Don your party hats, peeps! Today we celebrate the birth of JenP. Happiest of happy birthday wishes. May you be spoiled today and throughout the year!
I miss Oz. He'd get it. He wouldn't say anything, but he'd get it.
Xander ,'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.
Laura - Oct 07, 2024 5:27:09 am PDT #2833 of 4143
Our wings are not tired.
DavidS - Oct 07, 2024 6:28:33 am PDT #2834 of 4143
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Happy birthday, Jen!
I woke up at 4am after a tense dream where JZ and I were troubled over money.
Perhaps prompted by searching for something in my gmail yesterday and finding a fraught email exchange between us in 2009 when we were really struggling.
A couple weeks ago, though, I had a dream about her where she wiped out in a mud puddle and came up laughing. And it was good to see her laughing face again.
Anyway, I've been up since 4am, and after sitting on the edge of my bed in the dark, unable to sleep for a while I realized how gloomy that image was and decided to just get up for a bit.
It got up to 97 in SF yesterday. No bueno. But we're supposed to see a gradual decline starting today. Our houses are not built for hot weather! Nobody has AC. At least Matilda is staying comfortable in the Garden Apartment which is usually about 15 degrees cooler.
-t - Oct 07, 2024 8:23:21 am PDT #2835 of 4143
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Many happy returns, JenP!
Laura - Oct 07, 2024 9:14:25 am PDT #2836 of 4143
Our wings are not tired.
I'm sorry about the tense dream, Hec. The puddle dream sounds like a nice one though. I gave up and got a window A/C for camp because no one ever used air conditioning in the Adirondacks. It only gets used a handful of times a year, but it is nice to have the option.
DavidS - Oct 07, 2024 9:17:14 am PDT #2837 of 4143
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I gave up and got a window A/C for camp because no one ever used air conditioning in the Adirondacks. It only gets used a handful of times a year, but it is nice to have the option.
It should only get up into the 80s today so it'll be easier.
I'm planning on putting a heat pump in for the attic, and putting solar panels up too, so those are home improvements I've got on the list. Probably after Matilda goes to college.
Laura - Oct 07, 2024 9:25:52 am PDT #2838 of 4143
Our wings are not tired.
Yikes. Tampa is in big trouble. Cat 5.
Since Sunday night, the storm’s rate of strengthening has reached extreme levels — its intensity leaping from a Category 1 to 5. The storm’s peak winds Monday midday were up to 160 mph, a 70 mph increase in 12 hours.
Steph L. - Oct 07, 2024 9:36:02 am PDT #2839 of 4143
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Yikes. Tampa is in big trouble. Cat 5.
Damn, and it's not even supposed to make landfall until Wednesday, right? Maybe it'll lose intensity by then.
Laura - Oct 07, 2024 9:49:36 am PDT #2840 of 4143
Our wings are not tired.
They do expect it to lose steam. At least going to 4 and hopefully 3. But keeping strong all the way across the state including Orlando. The whole middle section of the state will be without power for a while.
meara - Oct 07, 2024 9:54:02 am PDT #2841 of 4143
Yikes that is scary!! I hope it magically weakens quickly.
Steph L. - Oct 07, 2024 10:00:05 am PDT #2842 of 4143
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
They do expect it to lose steam. At least going to 4 and hopefully 3. But keeping strong all the way across the state including Orlando.
Even a 3 going across the entire state is going to be very bad.