Guys, the protein Doritos are officially pretty darn good.
Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots. Shut up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
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.
Trudy Booth - Sep 03, 2026 12:44:02 pm PDT #13810 of 13819
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
Atropa - Sep 03, 2026 12:52:11 pm PDT #13811 of 13819
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yesterday was exciting in a no fun way. I’M OKAY, which is always the correct way to start a post like this.
On Tuesday night, my migraine came with a side of blackouts. Tiny, few second blips, and extreme vertigo. I took meds and went to bed. Wednesday morning I still had the migraine, but it didn’t seem as bad as the night before, so I logged into work. Then the blackouts and the extreme vertigo came back. My insurance no longer has an on-call nurse line, but options of different telehealth companies, which I don’t trust. So we went to urgent care, but they couldn’t do the tests they felt were necessary because the software they use was having outages. I won a trip in an ambulance to a hospital; over the course of six hours I had an EKG and a CAT scan, the results of which were that everything was fine with me, it was probably an atypical migraine, and I should make an appointment with my neurologist to discuss things.
I came home and slept for 12 hours. Everything seems okay, but I’m resting and being very aware of how I feel.
Atropa - Sep 03, 2026 1:07:38 pm PDT #13812 of 13819
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The software at urgent care having outages was grimly funny to me, because I know what they use and what’s on the backend of it. Of course they were having issues, thanks Microsoft Azure.
JenP - Sep 03, 2026 1:21:49 pm PDT #13813 of 13819
I'm glad the outcome was "Everything seems OK," but that sounds extremely scary and stressful, Atropa. New symptoms like that can eff right off.
The house is gorgeous, David. I hope all goes well.
With you on the not enjoying things around my neck, Steph. How did I survive the 80's scrunched turtleneck era? I must have developed that aversion later on in life. Or, actually, I think I'm just more aware of my aversions now.
Burritos. Yum.
-t - Sep 03, 2026 1:24:27 pm PDT #13814 of 13819
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good lord, Atropa! That sounds terrifying. I hope the everything-being-fine conclusion is completely correct! Yikes!
And yeesh on urgent care having software outages. That is not a thing that should be happening in a well-ordered society. They better not charge you a fortune for the ambulance.
-t - Sep 03, 2026 1:25:08 pm PDT #13815 of 13819
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
How did I survive the 80's scrunched turtleneck era?
I was extremely devoted to cowl necks. Still like them!
meara - Sep 03, 2026 1:51:55 pm PDT #13816 of 13819
That does sound scary Atropa—did they do an EEG? Could they be little seizures?
Teppy I would have the worst time falling asleep like that, good luck! As someone else said hope the opiates work for that!!
Note to friends: strongly recommend putting something identifying on your keys! Or an AirTag or whatever. Because there’s now been two times where keys were left behind at an event and we didn’t know whose they were…and if they didn’t have a barcoded id tag on them (one for the library and one for parks and rec services) it would’ve been “gosh who knows if they’ll ever get back to the person”! I rarely lose my keys (they have a place they live and I only need them for the car not the house) but this got me to air tag them. Even if it doesn’t say “call Jane at 555-1212” it’s good to have something!
erikaj - Sep 03, 2026 1:52:57 pm PDT #13817 of 13819
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
My mother has similar turtleneck anxiety, Tep. Not sure if I do-- I don't think I've had one since college.(At university, I got to say something that made Gloria Steinem chuckle--I remember that she autographed my program, but right after that, I started moving around a lot and I'm not sure that I have it anymore. That's why movies where people find Great-Grandma's letters in pristine condition and order...kind of unintentionally make me laugh. But the memory is a nice counterbalance to almost hitting Cornel West with my chair in the bookstore that same day.) Atropa, that's so weird-frightening--hope you will feel better soon. Good luck with Casa Emmett.
lisah - Sep 03, 2026 1:55:20 pm PDT #13818 of 13819
Punishingly Intricate
Also Team Hate Tight Things on My Neck!
Laura - Sep 03, 2026 3:38:34 pm PDT #13819 of 13819
Our wings are not tired.
Ugh, Atropa, may a solution be found soon. Very scary stuff.
Note to friends: strongly recommend putting something identifying on your keys! Or an AirTag or whatever.
DH is the worst when it comes to losing just about everything so he has tiles on his stuff now. Alas, they don't fit on his glasses, but helpful for his keys, wallet, and laptops. Seriously, he has lost soooo many things.
I got to say something that made Gloria Steinem chuckle
I heard her chuckle in my mind when I read that. Thank you.