Easy Bake. Flop-a-palooza. Woosh. Pop. I don't skulk.

Angel ,'Shells'


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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 16, 2025 7:13:29 am PDT #9739 of 11164
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!

I'm happy to report Mom's surgery went well and she's recovering nicely.


Laura - Oct 16, 2025 7:28:22 am PDT #9740 of 11164
Our wings are not tired.

Good to hear, Matt.


Steph L. - Oct 16, 2025 8:00:36 am PDT #9741 of 11164
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Facebook keeps popping up these savory protein bars and I am intrigued. [link]

Those flavors sound yummy!

I'm happy to report Mom's surgery went well and she's recovering nicely.

Great news, Matt! I hope her recovery is quick and uneventful.


askye - Oct 16, 2025 8:09:38 am PDT #9742 of 11164
Thrive to spite them

Great news !


askye - Oct 16, 2025 8:14:35 am PDT #9743 of 11164
Thrive to spite them

Steph it might depend on the Puff .I just looked online and the back of a package

The Barebell went right through me in a bad way. Luckily I was at work and not somewhere without access to a restroom.

I got more tests results back. I didn't know all the tests run . All around the Von Willebrand Factor. And they were high. The Factor 8 activity was high too. So I assume I'll be hearing from my doctor about this.

I'm trying not to stress about the results and just get ready for my vacation and enjoy that


Jessica - Oct 16, 2025 8:15:39 am PDT #9744 of 11164
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I am back from Frankfurt and jet-lagged to hell and back. I did get upgraded to Comfort+ again for the way back and had a row almost all to myself, which made the 8 hour flight more tolerable than it otherwise would have been. (I never get upgraded on the NY-Seattle trips, because those flights are always full.)

I hope the next time I go to Europe I get to see more than the inside of a hotel conference room.

Over two and a half days, I was told by two cab drivers, a tour bus director, and a hotel concierge "Your name is German, did you know?" (Yes, in fact I did know that. Well actually it's my husband's name but almost all of my grandparents' names are German too.)

Back to work I guess. Sigh.


-t - Oct 16, 2025 9:00:34 am PDT #9745 of 11164
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Glad to hear it, Matt!

Savory protein bars is very interesting!

I hope you get some kind of answer, askye


Trudy Booth - Oct 16, 2025 9:11:28 am PDT #9746 of 11164
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

Wonderful news, Matt!


meara - Oct 16, 2025 10:28:42 am PDT #9747 of 11164

I am very into the idea of savory protein bars. Much as I like the built and puff bars.

I have been drinking lots of LMNT for electrolytes but I suspect the stevia in it was giving me migraines this summer. So I had to back off, even though it was also helping me be less dizzy. I do still use it but less.


-t - Oct 16, 2025 10:35:16 am PDT #9748 of 11164
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I completely forgot I had stashed some instant oatmeal in a corner of my desk, so now I am having oatmeal. Yay! Added too much water, though, so it's soupy. Alas.