'Safe'
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.
Good Scan -ma, Epic!
I've learned to trick myself into the loading the dishwasher by saying to myself, "Okay, I'll just load the coffee cups" because that's not only easy but somewhat pleasing to see them all lined up in the racks. That's usually enough to get me going.
Scan~ma, Epic!
Whoa, Toddson, that seems huge!
I thought it would. I have a friend whose husband has lupus (sometimes it IS lupus) so I thought it might help him.
In other thoughts, this speaks to me. Building management is checking my heat, smoke detectors, etc., so I was up early moving stuff so they could get to them.
Sung by Weird Al Yankovich and Kate Winslet
My Tumblr inbox had an anon message this morning from an ER doctor: they had someone come in suffering delusions due to a psychotic episode. She said she needed a distraction to keep her from wanting to claw off her skin. She was a goth, so the ER doctor googled, found the Gothic Charm School site, and the patient read it while they waited for the anti-anxiety meds to kick in.
The doctor went on to say "I just want you to know you helped save her life. You were there for her in one of the worst times she'd ever had. And I really appreciate that."
This is not the first message or email I've gotten where someone tells me I helped save their life. I am ALWAYS astonished (and a little freaked out) because I never think of what I do (or did, as GCS is on hiatus) as that ... life changing for folks, I guess.
So I started off my day with coffee and having a little cry.
Wow, Atropa!
Wow. How nice of them to message you.
Thanks everyone! It's cold, windy and rainy today in NYC. Meh.
Holy cow, Atropa, that's amazing.
What a delightful message, Atropa. So nice that they let you know.
That's both sad and cool, Atropa. Glad your words were there for her, though.(Always would like to feel that I've been read, although I don't really need to pull folks back from the literal brink...although wouldn't that be all "I'm not just the President...I'm also a client," for me.) Glad to hear about other Igors handling their business.(Though it wasn't just his eye for detail that helped, but both willingness to get involved, AND, being, say, a visa holder and understanding that what the government wants can be very, annoyingly, specific, And it has to be that thing, even if, as my father suggested, they had been the ones who messed up.) It's been years, but I'm still sad I didn't have any SRS Financials to throw at Igor cause he eased our burden.