Your cake looks gorgeous, as usual, and I'm a wee touch jealous that you got to hear Leonard Cohen sing one of the best songs in the world. 

I heard there was a secret chord,

I won a very big award at work. Like the highest award for the type of work I do award. It’s very surreal, because the project was a lot of work, but compared to the people and work who have won it before, it doesn’t seem like I did anything new? Or different? I don’t know, I guess it’s what happens when you’ve spent…

It looks like I’m gonna have surgery to remove my ovarian cyst this coming week and will be in the hospital recovering for a couple of days. After that I will be home recovering for at least a month and unable to work for at least 2 months. So far it doesn’t seem like I have cancer but the doctor said they won’t know…

Yeah, but I don’t wanna wake up in Kansas either.

Yep, it should be good—if careful (and to be clear, August in Southern Ontario isn’t like August in California or Italy—we’ll pick a reasonable day so we don’t scorch.  The wine is more expensive at the baseline, but it still makes me happy).

That five days of isolation sounds lovely—that perfect balance of intimacy and not being in each other’s hair. Ahhhh. And I’m so very very happy for you and the new job, which sounds ideal, both the work itself and the environment. A supportive boss—and hopefully supportive coworkers if she’s set the tone—is half your…

Thank you--and glad that you’re safe.  I don’t know how much I’m worried about the storm and how much I’m just under the influence of the year of everything being shit, but I half expect to wake up in Oz ;-).

Well, I’ve been with my husband for thirty years as of next weekend, but we’ve never been on Instagram—so, thirty-one years?

You had me at anchovies.

The only one I’ve had they fucked me and didn’t sedate me properly. I was writhing and gasping in agony and begging them to stop, which of course they didn’t, pretty much the entire time (which seemed like an eternity). I had signed the form right before they looked at my chart for the first time, apparently, saw I…

Another vote for whatever drugs you can take. I used to be very stoic about any medical procedure that might be painful. Now that I’m older....fuck that! Max me out on whatever is indicated, baby! Don’t torture yourself unless it’s absolutely unavoidable.

Hi everyone! I have some not so great\weird personal shit going on. So a for a while I’ve been fat. A couple of years ago I noticed my tummy get larger. I tend to gain weight in the belly so I just thought I’m getting fatter. Before covid I noticed my belly got even bigger but I just thought I got fatter. Since before…

So much awesome! Congrats!

Get the drugs. Just get the drugs. Really. I’ve heard from people who didn’t, for whatever reasons, and they regretted it.

So all’s well (knock on wood) and life is to be enjoyed.  I’m happy for you, big time.  

I haven’t had one without sedation—I don’t know anyone around here who does anaesthesia, but the sedation is pretty thorough—but I’ve known a few people who have and they say it’s no big deal. My husband was enthralled when he got to watch the screen.

I’m so happy for you!!

Your suggestion sounds entirely reasonable (although I’m assuming that old married—and yeah, heterosexual as far as I can tell—farts need not apply ;-) ).

Okay, bear with me, I have another body-related question for everyone this week: has anyone had a colonoscopy without general anesthesia? Am I crazy for thinking this is possible? It’s time for my first one ever and I am VERY WARY of going under, so can I just get through it on my own (and before you ask, my provider…