Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.

'Serenity'


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.


-t - Feb 11, 2025 3:06:05 pm PST #5395 of 5737
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, wow, Tep, I did not know things were that dire. I'm glad we have you as a resource, I tell you what! When I saw that the AMA was distributing info that used to come from the CDC I thought of you, but I didn't expect you to personally be doing it


Steph L. - Feb 11, 2025 3:26:49 pm PST #5396 of 5737
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I didn't expect you to personally be doing it

Ha! The AMA YouTube page is a very good resource. I'm just reading whatever data I can get my hands on, and starting to worry.


-t - Feb 11, 2025 3:41:31 pm PST #5397 of 5737
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Update from facilities: "We will not be able to adequately heat the area for the remainder of the week." So that's fun.


meara - Feb 11, 2025 3:51:25 pm PST #5398 of 5737

Ummmm…aren’t there OSHA standards for that, t? Geez.

Also yikes Teppy but tracks with everything we’ve heard—I should be masking but ugh, doing it while dancing or working out is such a pain. And yet nobody wants the flu or the bird flu (or covid again). I did get my flu shot though, go me.


askye - Feb 11, 2025 3:54:44 pm PST #5399 of 5737
Thrive to spite them

As far as I can tell there isn't bird flu yet in my county but one county over has it .

I have no idea how we are going to keep the cats inside. At least the boys.

I'm glad Matilda is doing well and has college acceptance.

Last year at work the HR person did something for Black History month and this year there is nothing. It doesn't stop our store from being diverse, employees or customers. We even have a customer who is Irish and Jewish. He has an Irish accent and wears a yarmakule.

I haven't been reading anything in a really long time but I tried the Dungeon Crawler Carl books and I'm hooked and almost finished. I'm using Kindle Unlimited. I realize that Amazon is ... Amazon but the library doesn't have the books and ILL can take forever.

Dungeon Crawler Carl is about a guy ...Carl.. this is the blurb "The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition.

You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what.

Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show."

The first two books are short and it really picks up on book 3. I thought it would be kind of like a summer action flick where you don't think about the bad stuff going on in the world of the book but no it's more than that.

But it's also funny. Although the humor is very gross at times, gory but also just a lot of cat humor too. Princess Donut is awesome. The audiobooks are supposed to be amazing. I want them in the original out of print covers because they are very B movie poster style and the current covers are minimalist boring

Oh and in othe good news for me ...instead of having a store manager I kind of try to avoid I have one that I like and sings my praises. He and my team lead playfully argued over who would get my help the other day.


Laura - Feb 11, 2025 3:54:59 pm PST #5400 of 5737
Our wings are not tired.

Hi CaBil!

No heat means paid leave, right?


Sophia Brooks - Feb 11, 2025 4:01:41 pm PST #5401 of 5737
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Yay Matilda! From experience, I would also go afar for college, but I got a full scholarship locally and a good education. I just got shy of travel, but she is in Japan! Where did JZ work? I feel like I had some clinical placement dealings with them (UCSF?)

Hi CaBil!

Steph- the ducks are cute! I was sick for just the second time since February 2020, and it is all related to masking on the bus. I think masking is just a general good.

Much `ma to all the federal workers and family.


JenP - Feb 11, 2025 4:01:41 pm PST #5402 of 5737

I am all vaxxed you and my cats are strictly indoors, so I'm doing OK there, and I will 100% take your advice about masking up. Or, maybe just not go anywhere for a long, long time. There's that, too.

DH is getting some interest from recruiters and such and has applied to a few places with them. Plus some other places just cold. It feels like progress even though no interviews scheduled yet. General ~ma appreciated.

It is snowing very prettily and has been since this afternoon.


-t - Feb 11, 2025 4:05:27 pm PST #5403 of 5737
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ummmm…aren’t there OSHA standards for that, t? Geez.

I don't think anything that would cover us. The warehouse is always unheated and that's apparently okay for the crew that works out there. In any case, our VP of People gave the word that we can work from home the rest of the week, which I honestly did not expect. Our new CEO starts next Tuesday so now we are crossing our fingers that it's fixed before he shows up. How embarrassing would that be!


-t - Feb 11, 2025 4:09:58 pm PST #5404 of 5737
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Glad to hear your bosses appreciate you askye! And now I am interested in those books where I would not have looked twice at them given just the title. Like I need more to read but sometimes everything I already have waiting to be read just doesn't appeal...