You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.

Fred ,'Life of the Party'


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.


msbelle - Jun 07, 2023 6:33:19 am PDT #22582 of 29994
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Air quality warning here today too.

I am so sorry, meara.

Today is my wfh day and I am taking it as easy as possible.


JenP - Jun 07, 2023 6:41:51 am PDT #22583 of 29994

Even here we have haze and air quality warnings. The graphs in the paper comparing to previous years are yikes.


Jessica - Jun 07, 2023 6:44:39 am PDT #22584 of 29994
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

{{{meara}}}

It doesn't look as hazy here today as it did yesterday, but my entire respiratory system is screaming in pain. I can only imagine how folks are doing upstate and in Ontario this week.


-t - Jun 07, 2023 9:08:14 am PDT #22585 of 29994
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It is weird hearing about smoke and bad air and not being in it. Masks and respirators help, if you have access to any - those masks with the valve that we aren't supposed to use for COVID are pretty sweet for smoke. It's one of those obvious things that I forget I can do so I am reminding those of you who are in it that it might be something to remember.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 07, 2023 9:33:00 am PDT #22586 of 29994
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis

{{{meara}}}

Yesterday was a surprise retirement dinner for my best friend at a Brazillian steakhouse. I got followed and accosted by a very aggressive panhandler on my way in, which I can't imagine working to solicit handouts. Maybe people who are scared of him throw money (rather than the punches I was tempted to)? Fortunately, good company and eating enough beef to satisfy a mountain lion salvaged the evening.


meara - Jun 07, 2023 9:35:52 am PDT #22587 of 29994

It is weird hearing about smoke and bad air and not being in it

Agree!!


Tom Scola - Jun 07, 2023 9:40:43 am PDT #22588 of 29994
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Current photo of Manhattan


Steph L. - Jun 07, 2023 9:41:44 am PDT #22589 of 29994
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.

Current photo of Manhattan

Holy EPA, Batman!


Jessica - Jun 07, 2023 9:55:58 am PDT #22590 of 29994
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Current photo of Manhattan

Apparently NYC has the 2nd worst air quality in the world right now. (I have to assume Quebec is winning/losing that race, since it is literally on fire??)


P.M. Marc - Jun 07, 2023 10:13:44 am PDT #22591 of 29994
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

My sympathies. We've had at least a few weeks of that every damn summer since 2017. I would say you get used to it, but you really don't.

(Still decent air and blue skies here, though we're so much closer to some of the worst of the Canadian fires. The wind that's saving us is apparently screwing you.)

(ETA: Ah, you're getting the Quebec smoke, not the Northeast BC smoke. Gotta disambiguate the smoke. In my defense, Denver was getting the BC smoke recently.)