Lorne: Back in Pylea they used to call me "sweet potato." Connor: Really. Lorne: Yeah, well, the exact translation was "fragrant tuber" but…

'Conviction (1)'


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 - Feb 16, 2024 5:00:16 am PST #28704 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Those are some unduly chill neighbors, dcp. I’m glad it wasn’t a real emergency.

Seriously. Yikes.

I have my PT evaluation today for my hip. We'll see how it goes. Have to have a solution because the pharmaceutical solutions don't work for me. Next step on the ladder is an injection. Will see. The biggest thing I can do to help is lose the weight I have gained back.


msbelle - Feb 16, 2024 6:26:21 am PST #28705 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Guess who doesn’t want to work today????? . . . . It’s me.

Pulling myself out of grief and anxiety funk. I actually made a dinner last night that involved slightly more than just putting things in the oven. It’s a start.


brenda m - Feb 16, 2024 6:47:17 am PST #28706 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Good for you msbelle. And Calli too.

dcp, so glad it was just a disturbance in the end. Your neighbors I do not understand.


meara - Feb 16, 2024 7:47:22 am PST #28707 of 30000

Dcp glad it was not a real issue but yikes!

Also yikes—why does a whole swath of my side feel weirdly abraded? For no reason? I don’t see a rash or anything and can’t think why that side would be roughed up. Am crossing my fingers it’s not like, the beginning of shingles or something. Wtf.


JenP - Feb 16, 2024 8:34:01 am PST #28708 of 30000

Super crossing my fingers for you on that, too, meara!


lisah - Feb 16, 2024 11:55:26 am PST #28709 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Sending love to you all and all the Dads


Karl - Feb 16, 2024 12:12:13 pm PST #28710 of 30000
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

I will join lisah and ND in sending all the ~ma~ and comfort to the Buffistas and dads who want or need it.

(I'm not ready to talk about my week yet, but I have reconnected with a couple of Bay Area-local friends, and that has helped enormously. I'm ok, surviving but not yet thriving, as they say.)


Steph L. - Feb 16, 2024 12:31:07 pm PST #28711 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Today Tim had his 6-month follow-up for his back surgery, and the doctor said he's doing extremely well. At this point, he’s allowed to do basically whatever he wants, because the vertebrae are fusing and the muscles involved in bending or twisting aren’t going to be strong enough to fuck up the fusion at this point. (I told him it’s back to cage fighting for him.) He also gets to go back on NSAIDs, which is a huge relief. NSAIDs can inhibit bone growth, and he had been taking a prescription NSAID for his RA pain, so he had to stop it for the first 6 months of recovery to be sure the vertebrae fused properly. Having to stop taking the NSAID really sucked, so being able to restart it will reduce his RA pain and just improve his quality of life that much more.


-t - Feb 16, 2024 12:46:26 pm PST #28712 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Glad to see good Tim news!

Hugs and hairpats for all the less good news as may be accepted


erikaj - Feb 16, 2024 1:12:37 pm PST #28713 of 30000
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

If I waited for absolute thriving to post, I'd be Halley's comet.