I am pretty certain that there is truly no meaning there, Shir
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
-t - Dec 09, 2020 12:30:15 pm PST #831 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Toddson - Dec 09, 2020 12:31:50 pm PST #832 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Marginally related, there's going to be (another) "Million MAGA March" anti-election event in DC on Saturday. yay
Jessica - Dec 09, 2020 1:06:05 pm PST #833 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
books for a soon-to-be 2 year old, please?
Elephant & Piggie (Mo Willems) are EXCELLENT read-aloud books.
Susan W. - Dec 09, 2020 1:46:27 pm PST #834 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Seconding the Elephant & Piggie rec.
We've had several Christmases with just the three of us in recent years. My brothers and I and our families haven't done the holidays together since our parents died, and we typically go to Oklahoma to see Dylan's people at Thanksgiving. But normally there are all the other trappings of the holiday--the late Christmas Eve Eucharist with ALL the carols and champagne and desserts at midnight (Episcopalians FTW!), me going to up the three different Messiah sing-alongs around town, etc.
So we've got existing traditions in place for Christmas Eve and morning--Christmas Eve is a specific homemade spaghetti sauce with garlic bread and hot Italian sausage that was traditional in Dylan's family, and then waffles for breakfast after we open our presents. I used to try to make a three-person simulacrum of my mom's Christmas dinner for dinner, but this year I'm not going to try. This is less to do with covid and more that it always feels like a bit of an afterthought after the spaghetti and waffles, and also I realized while talking to my therapist that while I love to cook SOMETIMES, it stresses me out to cook ALL the time, and that is perfectly OK. So we don't have an exact plan yet, but it will involve someone else cooking and may well be Chinese food to be eaten while watching WW84.
Calli - Dec 09, 2020 2:16:45 pm PST #835 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The Gruffalo and Elephant and Piggy. Thanks!
msbelle - Dec 09, 2020 2:30:01 pm PST #836 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Baltimore is shutting down all indoor and outdoor dining starting Fri at 5 and reducing gathering #s and occupancy #s.
Doesn't affect me at all, but going to make sure I order out at least twice a week (I usually order 1.5 or 2 meals when I order).
The numbers are going to be grim through Feb, I think.
Sheryl - Dec 09, 2020 2:31:03 pm PST #837 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Today was not a great day for Mr. S. Started with a meltdown over breakfast, and ended up with me sitting in his room for most of the afternoon with my tablet, which he grabbed for "one jewel game" and played around with a bunch of stuff for a long while.
Atropa - Dec 09, 2020 3:19:50 pm PST #838 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
books for a soon-to-be 2 year old, please?
Stella Luna Where Is My Cow?
And I feel that The Gashlycrumb Tinies is an excellent read-aloud book for small children, but I'm biased.
Atropa - Dec 09, 2020 3:21:30 pm PST #839 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
ION: Workflow diagrams, motherfucker! Have you heard of them?! G-D I miss waterfall software development. This agile nonsense doesn't work for anyone but developers, and even then it's hit or miss.
juliana - Dec 09, 2020 3:26:04 pm PST #840 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I feel you on Kaiser docs, juliana. I feel like their whole system limits dr-patient interaction to my detriment. But they have all my records, when I had different insurance and a different doctor my PCP had trouble finding out what happened at my ER visits, so that wasn't good either.
Yeah, I'm going to miss the all-in-one aspect of the Kaiser clinics, but maybe I'll get a doctor who, when I tell her that I have a paradoxical reaction to most medications, won't say, "That's really rare. So, we're going to start you on [medication that I just said I have a paradoxical reaction to], and we'll adjust if needed." Or, my favorite, "I know you said you think you need to see a podiatrist, but I need to see you first." And then promptly send me to the podiatrist after a 5-minute exam. Or! My favorite! After I tell her that both of my parents have/had thyroid issues, and that it took my mom TEN YEARS to be diagnosed with hypothyroidism (since she has a weird form), only order the basic thyroid test and say, "Well, your numbers are fine, if low, so I don't need to see the other test (that is the one that finally allowed my mother to get diagnosed)."
Okay, perhaps I'm angrier about this than I thought. But no wonder I don't want to deal with finding a new doctor - I'm too afraid I'm going to relive all of that.
books for a soon-to-be 2 year old, please?
Sandra Boynton anything, really. But especially Perfect Piggies.
Sheryl, I'm sorry about Mr. S's no good very bad day.