Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.

'Harm's Way'


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.


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
Always Anti-fascist!

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
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

...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.


Atropa - Jan 26, 2024 2:03:32 pm PST #28284 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Anyone have any trusted sites where you can list symptoms so you can figure out if you need to go to a walk-in clinic? I’ve been down since Tuesday with what I think is the flu, except I don’t have a fever. What I do have is a horrible chesty cough (complete with discolored phlegm), and dizziness and shortness of breath whenever I move from the couch. I am wary of using Dr. Google, and my PCP broke up with me at the end of the year.


meara - Jan 26, 2024 2:05:32 pm PST #28285 of 30000

Atropa do you have a pulse oximeter? That’s a good place to start—if it’s low def go in!


Atropa - Jan 26, 2024 2:11:31 pm PST #28286 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

According to the one on my Apple Watch, my blood oxygen is varying between 98-96%.