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Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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 03, 2016 11:21:30 am PST #14738 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It is!

Also, the fact that I brought in a king cake last year but not this year came up, but in the context of whoever got the baby shirked their responsibilities, not that I fell down on the job. Because another department had something like a king cake, not really as part of the meeting, but still.


Zenkitty - Feb 03, 2016 11:32:56 am PST #14739 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Thanks, -t. Still a mile-long list! I should just make a list of plants I'm likely to buy and cross-check.

Roses seem to be okay though. Baby's breath, tiger lily, and snapdragons are on the toxic list. Perhaps Matt's cats were simply made stronger by the snapdragon.

CATNIP is on the toxic list. Come on now.


Kate P. - Feb 03, 2016 11:47:54 am PST #14740 of 30003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Ffffffuck. Just found out a good friend has brain cancer: grade 4 glioblastoma, which is apparently quite aggressive. (She's my age. Jesus christ.) The numbers are not good, although I know Ginger would tell me that any five-year survival statistics are at least five years out of date.

I know a few people have asked this over the years, but I never did mark the post, so I'm asking it again: What are some good things to send in a care package to someone who is going through chemo and radiation? She has already had surgery to remove as much of the tumor as they could get.


flea - Feb 03, 2016 11:53:01 am PST #14741 of 30003
information libertarian

Oh no, glioblastoma is a bad one.


Jesse - Feb 03, 2016 11:53:53 am PST #14742 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh god, that's terrible, Kate.


P.M. Marc - Feb 03, 2016 12:13:59 pm PST #14743 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Kate, that's awful. I'm sorry.


Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2016 12:24:44 pm PST #14744 of 30003
brillig

What are some good things to send in a care package to someone who is going through chemo and radiation?

Food is not necessarily a good thing, because treatment changes the way things taste. Soft things, a hat or scarf for when she loses her hair, easily transported distractions for when she's sitting in the treatment room.


Zenkitty - Feb 03, 2016 12:31:29 pm PST #14745 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Oh, no, Kate, that's horrible. I'm so sorry, for her and for you.


-t - Feb 03, 2016 12:38:03 pm PST #14746 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm so sorry, Kate.


-t - Feb 03, 2016 12:40:52 pm PST #14747 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

CATNIP is on the toxic list. Come on now.

For real? Huh. Danger of overdose, I guess?

Maybe I should actually read the list. I mostly plant stuff that is edible for humans and figure the cats will be okay, to. Also, mine are not big plant eaters, although Pixie does like her catnip.