I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.

Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


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.


askye - May 10, 2023 2:14:24 pm PDT #22170 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

So I had a meeting with the lawyer. Turns out that the while the neurologist was at total dick in person his notes are helpful to me as a claimant. Which I guess is good. I now have to wait for a neuro psych evaluation which could take as long as the neuro ophthalmologist appointment. The lawyer also said to go ahead and get new glasses instead of keeping waiting for Corvel to do something and then I can submit the receipt for reimbursement.

And worker's comp is talking about offering a settlement. Unless it's the best settlement I could ever hope to get I wont' be taking it until after the neuro psych eval.

Unfortunately my anxiety has been up. I texted Crafty friend several times since monday and she hasn't replied so now my brain is all "you fucked up, you did something wrong when you were over there and she never wants to see you again". Which I don't really think is true. However I did text her and said - um, so my anxiety is acting up and I just wanted to touch base and make sure we are cool.


Laura - May 10, 2023 2:32:53 pm PDT #22171 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Unless it's the best settlement I could ever hope to get I wont' be taking it until after the neuro psych eval.

Yes, until you get a full picture of what is going on you can't settle.

I remember the Florida idiot unhelmeted cyclist's death well. It was right after the law was passed. I doubt it changed many minds though.


dcp - May 10, 2023 3:34:21 pm PDT #22172 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I am reeling. Just found out my 2nd cousin died in a car accident on Monday afternoon. I think it's hitting me hard because he is the first in the family to die who is younger than I am.

I haven't seen him in a couple of decades, but we were pretty good friends as children, spent a lot of summer vacations together.

He retired a few years ago after being a policeman for twenty years in the second-largest city in Arkansas, and the head of their SWAT team.

His SUV was in a collision with a semi-trailer rig at a crossroads in rural Oklahoma. Not sure who hit whom, or how, yet. The driver of the rig was unhurt. My cousin's wife, in the passenger seat of the SUV, was unhurt.

If my cousin had been belted in, like his wife, would he have survived?

People! Wear your seatbelts!


Jesse - May 10, 2023 4:24:07 pm PDT #22173 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh no, dcp. I'm so sorry.


-t - May 10, 2023 4:37:19 pm PDT #22174 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm so sorry, dcp.


erikaj - May 10, 2023 4:49:39 pm PDT #22175 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

Sorry for your loss, dcp.


DebetEsse - May 10, 2023 4:53:22 pm PDT #22176 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Oof, dcp, condolences to you and family


Susan W. - May 10, 2023 6:21:41 pm PDT #22177 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I'm so sorry, dcp.


Trudy Booth - May 10, 2023 6:36:04 pm PDT #22178 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Oh dcp what a nightmare, I’m so sorry.


Consuela - May 10, 2023 7:17:33 pm PDT #22179 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

oH, dcp, that's just awful. I'm so sorry.