Qwyrdo @Qwyrdo@witches.town

@Maenad Yeah that gets filed under "problematic"…

@Maenad Thanks. Given my back right now, that's a tricksy question. Radiating pain does not encourage walking.

@Maenad Oops. You're welcome, I guess?

(Also reminds me: I should take my midday meds. Thanks!)

Some day soon, I am going to have to start cooking dinner again.

This B-12 supplementation *really* has me eating more.

But this also means I've got to start walking more… otherwise my weight will start shooting up again ∑:s

Welp. It is officially a "huck it; Instacart" day.

Order placed. In bed, resting.

Forgot to bring down ice packs, darn it.

Oh well. I nap(?) now.

Almost home. Don't know what my back needs. Ice? Heat? Cannabis?

Whatever is going on is… not pleasant.

Huh. Old Japanese guy talking to an old white guy in Japanese on the bus.

That's unusual².

@kacealexander Thank you, fren! Sure was a help pushing away the doldrums.

Had a very productive session today.

Got hooked up with resources and information about the current state of nonbinary care. WPATH is *just* starting to work on version 8; it WILL include an entire chapter on nonbinary folks.

Also, got intel about the new local surgeon: he is open to considering affirmation surgeries appropriate to nonbinary people.

The practice isn't up and running yet, but my therapist sent him a request to call or email me.

The tide seems to be turning!

@AliceinCrystalTokyo Things like that are rather common in languages with contour tones and syllable final consonants.

I think Cantonese does something like this, as well as other south Chinese languages.

I will need to think of a motto (which at some point I'll ping @iustinus for).

Also need good, gender-neutral words for "Sir/Dame". Because "Dir" or "Same" just won't work!

@alli Congrats! Well done!

@Concerned_Catgirl Dang. ∑:c

Anyone want to get together (virtually) to start a Witches' chivalric order?

I'd call it the Order of the Black Cat.

Membership should be pretty open, like the Discordians.

I need to draught our crest…

@Concerned_Catgirl petition to rename them "leftoids"

So, the phrase "three sheets to the wind".

It comess from the age of sail: a sheet is one of the ropes that holds down the corners of a sail. And if something has gone "to the wind", that means it's flapping free (and dangerously).

However, sails have at most *two* sheets (excepting some early Renaissance ships, which predate the metaphor by about 300 years).

So if you've got three sheets to the wind, you are *really* out of it!