Thank you. I’m willing to do the interviews because I think it’s important for folks to hear first hand what small business owners are faced with.
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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.
NoiseDesign - Jan 18, 2021 8:24:59 pm PST #2516 of 29868
Our wings are not tired
Beverly - Jan 19, 2021 1:38:04 am PST #2517 of 29868
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Let's hear it for the Boy
(dancing with Kevin Bacon)
I thirty-fifth or whatever medicinal Pringles. Wow. I'm thinking, hmmm, haven't had Pringles in an age. I should get some. No, wait--aren't Pringles potato chips? Well, that would explain it. Cass, have my Pringles for me!
JZ, honey, I am so right there with you. It's a damn lucky thing for people that I'm a true hermit because my filters are just all. gone. at this point. H is tolerant and patient and laughs at my funny rants to help me crawl out of the Angry Pit. He used to get upset at my monologue at Other Drivers, but he gets it now. I want to stop being angry. I want my first startle reflex not to be rage and retaliation. I'm really truly done with this societal death spiral crap. Can we have some progress, now? Some kindness, some public caring for each other, some freaking hope? That would be nice.
(Hugs Laura) Oh hell. (Hugs the rest of you, too. It's okay, it's virtual)
Laura - Jan 19, 2021 6:33:55 am PST #2518 of 29868
Our wings are not tired.
Virtual hugs back, for all! My naturally huggy self has had a time the last year! I do hug my husband and kids, and of course Skinner, Mulder, and Scully! Now that I think of it I have hugged a couple others too. But not my siblings, and that is sad making. My sisters have been super cautious, even more so than me (one I haven't even seen), My brother on the other hand is completely reckless. His MS keeps him from getting out much or driving, but he still socializes with all his family and friends maskless. I suggested doing a drive by outside visit over Thanksgiving and he was honest with me. Told me straight out that he would love to see me but he and crew didn't go in for this mask stuff and I might be uncomfortable. (he lives on right wing sites) Anyway, I appreciated his being upfront and I sincerely hope he survives until I can safely see him.
One more day! I know it isn't going to be a magical transformation, but it will be better. Once again send gratitude thoughts to Georgia.
Cass - Jan 19, 2021 8:05:31 am PST #2519 of 29868
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
JZ, honey, I am so right there with you. It's a damn lucky thing for people that I'm a true hermit because my filters are just all. gone. at this point. H is tolerant and patient and laughs at my funny rants to help me crawl out of the Angry Pit. He used to get upset at my monologue at Other Drivers, but he gets it now. I want to stop being angry. I want my first startle reflex not to be rage and retaliation. I'm really truly done with this societal death spiral crap. Can we have some progress, now? Some kindness, some public caring for each other, some freaking hope? That would be nice.
Yeah, going back to work in person (because that is a thing I will eventually need to do) is going to be be rough just from a filter perspective.
Much less the fact that exposed to Covid (and look what fun friends it eventually brought) at work. I'm not over that. My getting sick was preventable and probably I'd never have experienced the hyponatremia (very low sodium) and seizures.
But today I am focused on getting my dog back (work Soldiers were awesome caring for her but everyone had young kids or crazy puppies or lived in barracks, so Shelby (she doesn't have an internet name. does this call for a Facebook poll?) is up at a nearby base chilling with my bosses' boss. She's basically on vacation but I know she'll be happy to know I'm safe and back to okay again.
Laura - Jan 19, 2021 8:18:52 am PST #2520 of 29868
Our wings are not tired.
she doesn't have an internet name. does this call for a Facebook poll?
That was how Mulder & Scully got their names! I think it was a Buffistas poll though.
Tom Scola - Jan 19, 2021 9:07:14 am PST #2521 of 29868
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
24 hours.
Steph L. - Jan 19, 2021 9:11:24 am PST #2522 of 29868
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
24 hours.
I've got a super-sized case of the jitters.
-t - Jan 19, 2021 9:31:35 am PST #2523 of 29868
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wow, I hadn't actually realized. This feels very weird.
-t - Jan 19, 2021 9:34:09 am PST #2524 of 29868
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
In memememe news: so much email to slog through. After only 1 day of holiday! Although I guess my usual post weekend email slog is usually kind of a lot and having it on top of my early morning Tuesday deadlines may make it seem like a lot more. In any case, much slogging.
juliana - Jan 19, 2021 9:46:58 am PST #2525 of 29868
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
24 hours.
I've got a super-sized case of the jitters.
Me too. I want to crochet or plant or do something with my hands, but I also do not want to start anything right now and possibly bring the bad energy into my work.
I know everything won't magically be better in 24 hours, but at least I'll have hope.