Reynolds, I'm a dangerous-minded man on a ship loaded with hurt. Now, why you got me chatting with your peons?

Womack ,'The Message'


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.


DavidS - Oct 26, 2023 1:15:38 pm PDT #26434 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hec, I hope the dermatology stuff settles down soon.

I very gently exfoliated with a wash cloth and cleanser in the shower and took off a bunch of the dead skin flakes.

The new lizard emerges.

Then EM vacuumed after she got here so everything I had shed is also cleaned up.

Good news about JZ's autopays: She seems to have set a lot of them up as direct charges to our checking account rather than through her card. That was smart.

Bad news about JZ's autopays: She set a bunch of them up with her work email address and work phone number, both of which are discontinued. So when I try to change them it sends the stupid verification PIN going off to somewhere that doesn't exist and I can't access it.

We did determine that PGE is charging through to our checking account so the power won't be turned off November 1st.

Xfinity was a nightmare loop of being in the account and then getting kicked when I tried to review the billing, complicated by us having two accounts: one for our old apartment, and a separate one for the new house. Which was further complicated by Emmett & Kalena setting it up when they moved into the Garden Apartment which has its own address (152 Shrader) and also the aforementioned work email mishegas.

I was able to confirm though that the old apartment account went directly to the checking account, so I'm hoping that the new account was set up that way as well. Otherwise I'm going to have to fight with a phone tree which is nobody's idea of a good time.

ION, I'm flying my niece out to see us next week for four days. I'm flying her first class on short notice and I don't even care that it's going to cost.

I have made progress, though, so that all the financial accounts are transferred over to me, and have initiated the series of changes through UC Retirement which will make me the lead member on our health insurance and line up pension payments and life insurance.

So you just keep scratching at the big pile of impossibility and you get one or two fixed at a time and eventually you push through.


Shir - Oct 26, 2023 1:47:37 pm PDT #26435 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Hec, again, you're a mentch.

I learned today that one of my favorite musicians, along with his wife and their kid somehow and miraculously survived. Other houses surrounding theirs were not so lucky. They were in the kibbutz closest to the music festival.

All of these are very, very bizzare and violet days.


erikaj - Oct 26, 2023 2:19:13 pm PDT #26436 of 30000
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

Very glad that today's meeting is over. outcomes may be important, eventually, but it doesn't make every chapter interesting, I'll tell you that much. ETA: Shir, glad you got a little good news. Hec, good for you for plugging away.


msbelle - Oct 26, 2023 3:25:19 pm PDT #26437 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Well it took 4 weeks, but tomorrow we get official word that my boss is out and not returning. One of the Deputies (that I like and work well with) will be acting Director while a search goes on.

The person over my now ex-boss is still big mad at us and still a person that can be a pain, but the hope is that in 3-4 weeks I can get the promotion my boss blocked and be out of the Director’s office and therefore the line of fire.


Sheryl - Oct 26, 2023 3:36:17 pm PDT #26438 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Happy birthday Fiona!

Tomorrow I fly to Ohio for OVFF. Gary and Mr. S fly out Saturday morning(in hopes that a daytime flight will be less fraught) We all fly back Sunday evening.


Steph L. - Oct 26, 2023 4:20:57 pm PDT #26439 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Tomorrow I fly to Ohio for OVFF

Sheryl, I will wave from the south.


Dana - Oct 26, 2023 4:52:14 pm PDT #26440 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

That's good news, msbelle.


JenP - Oct 26, 2023 5:12:04 pm PDT #26441 of 30000

Lost post.

Good to hear, msbelle.

Face ~ma to Hec, and, yeah, so glad those kids have you as another adult who cares. I hope their new foster home works out really well.

Lovely visit with my aunt at the beach. Home tomorrow.


Jesse - Oct 26, 2023 6:45:33 pm PDT #26442 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The person over my now ex-boss is still big mad at us and still a person that can be a pain, but the hope is that in 3-4 weeks I can get the promotion my boss blocked and be out of the Director’s office and therefore the line of fire.

Fingers crossed!


DavidS - Oct 26, 2023 7:39:55 pm PDT #26443 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Just got my niece booked to fly out on Sunday and I'm so happy to see her, but also for her.

I'll have her here Sunday to Thursday and that'll be a treat. She's close with EM too so that'll be a fun reunion and she'll get to know my kids and San Francisco again.

I'm very happy about this.

Also, I got the home and car insurance switched over to me so that's one checked off the list.