I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.

Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


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.


Tom Scola - Sep 11, 2023 7:57:17 am PDT #25257 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Chris Evans just married Warrior Nun.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 11, 2023 8:12:47 am PDT #25258 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

Aw! Their babies will be godlike in their beauty.

Hil, you're the FOURTH friend of mine I've found out was hospitalized with a heart attack or heart failure in the past week! I knew these things get more common as we age, but I didn't expect them to be scheduled all at once.


Hil R. - Sep 11, 2023 8:20:25 am PDT #25259 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

As an aside, did you go to Anderson Mercy, or a different hospital?

They brought me to UC.


Steph L. - Sep 11, 2023 8:21:27 am PDT #25260 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

As an aside, did you go to Anderson Mercy, or a different hospital?

They brought me to UC.

I am SO relieved to hear that! Anderson Mercy is where my dad has been taken for some heart stuff, and they SUCK.


Laura - Sep 11, 2023 8:21:39 am PDT #25261 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

So scary, Hil. Sending heart~ma!


Hil R. - Sep 11, 2023 8:27:20 am PDT #25262 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I am SO relieved to hear that! Anderson Mercy is where my dad has been taken for some heart stuff, and they SUCK.

The EMTs asked me if I had a preference about which hospital, and I said that I didn't, so I'm not sure how they decided, but everyone at UC was really great.


lisah - Sep 11, 2023 8:35:21 am PDT #25263 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

So glad you called 911 and got good care, Hil!


Dana - Sep 11, 2023 8:38:06 am PDT #25264 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Hil, no having heart attacks! Glad you're doing better.


meara - Sep 11, 2023 8:43:54 am PDT #25265 of 30000

Yikes Hil, good thing you called 911.

Matt, one of the things they’re learning is that covid can really affect cardiovascular stuff so that may be part of why, sadly.


Calli - Sep 11, 2023 8:44:04 am PDT #25266 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I had a heart attack

Yikes, Hil! I'm glad you called 911 and were able to get treatment.

David, if caring for my parents before they passed is any indication, the last few months will never go away, memory-wise. But they'll become part of the tapestry, and you'll be able to focus on the better parts again.