On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'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.


Steph L. - May 01, 2023 9:27:01 am PDT #21985 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I’m with Tim at the clinic for his epidural steroid injection. Since his surgery isn’t going to happen for a month or two, this procedure is for pain management, to get him through until surgery. Fingers crossed this shit works.


JenP - May 01, 2023 9:34:24 am PDT #21986 of 30000

Fingers crossed for Tim, yes.

Glad the airshow hosting went well, Laura.

We celebrated Matt's birthday yesterday, and he enjoyed himself, so that's a win.


Laura - May 01, 2023 9:51:41 am PDT #21987 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Pain~management~ma sent for Tim.

The airshow and hosting went great. Sunday was delayed by storms but my BIL and another family friend came over for my sister's birthday dinner and jet swoop watching. The crazy helicopter was there again. With the strong winds we were having we all had heart failure watching a helicopter do loops and spins.


meara - May 01, 2023 10:06:59 am PDT #21988 of 30000

Glad all the hosting went well, Laura!!

Fingers crossed for Tim!

On the one hand I wish we in the US got as many holidays as my global coworkers. On the other hand, having a day where I’m working and they aren’t and I have hardly any emails? Glorious!!


-t - May 01, 2023 10:07:08 am PDT #21989 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Good luck with the steroids to Tim!

It just occurred to me this morning that it is particularly provoking of my employer to make May 1 the first day of our 3-days/week in the office schedule. I don't think International Worker's Day is going to make it onto our list of observed (by anyone, noty byu the company) holidays that the People Dept gives us every month


Toddson - May 01, 2023 11:25:16 am PDT #21990 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Well, the British yarn bombers are preparing.


Calli - May 01, 2023 1:22:21 pm PDT #21991 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I hope Tim's procedure is effective, Steph.

Laura, it sounds like a good time was had by all. That's great!

I helped a friend work on her resume yesterday. She's been at the same place for 26 years, but it's starting to circle the drain. My role was mostly to provide encouragement, snacks, and eventually cocktails, and to be someone she could bounce ideas off of. I think it went reasonably well. And I do like slinging gin for the greater good.


DavidS - May 01, 2023 2:05:09 pm PDT #21992 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

A round of epidurals for my friends! Let's get Tim pain-free.

I'm so glad the fly by was fun and not the stress mess you were worried about.

We arrived at 9:30am and we're just starting our infusion here now. So it's a late start to a delayed weekend.

The problem is, that the chemo pump has to stay on for 45 hours after it's started. But it isn't put in until the end of the infusion. So I got new plane tickets that leave at 4pm on Wednesday, but because they started us so much later today the pump might not be done in time for our flight.

You know when they have you show up at 10am for your infusion appointment you don't think they're going to start after 2pm.

So....fuck.


DavidS - May 01, 2023 2:10:50 pm PDT #21993 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yeah, we're fucked. I'm going to have to buy yet another ticket, get home later and I hate that they don't get that their loosey goosey scheduling has a cascading effect on our travel plans.


-t - May 01, 2023 2:39:33 pm PDT #21994 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Dang, that is some serious scheduling shifting y'all have had. I'm sorry.