Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.

'Bring On The Night'


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.


DavidS - Jul 08, 2022 9:09:03 am PDT #16159 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

She did not survive.

Oy! I'm sorry, Cass. That's gotta be horrible emotional whiplash for your Uncle.


-t - Jul 08, 2022 9:27:53 am PDT #16160 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, Cass, I'm so sorry. Your poor uncle.

Hec, please to note that I am much better at making the healthy plans than actually carrying them out! Orders of magnitude. But sometimes I do follow through.

Umbrella-warming drinks and nibbles on the patio sounds delightful, JenP!


Calli - Jul 08, 2022 10:47:40 am PDT #16161 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

It's amazing what we learn years after the fact, and how that affects our memories of childhood events. I mean, you know horrific stuff happens in the world, generally. But putting it together into "horrific thing happened to a family member and that impacted my childhood in very specific ways" is a whole different situation.


DavidS - Jul 08, 2022 11:12:44 am PDT #16162 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I mean, you know horrific stuff happens in the world, generally. But putting it together into "horrific thing happened to a family member and that impacted my childhood in very specific ways" is a whole different situation.

Exactly.


-t - Jul 08, 2022 11:28:32 am PDT #16163 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

You know, I was just thinking that this has been a really long week and realized that I had forgotten Monday was a holiday. That seems like way longer ago.


-t - Jul 08, 2022 1:39:28 pm PDT #16164 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Well. My supervisor and one of my teammates will be working from home next week so there will just be two us in the (new) office. The week after that, the one who is in the office with me this coming week will be out sick for our in office days, and then she's quitting. So it'll be just me on Tuesday, but my supervisor will be in on Thursday so then I'll have company for a couple of weeks but then the two of us will both be on vacation and C will be in the office by herself for a few days. I sure hope they decide what our jobs are supposed to be soon. We are still in "just keep doing what you've been doing while we iron out the details" mode since April.


-t - Jul 08, 2022 2:07:03 pm PDT #16165 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw, national treasure Alexandra Petri's daughter has my birthday. I am unreasonably pleased about this.


meara - Jul 08, 2022 2:29:41 pm PDT #16166 of 30000

t that seems….annoying? After all that moving fuss?

Meanwhile it’s Friday afternoon and I had to schedule an emergency meeting to say “no this is the hill I will die on” to try to stop people from doing a work thing I disagree with and I thought I might have to do this at some point soon but not Friday afternoon!!


-t - Jul 08, 2022 2:39:22 pm PDT #16167 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

THat doesn't sound pleasant at all, meara! Hope the meeting goes well.

Yeah, annoying is a good word. I sometimes wonder if they are deliberately trying to get people to quit to reduce payroll without a big layoff.


-t - Jul 08, 2022 3:10:26 pm PDT #16168 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

At least I don't have Elon Musk talking about buying my company.