Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!

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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.


smonster - Aug 07, 2024 8:35:36 am PDT #1991 of 3431
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Mmm, stuff in a bowl.

Academically this meal pattern is known as "core, fringe, legume" and is the most common meal pattern worldwide!

That is so cool.

Askye, are you using alarms or medication reminders? The latter must be dismissed manually, so they would stay on your home screen all day until you take them. The trick, of course, is to keep the reminders up to date and not ignore them.

I like Walz, what little I have seen of him.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 07, 2024 10:03:45 am PDT #1992 of 3431
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Walz kind of blindsided me, I was expecting a more prominent pick like Kelly or Shapiro. But I suppose my complete lack of awareness of him means there are no scandals or problematic policy stances waiting to hamstring us in October, and what I've read of his political positions sounds very good. I assume Harris' campaign knows what they're doing.

We found out this weekend that the ankle pain my mom was feeling wasn't arthritis or a pulled muscle, but a fracture of her tibia. She's in a walking boot and I'll be driving her and doing her grocery shopping for the next couple of months. Concerning that it happened without an obvious injury to cause it, but I'll take it over a broken hip any day.


Laura - Aug 07, 2024 10:22:20 am PDT #1993 of 3431
Our wings are not tired.

Oh dear, healing ~ma to your mom, Matt.


askye - Aug 07, 2024 10:40:47 am PDT #1994 of 3431
Thrive to spite them

Lots of healing ~ma to your Mom Matt.

The only things I've heard about Walz is be had a drunk driving arrest in the 90s which led to him getting sober and some of the men who served under him didn't like how he left the National Guard to run for office.


Laura - Aug 07, 2024 10:48:49 am PDT #1995 of 3431
Our wings are not tired.

Because 24 years in the Guard isn't enough! They just have to find something to complain about.


-t - Aug 07, 2024 11:24:33 am PDT #1996 of 3431
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Academically this meal pattern is known as "core, fringe, legume" and is the most common meal pattern worldwide!

Definitely going to have to tell my dad this!

The trick, of course, is to keep the reminders up to date and not ignore them.

This is my problem. I only take the one daily pill and if I miss it occasionally it's not terrible, but I am bad about ignoring the notification that it's time to take it. Basically, if I don't take it as soon as I wake up, I probably won't, so I set the reminder for a little after I plan to wake up, but if I wake up early or late that doesn't work out well and noticing the reminder is still there at lunch time when I am in the office and the meds are at home really does not help. Time is just generally a problem for me.

I'm glad they figured out what the fracture is, Matt.


JenP - Aug 07, 2024 12:50:29 pm PDT #1997 of 3431

Morning meds, I'm good. Evening meds are a little trickier as I have to take one of the pills with food for it to be effective, but who knows where I'll be eating (or when, honestly). I usually miss evening meds at least once a week. But nothing is make or break for a single miss for me, so I'm fortunate there.

My various vitamins, I keep at my desk, because some of them get gross in the not actually airtight pill containers.


-t - Aug 07, 2024 3:29:16 pm PDT #1998 of 3431
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I just composed an email where I avoided ending a sentence with a preposition so my meaning would be clearer and now I feel pretentious


Sheryl - Aug 07, 2024 3:38:54 pm PDT #1999 of 3431
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

For prescription meds, I have a 7-day pill box. Every night before getting ready for bed I take my evening and morning meds out of the safe(we put Mr.S's meds and my meds in a safe so he can't get at them) and put them in the pillbox.


askye - Aug 07, 2024 3:58:16 pm PDT #2000 of 3431
Thrive to spite them

There is AC in our bedroom. I was over thinking things but anyway M's cousin came over and switched everything out so it was done by the time I got home. M's mom had dinner done, I got M to eat a little. He's depressed, he seems depressed. I want to make it better but I know I can't make it go away so I can just be there for him.

Tonight we sleep in our bed! We just have to set up some pillows to prop his foot up on.