Many gold stars for the efforts! I'm sorry you have had to deal with the pesty pests for so long.
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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.
Laura - Oct 05, 2026 11:18:07 am PDT #14243 of 14508
This too shall pass.
Steph L. - Oct 05, 2026 11:38:02 am PDT #14244 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.
It's enraging to watch a fruit fly just blithely fly right past the fruit fly trap. Go to your demise, invader!
DavidS - Oct 05, 2026 12:34:40 pm PDT #14245 of 14508
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's enraging to watch a fruit fly just blithely fly right past the fruit fly trap. Go to your demise, invader!
Right? I'll murderize a dozen on the wall and then one just zooms up in my face.
Trudy Booth - Oct 05, 2026 12:39:20 pm PDT #14246 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
These are friggin' magical for fruit flies. [link]
Calli - Oct 05, 2026 12:48:17 pm PDT #14247 of 14508
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I got the Pfizer jab a week and change ago along with the flu jab. There was a bit of arm soreness, abut otherwise things seem fine.
DavidS - Oct 05, 2026 1:04:57 pm PDT #14248 of 14508
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
These are friggin' magical for fruit flies. [link]
Thanks, Trudy! I'll try it.
Pix - Oct 05, 2026 6:38:35 pm PDT #14249 of 14508
The status is NOT quo.
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.
YES. I got both flu and Pfizer on Saturday and CANNOT stay awake, even two days later. I almost never react to vaccines, so it was surprising. I came home from work today and slept 2.5 hours and could honestly fall asleep again right now.
Consuela - Oct 05, 2026 9:16:50 pm PDT #14250 of 14508
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I got both covid & flu this afternoon. There was a little girl, maybe 6 or 7, who was up for her shots, and she was NOT HAVING IT. Wailing like she was going to die, there in the lobby at Kaiser.
Eventually her mother basically strongarmed her into the chair and they got them done -- I dunno about her, but I barely felt the shots!
When I left she was headed right for the gumball machine there in the lobby. Smart placement, Kaiser!
In other news I ended up using AI to write my team's assessments today. We have to make sure they align with "mission needs" and "administration priorities", and I just didn't know that I could do that on my own.
... I feel dirty.
Laura - Oct 06, 2026 5:11:13 am PDT #14251 of 14508
This too shall pass.
AI use for assessments seems legit to me.
It was 29F when I got up this morning. Frost on the pumpkins, as they say. I don't think it is supposed to freeze the rest of the week, but DH is super stressed about finishing up stuff and getting back to Florida.
Laura - Oct 06, 2026 11:30:25 am PDT #14252 of 14508
This too shall pass.
I have additional compassion for those of you who get migraines. I smacked my head about a week ago on a dormer in my bedroom and managed to get a concussion. The headaches over the last couple of days are quite annoying. Cold packs help; drugs do not. I've never really had an issue with headaches before.
In other news, my eldest son finally asked me to send him the info he needs to get his driver's license in Florida, so he can vote. Of course the cut off for registration was yesterday, BUT, he was registered here previously so he might be able to update his info to his new address when he gets his license. Of course, I have been reminding him to do this for over a year.