Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.

Mal ,'Out Of Gas'


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 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.


Shir - Apr 15, 2024 9:30:02 am PDT #29772 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Thanks, David!


-t - Apr 15, 2024 11:23:29 am PDT #29773 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

This whole working for a living thing does not spark joy.


DavidS - Apr 15, 2024 12:30:56 pm PDT #29774 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

This whole working for a living thing does not spark joy.

It is not the ideal way to spend your time on planet earth.

Just heard that my least favorite member of Jacqueline's extended family, the always judgey and unpleasant Aunt Elene, will not be able to attend the memorial as she will be east for a college graduation.

Oh well.

I ran early this morning because I had a 1pm skincare appointment, but she called and rescheduled. So I'm slightly futless, even though I do have a number of tasks that need attending. But I wasn't planning on dealing with them until later today, dangit.


Shir - Apr 15, 2024 12:40:56 pm PDT #29775 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I missed saying this before because, you know, but Epic and dcp, lots of love and ~ma. I'm sorry you have to deal with this.


Shir - Apr 15, 2024 12:47:37 pm PDT #29776 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

And in other post:

There is a wonderful snarky tweet I'd like to share here. So that attack from Iran? Home front command said yesterday evening that the state of emergency will remain today as well, meaning: all educational institutions (kindergarten to academy) are closed. After midnight they changed their minds, which made one tired mother to tweet: "only in Israel you have nine hours to prepare for a missile attack from Iran and 15 minutes to prepare three kids for kindergarten".


Laura - Apr 15, 2024 1:01:39 pm PDT #29777 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Ha! I feel for the mother indeed.


dcp - Apr 15, 2024 3:13:25 pm PDT #29778 of 30000
Useta-could.

Thank you all for the good wishes.

I had CT scans and bone scan on Friday. I had the consult to review results with the oncologist today.

Summary:
1) Unchanged retroperitoneal and left iliac chain nodal metastases.
2) No new or enlarging lymphadenopathy.
3) Stable osseous metastatic disease without discrete new lesion.
4) PSA is still undetectable.

That is all good news. The meds I am taking are doing what I need them to do. The side effects are no fun, but I am coping.


DavidS - Apr 15, 2024 3:19:52 pm PDT #29779 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

That is all good news

Excellent news indeed!


Calli - Apr 15, 2024 3:20:33 pm PDT #29780 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I’m glad the results are looking good, dcp.