Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.

Xander ,'First Date'


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 - Jun 07, 2025 6:15:30 am PDT #7595 of 8138
Our wings are not tired.

I am proud to continue to push the survival stats higher.

Well done! My sister had a part of her lung removed over 25 years ago and is down to yearly tests and scans now, but it still brings anxiety every time she has a test. No changes results are celebrated every time.


askye - Jun 07, 2025 10:31:00 am PDT #7596 of 8138
Thrive to spite them

That is amazing news DCP!!


askye - Jun 07, 2025 10:35:24 am PDT #7597 of 8138
Thrive to spite them

Next Wednesday I can finally start adding foods back from this elimination diet and I'm so glad

I swear I've been more spacy and forgetful since I've been on it. But it's probably from all the stuff I'm depriving myself. I know I went on the extreme end of this because my stomach kept hurting and I got conflicting info from different sources.

It seems to be working so I just have to figure out the problem foods. And I have an endoscopy on June 24th.

My birthday is the 16th so I'm hoping I'll at least have figured out if dairy is an issue or gluten so I can have some kind of treat to celebrate.


Susan W. - Jun 07, 2025 10:56:47 am PDT #7598 of 8138
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Woohoo, dcp!

I'm attending the SFWA Nebula Conference online this weekend, and it's serving as a sort of useful kick in the pants for making me think whether I still really want to be a writer (yes) and what I need to do to make that an active reality again (go back to treating writing as a side hustle like I used to before the Great Burnout of 2015-16, only with more self-care to prevent repeat burnout, and find a new critique group so I can share my work with people regularly because a big and needed part of my motivation is to feel like I'm telling a story TO somebody).


Calli - Jun 07, 2025 11:58:42 am PDT #7599 of 8138
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

That’s great, dcp!

My interview on Thursday went well, but I got a bad vibe from the city. I don’t think I want to live or work in Muskegon. Luckily I have a lot of other applications out there.


-t - Jun 07, 2025 12:29:43 pm PDT #7600 of 8138
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Good to know that, I guess, Calli. Hope something better crops up sooner than later

Go Susan, I am rooting for you!


Consuela - Jun 07, 2025 4:39:26 pm PDT #7601 of 8138
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

... anyone else following the news in LA? I am worried.


-t - Jun 07, 2025 5:39:34 pm PDT #7602 of 8138
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Feeling powderkeg-ish


Steph L. - Jun 07, 2025 7:50:49 pm PDT #7603 of 8138
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

... anyone else following the news in LA? I am worried.

Feeling powderkeg-ish

Things are pretty fucking bad.


aurelia - Jun 07, 2025 8:21:57 pm PDT #7604 of 8138
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

If they try to federalize the nat'l guard everywhere before next Saturday we'll really be in it.