I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.

Buffy ,'End of Days'


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.


Jesse - Mar 06, 2021 5:45:10 pm PST #4252 of 29787
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Thank you for the tip, Jesse, because I've had no luck. Did your mom get her vaccine?

Yep! Second dose a week from Monday!


DavidS - Mar 06, 2021 11:16:02 pm PST #4253 of 29787
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Such an empty Natter!

Matilda has been slowly climbing out of her lockdown induced depression. Between the weekly jewelry class with Parks and Rec, and her recent (month ago) decision to start running before Zoom School every morning she's finding enough things to provide some buoyancy. And she's gotten one of her two bubble friends, Iris, to run with her twice a week, which makes Iris's mom thrilled.

So, it's just good to hear Matilda busting out in hearty guffaws as she watches incessant anime and forcing me to watch never ending TikTok memes about said animes. I do not begrudge one instant that I'm driving her to Japantown on Fridays to spend her babysitting money.


Topic!Cindy - Mar 07, 2021 4:08:51 am PST #4254 of 29787
What is even happening?

Jesse, I'm so glad your mom gotten her first shot. I felt so relieved when mine started.

Do you (or does anyone in Mass./or who's booked through CVS) have any idea of what time people mean by "early"?

I tried at 6:00am, today, but had no luck. It could be that they don't update on Sunday. It could be that I should have tried at 5:00am. It could be that I should be trying at 7:00, when I was sitting here trying to decide if I should ask.

Hec, I'm glad to hear Matilda is finding some light.


Theodosia - Mar 07, 2021 5:03:17 am PST #4255 of 29787
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I'm so glad to hear that Buffistas are getting vaxed up. R, my roommate, has an appointment through MIT Medical for March 28th. (This is someone 65yo, with several serious comorbidities.)

My toe in the water of The After Times has been to go to a thrift store. They don't actually let you try on the clothes.


flea - Mar 07, 2021 5:22:47 am PST #4256 of 29787
information libertarian

My MA info is CVS, 6am every day. But maybe not Sundays?


JenP - Mar 07, 2021 5:46:27 am PST #4257 of 29787

I tried CVS again yesterday, but they still aren't accepting comorbidities in Virginia. Ah, well. The county has moved to scheduling 1/19 finally. I'm 1/22.

We made corned beef the other night, and I made hash yesterday, and today were having a corned beef hash omelet, and it is so good.


DavidS - Mar 07, 2021 9:47:16 am PST #4258 of 29787
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

and today were having a corned beef hash omelet, and it is so good.

That does sound fantastic.

JZ and Matilda are off to (COVID cohort, outside) church, after which Matilda will meet up her (masked up) friends MI and Ruby. This is only the second time she's hung with MI and first with Ruby, and they are the only two people she knows from her school. This will be the second time in the last month she's gotten to hang out with a few more of her friends.

SF has recently dropped from the purple to the red tier, and is trending down towards the orange tier (second safest). Test positivity rate is down to 1.2%, and cases per 100K is down to 6.6.

I'm hoping to get jabbed by April once they work their way through the teachers, and drop down an age group.


Consuela - Mar 07, 2021 10:17:35 am PST #4259 of 29787
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Second shot on Thursday resulted in relatively minor effects, other than rather more naps than usual this weekend. Now I have to decide what to do with my new superpowers.

One thing is that I may schedule a haircut. I think I do not have the tolerance for hair I have to actually do things with anymore. It gets everywhere and clogs my shower drain.


meara - Mar 07, 2021 10:36:09 am PST #4260 of 29787

1.2% is amazing! Also, go Matilda. Which autocorrect made Marulanda???? Wtf is that?

Woke up with a headache this morning and did not get moving as planned. Still could get a lot done today...but probably won’t.


DavidS - Mar 07, 2021 10:36:26 am PST #4261 of 29787
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

One thing is that I may schedule a haircut. I think I do not have the tolerance for hair I have to actually do things with anymore.

Fortunately you know you can rock a pixie cut. It looked so striking when you let it go gray.