I am really sorry for your loss, and the loss to your community.
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
Laura - Nov 22, 2025 12:28:54 pm PST #10295 of 11178
Our wings are not tired.
JenP - Nov 22, 2025 12:34:15 pm PST #10296 of 11178
I'm so sorry, ND.
erikaj - Nov 22, 2025 1:09:51 pm PST #10297 of 11178
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I am continually amazed by people that can look at their lives and want more of what they already have. ETA: My point being that we feel the loss so keenly that way.
Steph L. - Nov 22, 2025 2:24:22 pm PST #10298 of 11178
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Drew, I'm so sorry. Fuck cancer.
I went to the grocery store and tapped my credit card in the correct spot on the first try. I am so proud.
-t - Nov 22, 2025 9:31:02 pm PST #10299 of 11178
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I’m so sorry, Drew
Laura - Nov 23, 2025 7:17:53 am PST #10300 of 11178
Our wings are not tired.
It was such a full day yesterday that I blew my streaks! I did at least do the Wordle, but somehow managed to not do any of the others. When I looked last night, the Mini said Sunday, so I figured I must have already done them, but today I see the only one I did was Wordle. Sheesh.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 23, 2025 7:59:37 am PST #10301 of 11178
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
My condolences, ND.
Last night I baked an apple pie for my family's Thanksgiving gathering today, and by looks and scent it seems to be a success. Big improvement over last year when the pie slid off the pizza stone and splattered across my kitchen floor. (Though the kitchen did smell wonderful for a week afterwards.)
JenP - Nov 23, 2025 8:13:29 am PST #10302 of 11178
Enjoy Family Thanksgiving Day, Matt!
I'm spending today getting ready to spend the week up at my sister's in Yardley, PA. DH suggested a long visit this year -- we are very self-sufficient and self-entertaining guests, so it's not as, "Damn, that's a long visit!" as it sounds. Plus, his family is up there, too, so there will be time with them. And my bestie is about 20 mins. away in NJ, so much visiting to be done!
I realized that my heated blanket is portable, so I'm taking it with me! Why haven't I done this before? No idea -- but pretty sure it will be traveling with me more often now. (The bedrooms in their house are freezing. It's a known thing.)
What are peeps doing for Thanksgiving this week?
askye - Nov 23, 2025 8:27:00 am PST #10303 of 11178
Thrive to spite them
I'm sorry ND.
I maybe without confusing Ops manager for a little longer . Yesterday he was limping and I went in the back and a coworker was reading from her phone and saying "it says Seek IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION you need to go to the ER now". His lower leg was swollen and purple (I didn't see it) and he had a blood clot condition so she was concerned it was a blood clot. Ops manager finally went and I saw him later he said "it's only cellulitis and I have an antibiotic and I'm supposed to stay off my feet". And yet he was in here this morning. But everyone was telling him to go home.
Laura - Nov 23, 2025 8:39:37 am PST #10304 of 11178
Our wings are not tired.
I've ordered my grocery pickup for Tuesday and will precook everything in advance, travel to Bonita Springs, and warm it all up again. Super basic menu. Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry relish, mac 'n cheese, and roasted beans and sweet potatoes. The peeps on the other coast are responsible for pies and whatever else they want on the table.
I'm just exhausted these past couple of weeks, but cooking doesn't tire me out. I realized this week that I made tasty dinners for Brendon 4 times and never ate any of them because he eats later than I do, and I just had a snack earlier in the day. Only one evening did I partake in the same dinner.