I will note that kat and -t went to dayjobs, and JenP, Laura and myself did not.
So we did things, but you were at your jobs. Jobs are taxing.
A thousand times yes to this.
Also. Hi, kat!
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'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.
JenP - Feb 25, 2026 7:04:37 am PST #11716 of 12320
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 25, 2026 7:55:28 am PST #11717 of 12320
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Eh, unexpected laundry excursion that may require snowshoes is worth being annoyed by, Trudy. It's not like realizing that you need to throw a few things into an in-unit washer/dryer.
Trudy Booth - Feb 25, 2026 8:42:36 am PST #11718 of 12320
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Hmmm.... there is the snowshoes...
And in other news, our threatened email "upgrade" has happened. I can't find a fucking thing. I have to tell the thing I do indeed want to open the item I'm double-clicking to open yet it still doesn't download graphics.
-t - Feb 25, 2026 9:44:28 am PST #11719 of 12320
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Work from home Wednesday
Internet connection down
One bar on cell phone
At least I can get some laundry done
DavidS - Feb 25, 2026 9:49:43 am PST #11720 of 12320
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm sensing a laundry theme today.
Foggy morning in SF.
I'm venturing out the door wearing my Ouija Board cardigan and my tarot design scarf, so I'm full of magic and mysteries.
Jessica - Feb 25, 2026 9:53:15 am PST #11721 of 12320
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
School finally reopened today! (On a 3-hour delay which means each class is about 15 minutes long, but at least A is OUT OF THE HOUSE.)
-t - Feb 25, 2026 10:56:07 am PST #11722 of 12320
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I thought it was my router or whatever but I finally got enough cell service to open the Xfinity app and got a notification that’s there’s network damage in the area, whatever that means. Well, relieved some of my guilt over not being able to do any work.
The cell service is Verizon and we’ve just always had pretty poor coverage here for whatever reason
Anyway, I had already downloaded the library book I’ve been listening to and occasionally can get through on Slack enough to cancel everything I planned to do today, so all good. Picking up A’s snow days, sort of
-t - Feb 25, 2026 12:03:16 pm PST #11723 of 12320
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Got myself all packed up to go into the office tomorrow, called into a Zoom on my phone planning on bailing on the rest of the day, and the outage is fixed. Argh.
DavidS - Feb 25, 2026 2:30:09 pm PST #11724 of 12320
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I deviated from my diet and had a whopping hot roast beef and melted munster sandwich.
That'll be both lunch and dinner but it was goooood.
Atropa - Feb 25, 2026 8:19:17 pm PST #11725 of 12320
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I made one of my irregular trips to the office today because some folks on the team were in town; how does anyone get work done in an office anymore? I was there for 3 hours and couldn’t get anything done because people! Kept interrupting me! Sure, yay seeing some coworkers, but that was the only good part.
IO(work)N: the 2025 bonus will be on Friday’s paycheck, whoo!