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
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
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 10:47:44 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
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 trySighhh... 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.
erikaj - May 14, 2026 10:45:47 am PDT #12670 of 12727
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Wow, that could have been bad. Karl, glad to read that. I know you were worried for them. Good luck with your treatment, dcp. Not much new here, but we did buy the first cherries of the season yesterday....some of the few things I like about summer.