Can you feel the power of my envy all the way from the still-frozen Ohio River Valley?

I'm basically a Taunting Vampire who thrives on envy and resentment. Just about the weather though.

I haven't finished watching The Peripheral, but man I love those books (I was enjoying the show but I got distracted after a couple of episodes and then I forgot. My TV watching attention span is tiny). Gibson is an honest to goodness genius.

I am wanting to get rid of Prime but I have stuff that is available there I still want to watch and a bunch Kindle Unlimited books that I haven't read yet, I don't know if I can do it. Not ordering stuff has been pretty easy and I never got the hang of their music services, but losing the video streaming would be hard. Ugh, and Audible, I "own" a lot of audiobooks and there are Audible Originals I won't want to miss out on. My annual membership is up in a couple of weeks so I need to figure this out.

Welcome to the world, great-great niece! (how can you have so many greats, Tep? Not that you aren't great-great, so I don't know why I am even asking, forget I said anything)

I can't bring myself to watch trailers while I'm supposed to be working, but I like the name of that Dichen Lachman thing. Good for her.

I guess we are still waiting for someone to give Enver a vehicle to star in?

After a slow November and a quiet December, 2026 brings me a long list of medical appointments.

2026-01-12 endocrinology consult
2026-01-26 MRI and neurology cosult

2026-02-03 ophthalmologist - consult
2026-02-05 ophthalmologist - cataract surgery co-ordinator
2026-02-13 oncology labs & scans
2026-02-16 oncology - consult & shots
2026-02-19 vascular consult
2026-02-25 dermatology consult

2026-03-09 dental cleaning
2026-03-25 gastroenterology annual follow-up

2026-04-06 cataract surgery - right eye
2026-04-07 next-day check with optometrist
2026-04-14 seven-day check with optometrist
2026-04-20 cataract surgery - left eye
2026-04-21 next-day check with optometrist

2026-05-01 nephrology annual follow-up
2026-05-21 PCP for A1c check

::sigh::

The thought of cataract surgery terrifies me, but it needs to be done. They have promised me Versed.

If you've been wondering what's happening with Dichen Lachman's career since Dollhouse

So I take it you don't watch Severance? :D

I knew I'd seen her somewhere recently! Could not follow that thread

Welcome to Thursday, Buffistae! It's going to be 68 in SF today and the flowers are already popping.

NYC is currently colder than Antarctica, so you can take your 68 degrees and...give some to us. We need them. It's cold here.

I'm trying to remember if The Peripheral ended on an unsatisfying note because it got canceled or because I never watched the end (because I knew it had been canceled and didn't bother).

So I take it you don't watch Severance? :D

I watched S1, but it's one of those shows I watched with JZ that I have not continued after her death. See also: Our Flag Means Death, and What We Do In The Shadows.

I vaguely remember Dichen in Severance, and I can see from her IMDB she's done stuff.

But this is a starring role in some super cheeseball mid-tier budget fantasy/horror!

They're trying to develop her into the next Milla Jovovich!

To be fair, it's summertime in Antarctica

But still