I’m glad your dad’s doing better, -t.
My Pfizer jab is in two hours. I haven’t felt this excited about a needle since my first tattoo.
Am I supposed to be changing my clothes a lot? Is that the helpful thing to do?
Anya ,'Storyteller'
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.
Calli - Mar 19, 2021 4:23:10 am PDT #4660 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
billytea - Mar 19, 2021 4:40:34 am PDT #4661 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Great to hear of so many people getting the vaccinations. I read today that Biden had promised 100 million doses in his first 100 days, and you're getting there on day 58. (Our rollout was slower to begin with and looks to be behind schedule, and we've had some imports from Europe blocked; but there's not such a sense of urgency, of course.)
Biyi's parents could be looking to get vaccinated in the next month or two. Biyi and I are probably at least 2-3 months away, quite possibly longer if they don't find their rollout groove.
Jesse - Mar 19, 2021 5:43:34 am PDT #4662 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not to be ungrateful, but if we stuck to the 1 million/day pace, we wouldn't get everyone vaccinated until well into the fall, so I'm glad the pace is faster than that!
Toddson - Mar 19, 2021 6:04:12 am PDT #4663 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
We've already passed the 100 million mark.
Shir - Mar 19, 2021 6:08:15 am PDT #4664 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
msbelle, I am so sorry to read about all of the deaths. It's too much. My condolences.
Shir - Mar 19, 2021 6:23:59 am PDT #4665 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
And in another post: I have a favor to ask. I have an academic international workshop (my first!) on Thursday next week. And I didn't speak English in the past year+ for more than 5-10 minutes on Zoom at a time (generally speaking, I didn't speak much in the past year, between not leaving my home and not seeing anyone, or seeing people over Zoom and not speaking much there as well, because Zoom).
I'd like to dust off my conversational skills in English. If anyone is interested to help me with this over Zoom, my email is in my profile. Thank you.
msbelle - Mar 19, 2021 7:05:58 am PDT #4666 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Oh ffs, I just learned that my essential employee letter from last April qualified me for the vaccine already. I am now pre-registered for one of the mass sites and am trying to change my info with Walgreens.
Jesse - Mar 19, 2021 7:58:17 am PDT #4667 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's good news, though!
Tom Scola - Mar 19, 2021 8:02:17 am PDT #4668 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Yeah, it took my a while to realize, duh, I have hypertension and I qualify.
DavidS - Mar 19, 2021 8:25:00 am PDT #4669 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm not qualified because I foolishly lost 50 lbs. What was I thinking?!
I got Matilda up at 7am this morning for her early morning run with Iris. I'm still happily boggled that she's maintained her discipline with this.
Iris' family are off to Mexico over spring break and I'll be dogsitting their dog, Cupid, for a couple days. Cupid loves me because I sneak her turkey.
Cashmere will be happy to know that Matilda's added lifting a 5 lb hand weight while she's watching anime now. She lifts with one arm for an entire episode then switches to the other arm for the next episode.
I think the anime may have inspired some of the exercise desire. In the shows she watches everybody's training all the time. I don't love the low level sexism in a lot of anime, but I do appreciate them pushing the value of hard work and improving yourself.