I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.

Buffy ,'Chosen'


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.


msbelle - Apr 11, 2024 6:41:51 am PDT #29695 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Epic so sorry for the news. Fingers crossed for the best results quickly.

Dcp gives good advice. (((Dcp)))

I would like a support dog at work, with or without tuxedo.


Toddson - Apr 11, 2024 6:52:11 am PDT #29696 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

A good while ago, I saw pictures from a wedding. The bride's brother had promised/threatened to bring a llama to her wedding. He did. And, since it was a formal wedding, he was wearing a tuxedo. There was also a handler, to make sure he behaved himself.

And, in photo news: Monday was supposed to be The Rapture. Someone with an active sense of humor bought a bunch of inflatable sex dolls, inflated them with helium, went to a church parking lot and released them. Proof (scroll down a little)


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 11, 2024 7:05:52 am PDT #29697 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Good vibes to Epic and dcp.

We found out last night that Mom's cancer is also showing signs of coming back. This time her doctor thinks he can perform the removal at his office rather than requiring an OR and general anesthesia, so at least it seems to return smaller and weaker each time? Not ideal, but I guess we may have to think of it as a regular management issue rather than something that can just be fixed full stop.


Laura - Apr 11, 2024 7:33:45 am PDT #29698 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I'm sorry, Matt. It does sound like they are on top of it.


juliana - Apr 11, 2024 9:28:51 am PDT #29699 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

responding to Hec's post: The space is gorgeous, the dog is adorable, and Son & Garden is amazingly OTT. I've not eaten in a place that had a designated Instagram area before.

Matt, I'm sorry about your mom's cancer.


erikaj - Apr 11, 2024 11:10:12 am PDT #29700 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

I think Allyson posted about a possible job interview today, so, vibes for that. so much difficult health news in thread lately. for a disabled person, I got off easily--not for gen pop, though. I'll be thinking about y'all for the memorial. I wish I could see you more often.


msbelle - Apr 11, 2024 11:46:46 am PDT #29701 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I’ve just figured out that I have 2.5 weeks to complete what is scheduled as an 11 week self-guided course. But it’s not just reading and a test. It is exercises and making comments on other class members posts and and AND!!! I think I over procrastinated beyond my abilities.


Sheryl - Apr 11, 2024 2:59:22 pm PDT #29702 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Not much news here. Mr. S has been calling us, sometimes more than once a day. Haven't heard much from the doctor or the social worker, so we don't know when he'll been discharged.


NoiseDesign - Apr 11, 2024 3:16:49 pm PDT #29703 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

I'm so sorry Sheryl. I can't imaging how draining and difficult all of it must be.


brenda m - Apr 11, 2024 4:15:48 pm PDT #29704 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

So many hard things hitting so many good people right now. You’re very much in my thoughts.

I did not get ruptured this weekend. But I did (coincidentally) celebrate siblings day by getting together in DC with my two older sisters, one of whom I have not seen since I was 10, as well as my, uh, regular brother and sister and my SIL. Turned out to be a really great weekend all around that might or might not have, but definitely did, include getting matching tattoos.

Hey Tep, just how many +ones can you bring to this wedding? Asking for a bunch of friends.