Mal: You are very much lacking in imagination. Zoe: I imagine that's so, sir.

'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.


Beverly - Jan 31, 2021 5:12:35 pm PST #2980 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I bought hippos. Two of them. Sure, they're small, but really? Does anyone really *need* hippos?

Health-ma to you and Tim, Teppy. And to anybody else who's feeling under the weather.

It has been raining steadily since last night. All I want to do is sleep. I should be working on our ark. Glub.


Beverly - Jan 31, 2021 5:18:12 pm PST #2981 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Also, since our "guest seating" remains echoingly empty, crib creep is happening. Horton the Elephant and the Ikea rats, Hickory, Dickery, and Doc, are occupying the MCM chair. TOP GUNd, Maverick and Goose, bear inna pleather flight jacket and blue-footed booby in a pleather flight helmet mit goggles, are tucked up on the loveseat with the hippos. Truman, Lionheart, Alf, Onzo, and Georgiana bears huddle on the ottoman. When people are actually able to visit again there won't be any places to sit!


Atropa - Jan 31, 2021 6:42:01 pm PST #2982 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Y'all I swear all COVID has me wanting to do is spend money.

I foolishly got into making beaded necklaces AND discovered AliExpress.


Steph L. - Jan 31, 2021 7:19:07 pm PST #2983 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

This is just my brief shrieking noise on the topic of emotional labor. Jesus Christ, it’s not okay to expect your wife to remember every medication and supplement you take and whether or not they interact with the antibiotic you’ve been taking for 3 days already. #1 If you don’t know your own meds, you’ve got big problems. #2 Google exists, so type in “doxycycline interaction” and let me go to sleep.


Shir - Feb 01, 2021 1:24:42 am PST #2984 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Lots of health~ma to Steph and Tim, and to Sara too.

Hil, I hope things will get better. It sounds exhausting.


Toddson - Feb 01, 2021 8:08:04 am PST #2985 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

May you all stay healthy. I haven't had any symptoms of the virus; a woman from my office thought that I'd had it and been asymptomatic. I hope. (I do take precautions - masking, social distancing, minimizing my trips out.)

We had snow and I schlepped into the office but slipped and fell. sigh ... wrenched my left knee and right hip, banged my had. Luckily, I mostly landed on my well padded ass and was wearing a big coat with some padding. A nice young man helped me back on my feet.


Steph L. - Feb 01, 2021 8:25:47 am PST #2986 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Tim (who I have not murdered for waking me up last night to ask me what meds and supplements he takes) gets the monoclonal antibody treatment today, in about 90 minutes. I'm such a medical nerd that I'm more excited about it than he is.


Jessica - Feb 01, 2021 8:29:47 am PST #2987 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Yes, the types of different flour we have is currently at 5, which seems like a lot.

My flour collection hasn't expanded in *kind* but I did go through an entire a 50-lb sack of high-gluten flour this summer.


Jesse - Feb 01, 2021 8:38:03 am PST #2988 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh no, Toddson! I'm sorry to hear that and glad it wasn't worse. Be gentle with yourself over the next couple of days.

Tim (who I have not murdered for waking me up last night to ask me what meds and supplements he takes)

You are a very strong and also kind person.


meara - Feb 01, 2021 8:58:57 am PST #2989 of 30000

what does one use high gluten flour for, bread? I think my sister also went through a 50 pound bag (reasons for me to want to go visit her, amen, except she just this week started a new job for the first time since March, so probably less time to bake)

I handed over one project last week but my other one is not really going quite yet so all I have to do it some trainings and some expenses? Hard to push to do either. I don’t even have any meetings today. What is this life? (What am I supposed to put on my time sheet???)