Happy Tom Day!
I think Blue Cross Blue Shield is still covering telehealth on my plan. Thankfully.
Buffy: Where are the burgers? Riley: Yeah man, I'm starving. Cow me. Xander: I'd love to make with the moo but the fire's not cooperating.
'Lessons'
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.
askye - Apr 03, 2026 1:49:52 pm PDT #12216 of 12219
Thrive to spite them
meara - Apr 03, 2026 1:55:21 pm PDT #12217 of 12219
That sounds fun Kat! There’s been a cute bunch of stuff on TikTok about people trying out for the US women’s handball team—normally we wouldn’t have one in the games but because of host nation we get to try. But dang that stuff is expensive. (One reason I’m selfishly glad women’s sports aren’t more popular…I couldn’t easily afford things like the World Cup if it was men’s pricing!)
Sheryl - Apr 03, 2026 2:19:43 pm PDT #12218 of 12219
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Tom day!
This week has been another shitshow at home. Mr. S had aggressive meltdowns several days this week, including Wed night when we were supposed to have the seder.(We hosted, my MIL did all the cooking) We just ended up saying a few blessings and Gary did MaNishtana, then we ate. Right now he's with the nanny for logistic reasons. I just don't know what to do. It seems like the smallest things set him off, including me saying anything.
Steph L. - Apr 03, 2026 2:54:04 pm PDT #12219 of 12219
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So, I have to have an MRI because something went wonky in my fucking neck when I was at the dentist — for real, the dentist leaned the chair back, and when the chair got to a certain angle, electric hot knife-y pain shot down both arms, and now I have ongoing electric burning nerve pain from my elbows to my hands, including the pinky, ring finger, and middle finger. I didn’t even do anything to cause this, damn it. I just leaned back in the dentist chair.
But it’s been several weeks and isn’t improving, so I saw Awesome Doctor today, and he was like, yep, that’s your neck, and you need an MRI so we know how to treat it. In the interim I have oral steroids, and I hope they help, because this burning nerve pain sucks. And long-term, I hope this can be fixed with PT and/or a steroid injection, because I really don’t want surgery on my cervical spine. (According to Google, 90% of cases are improve with non-surgical treatments. So the odds are good.)