I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.

Giles ,'Selfless'


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.


dcp - Apr 03, 2023 4:43:53 pm PDT #21526 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

From what I could see on flightradar24, your aircraft didn't leave San Antonio TX until this morning. Could have been a mechanical issue, could have been a crew issue.


flea - Apr 03, 2023 4:59:49 pm PDT #21527 of 30000
information libertarian

Happy birthday Tom!

I am glad that JZ is home and hoping Epic’s recovery goes well and she can go home too.


shrift - Apr 03, 2023 11:03:54 pm PDT #21528 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Happy birthday, Tom!


Tom Scola - Apr 04, 2023 5:50:02 am PDT #21529 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone.


Laura - Apr 04, 2023 6:04:21 am PDT #21530 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Did you do anything fun to spoil yourself?


askye - Apr 04, 2023 6:32:27 am PDT #21531 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

David ok glad it was just the flight cancelation for some reason I was thinking there was issues with the marathon but that was the previous trip.


Steph L. - Apr 04, 2023 1:23:51 pm PDT #21532 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I just had to wrangle a medication refill issue by calling CVS, then insurance, then my doctor's office. I *think* it's all fixed, but I won't really know it's fixed until CVS tells me I can come pick up the meds.

Those phone calls have me so riled up that I'm going to do some yoga to try to regain some level of chill.


Steph L. - Apr 04, 2023 2:24:59 pm PDT #21533 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I have yoga-ed. I'm not sure if I've regained any chill (assuming I had any to begin with, which is actually a laughable idea), but my hip flexors are definitely stretchier, so I've got that going for me.

Tim had some more back imaging done yesterday, and he meets with the surgeon Friday, I assume to schedule the surgery, which is being called "reconstructive surgery" (that just feels like a whole 6 Million Dollar Man thing). Just in the last 2 weeks, he's developed a lot more pain and can't stand or walk for very long, so this surgery needs to happen ASAP.

I'm amused that he'll have back surgery performed by the same clinic that did mine, very likely 20 years to the month after mine (April 2003). There's no better medical team to do it. People travel to Cincinnati to have surgery done by this clinic. They're outstanding. They're the clinic patients go to *after* other providers have fucked up their back surgery.


-t - Apr 04, 2023 2:31:52 pm PDT #21534 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Glad y'all are skipping the "someone else fucking up their back surgery" step!


Steph L. - Apr 04, 2023 2:46:31 pm PDT #21535 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Glad y'all are skipping the "someone else fucking up their back surgery" step!

I'm all about the efficiency.