Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!

Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'


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.


Calli - Sep 01, 2022 1:03:52 pm PDT #17275 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

installing the new light fixtures.

Fun! I bet with a vintage house you can find a lot of nifty options.

I have an old kerosene lamp from a 1904-ish Ford Model A delivery van. If I ever get my own place I hope to wire it for electricity and use it as a front door light fixture.


NoiseDesign - Sep 01, 2022 1:21:29 pm PDT #17276 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

It is 112F at my warehouse today.


-t - Sep 01, 2022 1:33:40 pm PDT #17277 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ouch. That is way too hot.


askye - Sep 01, 2022 3:09:45 pm PDT #17278 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

I haven't felt great today but I think that's because of the night time cold medicine I took in the wee hours of the morning trying to get to sleep.

So haven't done much except feel kind of barely awake.

Got a letter from the lawyer, there's a hearing scheduled for Oct 13 for worker's comp. I'm trying not to freak out about it. I'm hoping that something will happen and it will not go to a hearing because I really don't want to be nervous and try not to ramble under oath.


-t - Sep 01, 2022 3:53:16 pm PDT #17279 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I hope it's easier and less of a big deal than you expect, askye.

I am also super sleepy, for no particular reason, just hit the afternoon wall I guess. I drove today because that just made more sense at the time, but now I have to drive home and climbing onto a bus and zoning out for an hour sounds so much more appealing than staying alert and awake and driving for 20-30 minutes! Once I get home I can lie down, though. I was thinking I should go grocery shopping on the way home but I don't think that's going to happen.


JenP - Sep 01, 2022 4:30:06 pm PDT #17280 of 30000

I had a frustrating day in that I'm not having luck crafting some copywriting work I'm doing. Very frustrated with myself. Letting it go for the evening and back at it tomorrow morning.

I am looking forward to the three day weekend. Celebrating a friend's birthday on Monday, so that'll be fun. Kind of can't believe it's September again already.

Will be pulling for your case, askye. One of my good friend's daughters is going through a similar thing after her own concussion and workers comp claim. It's so fraught.

-t, I'm not sure where you are in your journey homeward, but I hope it's a smooth one!


-t - Sep 01, 2022 4:33:23 pm PDT #17281 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Still getting ready to pack up to leave, but thank you! I'm sure it will be fine, it just took me a minute to remember that I do actually have to drive.


Sheryl - Sep 01, 2022 5:11:01 pm PDT #17282 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I’m in Chicago and at the con. I don’t have any sort of step tracker, but I’ve probably racked up a bunch of steps between walking around the airports and the walk from the L stop to the hotel.


NoiseDesign - Sep 01, 2022 7:51:07 pm PDT #17283 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

I'm doing laundry so that I can throw things in a bag for tomorrow night since I'm doing work about an hour away first thing in the morning on Saturday so I'm staying on that end of town, and then I get home from that Saturday evening, and do a quick repack so that I can fly out to Minneapolis for some quick work out there on Monday and Tuesday.

Travel is definitely back.


JenP - Sep 01, 2022 10:22:51 pm PDT #17284 of 30000

Whirlwind travel, even.