She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.

Willow ,'Help'


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 - Dec 12, 2023 4:39:18 pm PST #27351 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Possibly relevant side note - the scrape on my shin I got when going over handlebars this summer(? What is time) is still swollen and warm to the touch. And if I try to kneel it can’t take weight. Good times.

Yes, the shin doesn't have a lot of protection and bruises there are tough. Also, to say that his legs are massive is an understatement so it is hard to tell even if they are swollen, but they are still ouchy to touch. The skin is shiny which says to me it is stretched. I'll see what I can do with him tomorrow. I asked him to text one of our doctors, but he says he will just say to go to the ER. He is working on bringing up two new practices for us, but one is cardiology and the other gastroenterology, so not so much with the bumps and bruises.

Not paying attention and tumbling on concrete stairs is not recommended.


Laura - Dec 12, 2023 4:40:05 pm PST #27352 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I managed to hurt my back putting on my socks yesterday. (I usually do that standing up, and I lost my balance) I am just so talented.

I could see doing that. Enough with the acrobatics!


DavidS - Dec 12, 2023 5:43:25 pm PST #27353 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I asked him to text one of our doctors, but he says he will just say to go to the ER.

Isn't Urgent Care an option? You can usually schedule that.


Hil R. - Dec 12, 2023 6:28:18 pm PST #27354 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

So I make it a point to look for these little lights, these acts of grace and compassion and kindness. I feel that they're so deeply needed, so I try to actively look for them (oh, and if at all possible, I wish and hope that I can also actually do a tiny bit of that myself, for others). And that's what this Hanukkah is, for me.

Yeah -- I've been thinking a lot about the song "Light One Candle," originally written as a pacifist reaction to the 1982 Lebanon War. [link]


Laura - Dec 12, 2023 6:29:24 pm PST #27355 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I'll try and talk him into Urgent Care tomorrow. I don't expect him home from basketball until 10, then he will have to upload the film and stuff. Then up at 5:30 in the morning to do it all again.


lisah - Dec 12, 2023 7:01:55 pm PST #27356 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Does he not have a pcp he can see?


Laura - Dec 13, 2023 3:26:42 am PST #27357 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

RIP, Captain Holt. I pretended you were related to me.

I'll try and get the big guy to his PCP today. Wish me luck.


smonster - Dec 13, 2023 4:30:22 am PST #27358 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Good luck, Laura!

I did manage to get up and eat last night - bless frozen yakisoba noodle meals. I couldn’t find anything to watch that didn’t poke a tender spot, but then I found Song of the Thin Man and started that. Old movies I’ve never seen may be a go to for now.


Calli - Dec 13, 2023 4:55:57 am PST #27359 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

The Thin Man series is a good choice. Love me some Asta.

I was surprised and saddened to hear about Braugher. 61 is pretty young. (She says from the far too close age of 57.)


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 13, 2023 6:47:35 am PST #27360 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

Oh no! RIP Mr. Braugher.