Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!

Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'


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.


Amy - Jan 28, 2021 8:04:01 am PST #2842 of 30000
Because books.

They (Homeland Security? I forget) issued a warning about the possibility of domestic "unrest" for the next little while, too,

Sara is positive for COVID. I am ... exhausted, and getting tested again later, but Ben and I have to quarantine for two weeks either way. I am also angry at her, guilty and ashamed, and just over everything in general.

Sorry to whine.


-t - Jan 28, 2021 8:11:49 am PST #2843 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I just saw that about the domestic terrorism, Amy. Expires in April, from what I read. Because of the March 4 tarradiddle.

Sorry to hear about Sara, hope she comes through ok. Bummer about needing to quarantine, I hope you escape the actual virus


-t - Jan 28, 2021 8:13:33 am PST #2844 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I guess it is not their job to comfort us with lies, Jesse. Alas.


Jesse - Jan 28, 2021 8:22:09 am PST #2845 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Sara is positive for COVID. I am ... exhausted, and getting tested again later, but Ben and I have to quarantine for two weeks either way. I am also angry at her, guilty and ashamed, and just over everything in general.

Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear all of that.

I guess it is not their job to comfort us with lies, Jesse. Alas.

"Lie to me"!!!


dcp - Jan 28, 2021 8:23:44 am PST #2846 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

guilty and ashamed

It's easy to say, "You shouldn't be," but one feels what one feels, regardless.

Any form of "Make it didn't happen!" takes time to ebb away.


lisah - Jan 28, 2021 8:25:41 am PST #2847 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Ugh I'm so sorry, Amy.

My parents moved into their apartment in Frederick yesterday. It went pretty smoothly. I'm still dead tired and sad and cranky though.


Hil R. - Jan 28, 2021 8:47:17 am PST #2848 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

My other thought is to have a Padlet, and have it shared on screen, maybe with some prompts, and have the students type simultaneously, and let them comment on other answers. Then if you see something interesting you can point it out and have the person share more....

I've started using Desmos, which does similar things, but it's specifically made for math. So far, hasn't done much to prompt verbal discussion, but at least I can grab some of their responses and put them on screen to discuss them.

Sara is positive for COVID. I am ... exhausted, and getting tested again later, but Ben and I have to quarantine for two weeks either way. I am also angry at her, guilty and ashamed, and just over everything in general.

Ugh. I'm sorry to hear that.


Jessica - Jan 28, 2021 9:07:27 am PST #2849 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Sorry, Amy.


Amy - Jan 28, 2021 9:20:52 am PST #2850 of 30000
Because books.

Sorry about the sad, lisah. And the teaching woes, Hil.

Thanks, everyone.


JenP - Jan 28, 2021 9:31:27 am PST #2851 of 30000

Oh, Amy, I'm so sorry for all of that. Health-ma for Sara, and no virus -ma for you and Ben. Jesus.

Glad the move went OK, but sorry for the frustrations and sads, lisah.

Hil... I've got nothing useful, but I'm sending good vibes!