Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.

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.


Steph L. - Nov 07, 2023 6:25:33 pm PST #26669 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

CNN is projecting that Ohio will keep legal abortions.

I was just coming to post that! I am so relieved, I started crying.

Legal weed is ahead, too. The fucking railroad sale is winning, unfortunately.


Jesse - Nov 07, 2023 7:02:14 pm PST #26670 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Elections results in general seem to be going my way? My uneventful local elections were uneventful. But I am probably getting a promotion for the presidential primary!

But not having a primary relationship, not having somebody to come home to, is hard. I have the pictures I had framed for Jacqueline's funeral service out on the parlor table and miss her face 18 times a day.

Oh yeah. I think my mother still has a picture of my father on the kitchen table where she eats.

Mom's housing issues are worked out for now. The landlady has multiple tenants that can't afford to buy their place and are worried about people buying and raising rent so she's been working out a deal with Habitat for Humanity where they will buy the houses and keep rent at a reasonable level for the current tenants.

Wow, that sounds great.

msbelle, is your new job at the same place, or a totally new job? I think I missed stuff.


Steph L. - Nov 07, 2023 7:23:50 pm PST #26671 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

That damn railroad sale issue is passing 53%-47%. It hasn't been called yet, but unfortunately, I don't think it'll flip to No at this point.


DavidS - Nov 07, 2023 7:33:31 pm PST #26672 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Dangit, my face is having another delayed adverse reaction to the laser resurfacing. Super itchy and burning and bumpy. Kind of like an aggressive heat rash.

Fortunately my doctor was immediately responsive and I'll see her tomorrow morning. Unfortunately that's many hours away and this really sucks.

At least I don't look like a cartoon dog this time.


Steph L. - Nov 07, 2023 7:40:30 pm PST #26673 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

David, do you have any benadryl? It might help with the itchiness.


DavidS - Nov 07, 2023 8:20:10 pm PST #26674 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

David, do you have any benadryl? It might help with the itchiness.

I do! Good point.


DavidS - Nov 07, 2023 8:26:51 pm PST #26675 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Benadryl consumed!

Commence healing, face!

Because you're as irritated as baboon's inflamed ass.


Steph L. - Nov 07, 2023 9:15:07 pm PST #26676 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Benadryl consumed!

And, you know, Benadryl knocks you out, and if you’re asleep, you don’t feel itchy!


DavidS - Nov 07, 2023 9:34:03 pm PST #26677 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

And, you know, Benadryl knocks you out, and if you’re asleep, you don’t feel itchy!

I'm not there yet but I still have a small stash of stronger meds in house.

My face currently has the texture of an alligator skin purse.


Laura - Nov 08, 2023 5:02:28 am PST #26678 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

So I think we're at a cautious *mostly* yay for the latest test results.

That sounds like a yay to me. Sorry for the endless testing, My sister had surgery for lung cancer about 25 years ago but still has to have a round of various tests every year to follow up.

I haven't heard all the results yet, but it looks like Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky did good things.