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.
Wash: Mal, your dead army buddy's on the bridge! Zoe: He ain't dead. Wash: Oh.
'The Message'
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.
Atropa - Sep 03, 2026 1:07:38 pm PDT #13812 of 13818
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
JenP - Sep 03, 2026 1:21:49 pm PDT #13813 of 13818
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 13818
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 13818
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 13818
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 13818
"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 13818
Punishingly Intricate
Also Team Hate Tight Things on My Neck!