infections.
At my physical last week, my doctor (who knows I am All About That Vax/Masks) asked "So, have you gotten Covid yet?" So it's feeling kind of inevitable at this point.
DavidS - Jan 27, 2022 7:46:10 am PST #12455 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is everybody on the east coast ready for the bombogenesis.
In San Francisco it's going to be 63 and sunny. I didn't even have to check the weather channel. It's always 63 and sunny even in January.