I was in the mass of people for the rally in Chicago yesterday, but I also had tickets to a matinee so we didn't join the marching activities. I could see the march continuing on Wacker Drive when I stepped outside during intermission though.
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
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.
aurelia - Oct 19, 2025 6:47:19 pm PDT #9805 of 9818
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Calli - Oct 19, 2025 7:05:56 pm PDT #9806 of 9818
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thanks for the birthday wishes! It was lovely. My eldest grandnephew has pool noodles with handles attached and has discovered “sword” fighting, so I’m teaching him Princess Bride quotes. I received a Lego orchid kit and homemade cards with genuine grandnibbling artwork. A good time was had by all.
Laura - Oct 20, 2025 5:52:37 am PDT #9807 of 9818
Our wings are not tired.
Pout. My NYT games seem to be broken this morning. I can log into my main NYT page, but the games go in as not logged in.
brenda m - Oct 20, 2025 6:09:56 am PDT #9808 of 9818
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh yeah, I just noticed it’s not showing any stats. Something must be up.
JenP - Oct 20, 2025 6:15:20 am PDT #9809 of 9818
Same, Brenda. The app is working, but I don't have stats.
bennett - Oct 20, 2025 6:26:31 am PDT #9810 of 9818
Amazon Web Services is/was down - not sure if it has been fixed - and that took a bunch of places down.
Jessica - Oct 20, 2025 6:46:54 am PDT #9811 of 9818
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I assume the NYT Games outage is AWS' fault and will recover when the rest of the internet does.
(I have no inside information on the outage because, thankfully, I am not part of the team that had to wake up and go to work at midnight on a Sunday because their thing broke the entire internet. People in Books get to sleep on the weekends.)
Laura - Oct 20, 2025 6:50:10 am PDT #9812 of 9818
Our wings are not tired.
Amazon Web Services is/was down - not sure if it has been fixed - and that took a bunch of places down.
Ah yes, my doctors are telling me that they can't prescribe controlled substances because of the AWS issue.
eta: but clearly the Wordle and other puzzle streaks are far more important!
-t - Oct 20, 2025 8:43:38 am PDT #9813 of 9818
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have been able to get to all my games by now, hope y'all can too. The outage does not appear to have affected my work connections so far, no idea whether/how much we might depend on AWS...From what I hear East Coast is more directly affected, so best wishes to y'all
Laura - Oct 20, 2025 8:45:43 am PDT #9814 of 9818
Our wings are not tired.
I was able to go in and solve Wordle, but it wouldn't sync so I have to go in later and solve again. Since I know the solution I can do it in one now. I did the ones that don't have history. Waiting on the others. I think it is sporadic at this point.