Pinball Hall is super relevant to my interests.
Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet?
Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along.
Book: He could hurry... a little.
'Safe'
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.
Steph L. - Apr 14, 2024 4:38:38 pm PDT #29762 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
meara - Apr 14, 2024 5:58:11 pm PDT #29763 of 30000
I’ll be staying with a friend, I gotta look at plane tickets.
EpicTangent - Apr 14, 2024 11:29:35 pm PDT #29764 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Every time somebody updates, I think, "Oh, should I try to get there?" But realistically, I don't know where I'll be treatment-wise, so unfortunately not likely.
{{{Shir & Nilly & Fam}}} so glad you're OK, even if grading and work are making things extra onerous.
But, some tiny, personal good news - saw Trevor Noah live tonight. Very fun show! And he came out for pics outside the stage door (pictorial evidence on FB), so that was cool. (Working on embracing experiences (without being fatalistic about it)).
And I have a task at the office that I need to come in late in the afternoon to do, so I volunteered to clock in late tomorrow morning so I can work in the office late (when it's mostly deserted). Y'know, 'cuz I'm a giver, nothing to do with not getting home until nearly 11:00 tonight. Nope, definitely 'cuz I'm such an awesome employee!
Calli - Apr 15, 2024 3:51:53 am PDT #29765 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Nilly and Shir, I hope things have calmed down in your area.
I am stuck in NC during the memorial, as the person I cover for (and vice versa) is getting married and going on his honeymoon then.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 15, 2024 7:34:05 am PDT #29766 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
Attending JZ's memorial in anything more than spirit won't be possible for me, but I'll be thinking of her and all of you.
Shir - Apr 15, 2024 9:14:22 am PDT #29767 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I have no idea why my incompetent government is now trying to open a war with Iran. It's like they've given up on the idea that they can make things better here, and now they are offering scripts to different ways in which they can make things worse.
USians, you have elections coming up. Do whatever you can to fight populism and extremists. That's how we ended up here.
dcp - Apr 15, 2024 9:17:24 am PDT #29768 of 30000
Useta-could.
I'm also working with Juliana and Sylvie to put together a Buffista-specific get together during that weekend of Jacqueline's memorial. Most probably that Saturday night after the Memorial earlier that same day.
Floating a request: some sort of Zoom feature the rest of us can use to join in.
sj - Apr 15, 2024 9:17:44 am PDT #29769 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
All the love to Shir and Nilly as always. I’m so sorry for what you’re going through.
Hivemind question: I bought an antique piece of furniture the other day, and it has some velvet lined draws. Is there a good way to clean the velvet lining? It’s in good shape with no visible stains but I just want to get rid of other people’s dirt because I’m paranoid about stuff like that.
Shir - Apr 15, 2024 9:19:27 am PDT #29770 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Floating a request: some sort of Zoom feature the rest of us can use to join in.
Nilly asked about a zoom option as well, for the memorial.
DavidS - Apr 15, 2024 9:22:21 am PDT #29771 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Floating a request: some sort of Zoom feature the rest of us can use to join in.
I'm going to ask the AV people there if they can do a livestream. I think they can.
Worst case I'll set up a laptop with a Zoom window and people can just stop by and say hello.
So there will be something.