Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.

Anya ,'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.


Jessica - Feb 24, 2022 2:49:32 pm PST #13366 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I got back from vacation at 2am last night (this morning) and I have to say, I am really not impressed with my reentry into civilization. I would like to go away again and when I come back I would like for Russia NOT to be starting a massive world war and for Texas NOT to be actively engaged in state sponsored child abuse.


-t - Feb 24, 2022 2:52:16 pm PST #13367 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Worth a try, Jess. It would be nice if that worked!


Sheryl - Feb 24, 2022 4:28:33 pm PST #13368 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I'm back, after not being able to get onto the board fro over a week. I have to reset my password every day for some unknown reason, and the e-mails with the link to the password reset were either not getting to me at all, or getting to my inbox sufficiently late that the link didn't work. Added to that, we went to Boskone this past weekend, and the charger for my iPad decided to give up the ghost.

Anyways, glad to be here, and hopefully the e-mails will keep arriving in a timely fashion.


-t - Feb 24, 2022 4:31:13 pm PST #13369 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, dear, Sheryl! Glad you made it today!


NoiseDesign - Feb 24, 2022 10:08:55 pm PST #13370 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

I'm looking at the world right now and my urge to just get in the car and start driving and just somehow get away from all of this is super strong. It's not a rational urge at all, but I can viscerally feel the pull to just start driving until I can be someplace to start over where the world isn't like this.


meara - Feb 24, 2022 10:31:59 pm PST #13371 of 30000

I hear that ND. Hugs. This whole thing is such a shit show. I’m leaning heavily into reading trashy escapist shit but that’s it really good for me. [edit: that’s NOT really good for me]

I did dishes AND laundry today. But there are still dishes in the sink because I made more stuff after I washed the first bunch. Never ending!!


Laura - Feb 25, 2022 5:39:22 am PST #13372 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I am also embracing the fiction. Very engaging science fiction where the bad guys are fictionally OTT bad, and soundly defeated.

It like a deal will be signed this morning, with a closing date of March 23rd. Ya know, I'll believe it when we close, but it is a cash deal so no potential issues on that side, and they plan on major structure altering renovations, so not worried about inspections either since they are tearing off the roof and building additions and all that stuff.


Calli - Feb 25, 2022 6:06:06 am PST #13373 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

{{Karl}} and {{ND}}

In the midst of all the world craziness I decided my best move was to buy art. Yeah, I don't know either, but it beats doomscrolling. I got prints of these: [link] , [link] , and [link]

I mean, I'll be donating blood at the Red Cross later today (planned before all this [waves hands] everything) and donating to relief agencies when I have a better sense of where it'll be useful (probably the UN Refugee agency: [link] ). But as stress reactions go, I guess "throw art at it" is probably not the worst. Mucha was also a person who didn't like Slavic nations to be taken over by their larger neighbors, so there's that.


sj - Feb 25, 2022 7:19:11 am PST #13374 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm looking at the world right now and my urge to just get in the car and start driving and just somehow get away from all of this is super strong. It's not a rational urge at all, but I can viscerally feel the pull to just start driving until I can be someplace to start over where the world isn't like this.

I feel this so much. {{{ND}}}

ltc's allergies has turned into what is probably an ear infection, as I was sure it would. Her Dr's office is closed today because we are having a huge snow storm. So, we have to head to urgent care when the roads are clear, hopefully later today. I wish they'd just give us a couple days of an antibiotic and make an appointment to see her on Monday. This is entirely predictable, and we know what it is.


-t - Feb 25, 2022 8:54:59 am PST #13375 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Nice, Calli! Art seems like a good impulse.

I totally get the just-drive-away impulse as well, although I am falling into my usual hide from everything mode. Which I was already well into, frankly, so there's not much more I can do in any practical sense. Possibly I will bounce into some other coping mechanism, that would be nice.

Poor ltc, ear infections are so awful.