simchona

But for now, to bed. I have to get to work tomorrow.

I can't promise how much I'll be on, but I know I've been awfully remiss

I need to step up my game.

@tchrist Well crud. Even nohat?

@tchrist I was half afraid that was something like "mods who haven't been online in way too long"

@skullpatrol Will do. It's been a while

I adopted a cat. Looks like the one in my pic, but female and twice as dumb

Congrats!

Ok, that explains it. Area 51 still had it marked as beta

And ELL is still in Beta, I saw

Hallelujah

I need a tl;dr for the last...year

Drama? User drama or voting drama or...?

I see we about doubled in mods. Anything else I missed?

and finally had enough breathing room to come back

I graduated, moved, started a new job, moved again...

I prefer coming back from the great beyond

'Ello @Mitch, @cornbreadninja麵包忍者

no problem

@KitFox I need to update some slide decks for work, so I may be a little intermittent, but sure

Oh, felt like "I felt that", not the fuzzy material

Oof.

It's more like straddling, not fully crossing over

@Cerberus Seems like you have a stalker, monitoring your every move

Like, "Buffy stood over the vampire she had knocked down"

@Cerberus You "stand over" something if you're standing next to something looking down at it

To "stand over" something does not mean to cross over it

@Cerberus No, that's not what I said

Yup.

Never said she was sane

@Cerberus She stood over the red carpet, yelling 'TAKE THAT!'"

@Cerberus Or if she's just defeated it in battle.

@Cerberus I think in one interview she said it takes a while to vet and such. Maybe urgency is given some priority

Because.

@Cerberus I hope nobody ever relies on the advice--I think it takes her months to reach/publish a letter.

But you never know, from a few paragraphs.

@Cerberus I think she needs therapy before even thinking of having the bio child.

Whereas the adopted one was basically a "good deed", she could feel resentment towards the bio child she "had to" have

@Cerberus But what if she resents her own bio child? Then there's a psychologically unwell child, and an adopted child

@Sudhir I'm not sure "strive" is a good choice there

I mean, maybe she's a huge philanthropist. But that's not really the best reason.

Oh, god. That's imbecilic.

I don't recall it offhand

We women are.

nods sagely

Or a man. Could go both ways

Yes, dear (principle 2)

Otherwise, something's gotta give later on

I'm with you