Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'

Xander ,'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.


amyparker - Aug 02, 2021 3:18:51 pm PDT #8269 of 30000
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

Also, the news from Salt Lake about the aftermath of the thunderstorms last night is breaking my heart: the parking structure at the main branch of the library flooded (two blocked floor drains AND an HVAC return duct collapsed, taking out a fire sprinkler line, so when 2nd East backed up . . . ) and there was about a foot of standing water in the lower levels, which is where the children's library is. In July of '17 the Sprague Library, near our old house, wound up with five feet of water in the basement when Parley's Creek went over its banks during a bad storm, and they just completed renovations in November of last year - the staff must have been beside themselves last night.


Dana - Aug 02, 2021 3:24:49 pm PDT #8270 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Our local library branch lost all 32,000 books in February when the sprinkler pipes burst in the snowpocalypse.


EpicTangent - Aug 02, 2021 4:00:12 pm PDT #8271 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

the bigger issue being how out of shape I am—I’d sweat less and breathe easier if I had moved my body during the pandemic!

Also a VERY real concern. Especially for Irish - it already made me breathe hard!

Oh, ouch, Amy & Dana! I feel a visceral pain at those stories!


Laura - Aug 03, 2021 10:11:21 am PDT #8272 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I am excite! Water is going in my pool, both from mother nature and the pool fixer company. It is such a joy for me when I watch people doing things well. Crew of maybe 8 did the plastering and so forth. Worked together with speed and precision. Amazing to watch.


Gudanov - Aug 03, 2021 12:49:20 pm PDT #8273 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

This is nice: [link]

New job is keeping me really busy right now. Meanwhile, daughter's upcoming wedding keeps generating drama rooted in the whole pandemic thing.


dcp - Aug 03, 2021 1:30:52 pm PDT #8274 of 30000
Useta-could.

Have you seen his version of "Sixteen Tons"? [link]


Laura - Aug 03, 2021 1:39:12 pm PDT #8275 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I'm really sorry about the wedding drama, Gud. Way too often what should be a joyous occasion is soured by people who care more about themselves than the couple.


Gudanov - Aug 03, 2021 2:05:29 pm PDT #8276 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Have you seen his version of "Sixteen Tons"?
Yep, though unintentionally as youtube just kept going. It's really good.


Dana - Aug 03, 2021 2:13:40 pm PDT #8277 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Crap, my father has covid. Mild at the moment, and he told me not to worry, so of course I'm worrying.


Steph L. - Aug 03, 2021 3:08:14 pm PDT #8278 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Dana, see if his doctor can order monoclonal antibodies for him. They really help if he can get them early enough in his illness.