I played against the computer. It's fine. It's basically Scrabble.
You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!
Spike ,'Smile Time'
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.
JenP - Feb 03, 2026 9:15:32 am PST #11416 of 11598
Hil R. - Feb 03, 2026 10:01:03 am PST #11417 of 11598
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So the prediction today was for 3-5 inches of snow, and local schools canceled, but the university didn't. So, I drove to campus around 11. Then my students start emailing me, telling me that their other professors (they're in a cohort who all take the same classes) have moved their classes online today, and wanting to know if I'll do the same. Five of the seventeen say that they're not going to come to campus just for one class in this weather. So, I send out a message saying I'm also moving my class online, and then I have to drive back home, because my iPad (which I need to write on for teaching online) was at home.
Back home now, got the iPad set up for class, and annoyed that I just wasted all that time going to campus. If the other professors had told me they were moving their classes online, I would have planned better.
erikaj - Feb 03, 2026 10:25:20 am PST #11418 of 11598
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
argh, Hil.
JenP - Feb 03, 2026 10:42:34 am PST #11419 of 11598
That sucks, Hil.
-t - Feb 03, 2026 10:50:45 am PST #11420 of 11598
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aggravating, Hil
I have not tried the new NYT thing, I was just assuming it was more or less a version of Words with Friends and I already have that?
Hil R. - Feb 03, 2026 11:16:06 am PST #11421 of 11598
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Argh. So I tried teaching the class online, using my iPad. When I tried sharing my iPad screen over Zoom, it would share whatever the screen looked like at the moment I started sharing it, but then that image was static -- it didn't change when I changed stuff on the iPad. I spent like ten minutes in front of the camera trying to troubleshoot it, and eventually just gave up -- there was no way to teach the lesson I was supposed to do today without being able to write stuff, and it would be a disservice to their learning to try to do it anyway. So, ended the class after about fifteen minutes, and I guess I'll just be a day behind until I can catch up somehow.
-t - Feb 03, 2026 12:17:13 pm PST #11422 of 11598
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ugh, Hil, what a day! I'm sorry.
erikaj - Feb 03, 2026 12:32:45 pm PST #11423 of 11598
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
there are just days like that. "Wow, that was worth it. Not." I have writing workshop again tonight. Very strange story from a pro to start. Like "While You Were Sleeping" sort of, but in a mental hospital.
Shir - Feb 04, 2026 5:50:24 am PST #11424 of 11598
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Hello friends. I wrote something about war and horror and life and hope, which you may want to read: [link] It's kind of a part 2 of [link]
You're in my thoughts.
meara - Feb 04, 2026 8:50:24 am PST #11425 of 11598
Hi Shir!! Good to see your pixels!
Why am I so fucking tired? I went to sleep at a decent hour, I didn’t do too much yesterday, I slept plenty (and then reset my alarm and slept some more) but all I wanna do is get back in bed (…I don’t think it would be very effective because the construction workers across the alley are doing very loud obnoxious things this morning, but I still really want to)