No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Laura - Sep 29, 2023 10:50:27 am PDT #25722 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

They didn't have the Covid vaccine last time I checked so I'll check again in a couple weeks. If not then I'll wait until I get home.

Tom, is there flooding around you? It looks awful.

eta: I didn't have anything but a sore arm with my various vaccines. And that wasn't bad. Grateful since I know many do suffer.


Dana - Sep 29, 2023 10:56:26 am PDT #25723 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I reacted to the first two-dose vaccine, but I haven't reacted to the boosters. Got mine on the 18th, which gave it a week to start kicking in before I came to NY.


Steph L. - Sep 29, 2023 11:13:33 am PDT #25724 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Got mine on the 18th, which gave it a week to start kicking in before I came to NY.

Tim got his Monday as well, which gives him a week before he goes back to work. (Did I mention that? He's going back to work on Monday. THIS Monday. But only half-days for a while. He's doing extremely well and is very restless. Plus, he *has* to be sick of me by now, because it's been a little under 2 months of being home.)


-t - Sep 29, 2023 11:57:13 am PDT #25725 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I hope he has an easy transition to being back at work! Half days is good.


Susan W. - Sep 29, 2023 12:31:42 pm PDT #25726 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Yay for Tim!

I'm now feeling very fatigued and vaguely feverish, so clearly I celebrated my lack of side effects to soon.


Steph L. - Sep 29, 2023 1:33:08 pm PDT #25727 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I'm now feeling very fatigued and vaguely feverish, so clearly I celebrated my lack of side effects to soon.

All the cool kids are feeling crappy from the Covid booster. Welcome to the club!


Cass - Sep 29, 2023 2:29:05 pm PDT #25728 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.

Joining those doing things that interest them, I signed up for a presentation from my local art museum on the Etruscans. They’re less well known than the classical Romans, but what I’ve heard sounds neat.

The Etruscans are fascinating. Jealous.


Jesse - Sep 29, 2023 4:23:42 pm PDT #25729 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Around here, a lot of people are getting SPIKEVAX appointments, but the pharmacy doesn't actually have it when the appointment comes. So wish me luck tomorrow morning. Otherwise, I'll just get the flu shot, which is better than nothing.

Work remains a cluster. Boss is now on admin leave and there is going to be an outside investigation into allegations of a hostile workplace and unethical practices. Giant poop show.

Oh dang, msbelle. I hope it's satisfying that at least everyone knows your boss is a shitshow.

I also hope the memorial is good (or whatever...satisfying? helpful? what you all need it to be.)


Steph L. - Sep 29, 2023 4:36:32 pm PDT #25730 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

SPIKEVAX appointments

SPIKEVAX is a badass name. It should have an exclamation point as part of the official name: SPIKEVAX!


Jesse - Sep 29, 2023 5:08:10 pm PDT #25731 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Agreed! That is why I like to use it.