f you're on Windows, pressing the Windows key and period key will bring up an emoji keyboard.
I just learned this last week... I feel old.
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
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.
JenP - Aug 14, 2023 11:47:37 am PDT #23937 of 30000
Toddson - Aug 14, 2023 12:19:09 pm PDT #23938 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've been lurking and following, but haven't had much to say. My love and sympathy to all who are having a hard time (yes, JZ's at the top of the list, but Tim and others I can't think of right now are on my list as well). I wish everyone pain meds that work (not too well) and all the comfort there is.
I'm going through a work-related SITUATION but have hopes of it being solved soon.
Zenkitty - Aug 14, 2023 12:42:16 pm PDT #23939 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
But I have learned the hard way that there are places where being completely Myself doesn't pay off.
Oh, ain't that the truth.
dcp - Aug 14, 2023 12:53:49 pm PDT #23940 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
She said we’re not blood related but she’s a “cousin of my heart”.
In my family, the term is "shirt-tail cousin." I don't know the origin of the term.
If you're on Windows, pressing the Windows key and period key will bring up an emoji keyboard.
If I ever knew that, I had forgotten it. Thanks! 🐸
shrift - Aug 14, 2023 1:06:29 pm PDT #23941 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I've been so far behind on the board and it took me a while to catch up. I could have skipped, but I didn't want to miss anything, so now emotions are spilling out of me like an overfilled pitcher.
JZ, I love you.
sj - Aug 14, 2023 3:30:30 pm PDT #23942 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
There are no simple questions imho.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 14, 2023 5:42:47 pm PDT #23943 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I am the proud owner of a new machete, which I just took out for a spin trimming the shrub/tree by my driveway. Not exactly martial arts/comic book movie levels of effortless cutting, but it seems useful enough to be worth a $6.99 yard work/home defense purchase.
Cass - Aug 14, 2023 6:40:18 pm PDT #23944 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Oooh, machete. I have much foliage that needs to tamed.
It's so good to see many old friends popping back in to say hi.
Hil R. - Aug 14, 2023 6:44:52 pm PDT #23945 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm working on prepping for the new semester, and as usual, I am so not prepared. Classes start next week. (I'm teaching an online section of a class that I've been teaching online for several years, so all of that stuff is pretty well prepared, but I'm also teaching one online and two in-person sections of a class I've never taught before, and the meeting with the course coordinator where we'll go over that stuff isn't until Thursday.)
aurelia - Aug 14, 2023 6:45:41 pm PDT #23946 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm not sure if I mentioned on there that my current treatment for the radiation damage to my bladder is hyperbaric chamber treatments. Which is substantially less cool than it sounds, and since it's every day (M-F) for 40 treatments, is kind of a slog. But it's an approved (by insurance even!) treatment, so fingers crossed for positive results!
Every day! Wow. I feel like there should be some sort of Jules Verne/Arabian Nights mashup to entertain you through the treatments. Absolutely crossing fingers for you!
Today my crew loaded the last two trucks for the musical that has been all-consuming for the last 4+ months and taking most of the spare moments before that since January. Tommy has left the building! Now I need to figure out how to approach TPTB to make sure they fully understand the human cost of asking a non-profit regional staff (many overtime exempt, like me) to do big commercial musicals. I think several people are looking to me to be the squeaky wheel.
It's so good to see many old friends popping back in to say hi.
Agreed!