Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...

'The Message'


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.


Vortex - May 24, 2023 7:31:03 pm PDT #22353 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

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'.)

I've been losing my hair, so I went to a dermatologist. She prescribed several drugs (she menitoned that lupus may be a cause of hair loss), and the plaquenil is one of them. I'll go back to CVS tomorrow.


meara - May 24, 2023 8:38:39 pm PDT #22354 of 30000

Wait, Vortex, do you mean for once House is wrong and it IS lupus?

I really need a kick in the pants to get stuff done. Or really, a friend to come over and sit while I clean and work. Motivates me like nothing else (and there is a website where you can do that but it’s not the same)


meara - May 24, 2023 8:41:36 pm PDT #22355 of 30000

Dear god. I just was reading an article and it said Ron DeSantis is only 44??? He’s younger than me?? I assumed he was like 64. That makes it worse how awful he is!


DavidS - May 24, 2023 8:46:08 pm PDT #22356 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

That makes it worse how awful he is!

Did you read his history as a JAG at Guantanamo? He fucking tortured people. He's thoroughly evil.


Calli - May 25, 2023 5:55:09 am PDT #22357 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Did you read his history as a JAG at Guantanamo? He fucking tortured people.

Unfortunately, there's a scary sector of US voters who will see that as a plus, rather than a deal-breaker.


dcp - May 25, 2023 7:01:39 am PDT #22358 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Today is the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May: [link]
I shall have to find some lilac.

Today is also Towel Day: [link]
Do you know where your towel is?
Don't panic.


JenP - May 25, 2023 8:29:35 am PDT #22359 of 30000

Unfortunately, there's a scary sector of US voters who will see that as a plus, rather than a deal-breaker.

Yeah, it was a horrifying read... and completely unsurprising that he seemed to enjoy witnessing the torture... and was so cruelly deceitful in his purpose for being there.

I had exactly the same right, Calli. There's a huge segment who would have stood right there with him enjoying the scenes, and they probably regretted they only got to read about it.

More and more, cruelty is the goal, and that's accepted and acceptable. There's no other explanation I can see.


-t - May 25, 2023 8:31:04 am PDT #22360 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw. I do know where my towel is! I don't think I can lay my hands on any lilac easily, maybe next year I can plan ahead.


DebetEsse - May 25, 2023 11:03:19 am PDT #22361 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I am a hoopy frood who had a hard-boiled egg for breakfast.


-t - May 25, 2023 11:30:30 am PDT #22362 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Well played