He's only 68, Trudy. And I re-listened to his message and maybe he was referring to my dad not answering his phone, which is still weird but more in line with uncle's usual weirdness.
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
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.
-t - Jan 15, 2026 8:28:27 am PST #11114 of 11623
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Trudy Booth - Jan 15, 2026 8:44:31 am PST #11115 of 11623
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
Still weird, but not seeming altered is good!
I've just been amazed at how quickly a UTI mentally impairs an elderly person, and how quickly they can recover once treated.
-t - Jan 15, 2026 9:01:00 am PST #11116 of 11623
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
A good reminder, I haven't actually seen that in action
Trudy Booth - Jan 15, 2026 9:16:02 am PST #11117 of 11623
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
In non-dementia news, my nervous little dog (who has mellowed considerably but can still flip at loud noises) was utterly freaked out by the woosh-woosh of the new corduroy pants I was wearing when I walked him this morning.
It took me a minute to figure it out. I'd take two steps, he'd freeze in terror. Calm down, two steps, terror... I had a good laugh once I figured it out. Cracking me up now.
bennett - Jan 15, 2026 9:45:25 am PST #11118 of 11623
A doctor once told me that the surgeon's code is: It can't hurt you if it's in the trash.
erikaj - Jan 15, 2026 9:53:03 am PST #11119 of 11623
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
My mom used to hate it when therapists or doctors called her "Mom"
-t - Jan 15, 2026 9:57:25 am PST #11120 of 11623
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I can't imagine I would like that
JenP - Jan 15, 2026 10:09:45 am PST #11121 of 11623
My mom used to hate it when therapists or doctors called her "Mom"
Um, yeah she did!
erikaj - Jan 15, 2026 12:54:49 pm PST #11122 of 11623
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
"I'm your mom, not theirs." She might still go off about it actually. It used to come up a lot. I thought of it the first time I saw In The Heat Of The Night and "They call me Mr. Tibbs," came on.
erikaj - Jan 15, 2026 1:05:10 pm PST #11123 of 11623
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Cereal: We were just out getting COVID shots. Kind of a drag, especially since my stomach was kind of like Happy Fun Ball last night, having one of its freakouts. (Anything that happens in my body that's slightly out of regulation, it's just always the worst LOLCat ever, like "I can haz vomit?" Argh.) But it makes me feel better to know that Bobby Junior can *suck it*--For every non-Nuzzi value of that slightly vulgar statement.