I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.

Tara ,'Get It Done'


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.

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Steph L. - Jun 29, 2026 3:25:19 pm PDT #13179 of 13188
That which does not kill you should RUN

I officially have Too Many Life Maintenance Things To Do and I need a personal assistant to organize them and an extra week to get them accomplished:

Pick up Rx at CVS
Pick up new glasses at Target
Tim has a medical thing I have to drive him to on Monday 7/6
Friend's birthday party on 7/18
The car has its whatever-thousand-mile service on 7/20
Murderbiscuit needs a checkup and teeth cleaning scheduled
I have to (re)schedule the colonoscopy I started to schedule last year right when Tim was diagnosed with cancer
I need a haircut so badly that earlier today I thought about doing it myself (I will NOT)
I need to follow up on the pinched nerve neck bullshit I was doing PT for (it's about 60% resolved, so probably a steroid injection in my spine is next)
I have a really painful ear infection currently that I'm taking meds for, but I feel like it's not improving, so I should follow up on that

Plus, you know, work and other life responsibilities like groceries and cleaning and maybe some actual recreation.

Okay, writing it all out actually made me feel better, in the sense that I was feeling guilty for feeling so overwhelmed by the shit I need to do, but now that I see it written down, that's actually a lot of shit, and feeling overwhelmed is a reasonable response. Okay! Fuck the Giant List Of Responsibilities!


-t - Jun 29, 2026 3:31:43 pm PDT #13180 of 13188
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That is a lot! I also have a prescription to pick up at CVS, so, like solidarity. Not going to list out the many many things that I should do and probably will not, but you are welcome to imagine a myriad (I mean, I hope to do some of them but there's always the possibility that I won't because Fuck the Giant List Of Responsibilities!)


Jessica - Jun 30, 2026 8:08:07 am PDT #13181 of 13188
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Birthright Citizenship and Vote By Mail survived, that's good.

Almost everything else...is bad.

Steph, that is too many things. You should get a helper monkey.

I'm traveling to visit one of my teams in Costa Rica next week which I'm looking forward to but also starting to feel the pre-travel panic set in (what if I leave the house without my passport? what if my Spanish is even rustier than I think and nobody can understand me? what if this team who is perfectly lovely over Zoom HATES ME ON SIGHT?)


-t - Jun 30, 2026 8:16:05 am PDT #13182 of 13188
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooh, Costa Rica, nice!

I can't even with the Supreme Court right now


-t - Jul 01, 2026 6:40:12 am PDT #13183 of 13188
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My left thumb has been twitching for a couple of days. Unsettling. I hope it’s a vitamin deficiency and not something wicked this way coming, because adding a multivitamin to my daily meds is very easy.


Trudy Booth - Jul 01, 2026 6:46:38 am PDT #13184 of 13188
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

Is there a collagen that doesn't make my mouth feel like I've been drinking hand cream?


chrismg - Jul 01, 2026 8:51:23 am PDT #13185 of 13188
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Hey, all. Happy belated bday to David, Teppy, and the rest.

Teppy, I have definitely had ostensible days off where I was going around doing One Thing After Another, so I feel you on that.

Does anyone know who runs goodstuffhappenedtoday? It hasn't updated in a while and I'm vaguely concerned.


-t - Jul 01, 2026 8:55:27 am PDT #13186 of 13188
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's Jesse's IIRC


Tom Scola - Jul 01, 2026 8:56:50 am PDT #13187 of 13188
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

Does anyone know who runs goodstuffhappenedtoday? It hasn't updated in a while and I'm vaguely concerned.

Jesse has been active on BlueSky in the last couple of hours.


chrismg - Jul 01, 2026 1:38:30 pm PDT #13188 of 13188
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Cool, thanks.


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