Yes. Men like sports. Men watch the action movie, they eat of the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms. A thousand years of avenging our wrongs and that's all you've learned?

Xander ,'End of Days'


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.


Consuela - Jul 18, 2023 9:27:05 am PDT #23171 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

askye, you have a lot going on! I'm sorry for your aunt and all the hassle for your mother but I'm happy you got the check!

In general advice, anyone getting older should have an advanced directive signed, scanned, and provided in electronic format to their family. Huh, I should do that! If you have senior relatives you may need to help, do talk to them about this and get copies that you can keep in a reliable place (I kept my dad's paperwork on my phone).

Woke up with a headache and a little nauseated, so I'm spending the morning in bed. First legit sick day in quite some time. Dog isn't too pleased, though.


JZ - Jul 18, 2023 10:39:40 am PDT #23172 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Yay for the paying off!

Any e reader recs? Kindle? Fire? Something else? I'm tired of struggling with this.


Gudanov - Jul 18, 2023 10:57:49 am PDT #23173 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Congrats, Gud! How is it that you're about to have both kids married when it doesn't seem that long ago that you were building a rocket ship in the backyard?

I'm not sure how it happened.

Any e reader recs? Kindle? Fire? Something else? I'm tired of struggling with this.

I really like the Kindle paperwhite.


NoiseDesign - Jul 18, 2023 11:04:56 am PDT #23174 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

I'm a fan of the Kindle.


meara - Jul 18, 2023 11:10:14 am PDT #23175 of 30000

I like my kindle but honestly mostly read on the kindle app on my iPad these days—it’s a bigger screen and easier to navigate/download/etc. The paper white kindle is nice for being smaller and lighter but mostly I only use if I want to carry something tiny and/or it’ll be in bright sunlight where the iPad isn’t as good. (Also it’s waterproof!)


Dana - Jul 18, 2023 11:16:27 am PDT #23176 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I also have a Kindle, though I don't think it's a Paperwhite. What I like about reading on it rather than a phone or iPad is the ability to take blue light out of the equation. I try to limit that because of the migraines, and I find my eyes get tired less quickly with my Kindle.


JZ - Jul 18, 2023 11:37:28 am PDT #23177 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Blue light is definitely a thing for me, and on the days when I don't check in here or on FB it's usually because I can't stop tearing up. Sounds like a Kindle Paperwhite is the one for me.


Laura - Jul 18, 2023 12:10:11 pm PDT #23178 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Any e reader recs? Kindle? Fire? Something else? I'm tired of struggling with this.

I loved my Nook so very much, and broke it. Since they were out of them at the moment I broke it I tried the Kindle and I hate it compared to my dear Nook. I have the Paperwhite, but it just doesn't have my love. I'll get another Nook again.

Note that I don't think Nook has all the super free and cheap e-books to the extent that Kindle has them.


Consuela - Jul 18, 2023 12:37:32 pm PDT #23179 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

one of the advantages of the Paperwhite is that you can borrow ebooks from the library and have them auto-sent to your Kindle! It's great. You don't have to download and side-load them or anything.

The battery on a Paperwhite lasts a long time, and it's as easy to read as a paper book for me. I have basically stopped buying hard copies of books.


Dana - Jul 18, 2023 12:52:11 pm PDT #23180 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

You can also download fic and sideload it.