I'll be fine. I'll be your bounty, Jubal Early. And I'll just fade away.

River ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Shir - Jan 20, 2021 6:28:06 am PST #2563 of 29428
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Oh, and happy Inauguration Day, Americans. I am very happy for you.

(May it soon happen here too, amen).


lisah - Jan 20, 2021 6:36:39 am PST #2564 of 29428
Punishingly Intricate

That's so exciting, Shir!!!


JenP - Jan 20, 2021 6:46:39 am PST #2565 of 29428

That's wonderful, Shir!

I am looking forward to today. And I still have trepidation because of everything. It's good, and it kind of sucks to have the anxiety chaser.


meara - Jan 20, 2021 7:11:45 am PST #2566 of 29428

Shir I am so very jealous!


DavidS - Jan 20, 2021 7:25:47 am PST #2567 of 29428
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

JZ hopped out of bed and said, "I'm going to go fire up C-Span!"

And I said, "I think Trump has already left Washington! I think he's already in Mar-A-Lago!"

Also, Jacqueline had a very funny theory about Trump's relationship with the Constitution that she should share with y'all.


Shir - Jan 20, 2021 7:42:24 am PST #2568 of 29428
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

It is amazing. There's one HMO provider where the limit is still 40+ and not 35+ (again, all to the general population. Other groups with preexisting conditions have been prioritized and vaccinated earlier). It also depends where do you live - it is better to be in the small towns and not in big cities - people under 30 have been vaccinated there. I think it's because they can better regulate and foresee issues in the supply chain, and the clinics there can call people directly and offer vaccines, if they have enough left.

But still, we are in a bad shape. Large populations will not listen to lockdown instructions, and there's very little enforcement there. The lockdown was just extended - till the end of January - and the hospitals are struggling. And that's just the physical health, not the economy or the mental health aspects. And we've got elections coming up in two months (I'm not optimistic about it).

But for right now, hugging people again is surely a relief.


Jessica - Jan 20, 2021 7:42:34 am PST #2569 of 29428
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

"I think Trump has already left Washington! I think he's already in Mar-A-Lago!"

The first notification I saw this morning was "President Trump has left the White House for the last time" and it was THE BEST NEWS EVER.


Laura - Jan 20, 2021 7:49:02 am PST #2570 of 29428
Our wings are not tired.

Ugh, he is just a few miles from me now. We love that at noon the local small airports will no longer have to close when he is here. The streets won't be closed. The scores of local sheriffs won't have to be deployed. We can even get in our boat and cruise by Mar-A-Lago if we want. Residents there don't want him either, but apparently Ivanka wants to be the next Senator from Florida. Yuck.

A glorious wonderful day, but yeah chest still tight. I am determined to just feel the joy.


Trudy Booth - Jan 20, 2021 7:58:51 am PST #2571 of 29428
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

When Dr. Biden stepped out of her car a man buttoned her coat and I thought, “Why is that man buttoning... oh, Kevlar.”


sj - Jan 20, 2021 8:09:46 am PST #2572 of 29428
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I had to turn off the coverage for now because I have a zoom appointment in a few minutes. Apparently this particular office doesn't send it's links until just a few minutes before the meeting, and that is making me a nervous wreck.