Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.

'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.


shrift - Jul 07, 2021 10:09:01 am PDT #7578 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I have an at-home testing device for COVID-19 that just arrived, which I hope is reliable and not a Theranos-style bamboozle. I'm going to take it with me to Michigan since my two youngest nieces aren't vaccinated yet and I'm a little concerned about the Delta variant sweeping through my family because of it.

But I won't get the biopsy report back before Friday.

Benign test~ma for J and I'm sorry about the sky-high vet bill, Consuela.

I have been diagnosed with Asperger's (I guess now it would be called mild autism or something).

Gud, I hope getting a diagnosis is helpful for you!

I feel like I'm oversharing here but I also have wanted to say this even long before I knew about RSD.

Thank you for sharing, askye! I've heard of Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria because I've been looking into symptoms of inattentive ADHD for "it me?" reasons, so I'm really glad that you're talking about this here. I hope you'll feel comfortable telling us about your progress, mostly for your sake, but also for those of us here who may learn from your experiences. I've been going through some AHDH quizzes and struggling with how to answer certain questions because I've developed some labyrinthine coping mechanisms, and I had been dismissing RSD as a symptom until I recently started thinking about it in terms of things I'm not doing like you mentioned with isolating.


meara - Jul 07, 2021 12:51:54 pm PDT #7579 of 30000

I definitely have ended up on ADHD tiktok and wonder if it’s me or if it’s everyone. But I hear the RSD and feel like I’ve attributed it to depression in the past.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 07, 2021 2:08:59 pm PDT #7580 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I have made the astounding discovery that kale tastes much better if you fry it in bacon grease for a couple of minutes. Who could have guessed?


Toddson - Jul 07, 2021 2:23:30 pm PDT #7581 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

There's a woman who's done some very clever song parodies; here's My Mask Will Go On.


Sheryl - Jul 07, 2021 2:45:23 pm PDT #7582 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Mr. S had his first dentist visit today.(Also his first cavity, alas)


shrift - Jul 07, 2021 3:01:19 pm PDT #7583 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Sonic technician is here! It looks like the fiber installation is going to take a couple of hours.


DavidS - Jul 07, 2021 3:28:30 pm PDT #7584 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I have made the astounding discovery that kale tastes much better if you fry it in bacon grease for a couple of minutes. Who could have guessed?

Also delicious when you cook it in the same pan with Salmon (and garlic and lemon).

On her second day of work, Matilda just called me and asked to hang out after work with her new co-worker, Savannah! Wooot! Here's to new friends!


askye - Jul 07, 2021 4:28:13 pm PDT #7585 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

shrift, I get what you are saying about the ADHD questionnaires because I was like that with the stuff for autism. I used to do certain things but I trained myself not to.. or sometimes I do that but only when I can't stop myself..

but having a lot of coping mechanisms means you have something to cope with .

I was really into tiktok and then ended up getting away from it. I didn't want to but it's just too much sound/visuals for me to deal with. Especially when I'm already trying to combat all the noise in the house. There are some really great people on tiktok

YAY for Matilda's new job and for new friends.

brenda your dad is adorable.


JenP - Jul 07, 2021 4:29:16 pm PDT #7586 of 30000

Yay, new friends!

My excitement for the day was adding a House Finch to my life list. It's the little things. And not falling asleep at 6p for three hours like I did yesterday.


Laura - Jul 07, 2021 6:59:20 pm PDT #7587 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Good for Matilda. I hope this is a great summer for her.

I have never tried TikToc, and so far have not been tempted. Hours in the day and all that.