Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.

Anya ,'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.


DavidS - Feb 28, 2024 12:53:35 pm PST #28929 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Five chunks were chomped. Hopefully they all come back clean.

She also froze some other suspicious looking things.

Currently my health insurance, Anthem/Blue Cross, is having some negotiating beef with UCSF so they are not "currently partnered" which is problematic for me and Matilda since that's our insurance and that's where we get out health care.


lisah - Feb 28, 2024 1:08:07 pm PST #28930 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

I hate healthcare in this country


DavidS - Feb 28, 2024 1:15:29 pm PST #28931 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I hate healthcare in this country

It's totally fucky!


Jesse - Feb 28, 2024 1:17:03 pm PST #28932 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Best system in the world!

I also hate ants, and had a brutal time with them last year. I had my cat's food in a bowl sitting in a pan of water for a WHILE.


EpicTangent - Feb 28, 2024 1:19:28 pm PST #28933 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I had my cat's food in a bowl sitting in a pan of water for a WHILE.

Thanks for the reminder. If they do come back, her bowl has been *very* popular during previous invasions. Good to have a strategy in place!


Steph L. - Feb 28, 2024 1:33:03 pm PST #28934 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I hate healthcare in this country

It's totally fucky!

I got a dental implant earlier today (small ow), and I can never get over the fact that teeth, which are a part of the human body, are not included in health insurance, but have to have their own separate insurance, like adding a rider for my jewelry to our homeowner's insurance. Teeth are not separate luxuries, damn it. They are literally PART OF THE HUMAN BODY. There's no separate pancreas insurance, or spine insurance. Utter madness.


sj - Feb 28, 2024 2:02:22 pm PST #28935 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Seriously, how is don’t walk into disabled people such a hard concept for so many people?


sj - Feb 28, 2024 2:04:18 pm PST #28936 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Teppy, I heard some comedian make a joke recently about “when did we decide that teeth and eyes weren’t part of the body?” In terms of needing separate insurance coverage.


meara - Feb 28, 2024 2:05:58 pm PST #28937 of 30000

Teeth, eyes, and ears....so dumb. Whole healthcare system, so dumb. Private equity getting into healthcare, not just dumb but evil. Ugh.

I am grumpy because I managed to apply for a job Monday afternoon, which I am perfect for--which is to say, I could easily see not being hired for it, but I should at least get an interview. And yet it's been almost TWO DAYS and they have not requested an interview. What is their PROBLEM? OBVIOUSLY they are dumb. (....or I'm impatient, or I've been screened out by their system accidentally and they don't even KNOW I'm the right candidate)


sj - Feb 28, 2024 2:08:56 pm PST #28938 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

We’re at the first softball practice of the season, indoors because it’s way too cold here for outdoor practice.