I just spent 20 minutes trying to explain viruses to my dad.
Also found out my favorite diner in Salt Lake closed in May.
I want a drink. I'm not kidding.
If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Book ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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 11, 2021 5:12:08 pm PDT #8409 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.
askye - Aug 11, 2021 5:29:57 pm PDT #8410 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I swear DeSantis wants to kill as many people as possible. He's running for re election as well, I don't get his strategy unless he thinks he can just rely on the hard core Covid is no Big Deal voters... but will enough be alive next year to vote for him?
Gudanov - Aug 11, 2021 7:41:14 pm PDT #8411 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
This is a very good thing... [link]
Gudanov - Aug 11, 2021 7:43:07 pm PDT #8412 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I don't get his strategy unless he thinks he can just rely on the hard core Covid is no Big Deal voters... but will enough be alive next year to vote for him?
It plays in perfectly with the "liberals want to control every part of your life and are therefore an existential threat" narrative.
-t - Aug 11, 2021 9:22:39 pm PDT #8413 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OMG I came home from my afternoon playing hooky and started doing some work and one of my coworkers is also working this late! I want to tell her to stop but I don't feel like I can since I have a little still to do, but I was gallivanting around instead of working for like half the day...
Cashmere - Aug 11, 2021 10:33:34 pm PDT #8414 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oliver told me a story about giving a classmate some gummy bears and him making them kiss. Oliver asked, “Is it gay if they are non-binary?” And he replied, “They are non-BEARnary!”
The kids are alright.
JenP - Aug 11, 2021 10:36:44 pm PDT #8415 of 30000
Ah, ha, ha!
DavidS - Aug 11, 2021 10:59:31 pm PDT #8416 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And he replied, “They are non-BEARnary!”
Awww!
Laura - Aug 12, 2021 5:33:28 am PDT #8417 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Aww, non-BEARnary.
This is a very good thing... [link]
Fun!
I don't get his strategy unless he thinks he can just rely on the hard core Covid is no Big Deal voters... but will enough be alive next year to vote for him?
Exactly. It seems like such a short term strategy. People are so very isolated in their news sources, but when their close relatives and friends are dying they might notice.
Toddson - Aug 12, 2021 5:50:34 am PDT #8418 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've been seeing news stories that hospital/ICU beds in Texas are maxed out - they're flying people to out of state hospitals for care. The governor was asking for medical professionals to come in to help, since they're overwhelmed. DeSantis was asking for ventilators. There was a school board meeting in Tennessee where a number of people were not only protesting a new mask mandate but, afterwards, outside, they were threatening health professionals. In a similar theme, in California, some of the people who are going to homes that are in the path of a fire and telling them to evacuate are being threatened with guns.
Sometimes I despair of what's happening.
edited to add: there was a story in the newspaper this morning that some people are refusing the vaccine because of I Am Legend - the 2007 movie - in which a vaccine turns people into vampires? zombies? and they figure the same thing will happen to them.