Am I supposed to be changing my clothes a lot? Is that the helpful thing to do?

Anya ,'Storyteller'


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.


Calli - Dec 11, 2024 5:37:09 pm PST #4000 of 4181
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Captain Crunch purely for number slutting purposes.


-t - Dec 11, 2024 7:35:55 pm PST #4001 of 4181
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Kudos for the numberslut. Warms my heart.


msbelle - Dec 12, 2024 8:33:37 am PST #4002 of 4181
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Scene - online work meeting, working with another department to complete a spreadsheet with info they need from our department.

Me- going to documents to find the info and copy/pasting it in shared/collab document they have onscreen in the meeting.

My boss - “oh I’ve opened the next one we need.” Starts reading out the info.

Me- “do you have the shared document open? I’m cutting and pasting, I’m not typing from dictation.” Knowing full well she is confused by sharepoint and teams.

Boss- oh no, I don’t.

Me- proceeds to copy/paste the next four things needed, trying not to roll eyes.

My boss is sick and I wish she’d just bow out of these meetings. I’m tired and my frustrations are too close to the surface.


JenP - Dec 12, 2024 1:40:40 pm PST #4003 of 4181

Ooh, that’s an hour and a half or so from me, count me in!

Suhweet! It looks like a mini F2F in CT in our future.

Love this. LOVE THIS.


Laura - Dec 12, 2024 4:13:34 pm PST #4004 of 4181
Our wings are not tired.

In ugh holiday news, Brendon is going to LA for a basketball tournament, on December 26th. This wouldn't be a big deal, and I would have joined him, but my son and his GF arrive in Florida on December 25th. So I will be doing all the holiday stuff with the kids without dad. He will still be in LA for his birthday on the 28th. Sigh. I'm like, okay with it, but would probably have changed the kids' visit schedule if I had known earlier.


brenda m - Dec 12, 2024 5:29:49 pm PST #4005 of 4181
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

How can one person be so extravagant and boring at the same time?

Me to the family member who just put an $80 navy blue doormat on their elfster wishlist. The hell you say.


-t - Dec 12, 2024 5:46:17 pm PST #4006 of 4181
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Trying to imagine what could make a doormat be worth $80 and not coming up with anything. Secretly a trap door? Seems like that would be pricier.


Cass - Dec 12, 2024 6:12:59 pm PST #4007 of 4181
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I need cataract surgery on the right eye

Anecdotally my mom had hers done and it was easy peasy with quick results. She was very pleased back in 2017. If I need it, I'm going to get past the scared and see better. I did think I was seeing floaters once but it was just a spider on its web that was MUCH closer than I thought.


brenda m - Dec 12, 2024 7:11:48 pm PST #4008 of 4181
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Same with my dad. (The surgery, not the spiders. So far as I know, anyway.)


bennett - Dec 12, 2024 7:59:50 pm PST #4009 of 4181

I've had cataract surgery for both eyes and it was the easiest surgery I've ever had. Being awake during surgery was a little weird but that was the only issue.