You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.

Xander ,'Help'


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.


brenda m - May 23, 2023 5:05:26 pm PDT #22335 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

If someone wants to bring me birria OR a Reuben I will happily take some home pickled onions on either.


Steph L. - May 23, 2023 5:11:43 pm PDT #22336 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Tonight I had salmon on the pasta salad I made last night, and it was all so good that I need to go to bed right now, because I don't think the day can get better from here.


erikaj - May 23, 2023 5:46:19 pm PDT #22337 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

Newish attendant has time-management skills like the average lemur. Also, a really dramatic family life with damn-near Sons of Anarchy in it...I think she's just gonna be late a lot, though it makes my mother nuts.(maybe more because she's the only person who'd really put me first)


Consuela - May 23, 2023 7:42:51 pm PDT #22338 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

So I've been trying to hire on permanently this guy who has been a contractor for us (full-time) for about a decade. He's really awesome, very knowledgeable, good with everyone. We announced the position, he applied, I told HR I wanted him-- and they said he wasn't eligible because he hadn't uploaded a copy of his transcript with his application.

I'm beside myself. This was our opportunity for us to get him on board, and for him to have a more secure position. And it's fucked up. They don't even need his official transcript! But he's dealing with some family stuff right now, and must have just missed that bit of the announcement.

I don't know what we're going to do. So upsetting.


meara - May 23, 2023 9:15:24 pm PDT #22339 of 30000

Oh that’s annoying Consuela. I always hear government hiring is the weirdest.

I would take any of the food options mentioned they all sound great! Though maybe no pickled onions with the salmon.


Vortex - May 23, 2023 10:00:52 pm PDT #22340 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Hey Teppy, don't want to ruin your perfect day, but is there a connection between Plaquenil and Doxycycline Hyclate? I was prescribed the former, but got the latter from CVS. Are they comparable? I mean, I could call the doctor's office, but why not just ask people on the internet.


DavidS - May 23, 2023 10:20:34 pm PDT #22341 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Fuck.

One of Matilda's two closest friends (Mia) just got released from a psych ward after trying to commit suicide.

She tried to call Matilda but...Matilda's phone didn't have a SIM card so she didn't get the call.

Everything feels so chaotic and consequential.

I've got to say this narrative has serious pacing issues.

As an editor I have notes.

I'm so tired and sad and frazzled.


Calli - May 24, 2023 4:35:22 am PDT #22342 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

That’s awful, David.


Steph L. - May 24, 2023 6:21:52 am PDT #22343 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

David, that is so stressful and sad, for all of you. Thank goodness Mia's okay, though.

Hey Teppy, don't want to ruin your perfect day, but is there a connection between Plaquenil and Doxycycline Hyclate? I was prescribed the former, but got the latter from CVS. Are they comparable?

They are definitely not the same -- Plaquenil is an anti-rheumatic drug used for malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis; Doxycycline is an antibiotic BUT it's also used for malaria (which I just learned), like Plaquenil, so if you were prescribed the Plaquenil as a preventive for malaria, maybe that's why CVS subbed in the Doxycycline. (If not, then I got nothin'.)


JenP - May 24, 2023 6:30:07 am PDT #22344 of 30000

Good grief, David. Sending love to Matilda, Mia and everyone. That script needs a fuck ton of work, yes. Jesus.