Yes, happy Beverly day. Finally feeling a bit better, though I thought that before, and food is still not quite appealing. We raised my mattress, maybe it will help.
There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that's factually true.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
erikaj - Feb 19, 2026 11:23:22 am PST #11625 of 12326
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
JenP - Feb 19, 2026 11:36:52 am PST #11626 of 12326
Happy Birthday, Beverly! I hope there's much good fun for you in the coming year.
I hope you keep feeling better, erika.
I made sautéed shrimp over quinoa for lunch. That's two quinoas this week. I'm down to half a small bag and a boxed, pre-mixed thing with brown rice and some spices. Progress.
Going to make and direct-to-freezer some more red lentil soup. There are just a LOT of red lentils to get through.
meara - Feb 19, 2026 12:01:54 pm PST #11627 of 12326
Pantry progress is good, t! Mine usually just involves me going through the pantry and realizing most of it is expired and throwing it out.
I got a real haircut (as opposed to a great cuts “just chop an inch off and make it a vague bob”) last night. It ended up probably a full inch shorter than requested (the front pieces were supposed to be cheekbone length, but ended up more like eye length by the time she was done?) but I guess now I know. I think it’ll eventually grow out to be more what I want.
-t - Feb 19, 2026 1:45:44 pm PST #11628 of 12326
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Bwahaha I have no internet. I’m physically in the office, and mgmt sent an email this morning saying they’d be doing something tomorrow (not today) which will knock out the wi-fi but most laptops are wired (ethernet, I guess?) so should only be an issue for, like, cell phones - especially, for some reason, if you are on Verizon.
So today, my laptop (which is plugged into a dock but says it’s on wifi) has no internet connection. Pretty much all my work is in the cloud. I’m typing this on my (Verizon) phone.
-t - Feb 19, 2026 1:57:37 pm PST #11629 of 12326
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hilariously, I can post here but I can’t get to Slack
Atropa - Feb 19, 2026 2:16:55 pm PST #11630 of 12326
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Happy birthday, Bev!
Atropa - Feb 19, 2026 2:18:07 pm PST #11631 of 12326
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I hate that I have to use ChatGPT for work, but I'm amused that I've trained my instance of it to speak my language: "Or we could do option D: CHOOSE VIOLENCE".
Jessica - Feb 19, 2026 2:51:32 pm PST #11632 of 12326
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Happy birthday, Bev!
I am posting this from the adult only hottub at Great Wolf Lodge. Life is good.
JenP - Feb 19, 2026 3:04:50 pm PST #11633 of 12326
Nice! I've looked at GWL before. Curious to hear what you think. I like what I'm hearing so far...
Jessica - Feb 19, 2026 3:54:09 pm PST #11634 of 12326
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The chlorine and noise levels are intense but the room is big and comfortable and mostly it's indoors and warm here! Ask me on Saturday when the weekend day pass families arrive - we have a cabana reserved so at least there will be a place to hide from all the toddlers.