It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.

Angelus ,'Smile Time'


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.


Steph L. - Mar 06, 2023 6:24:39 pm PST #21039 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Okay, this is awesome: our nephew had his surgery in Columbus, which is about an hour away from where he lives. He needs to stay close to the surgery center until Wednesday for follow-up, so he rented an AirBnB. It’s at a farm, so he’s recuperating with goats and ponies wandering around outside his AirBnB. That fellow is living the damn dream.


meara - Mar 06, 2023 7:57:20 pm PST #21040 of 30000

That sounds nice!!

I’m kicking myself I finally remembered to request a refill and get it from the mail order place. That was probably over a week ago, today I thought “I should check when they’re sending so I’ll look out for it!” And when I went online the pharmacy didn’t have it listed…went to the doctor website and realized I requested from the wrong pharmacy and have to start over!


msbelle - Mar 07, 2023 7:22:03 am PST #21041 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Still have a job. Job is still stupid.

Plan is become wealthy and stop work. Looking for leprechaun at lunch.


Calli - Mar 07, 2023 7:59:46 am PST #21042 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm glad you still have a job, msbelle. Good luck with Project Leprechaun.


-t - Mar 07, 2023 8:44:36 am PST #21043 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Leprechaun~ma!

I apparently am getting a raise this year - 2% which I appreciate my boss not trying to say is a really good raise but it's better than nothing. They apparently don't want to announce a general merit increase because they are not giving them to everyone and I don't know how to feel about that. It's odd. The spin we are getting is that the Managing Director fought for any raises at all vs the owner since we had such a bad year revenue-wise and this is some sort of compromise. I don't know that I believe any of oit, honestly, but I'm not sure whether that matters, either, but it's weird.


Jesse - Mar 07, 2023 10:31:05 am PST #21044 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Plan is become wealthy and stop work. Looking for leprechaun at lunch.

That is a good plan.


Jesse - Mar 07, 2023 11:24:14 am PST #21045 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh hey, did I ever report back on last weekend's baking? The chocolate cake was a big hit, and they were OBSESSED with the bread! I mean, it was fine, but they really loved it. (It was this [link] including some buckwheat, so the color was cool.)


-t - Mar 07, 2023 12:34:14 pm PST #21046 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh good! I don't know if I've had buckwheat flour. I probably have some time or other, but all I can actually remember is the groats I have pretty often.


meara - Mar 07, 2023 1:26:27 pm PST #21047 of 30000

The bread sounds good—fresh bread is almost always worthy of awe in my book!

My boss has finally replied about the job with the mysteriously high salary range. Claims it’s not applicable exactly (bs) and that she has been told she can share the salary range but not in writing (more bs), we have a meeting Friday.


Jesse - Mar 07, 2023 1:32:06 pm PST #21048 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The bread sounds good—fresh bread is almost always worthy of awe in my book!

Yeah, it's easy to lose track of that. I haven't bought bread in a couple of years now! So my mother says, "ooh, it's so soft and delicious," and I'm like, "but it was supposed to be crackly!!" Still delicious, and honestly, soft is easier.