Hiya. Just to say I'm alright. Tired, but alright.
Jayne: There's times I think you don't take me seriously. I think that ought to change. Mal: Do you think it's likely to?
'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.
Shir - Mar 01, 2026 10:12:06 am PST #11780 of 11783
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Laura - Mar 01, 2026 10:56:23 am PST #11781 of 11783
Our wings are not tired.
Thank you for checking in, Shir. You and yours are on my mind.
meara - Mar 01, 2026 11:38:23 am PST #11782 of 11783
Kat did you expect a younger crowd for Brandi Carlyle? I guess I assume her fans are all middle aged lesbians because that’s who I know…
Nilly - Mar 01, 2026 11:50:01 am PST #11783 of 11783
Swouncing
Poking my head (sorry for disturbing ongoing conversations!) in order to let you know that we're as fine as possible in such strange and taken-from-a-history-book-how-can-this-be-real circumstances.
We don't trust the almost-safe room we have at home, so we go the two-minutes walk to a nearby shelter whenever there's a "soon there may be an alarm in your area".
I take the current pile of exams I'm grading (and the hard drive that contains all our backups and pictures), PiBoy makes sure he takes at least one of his Rubik's cubes, Pi+Girl brings the book she's currently reading (and then is just with her phone, but at least she takes her book along), and the DH prepared a whole bag of stuff for the possibility of a long stay there, so he grabs that when getting out of the door.
It's this strange routine that when looking at it from the outside is completely unbelievable, but when you just live it is just that, some strange routine.
Today was supposed to be one of the only days of the year in which kids are actually happy to go to school, right before the holiday of Purim, with costumes and candy and the like (think Halloween, without the scary bits), and there's a lot of uncertainty as to how the holiday itself will be celebrated, starting from tomorrow evening and for Tuesday and for some places also on Wednesday.
Another game of fate is that this certain holiday, Purim, is im memory of a story that took place is the place where current Iran is (and the only one ragarding that place), so obviously there are plenty of jokes regarding that (warning Egypt when Passover comes next month and the like).
Sorry, I'm rambling. I should get back to grading. I can't imagine how scary this may seem from afar, and it is quite stressful here as well, but in a strange maintaining some-sort-of-everyday-life way to it. And we're fine.
Then again, I felt the need to update y'all that we are indeed fine, so apparently not entirely routine.
Take care, everybody. You're all constantly in my thoughts and prayers.