The Syndicate

fingersplints wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:20 am I like it because ours is a couple weeks after yours, so for those few weeks the time difference between me and my family and friends is only 4 hours instead of the usual 5.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:00 pm testing testing (don't mind this post)

G-Man wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 8:13 am I have reached the conclusion that my dreams grow ever stranger the longer I try to sleep in.

nutella wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 1:43 am Some of you may know by now but I'm moving to Chicago at the end of this month! My partner and I along with two close friends from college bought a big old house and it's gonna be super cool. I'm keeping my current job continuing to work remotely which is nice, and will be in the central timezone which is new and different for me lol. We're going to miss Portland a lot though. Somewhat busy with the moving process for the next few weeks, but excited for the change!

nutella wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 5:35 pm do i look like i know or care what that means

nutella wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 5:35 pm do i look like i know or care what that means

G-Man wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:08 pm It seems that I am becoming more and more of a stranger around here, and that is partly (mostly?) my own fault. I’m still very busy at work (don’t ever ask school district business office staff what they do all summer or you may get slapped), but I am also dealing with some medical fun as well.

Over a month ago, my bad knee (ACL replacement in 2008) crunched in a way that it sometimes does but this incident didn’t let up like in the past. I thought it might get better in time but after two weeks it was clear it wasn’t just going to go away. Luckily I had my annual physical coming up.

The week before my appointment, my knee swelled up like a grapefruit and the swelling seemed to cause more pain than the previous few weeks. My doctor put me on a hardcore ibuprofen regimen for a week to bring down the swelling and said he would send a referral in for an orthopedic appointment.

The swelling went down, but the doctor didn’t send in my referral for a full week. Then it took almost another full week for the ortho to call. At the appointment last Friday, the doc spent all of three minutes in the room and told me we needed to do some imaging to figure out what’s up. He also wiggled my leg around and said it didn’t seem to be my ACL at the very least.

The earliest they could schedule me for imaging is August 1st- the day I get back from my family vacation. Then the doc will be on vacation the rest of that week, so my follow-up appointment for him to read the MRI will be a full two months after the initial crunch that started it all.

In the meantime, I can’t fully straighten my knee joint and I get sudden flashes of stabbing pain stronger than anything I have felt in a long time. Happy summer to me, right?

Anyway, it might take me longer than I hoped to get back into action around here than I thought it might. Just wanted to let you know why.

G-Man wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:32 pm I experienced a scintillating scotoma last night. It freaked me out for a good while.

Scotty wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 10:57 am

G-Man wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:32 pm I experienced a scintillating scotoma last night. It freaked me out for a good while.

I had to look this up and I didn’t know that was what those were called! I get those right before my biannual ocular migraines and they’re a right annoyance. Starts as a pinwheel in the center of one eye, and then gets bigger to envelop my other eye. Takes me out of commission for a couple hours.

Sorry you had one!! Keep drinking your water

bea wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:27 pm Ressurect means 2 bring back 2 lyfe

DHC FOREEEEEEEEEEEVER!!!!

*CLICKS THE DAMN LIGHTS ON IN THE RANDOM THREAD!!!*

Scotty wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:44 am

bea wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:27 pm Ressurect means 2 bring back 2 lyfe

DHC FOREEEEEEEEEEEVER!!!!

*CLICKS THE DAMN LIGHTS ON IN THE RANDOM THREAD!!!*

*shields eyes from the light show*

I’m trying this thing where I wear blue-blocker glasses 2 hours before bed. Supposedly helps with light exposure and makes it easier to fall asleep. Except for the fact that I look like Cyclops from X-men, I’d highly recommend

juliets wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:09 pm

Scotty wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:44 am

bea wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:27 pm Ressurect means 2 bring back 2 lyfe

DHC FOREEEEEEEEEEEVER!!!!

*CLICKS THE DAMN LIGHTS ON IN THE RANDOM THREAD!!!*

*shields eyes from the light show*

I’m trying this thing where I wear blue-blocker glasses 2 hours before bed. Supposedly helps with light exposure and makes it easier to fall asleep. Except for the fact that I look like Cyclops from X-men, I’d highly recommend

lol! @bea I was thinking last night how I would explain to anyone here how and why we had a mafia site named hedville!

Scotty, I'm so sorry you weren't with us at Lostpedia/hedville. Soooo many shenanigans, you would have had so much fodder for your humorous quips.

So the blue light glasses, let me know how they work. I have flux on my computer that nutella shamed me into loading years ago, but lately I end up disabling it to make my screen brighter. I got new glasses last week and they were looking at my last order and confirmed that I wanted the blue light blocker again - I was shaking my head yes and suddenly realized I don't wear glasses when I'm on the computer so no!! no I don't want to pay extra for that lol!

bea wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:27 pm Ressurect means 2 bring back 2 lyfe

DHC FOREEEEEEEEEEEVER!!!!

*CLICKS THE DAMN LIGHTS ON IN THE RANDOM THREAD!!!*

S~V~S wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 3:05 pm

@fingersplints