I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?

Zoe ,'War Stories'


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.


Susan W. - Mar 17, 2021 4:02:20 pm PDT #4602 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Health~ma to -t's dad.

Oklahomans can get the vaccine thanks to the Five Civilized Tribes, who are apparently way ahead of that state and many other in terms of infrastructure.

Dylan, who was born and raised in Oklahoma and is Cherokee, has waxed eloquent on that fact, though I remind him that we and especially Alex are better off living in WA. (Though it breaks both of our hearts how problematic both our home states would be for our son.)


DavidS - Mar 17, 2021 4:05:57 pm PDT #4603 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Being back at school has already made a huge difference in Mal's outlook.

That's great. I remain furious with SFUSD for purposefully dragging their feet on high school reopenings to punt it to next year. I will be voting to remove every single asshole on the school board. Looks like elementary will reopen in April.


Laura - Mar 17, 2021 4:08:59 pm PDT #4604 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Health~ma for your dad, -t.


sj - Mar 17, 2021 4:21:15 pm PDT #4605 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm totally playing the bmi card because the disabled card doesn't work in this case, which I still find infuriating.


Calli - Mar 17, 2021 5:06:51 pm PDT #4606 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Health~ma to your father, -t.


Jesse - Mar 17, 2021 5:22:19 pm PDT #4607 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Good thoughts to your dad, -t.


Susan W. - Mar 17, 2021 5:35:35 pm PDT #4608 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

So, as soon as I'm done with work, I head over to the QFC pharmacy, the same place that sent me a text telling me to stop by for the next vaccine dose when I'm in the store and feeling well, only to learn that the only day I can get a shingles shot is Saturday, because the rest of the time they're doing appointment-only covid shots.

I managed not to melt down in front of the pharmacist who informed me of this. She mentioned that they're advising people in my situation to get the covid vaccine first, so I'm going to go back to that route.

It's funny. I was in near meltdown mode a little over a year ago when it was clear things were going to get bad and most of the big local tech companies had gone 100% WFH yet but UW hadn't yet made the switch. But for most of the past year I've been downright stoic about the whole thing. Until now, when the end is maybe-sorta-kinda in sight but there's lots of uncertainty and moving parts, and I'm suddenly sitting in the parking lot of a grocery store trying not to cry because their pharmacy sent an ill-advised auto-text they weren't in a position to follow through on.


sj - Mar 17, 2021 5:36:20 pm PDT #4609 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

-t, tons of ~ma for your dad.


-t - Mar 17, 2021 6:26:37 pm PDT #4610 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

((Susan)) Sometimes crying in the car over something that seems like it should not be that big a deal is the best thing you can do.

Thanks, everyone.


meara - Mar 17, 2021 6:30:04 pm PDT #4611 of 30000

Jesse Washington is way behind--I only got mine because of volunteering, not because I'm otherwise eligible!