Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.

Mal ,'Safe'


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.


Connie Neil - Aug 12, 2015 10:25:58 am PDT #3168 of 30003
brillig

My eye has been lasered, and it's responding nicely. Five minutes with the laser, but it was weirdly uncomfortable. I don't know what it would have felt like without the numbing (which I think was necessary for all the poking the poor eyeball went through). I didn't feel it in my eye, but with each pulse there was a pressure inside my head and a very unpleasant metallic snapping sound like those spring steel snappers you can get. It zinged around my skull and poked me right above my spine. And there was a vibration in my sinuses. I don't know if the machine was making a noise at a weird pitch or some effect of the laser itself. The doc nodded in recognition of my complaint. I think I'll try earplugs next week and see if it's sound or vibration.


tommyrot - Aug 12, 2015 10:36:08 am PDT #3169 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I hate getting lasered in the eye more than getting an injection in the eye. Although that might be because I had Valium for the latter but not the former.


Burrell - Aug 12, 2015 10:38:02 am PDT #3170 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I hope everything falls into place, Liese!

Ugh Connie, sounds uncomfortable, although very living-in-the-future!


brenda m - Aug 12, 2015 10:41:36 am PDT #3171 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I'm going to take a stand against getting anythinged in the eye. Especially without valium.


Dana - Aug 12, 2015 10:43:28 am PDT #3172 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I really want a nap.

I really do not want a laser in my eye.


Jesse - Aug 12, 2015 10:54:58 am PDT #3173 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Frickin' lasers!


Connie Neil - Aug 12, 2015 11:04:29 am PDT #3174 of 30003
brillig

A nurse stood behind me to help hold my head still, but I was told I was very good about not moving. I was staring down the barrel of a laser that was going to preserve my eyesight. Frozen as a terrified baby fawn under a bush, doc, you do your job, I'll do mine.


chrismg - Aug 12, 2015 11:09:41 am PDT #3175 of 30003
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Hey, Jilli, have you ever been to ScareLA?


Calli - Aug 12, 2015 1:13:47 pm PDT #3176 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Sounds unpleasant, Connie. I hope you won't have to undergo too many treatments.

Calli, any time I start to work out I am starving all the time ridiculously. Even if I just went to an extra yoga class or something.
Not just me, then? Well, that's reassuring. Thanks!

Tomorrow I'm off to a family event in MI. My nephew's getting married this weekend. His fiance is delightful--I'm so glad she's joining the family.


flea - Aug 12, 2015 1:47:10 pm PDT #3177 of 30003
information libertarian

Okay, phone call of the day! Colleague (male) in call center: "The patron wants to speak to a woman because she wants your opinion on some wigs and hairstyles." Me: "Okay, I am a woman..." Caller: "I wanted a lady's opinion on two separate wigs." So she told me how to find images online and I looked and gave her my opinion.