Askye, I hope your mother is able to settle in comfortably at her new place.
We went to a festival at a Maronite Church today and ate tons of delicious food, ltc got a henna tattoo, a d I’m enjoying looking at the autumn leaves on the way home.
None of it means a damn thing.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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.
sj - Oct 04, 2026 12:04:42 pm PDT #14226 of 14508
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 04, 2026 2:01:28 pm PDT #14227 of 14508
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
The Covid-19 vaccination I got Friday has been kicking my ass all weekend. I overslept yesterday and missed taking my mom on our usual Saturday morning walk in the park. (We tried after lunch, but the area we normally walk in was closed off for a bike race.) Then last night/today I slept 10 hours, and still have the sore arm at the injection site. I suppose I should be thankful for the clear indication that it's working.
Despite being a slugabed I did get my grocery order done yesterday, bought treated deck screws, and managed to fasten most of the loose pickets in my street-facing fence to the rails. Some that are swollen by rain will have to dry out before I can wrangle them into position, then once that's done I'll be set to resume painting next weekend.
NoiseDesign - Oct 04, 2026 2:05:14 pm PDT #14228 of 14508
Our wings are not tired
I got the double jab of flu and covid on Monday and thankfully it didn't bother me. Kristin got hers this week and she's been feeling off.
Steph L. - Oct 04, 2026 4:39:39 pm PDT #14229 of 14508
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
still have the sore arm at the injection site
I got my flu and Covid shots on Friday in the same arm and it feels like the Hulk punched me. I felt fine yesterday, but low-grade crappy today. Worth it, though.
meara - Oct 04, 2026 7:40:09 pm PDT #14230 of 14508
I was just coming on here to complain I got my Covid and flu shots yesterday and not only does my arm hurt where I got the shots, my underarm/lymph nodes on that side are painful too. Ow!! I don’t wanna get sick but geez.
Last night I went to a two step dance with straight people (but had a good time dancing with the old retired men) and then met up with friends to see Hump, Dan Savage’s porn fest. I hadn’t been in years and years, and back in the day it was very “ooh it only happens one weekend so you can be a porn star without too much worry!” And now it’s a whole festival that travels around and is basically all onlyfans people trying to get new fans or be super freaky? I wasn’t very impressed, basically none of it was hot to me (I started thinking like “is sex even hot? Is sex this weird when I have sex? Why are bodies so strange?”). There were a couple funny ones though.
dcp - Oct 04, 2026 8:49:30 pm PDT #14231 of 14508
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Now I am starting to worry about getting a Covid booster this year. What version did you all get? Pfizer? Moderna? Novavax? Other?
Laura - Oct 05, 2026 4:34:40 am PDT #14232 of 14508
This too shall pass.
I won't get any vaccines until I get back to Florida. My PCP's office is sending texts about the flu shot, but last year and this year they haven't pushed the Covid shot for some reason.
Steph L. - Oct 05, 2026 6:18:35 am PDT #14233 of 14508
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Now I am starting to worry about getting a Covid booster this year. What version did you all get? Pfizer? Moderna? Novavax? Other?
I just checked my CVS record, and this year's Covid booster was Moderna for me (named "MNEXSPIKE," which sounds kind of badass). I feel less shitty today, and my arm feels basically normal.
Tom Scola - Oct 05, 2026 6:24:31 am PDT #14234 of 14508
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.
Good morning. Chuck Wendig’s apple reviews are back!
Trudy Booth - Oct 05, 2026 6:56:33 am PDT #14235 of 14508
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
I have the house fully to myself for a week, as everyone else is in Arizona.A little me-time could be good.