I can't believe New Jersey is trying to steal our earthquakes!
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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 - Apr 05, 2024 8:39:50 am PDT #29592 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
DavidS - Apr 05, 2024 9:18:31 am PDT #29593 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just checked in with Julianna and Sylvie and they'll be joining me next week to tour the venue for the Memorial. I'll be leaning on them for some localista assistance as I pull the Memorial together.
In other weird natural disaster news, my friend in St. Louis had her car totaled by a hail storm. Turned out to be one of those weirdly beneficial insurance claims where she'll get a new car and be out of car loan debt.
I have a flat tire and have to limp my car over to the nearest garage (1/4 mile away) to get that taken care of. Feh.
Next week is Spring Break for Matilda. I expect much sleeping in.
Two cancer updates:
1. Lola got her port put in yesterday and is receiving her first infusion today. She was in good spirits. I think just getting treatment started is giving her some sense of hope and agency. Her sisters flew in to be with her and that's a big boost as well.
2. Cupid is fully recovered from her surgery and feeling pretty peppy for an old girl. I'll be dogsitting her next week while her family is away on their Spring Break (they're going to Zion National Park).
DavidS - Apr 05, 2024 9:45:56 am PDT #29594 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just checked my online banking and guess what hit my account?
Jacqueline's "death benefit" and the backpay on her pension going back to her retirement last July!
Finally, after 9 months of bureaucratic wrangling. And that means I can finally start engaging with our health insurance plan too.
Tom Scola - Apr 05, 2024 9:48:29 am PDT #29595 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Yay!
Laura - Apr 05, 2024 9:57:03 am PDT #29596 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
That is quite the pleasant overdue surprise, David!
Steph L. - Apr 05, 2024 9:59:13 am PDT #29597 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I just checked in with Julianna and Sylvie and they'll be joining me next week to tour the venue for the Memorial. I'll be leaning on them for some localista assistance as I pull the Memorial together.
Oh dang, I need to get plane tickets and book a hotel. Okay, doing that this weekend.
Laura - Apr 05, 2024 10:46:57 am PDT #29598 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Oh dang, I need to get plane tickets and book a hotel. Okay, doing that this weekend.
Same. Any suggestions on where to stay would be appreciated.
Vortex - Apr 05, 2024 1:09:22 pm PDT #29599 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
So, is there a dress code for the memorial?
Also, I have to share something. My boss is retiring. My boss is very anti-fuss. She does not want a party, or gift, or a department event, or anything like that. I have respected that, but some of my colleagues are insisting on doing something (why gawd, why?). I have inadvertently been roped into the fuckery because I was asked if I know how to superimpose words on a picture. When I stupidly said yes, they asked me to superimpose a poem that my colleague wrote over a photo. Y'all, I got the poem today and I think that it was written by AI. The first stanza is:
In the quiet corridors of office lore,
Where deadlines hummed and memos soared,
There stood a manager, wise and kind,
Her brilliance a beacon, forever enshrined.
DavidS - Apr 05, 2024 1:13:40 pm PDT #29600 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So, is there a dress code for the memorial?
Dress in your best, splendid style with lots of color.
That's some kind of Corporate Poem, alright.
Dana - Apr 05, 2024 1:22:28 pm PDT #29601 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Wow, Vortex. What else can you say but wow.