I don't know whether to hope you get put on a billboard again or not...the plan for coping with the neck brace sounds excellent!
Anybody can be a prop class clown.
Xander ,'Touched'
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.
-t - Aug 21, 2026 10:34:07 am PDT #13647 of 14045
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dana - Aug 21, 2026 10:39:07 am PDT #13648 of 14045
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
The alien show is Roswell, right?
I didn't get a spacer put in when I had surgery in 2017.
Steph L. - Aug 21, 2026 10:39:21 am PDT #13649 of 14045
That which does not kill you should RUN
I don't know whether to hope you get put on a billboard again or not...
If anyone deserves to be on a billboard, it's Tim. His recovery from that surgery—and the massive amount of curvature/structural correction the surgeons were able to do—was rock star caliber. I just have a cranky neck that needs some stabbing to get it to fall in line.
Steph L. - Aug 21, 2026 10:41:36 am PDT #13650 of 14045
That which does not kill you should RUN
The alien show is Roswell, right?
Yes, and I know he knows its name; he just likes to be a dick. Plus it's his actual birthday* today, so he has free rein to be even more of a dick.
*My little brother is fucking 50 today. Nothing makes me feel older. My own age doesn't actually make me feel as old as my baby brother turning half a century. Jesus.
Dana - Aug 21, 2026 10:58:44 am PDT #13651 of 14045
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I wish I was stoned on pain meds and watching Roswell.
I am not prepared for my brother to turn 50, which is thankfully a ways off.
-t - Aug 21, 2026 12:31:10 pm PDT #13652 of 14045
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy actual birthday to your brother, Tep, although it is pretty rude of him to go and turn 50. When my little sister turned 50 she kept it quiet.
-t - Aug 21, 2026 12:33:41 pm PDT #13653 of 14045
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OK, I have made appointments for a flu shot and to get my car's oil changed. Way less than I hoped to accomplish today, but not nothing.
Laura - Aug 21, 2026 12:52:56 pm PDT #13654 of 14045
Our wings are not tired.
If anyone deserves to be on a billboard, it's Tim. His recovery from that surgery—and the massive amount of curvature/structural correction the surgeons were able to do—was rock star caliber.
I remember the x-rays. It was quite the project. Much surgery ~ma to you.
When my brother turned 70 a year ago all 4 of us were in our 70s. We all remembered our mom's horror when all 4 of her kids were in our 60s. We shall see if the 3 remaining are all in our 80s together. I'm the youngest now.
Laura - Aug 21, 2026 12:53:29 pm PDT #13655 of 14045
Our wings are not tired.
Also, being buzzed and watching Roswell seems like an excellent plan to me.
Steph L. - Aug 21, 2026 1:13:32 pm PDT #13656 of 14045
That which does not kill you should RUN
We all remembered our mom's horror when all 4 of her kids were in our 60s.
I was talking to my mom earlier, and she's mortified that both of her kids are in their 50s. (Actually, I think she's amazed my brother made it to 50, because for quite a while it seemed like he was going to flame out early thanks to lots of booze and drugs. But he's turned it around pretty well.)