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.
Zoe: Planet's coming up a mite fast. Wash: That's just cause, I'm going down too quick. Likely crash and kill us all. Mal: Well, that happens, let me know.
'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.
NoiseDesign - Oct 04, 2026 2:05:14 pm PDT #14228 of 14508
Our wings are not tired
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.
meara - Oct 05, 2026 7:37:16 am PDT #14236 of 14508
I feel fine other than my arm/underarm (like no fever/malaise/fatigue). Not sure if I got Pfizer or Moderna. Apparently they had both and she asked if I cared which and I said no, so she picked.
-t - Oct 05, 2026 7:56:57 am PDT #14237 of 14508
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay apple reviews!
I got Pfizer most recently and didn’t have any problems, barely even a sore arm, but that was right before the new fall vax got released so probably not indicative of anything. I’ll try to get another in November