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.


JenP - Mar 04, 2024 8:36:39 am PST #28987 of 30000

That would drive me nuts, msbelle.

Glad the magic drug worked - if at a later time than ideal.

Was away from Wed-Sun in Asheville for my cousin's wedding (well, first cousin, once removed). We got there a couple days early for a mini-vacay. Was nice to get away. Did do a Biltmore tour, which was very cool. I was expecting to be, "Eh, whatever, going.for the company,"... but I was instead, "Wow, pretty cool. I would recommend."

I took an extra PTO day to catch up with life, so that's what I'm doing.today. and I have a full body skin check at 3p, which is very overdue... like, by decades, so I'm feeling adult... Like a lax adult. I'll take the W.

Nice to be back home and here.


dcp - Mar 04, 2024 8:39:21 am PST #28988 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

...due to some technical legalistic detail they've decided not to pay me and if I had an issue I should get a lawyer.

I am dismayed that this is happening, yet very curious to see how the story unfolds. If I were in your position, I have no idea how I might go about finding (and selecting) a lawyer adequate to the task.


-t - Mar 04, 2024 8:47:44 am PST #28989 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Hec, I am stupendously angry about the pension bs and so very sorry about Lola


meara - Mar 04, 2024 9:58:13 am PST #28990 of 30000

Would anyone be interested in a zoom/facetime “chat while we do some kind of boring tasks” thing this week? I have various cabinets and drawers that really need to be emptied/cleaned out but it’s such a boring thing to do alone. I really want someone to just sit nearby and chat while I do it!


JenP - Mar 04, 2024 12:07:28 pm PST #28991 of 30000

At the dermatologist. A lot to catch up on, but most recently, David, what the hell with the pension? I wish you a fierce and tenacious lawyer. And what awful news about Matilda's friend's mom's stomach cancer.

Pix I hope J did, indeed, get out as promised.


Pix - Mar 04, 2024 2:02:27 pm PST #28992 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

He's mostly out. Apparently he bought a van to live in with the money I gave him. I had a very tense and upsetting text chain with him this morning when he asked for "a few more days" to finish renovating it. I suggested a motel to finish up. He said okay. Then he tried to guilt me into still needing to call for emotional support because he doesn't have a family. For the record, he has a sister. I drew a hard line on that and said no, I don't have the emotional room to support someone else. I also told him he needed to talk to a grief counselor.

Guys, I'm exhausted. But I think he will be out by the morning. Our own Laura is meeting the estate cleanout guy at the condo tomorrow so he can do a walkthrough and give me an estimate.


JenP - Mar 04, 2024 2:41:35 pm PST #28993 of 30000

Man, Pix. I do wish for smooth sailing with this from here on out. Well, for everything.


Laura - Mar 04, 2024 3:49:49 pm PST #28994 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Here's hoping I don't find him in a van in the parking space when I go there tomorrow!


Calli - Mar 04, 2024 3:52:10 pm PST #28995 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

How infuriating, Hec. I hope a lawyer can get the pension stuff worked out.

I’m glad things are moving to a conclusion, Pix.


lisah - Mar 05, 2024 6:08:06 am PST #28996 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

So glad Laura is on the ground there in FL to supervise and report back.