One BiL and SiL came down to the beach on Saturday with us and are staying the whole week. The other BiL and SiL came down yesterday and will be here until Saturday. The SiL that arrived yesterday talks more than any human being alive, and they haven’t even been here for 24 hours and I’m hiding in the bedroom so I don’t get sucked into the continuous chatter. Holy shit, it’s like the CIA blasting music during psyops.
Here is your cup of coffee. Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.
Xander ,'Chosen'
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.
Steph L. - Nov 12, 2026 10:04:54 am PST #14869 of 14908
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.
Tom Scola - Nov 12, 2026 10:14:27 am PST #14870 of 14908
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.
Update: I defeated the phone tree and spoke to a human! Apparently, my prescription couldn’t be renewed because the doctor who wrote it is no longer employed by the practice! Uh, thanks for the heads up, guys. Have an appt for tomorrow.
I had to stop seeing my old doctor who I liked, because he stopped taking my insurance. But! I can switch to a different plan this month. I wonder if I should attempt that.
DavidS - Nov 12, 2026 10:38:01 am PST #14871 of 14908
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Update: I defeated the phone tree and spoke to a human!
{gasp!} Muad'Dib!
Tom Scola - Nov 12, 2026 11:30:48 am PST #14872 of 14908
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.
OK, so my old, good doctor accepts exactly one of the insurance plans that I’m eligible to sign up for, Aetna EPO.
$1,050.89/week.
[checks to see that’s not a typo]
[double-checks to see that’s not a typo]
Well, crap.
DavidS - Nov 12, 2026 11:37:34 am PST #14873 of 14908
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Which would cost me,
That's a lot of simoleons.
I too have vanquished the phone tree! A nice woman in India fixed my internet.
Now I probably have to do a special tap dance to get the Criterion channel to work properly.
meara - Nov 12, 2026 11:37:54 am PST #14874 of 14908
$1k a WEEK?! Not a month (which would still be ridiculous but not shocking)??
There’s a nationwide Outlook outage. If only I didn’t have other work I need to get done and could use this as an excuse to goof off more! Sigh.
Trudy Booth - Nov 12, 2026 11:47:34 am PST #14875 of 14908
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
Half the firm is remote at the moment and we just got an Outlook is Out text. Its so peaceful!
In shallow news, I need new eyeglasses and I think these Tiffany frames shall be mine come January and my fresh, healthy, FSA balance: [link]
Sophia Brooks - Nov 12, 2026 12:44:14 pm PST #14876 of 14908
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I just got chastised for being in my work email from HR. I am like, it is open enrollment and I need to enroll in like, health insurance!
Trudy Booth - Nov 12, 2026 12:56:44 pm PST #14877 of 14908
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
Definitely need the health insurance, yo.
DavidS - Nov 12, 2026 1:21:08 pm PST #14878 of 14908
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pretty frames, Trudy!
I've had a productive morning so rewarded myself with a hot roast beef sandwich for lunch.
I think it's time for Second Coffee.