Very sad news. I’m so sorry, lisah.
I mean, let's say you did kill us. Or didn't. There could be torture. Whatever. But somehow you found the goods. What would your cut be?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
Tom Scola - Oct 21, 2025 7:34:41 am PDT #9836 of 9845
hwæt
lisah - Oct 21, 2025 9:39:38 am PDT #9837 of 9845
Punishingly Intricate
She was a huge Tom Scola fan!
Thanks everyone. It was very peaceful and we are very sad.
erikaj - Oct 21, 2025 10:27:29 am PDT #9838 of 9845
Always Anti-fascist!
so sorry, Lisah. It's hard to lose an animal friend.
DavidS - Oct 21, 2025 11:19:04 am PDT #9839 of 9845
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, lisah, that's so sad. I'm sorry.
Ozempic update: down 40 lbs but have stalled over the last month, so upped my dosage again. I'm about at the maximum dose now, but I'm also close to my goal weight. Tentatively buying clothes in smaller sizes now.
San Francisco is experiencing its typical summery warm October which is a good break before daylight savings time plunges us into winter darkness and rain.
Steph L. - Oct 21, 2025 11:24:04 am PDT #9840 of 9845
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tim is finished with chemo and got to ring the bell! He has 3 more days of radiation, and they have their own bell he gets to ring his last day, on Friday.
Ozempic update: down 40 lbs
Right on!
but have stalled over the last month, so upped my dosage again
Do you get side effects when you increase the dose? I really dislike the queasy stomach I get the first couple-few days after my Zepbound shot, and I worry that if I increase the dose, the side effects will be worse. [barf emoji]
dcp - Oct 21, 2025 11:32:53 am PDT #9841 of 9845
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
[barf emoji]
Curious to see whether this works: 🤮
eta: Success! Windows+period for the selection menu.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2025 11:53:37 am PDT #9842 of 9845
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Lisa, I'm so sorry about CB.
Steph, congrats to Tim on ringing that bell!
I also have a deep loathing for the Odoo podcast ads. Unfortunately they are on ALL the Marketplace podcasts, grr.
I spent three hours this morning at the ER after Aeryn started their day by coughing up blood. Fortunately the diagnosis was "Has rhinovirus, probably swallowed some blood from a middle-of-the-night nosebleed but is not bleeding internally or anything dangerous." I'll take a boring ER visit over an exciting one any day, but UGH not how any of us wanted to start the week.
meara - Oct 21, 2025 11:56:05 am PDT #9843 of 9845
Yay bell ringing!!
Also yay ozempic!
Teppy when I have increased the dose after being on a lower dose for a while, it feels like pretty much the same side effects. If those had mostly worn off, that’s a bit annoying but it only felt worse than before when I went up right after the first month on a dose. (ETA: not sure that makes sense. But like, if I initially had a 6/10 nausea the day after on .25mg, and after a few months it’s down to a 4/10, when I went up to .5 it might go back to 6, but didn’t go to 8, other than the very first time I tried to go up (after just a month)
-t - Oct 21, 2025 12:09:39 pm PDT #9844 of 9845
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Tim is finished with chemo and got to ring the bell! He has 3 more days of radiation, and they have their own bell he gets to ring his last day, on Friday.
Woo!
Unfortunately they are on ALL the Marketplace podcasts, grr.
That's where I hear them. Glad I am no the only hater!
Coughing up blood is never not scary as hell, but glad it's got a less scary explanation! Yikes.
DavidS - Oct 21, 2025 12:25:27 pm PDT #9845 of 9845
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeesh, I'm glad Aeryn's okay.
Do you get side effects when you increase the dose? I really dislike the queasy stomach I get the first couple-few days after my Zepbound shot, and I worry that if I increase the dose, the side effects will be worse.
I get the queasy stomach after my shot or upping my dose, but the effects don't get worse. It's just the same slightly wonky feeling for 2-3 days.
I have slain the Lutherans! My sink is empty and I'm bleaching it clean and the dishwasher is churgling away making its homey little sounds.
I've also attended to some administrativa and online banking. I need to shoot an email out and vacuum and then I will be officially Productive and Not Sluggardly.
Well, I could also do some laundry.