I just skimmed about 100 messages. Thanks for the birthday wishes! Busy as heck over here, but things are mostly good.
Saffron: You're a good man. Mal: You clearly haven't been talking to anyone else on this boat.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Pix - Feb 12, 2026 5:03:38 pm PST #11544 of 11571
The status is NOT quo.
lisah - Feb 12, 2026 7:58:49 pm PST #11545 of 11571
Punishingly Intricate
Happy birthday, Pix and Maria!!!
Shir - Feb 12, 2026 10:01:20 pm PST #11546 of 11571
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Happy belated birthdays!
-t - Feb 13, 2026 8:27:30 am PST #11547 of 11571
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Trying to make congee uding up the duck bones leftover from Tuesday's lunch, I remembered the rice is supposed to be already cooked and thought making a small amount in the microwave would be better than on the stove. Burnt the rice, but using it anyway. The stock smelled pretty good but the burnt rice is not absorbing it well. Letting it sit for a while before trying cooking it some more, I think I can salvage it...
Jessica - Feb 13, 2026 9:38:52 am PST #11548 of 11571
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Everyone in my org was assigned a time management course on LinkedIn Learning and everything about it is actively enraging. The instructor is condescending as fuck, he keeps stating American/English-speaking POVs as universal truths and is SO FUCKING HOSTILE to neurodivergence I want to screeeeeeeeam. (Not intentionally but he keeps saying things like "these systems will work even if you think you're too lazy for time management!" Fuck. All. The. Way. Off.)
He also keeps introducing systems with a million steps to maintain a to-do list/calendar/etc and then saying things like "this simple system will change your life." Yes, it will change my life into an endless treadmill of pointless busywork, how wonderful.
Jessica - Feb 13, 2026 10:42:08 am PST #11549 of 11571
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Update: I implemented a time management strategy of my own and finished the course at 1.5x. That's 20 extra minutes in my day I can spend doing literally anything else!
erikaj - Feb 13, 2026 11:10:45 am PST #11550 of 11571
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
sounds like a real jackhole, Jess.
-t - Feb 13, 2026 11:30:22 am PST #11551 of 11571
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Argh, Jess!
-t - Feb 13, 2026 11:35:42 am PST #11552 of 11571
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Congee update - it was not good but I ate it. Shrug. I think my big mistake was making too small a batch
-t - Feb 13, 2026 1:42:33 pm PST #11553 of 11571
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Finally watched the Vampires of the Velvet Lounge trailer - looks fun! Reminds me of Lost Girl, somehow