Mom! Dead people are talking to you. Do the math!

Buffy ,'Showtime'


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.


Susan W. - Jul 23, 2023 3:34:20 pm PDT #23259 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I'm so sorry, msbelle.

This concludes my construction update!

This reminded me that I need to follow up with potential contractors. We're trying to remodel bathrooms and earthquake retrofit the house, and Wednesday evening I emailed three potential contractors for each task, figuring they'd all call or email to schedule the next day. But only one of them followed up so far, so I guess I need to find more options or, like, contact the original ones on the phone like it's the 20th century or something.


DavidS - Jul 23, 2023 3:51:50 pm PDT #23260 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yay! You deserve to get a break with your tight schedule.

Home by 3:30 and now I'm hooked on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Charismatic cast!


Consuela - Jul 23, 2023 4:02:19 pm PDT #23261 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Home by 3:30 and now I'm hooked on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Charismatic cast!

Oh, yes! Just wait until you get to the ep that dropped yesterday, OMG. SO FUCKING GREAT.


Beverly - Jul 23, 2023 5:34:43 pm PDT #23262 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Yay for good nurse and being able to keep on schedule. Also, yay for good tv. Suela and Nanita, so sorry about the pictures and the emotions around them.

Hooray for bathroom improvements, and NZ adventures! Also for con excursions.

Matt, ~ma for your mom.

Existing in the heat and cowering indoors, mostly. Of course the car has AC, so scenic drives are a plus.


Dana - Jul 24, 2023 7:25:55 am PDT #23263 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Okay, y'all, I am missing a work document, and I've looked everywhere and can't find it, and it would be a huge pain in the ass to recreate and we're already on a couple of deadlines, so I'm gonna need everyone to pray to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost things, that this thing turns up right away.

Also got a weird medical thing going on, so this is not my best Monday.


Steph L. - Jul 24, 2023 7:43:42 am PDT #23264 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

so I'm gonna need everyone to pray to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost things, that this thing turns up right away.

In college I interned for the Catholic magazine St. Anthony Messenger (this is real), and the phrase everyone used was "Tony, Tony, turn around; something's lost and must be found."

May Tony be with you.


JenP - Jul 24, 2023 8:13:54 am PDT #23265 of 30000

Sending Tony vibes your way, Dana. That is so fucking frustrating.


brenda m - Jul 24, 2023 8:17:16 am PDT #23266 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

But not Tino, just to be clear.


askye - Jul 24, 2023 8:45:50 am PDT #23267 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

Mom always called it "praying to the angel that finds things" so that's what I'm sending up for you.

I did this a lot with all the lost keys and things through the years.

I have therapy in 20 mins, which is good, I need it. It's telehealth because I feel like crap. I'm dealing with more anxiety about job hunting than I thought I would and I've been avoiding and procrastinating instead of dealing with things. I need to ...I don't know how to get out of this mind set I'm in. But hey,....therapist.

My aunt is back at rehab, not because she's doing better but because that's the only place she can go right now. They have I think 5 more days to find some place else for her to go. The assisted living place she was at does have advanced care but at $500/day.


Susan W. - Jul 24, 2023 11:26:01 am PDT #23268 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

now I'm hooked on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Charismatic cast!

I watched the crossover episode with Lower Decks yesterday and now I need to go back and watch the whole show.

I'm back from my diagnostic mammogram (which AFAICT is identical to a screening one except they have a doctor evaluate the results in real time and ask for additional images if need be). The doctor didn't see anything concerning, so rather than doing an ultrasound immediately afterward they put me on a schedule of annual mammograms in the summer and annual MRIs in the winter.