Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?

Xander ,'The Killer In Me'


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.


askye - Mar 25, 2025 10:10:42 am PDT #6372 of 6825
Thrive to spite them

Oh that is stressful. Maybe he didn't have car insurance? I know when I dinged someone's car she wanted, I can't remember how much, she didn't want to get insurance involved but when she sent me am estimate it was like $100 or something..

I had an issue yesterday and had an anxiety kind of attack and I had some very mild self harm feelings which freaked me out. (It stated with feeling dizzy and stomach pains). So had M take me to the nearby ER. And I had a stomach CT with contrast, some other tests, blood work, and the ER Dr also wanted to do a head CT but I couldn't with the contrast.

She thinks what is going on might be 2 different things but that I probably have some GI issues even my gallbladder. She said she had to have hers removed and hers looked fine on ultrasounds etc .

So I'm at the Drs office and have a ton to talk to him about. Especially interment leave. That way if something else happens related I have more freedom to schedule appointments without having to wait for days off and stuff


Jessica - Mar 25, 2025 10:56:02 am PDT #6373 of 6825
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Maybe he didn't have car insurance?

Yeah, this is my guess. In which case I'm still not going to just hand him a random chunk of change without at least a mechanic/body shop estimate.

That said, when the reverse happened to me about 15 years ago (hit by a woman who was ADAMANT about not getting the insurance companies involved), I absolutely should have taken the $500 cash she offered me instead of insisting on exchanging insurance info, since the damage to my car was only about $75 and it turned out her insurance was expired, so nothing was covered.


Atropa - Mar 25, 2025 12:43:35 pm PDT #6374 of 6825
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Oh, poor Dylan.

Later this afternoon I have my 1:1 with my boss, which means I need to pretend I didn't read the calibration meeting summary that was mistakenly sent out. Hahahahaha.

Nothing about me in the summary was a surprise, it's stuff I know I need to work on, but the temptation to ask "So if we were doing formal mid-year reviews, what would my score be?" is so strong.


Karl - Mar 25, 2025 1:07:22 pm PDT #6375 of 6825
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

Gah. I am not ready for the outdoor temperatures to be in the 80s F. I was just settling into my winter groove, and all of a sudden we've skipped Spring entirely and are having two days of Summer Preview.

I love the neighbourhood I live in now, and my housemates are two of my dearest friends, but my goodness do I miss my fog dragons and "only two days of above 80F every year" weather.

I read a post recently on my Mastodon feed that basically said "I wanted a device that lets me know my friends are all right and I got an anxiety rectangle that I keep compulsively refreshing" and I thought "if I want to know how my friends are doing, I just log into b.org." Not an original observation, I'm sure, but thank you all for posting the little things that keep us connected.


Trudy Booth - Mar 25, 2025 1:14:38 pm PDT #6376 of 6825
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Attorneys who act like billing numbers are some silly bother I invented to irritate them should probably be thrashed.


erikaj - Mar 25, 2025 1:37:22 pm PDT #6377 of 6825
Always Anti-fascist!

I'm hip, Karl. Trudy, I could get a whip from work, but they'd like it.


meara - Mar 25, 2025 1:46:53 pm PDT #6378 of 6825

Trudy I’m sure the idea of a billable hour is shocking and new to them and they probably need time to adjust. Maybe a few years. Maybe forever.


DavidS - Mar 25, 2025 1:47:41 pm PDT #6379 of 6825
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Attorneys who act like billing numbers are some silly bother I invented to irritate them should probably be thrashed.

"Dude, how do you think you pay for your green fees?"


-t - Mar 25, 2025 7:15:50 pm PDT #6380 of 6825
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Supposed that cool off tomorrow, Karl.


askye - Mar 25, 2025 7:25:39 pm PDT #6381 of 6825
Thrive to spite them

I'm getting another , different type of ultrasound for my abdomen, different medice for the stomach pains etc and a head CT scan .

I've been feeling very emotional and vulnerable because it taps into my issues if when I had health stuff going on and adults/Drs didn't believe me or take it seriously I told my doctor this and he was very reassuring. I also thanked him for never acting like my weight could be an issue for any kind of treatment or that losing weight would solve my problems .

The Table Rock Fire continues to burn. They are mandatory evacuations now for 55 homes, 7 have been destroyed, it's burned over 3000 acres and is 0% contained.

All because some teenagers were smoking. .

Its been windy and there hasn't been any rain. We saw a Chinook flying today and I was wondering if it was headed for the fire .