Take care of yourself, dcp!!
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
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.
lisah - Dec 20, 2025 12:21:34 pm PST #10666 of 10676
Punishingly Intricate
DavidS - Dec 20, 2025 3:55:04 pm PST #10667 of 10676
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Major power outage in San Francisco. Whole city is down.
They're saying it'll be back on by 5:45.
No fun for merchants on the Saturday before Xmas.
Tom Scola - Dec 20, 2025 4:00:48 pm PST #10668 of 10676
hwæt
Apparently, the Waymos aren’t handing the lack of traffic lights very well.
dcp - Dec 20, 2025 4:05:21 pm PST #10669 of 10676
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
They're saying it'll be back on by 5:45.
Seems optimistic.
PG&E outage map is ...interesting.
DavidS - Dec 20, 2025 4:24:45 pm PST #10670 of 10676
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Seems optimistic.
They just bumped it to 6:15, so that'll be after dark.
I have two candles already.
In other news, I've opened the bottle of wine and Matilda are both having a glass.
meara - Dec 20, 2025 5:00:31 pm PST #10671 of 10676
Wow that’s wild! Power was out overnight again in Palm Springs (or at least my part of it) but this time the fridge was more full so I’m hoping it was all fine.
Here’s hoping I win the powerball tonight! Or my sister does.
Laura - Dec 20, 2025 5:20:41 pm PST #10672 of 10676
Our wings are not tired.
Yikes, I just looked at the outage map. That's a whole lotta red.
I hope you get some pain relief soon, dcp.
megan walker - Dec 20, 2025 5:27:00 pm PST #10673 of 10676
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Major power outage in San Francisco. Whole city is down.
I'm currently with power in a green zone just hoping it doesn't spread anymore (but prepping for if it does). I only learned about the outage on Bluesky.
DavidS - Dec 20, 2025 6:20:31 pm PST #10674 of 10676
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Now they say power is out until 8:15.
Fortunately Matilda has a power block and three portable chargers so we can keep the phones charged and use them for a hotspot.
DavidS - Dec 20, 2025 7:18:02 pm PST #10675 of 10676
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thank goodness for Matilda picking up so many portable chargers in Japan. Just loaned one to my downstairs neighbor so she could charge her phone and she and her son could go out of the car and back into the house.