I'm sorry he was such a jerk. People complain about being handled by PAs, but I have had more luck with them. I hope the shot helps the pain.
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
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.
Laura - Jan 14, 2026 1:56:21 pm PST #11091 of 11627
Our wings are not tired.
Trudy Booth - Jan 14, 2026 2:00:35 pm PST #11092 of 11627
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
Man I love PAs.
Matt, that's marvelous news!
-t - Jan 14, 2026 2:13:21 pm PST #11093 of 11627
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ugh, I'm sorry the doctor was an unhelpful jerk. Yelp reviews of doctors are apparently a thing.
Steph L. - Jan 14, 2026 2:17:40 pm PST #11094 of 11627
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The PA was great, but I'm so annoyed at that doctor. Bah.
DavidS - Jan 14, 2026 2:22:06 pm PST #11095 of 11627
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Great news, Matt!
I'm annoyed for you, Tep.
In the latest of many minor annoyances in settling my brother's affairs, my nephew unilaterally decided to wipe out my brother's laptop.
So fucking unhelpful! Jesus, I was using JZ's laptop and phone for 8 months after she died to figure shit out. So many different payment accounts to sort out.
lisah - Jan 14, 2026 2:56:08 pm PST #11096 of 11627
Punishingly Intricate
Fuck that doctor, Steph
erikaj - Jan 14, 2026 3:17:12 pm PST #11097 of 11627
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
In my experience, orthopedist is Latin for dickhead. Which I thought I got because I come in with insoluble problems, but maybe they're just always pricks.
dcp - Jan 14, 2026 3:35:37 pm PST #11098 of 11627
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
YouTube video. Dr. Glaucomflecken roasts Ortho: [link]
Steph L. - Jan 14, 2026 4:08:28 pm PST #11099 of 11627
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
YouTube video. Dr. Glaucomflecken roasts Ortho: [link]
That's pretty damn accurate. I was genuinely surprised my ortho didn't say "bro" in the 2 minutes we spent together.
Man, I am so steamed about how condescending he was. My primary care physician (Dr. Awesome) has really ruined me for all other doctors. Although the ortho doc who did my carpal tunnel surgeries last year was pretty awesome. Maybe only the orthos who work on smaller body parts are the cool orthos.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 14, 2026 5:39:42 pm PST #11100 of 11627
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yay shrift!
Yay Matt’s mom!
Those ortho dudes generally are like that, but I am surprised that he wasn’t also a surgeon. Usually they are surgery, surgery, surgery. With certain specialties I feel like the PAs and NPs are doing so much emotional lifting for the surgeon (source, I have worked for 20 years helping NPs to assist surgeons). Sometimes the stereotypes are real. My favorites are the two trauma surgeons who are our professors though. They are very kind and weird and they love teaching. One of them got all irritated because MDs get different badge holders from other folks in the ER, so he wears the badge holder for the folks who clean out the rooms.
We are getting ready to open courses and I have now been doing this so long, I just am so irritated by the same problems/mistakes every semester. I am the fixer, but I am getting toward the point where I want people to respond to my requests/offers to help rather than trying to do it, not doing it right, and then panicking this week. Instructional Design in higher Ed is an awkward position. It is worse at my specific school, because my boss expect me to project manage the professors rather than just being available by request. So it is on me when courses aren’t open to students Tuesday. Despite no one responding to my requests to work on the courses. Now everyone is ready and I do not have the capacity to build 40 Blackboard courses between now and Tuesday .