You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Jessica - Jun 17, 2024 11:59:20 am PDT #1150 of 3468
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Happy birthday!

There is an Onerous Work Project that I've been assigned and it is proving to be Extremely Onerous.


Jessica - Jun 17, 2024 11:59:24 am PDT #1151 of 3468
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

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Atropa - Jun 17, 2024 1:07:23 pm PDT #1152 of 3468
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Happy birthday to Cass! Yaaaaay!


Atropa - Jun 17, 2024 1:10:55 pm PDT #1153 of 3468
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Dad was released from the hospital, fittingly enough, on Father's Day. He has a bunch of appointments, including one with his specialist to talk about how the slow treatment they've been doing for the deep hemorrhoids is not working fast enough, and he should probably have surgery.

(The surgeon at the hospital said, "You've been admitted to a hospital three times in the past six months, and it's been worse each time. If it was up to me, I'd book you for surgery right now, because there's no guarantee someone will get to you in time for you to survive the next time this happens."

Thank you, nice surgeon, for finally making Dad listen.)


Steph L. - Jun 17, 2024 2:42:59 pm PDT #1154 of 3468
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Happy Birthday, Cass!

Thank you, nice surgeon, for finally making Dad listen.

Yeah, Dad of Atropa, listen to the damn doctors! Stop stressing out your daughter (and your body).


-t - Jun 17, 2024 3:07:43 pm PDT #1155 of 3468
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Glad he's home, Atropa, and glad he's listening!


smonster - Jun 17, 2024 4:39:19 pm PDT #1156 of 3468
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Cass! Happy birthday, my friend!!

Damn, Atropa, that is seriously scary. Get on that scheduling, dad of Atropa!

Thanks for the support. I am so looking forward to working with almost all women. I spent a couple hours in a NOLA cemetery helping my colleagues fix a broken tombstone, and it was actually healing to have my input listened to and valued.

In contrast, my (female) boss from last job texted me today to say that if I didn't pay her the $120 I still owe for Cobra today she'd cancel it retroactive to 5/31. Did i mention here they fired me via text "for my own good" ten days before my scheduled last day or work? She is a "one of the guys" kind of woman in certain ways.

I paid it and resisted the temptation to reply. Moving on to better things.


erikaj - Jun 17, 2024 6:05:59 pm PDT #1157 of 3468
Always Anti-fascist!

sometimes a woman can totally be The Man. Tragic but true. I'm not sure if I'm really a ladyboss, though I used to imagine it sometimes. But I could never really cancel someone's health insurance.


Cass - Jun 17, 2024 9:34:26 pm PDT #1158 of 3468
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

That probably should have been a journal entry.
smonster, I had a long reaction and then realized that it was more a hanging out chatting thing than a post.

Thank you for the birthday wishes. It's been nice.

Thank you, nice surgeon, for finally making Dad listen.

Thank you from the blinvisible peeps, Mr. Dr.

sometimes a woman can totally be The Man.

So my s-i-l. We had a family birthdays and Father's Day dinner on Saturday and she had a few gems. If she were in the Matrix, she'd take the blue pill. Happily. She spoke about it for a few minutes. Then complained that Bridgeton, a fictional story, was not true to the racial identities. (smonster, my reaction was a much longer version of this and more...) Oh, she is such the well-named Karen.


meara - Jun 17, 2024 10:13:02 pm PDT #1159 of 3468

I keep thinking I should post replying to stuff or saying stuff but somehow it feels hard. But I’m here and I’m seeing you and I love hearing from you all.