I love the smell of desperate librarian in the morning.

Snyder ,'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.


javachik - Jul 31, 2023 7:14:55 am PDT #23368 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Trudy, I’m SO GLAD you got your mom to NY for this second opinion!!! What a change!! All best wishes your and your mom’s way!


javachik - Jul 31, 2023 7:16:02 am PDT #23369 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

And new baby grand nephew, congrats Suela! And knowing his mom, I’m not surprised at all by her heroism. That kid is so lucky in the parents department!


JenP - Jul 31, 2023 7:39:36 am PDT #23370 of 30000

All positive vibes for your mom and her new team of doctors. Good for hanging in there about MSK and being her rock and new roomie through it


Steph L. - Jul 31, 2023 8:19:30 am PDT #23371 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Trudy, so glad your mom got to MSK! Bring on the restaging!

Tim’s surgery has been pushed back by 90 minutes, so we’re just killing time.


DavidS - Jul 31, 2023 8:26:13 am PDT #23372 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

That's an excellent change of venue, Trudy. Good job! Wishing you the -ma.

so we’re just killing time.

I wonder if that Lou Reed's line about buying drugs ran through his head at the end of his life as he received cancer care: "First thing you learn is you always gotta wait."


Susan W. - Jul 31, 2023 9:28:21 am PDT #23373 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Congratulations, Grantie!

That reminds me, I'm about to be a great-great aunt. I was a great-aunt before I was a mom, since my oldest niece, who's only six years younger than me, had her firstborn about 8 months ahead of Alex. And so my oldest grand-niece, who just turned 20, has hastily married her high school sweetheart and just had a baby shower. I'm currently viewing all this through Facebook, though I'm visiting that part of the family in October, so I'll get to meet my great-great-grandniece then. (I should bring a cane for the trip--unfortunately it's too late to grow out my gray hair for the occasion.)


askye - Jul 31, 2023 9:45:52 am PDT #23374 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

Sorry Lisah-- I didn't mean to mis read it, I was kind of ...feeling grumbly and worried maybe I'm being too picky and I should just find something , anything, to get back to work.

I am definitely looking at jobs that pay more...which is why the field is so limited. Even branching into administrative aide /reception type jobs the pay is often on the low side.

I've been trying to focus on places that have $15 and up as a salary range because with my experience I know I could get at least what I was making previously if not more. Surprisingly to me grocery stores seem to have the better pay range when it comes to associate jobs. I've seen some retail jobs advertising assistant manager positions for less than $14/hr. I saw one that was $10.50/hr.

And then I was just randomly looking around and saw a position for a FedEx driver for $14-$19/hr and have the whole UPS almost strike I was curious about the difference--which is UPS is union.


Laura - Jul 31, 2023 10:27:24 am PDT #23375 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Hourly wages of that level make it really next to impossible to be independent. Sad state of affairs. This is much of the reason that my son is doing delivery for Walmart, even though wages are higher in NY.

Also sad, Paul Reubens has died. He brought smiles to many.


brenda m - Jul 31, 2023 10:37:15 am PDT #23376 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

So glad to hear this news Trudy! We’ll be pulling with you all the way.


lisah - Jul 31, 2023 11:26:30 am PDT #23377 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Trudy, my aunt’s husband was diagnosed with bile duct cancer last year. He’s doing pretty well considering. What’s made all the difference is being able to be treated at Hopkins. Thank goodness they are only an hour away. So glad your Mom now has access to that kind of facility as well!