He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.

Anya ,'Touched'


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 - May 13, 2026 10:44:25 am PDT #12660 of 12727
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Excellent BDSM rep: Biting, Disemboweling, Scratching, Meowing

What a charming portrait of MurderBiscuit at Pride!

Laura, there are red caps at the stations and attendants on the trains to look out for people and they will jump in to offer assistance as we discovered when mom and I traveled together. You can ask for at least some of that when you book the tickets, although the lady I am sitting next to right now was told all the downstairs seats were full and she had to go upstairs with her bad knee, so don’t leave it to luck if you can avoid it. I would definitely advise getting her a room, she can head out to the lounge and dining room if she wants company and nap or look out her window in peace if she doesn’t (they’ll even deliver meals to the rooms, although I haven’t done that so I don’t fully know how it works). I think it’s a great idea - no transfers so relatively simple, just a question of whether she can sleep on a train which, really, I don’t think you know until you try


-t - May 13, 2026 10:47:44 am PDT #12661 of 12727
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

And I’m sorry, Dana. I know y’all have been in this process for a while but it’s still a threshold crossed and I wanna acknowledge that


Trudy Booth - May 13, 2026 11:06:36 am PDT #12662 of 12727
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

just a question of whether she can sleep on a train which, really, I don’t think you know until you try
Sighhh... personally? That's the best sleep there is.
Which is tricky when you live in a city with subways ;)


dcp - May 13, 2026 11:20:46 am PDT #12663 of 12727
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I don’t think you know until you try

I've never been motion-sick on a car or a bus or a small boat or a small plane or an airliner or a horse or a camel or an elephant. However, I did get uncomfortably nauseated when trying to sleep in a bunk on an overnight train. The swaying was head-to-toe, and it just went on endlessly.

YnauseaMV.


dcp - May 13, 2026 1:21:50 pm PDT #12664 of 12727
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Just got back from my scheduled post-op exam following cataract surgery on my 2nd eye. Bad news: both eyes have developed cystoid macular edema (CME: [link] ).

I'll be taking stronger steroid eyedrops in both eyes, four times a day for the next three weeks. I'm trying to stay optimistic that the treatment will work and the world will get less blurry.


Karl - May 14, 2026 12:18:40 am PDT #12665 of 12727
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

Vision~ma~, dcp. I hope the steroids help.

Hugs and love to whoever wants/needs them, regardless of whether this week is especially tough or not. Good news here: Roomie K's dad came through his cardiac procedure all right; she doesn't need to take a second trip up to Reno to see him immediately. She and her hubby will probably make another trip in June; they just came back from one this past weekend.


JenP - May 14, 2026 1:09:06 am PDT #12666 of 12727

Steroid ~ma, dcp. Pulling for you.

Good news, Karl.


msbelle - May 14, 2026 9:04:03 am PDT #12667 of 12727
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Goodness dcp. Fingers crossed the drops do their work.


askye - May 14, 2026 9:29:20 am PDT #12668 of 12727
Thrive to spite them

Glad to hear it Karl.

Surgery ~ma for dcp

((Dana)))


DavidS - May 14, 2026 9:35:14 am PDT #12669 of 12727
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

My Uber got in a car accident on the way to my doctor appointment.

Fun! Some guy pulled out of his parking spot without looking and nailed the passenger side door.

Fortunately my driver reacted and swung away from the impact so just a glancing shot on my side.