You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.

Dawn ,'Storyteller'


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. - Jan 26, 2024 10:15:29 am PST #28274 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

probiotic poop nirvana

This may be the best phrase I've ever heard.


Gudanov - Jan 26, 2024 11:00:34 am PST #28275 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

gabapentin
Just started taking it for RLS. Hit and miss so far, but I'm rocking a very low dose at the moment.


Gudanov - Jan 26, 2024 11:03:01 am PST #28276 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Y'all, my work laptop got upgraded from an ancient Toshiba Tecra to a newer if not new ThinkPad (I keep wanting to say IBM but actually Lenovo these days? I am also ancient) and it is surprisingly disorienting! Everything looks slightly different and the keyboard not only is a different enough size to throw off my not-quite-but-almost-touch-typing but, like, the ctrl key is in a different spot

My dog killed my Thinkpad recently and I switched to a DELL G16 (mostly for the dedicated graphics card at a reasonable price) and the shift characters on the keys are below the normal characters instead of above. Keeps freaking me out.


Gudanov - Jan 26, 2024 11:03:53 am PST #28277 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

I will say that the DELL G16 does seem to play really well with Linux.


Gudanov - Jan 26, 2024 11:11:39 am PST #28278 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

When I successfully managed to get Matilda in for an appointment at the Teen clinic on Wednesday, they noted that they were no longer partnering with my insurance after February. Great?

Ugh. Why does the U.S. health care system have to suck so much?


-t - Jan 26, 2024 11:22:23 am PST #28279 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

the shift characters on the keys are below the normal characters instead of above.

WHAT!?! Is that legal?


Gudanov - Jan 26, 2024 11:41:44 am PST #28280 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

WHAT!?! Is that legal?

I know, right?


erikaj - Jan 26, 2024 11:58:48 am PST #28281 of 30000
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

It's the money. Why it sucks so much. The presentations I go to use more words than that. Sometimes powerpoints. ETA: In the spirit of "Looking for the helpers," my comrade, Chuck Pennacchio is spearheading an effort to get single-payer in a bunch of Western states. [link]


dcp - Jan 26, 2024 12:18:17 pm PST #28282 of 30000
I have grown older, but not up.

...gababentin RULES.

On the one hand, I am very glad to read it is working well for you.

On the other hand, I have read a great many scary anecdotes from people in my cancer support group(s) saying how hard it is to quit gabapentin. So when you are ready to do that, do the prep work and planning with your medical team, then taper off carefully and deliberately.


JenP - Jan 26, 2024 1:11:28 pm PST #28283 of 30000

Thanks, dcp -- I had read that, too, so I'll def talk to her first about how to taper off.