The Worlds of Katherine Kurtz

[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:05:05 PM EDT] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:05:31 PM EDT] <KK> Hello, all! She's baaack!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:05:39 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hello KK! We've missed you.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:05:40 PM EDT] <DesertRose> KK!!! YAYAYAY!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:05:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> I hope you're feeling better, and not just resigned to feeling worse
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:06:04 PM EDT] <KK> Believe me, I've missed you too!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:07:08 PM EDT] Join derynifank () has joined this channel.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:07:15 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi DFK
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:07:31 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Laurna joked that Gus may never let you out of his sight again! <3
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:07:31 PM EDT] <KK> Oh, I've felt fine. It was the right knee that was not cooperating. But it's getting better now, and I've been home since Tuesday. Critters are happy.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:07:48 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I bet they are!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:07:52 PM EDT] <derynifank> hi Bee
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:08:03 PM EDT] <KK> Gus is on my lap now, nearly every waking moment when I'm sitting down.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:08:19 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> I'm glad it's more cooperative.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:08:24 PM EDT] * The_Bee scritches Gus.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:08:25 PM EDT] <KK> And Booker is sprawled at my feet.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:08:49 PM EDT] * The_Bee tummy-rubs Booker.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:09:00 PM EDT] <Laurna> HELLO KK!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:09:11 PM EDT] <derynifank> So glad to hear you are home and knee is better. A Laurna said, they will not want to let you out of their sight
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:09:19 PM EDT] <KK> Lots of physio to go, but I can now walk without walker, at least for reasonable distances. And knee seems to be getting stronger.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:09:26 PM EDT] <Laurna> So sweet of Booker, I must have missed you much
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:09:40 PM EDT] <Laurna> Good job
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:09:59 PM EDT] <derynifank> Tummy rubs for Booker and scritches for Gus
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:10:11 PM EDT] <KK> His boarding bill at the vet was over $300!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:10:22 PM EDT] <KK> Booker's
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:10:37 PM EDT] <Laurna> poor Booker
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:10:42 PM EDT] <derynifank> Wow! what about Gus
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:10:50 PM EDT] <KK> Gus was at home, cared for by a friend who came by almost daily.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:11:17 PM EDT] <derynifank> So good to have you here again.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:11:36 PM EDT] <Laurna> Gus had the house to himself, he must have loved that
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:11:36 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Good friends are treasures.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:11:43 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I'm so glad you're feeling better and can get around, and we missed you!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:11:51 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Carys says hi.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:12:04 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> Hi y'all. WOOHOO! KK's home!!!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:12:15 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi, CW!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:12:48 PM EDT] <The_Bee> HI CW
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:12:52 PM EDT] <KK> So, what's been happening to you guys? I know that some of you have been enduring horrible heat. And DR, did you get any of the storm fringes over the past day or two?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:12:54 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi to Carys and scritches to her too
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:13:11 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi CW
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:13:20 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Last night we got a pretty serious thunderstorm out of nowhere.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:13:39 PM EDT] <KK> They adored Booker at the vet's, and pampered and spoiled him rotten.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:13:40 PM EDT] <The_Bee> yesterday we had a retirement party for our minister, who is retiring. Today was his lst sermon.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:13:47 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Carys was not impressed. She didn't seem to be afraid, but she wanted me to make the noise stop.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:13:49 PM EDT] <The_Bee> lST SERMON
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:13:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Don't knock walking with a walker. It sure beats the alternative :-)
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:14:06 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And I've managed to jack up my left ankle again, PT evaluation tomorrow.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:14:16 PM EDT] <KK> Amen. I even got a fold-down tray for mine.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:14:18 PM EDT] <The_Bee> LAST sermon
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:14:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Mine is the type with wheels and a seat. Even just being able to sit in line rather than stand can make a big difference
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:15:11 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I need to get my trike fixed. It's a struggle even on flat surfaces.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:15:15 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I'm thinking about getting one myself, a rollator.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:15:44 PM EDT] <derynifank> Laurna's sister sold her house and is temporary digs while they build a new one. She has been helping with moving and packing and now is dog sitting. She had seven dogs the other day.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:15:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> I can do about a block without its assistance, but I can actually go places and do things, with it
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:15:55 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I've been using a quad cane for a couple of years, because balance and back pain mainly.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:16:12 PM EDT] <KK> I've seen those. The seat is a very good idea. But I'm only using my walker in the house at this point, so am delaying an upgrade until I decide whether I need it.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:16:18 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Sad news. Evie & family lost Luke overnight last night. :(
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:16:32 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> DR, I got one for Mom, but she never used it.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:16:33 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Oh, absolutely. Not needing is always better :-)
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:16:33 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I was tricked into spending $2000 on BestBuy gift cards. I'm hoping I can use them for a decent electric bike or scooter.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:17:01 PM EDT] <DesertRose> But I'd rather have and not need than need and not have, for sure.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:17:12 PM EDT] <KK> How did that happen, Bee?!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:17:31 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Bad news about Luke! I didn't realize he was that old or sick.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:17:38 PM EDT] <derynifank> Sorry to hear about Luke
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:17:55 PM EDT] <DesertRose> He was at least 17 years old; he adopted them as a not-quite-adult cat in 2004.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:17:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> And it's sad, to me, when people wait until their lives are entirely constrained rather than using assistive technology to continue accessing the full range of stuff they've enjoyed.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:18:00 PM EDT] <KK> I saw the sad news about Luke on Facebook. So very sad.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:18:11 PM EDT] <DesertRose> So a good long run for a cat, but still sad.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:18:26 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Luke was to Evie as Gus is to you, KK, I think.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:18:27 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Losing them is always sad
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:18:48 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I fell for an email claiming there was malware on my computer. I should have realized something was wrong, but i failed to activate the proper brain cells.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:19:01 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Do *you* have the gift cards?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:19:17 PM EDT] <derynifank> I had a friend whose mobility was raelly limited. She got one of the rollators and it enabled her to go a lot more places
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:19:24 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Because if someone tricked you into buying them, they may have the cards.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:20:04 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Yes. Ishould have called Bestbuy HQ, or the credit card I used. I just keep postponing it.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:20:34 PM EDT] <KK> You didn't send them the codes on the cards, did you?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:20:59 PM EDT] <derynifank> If anyone mentions gift cards, red lights and loud alarms should go off
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:21:12 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I did not use the card they told me to use, and the physical gift cards are in my possesion. I canceled the credit card I was told to use.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:21:48 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Okay. You didn't give them the codes, though? Because those physical gift cards may have $0 on them if you gave them the codes.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:21:51 PM EDT] <The_Bee> AFAIK, the Bestbuy cards are mine to use.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:22:12 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> Did you give them the code on the gift cards?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:22:37 PM EDT] <derynifank> Check the balances on the cards.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:22:39 PM EDT] <KK> Stay on top of this, Bee. You may not yet be doomed.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:23:24 PM EDT] Join TheDeryni (uid347357@Flirt.Storyteller.Wiseass) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:23:24 PM EDT] Mode derynibot gives channel operator privileges to TheDeryni.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:23:37 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi TD
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:23:42 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I haven't given anyone the codes. And I used a different credit card than the one I think they were accessing. That card has been canceled.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:23:45 PM EDT] <DesertRose> TheDeryni!!! Hi!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:23:55 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> 'ello all!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:24:03 PM EDT] <DesertRose> How are you doing?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:24:08 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi TD!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:24:15 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> 👋
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:24:16 PM EDT] <KK> Had the charge showed up on the card you cancelled?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:24:19 PM EDT] * DesertRose almost tackle-hugs but remembers to be gentle with the hugs.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:24:27 PM EDT] <The_Bee> No.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:24:53 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Starting to walk again. Cane now. Maybe 2 weeks the independent.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:25:14 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> *to be independent
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:25:24 PM EDT] <KK> What did you do to yourself, TD?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:26:13 PM EDT] <The_Bee> DiscoverCard asked me if I recognized the charge. Unfortunately, I coouldn't say no. I'm afraid to ask if i can plead that I was duped.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:26:20 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yes, you can, Bee.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:26:31 PM EDT] <DesertRose> You can tell them that you were tricked into making the purchase.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:26:35 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Thanks, DR!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:26:38 PM EDT] <KK> And the sooner, the better.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:26:45 PM EDT] <DesertRose> They see this kind of stuff all the time.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:27:10 PM EDT] <The_Bee> It's already been too long.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:27:11 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Back in the day, I used to work for a contractor for AT&T, and you would not believe the number of times people's calling card numbers were stolen.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:27:28 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I doubt it. Call and ask, anyway; worst they can say is no.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:27:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi all
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:27:39 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hey Shiral!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:27:55 PM EDT] <derynifank> hi shiral
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:28:04 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi Shiral! How is life in California?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:28:12 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> Hi
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:28:20 PM EDT] <KK> If the Best Buy cards are still intact, you might be able to get Best Buy to refund the cost.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:28:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> A bit warm and dry lately Bee
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:28:48 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And Best Buy or Discover are likely in a better place to absorb that $2K than you are.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:28:52 PM EDT] <KK> Yep, you've got the heat out there.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:28:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> snaps fingers and sets up sundae bar
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:29:01 PM EDT] <The_Bee> ThHQ.e local BestBuy said I'd
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:29:30 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Mmm, sundaes.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:29:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Not so bad yesterday and today. At least, after the temps have been into triple digits, it's amazing how comfortable 80 degrees feels
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:29:31 PM EDT] * The_Bee sets honey and maple syrup on the sundae bar.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:29:46 PM EDT] * DesertRose adds brownies because my mom is making them for my stepdad for Father's Day.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:29:47 PM EDT] <Laurna> Hello TD. So glad to hear Independence is on the calander
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:29:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Lack of rain is more worrying
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:29:55 PM EDT] <derynifank> OOOh a sundae bar. Yum
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:30:17 PM EDT] <The_Bee> we have new holiday! Belated Juneteenth to all!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:30:18 PM EDT] <Laurna> My sister just came withleftover lemon cake. that was good
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:30:24 PM EDT] * DesertRose also magicks various cakes and pies to be topped with ice cream and sundae toppings as desired.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:30:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Keep working toward your goal, TD. KK, I hope you're more comfortable and mobile, again.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:30:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> adds warm apple cinnamon topping on the sundae bar
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:31:15 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I wish the south could send their excess rain westward.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:31:29 PM EDT] <Laurna> I agree Bee
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:31:38 PM EDT] <KK> Much more mobile. And someone remind me what damage was done to TD's appendage.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:31:44 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Mmm, CW, you're my new best friend! I love apple cinnamon anything.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:31:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> There's either too much, or not enough rain!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:31:59 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> I could agree more, Bee!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:01 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Too bad Storm of the X-Men isn't real.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:01 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, among other things, he got hit (as a pedestrian) by a car and thrown through the air.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:02 PM EDT] <Laurna> He had been in a pedestrian car accedent
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Ouchies!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:19 PM EDT] <KK> Oh, dear!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:26 PM EDT] <KK> That's awful!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:26 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Then COVID and then something else more recent.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:40 PM EDT] <Laurna> It has been like 9 months or more
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:45 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> It wasn't actually me. I'm in an Ocupational & Physical rehabilitation center. (Also a nursing home) In October of 2019 I was walking and got hit by a Ford F-150. Flew 29 feet through the air. Long story and longer rehab. Got stuck here because of the pandemic. Last month had severe abdominal pain. Spent 3 weeks in the hospital. Lost 37lbs because they wouldn't let me stand because gravity intensified the colon
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:45 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> inflammation that was discovered. I had a choice, surgery or loss of weight and muscle. I picked the latter. Now trying to walk again. Other than that, I'm peachy! Lol
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi everyone!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:32:55 PM EDT] * DesertRose shakes fist at the universe! "Ease up on my friend!"
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:33:11 PM EDT] <KK> Wow. 2021 is following in the footsteps of its predecessors.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:33:14 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:33:48 PM EDT] <Laurna> Oh dear TD soory about the added hospital stay
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:33:49 PM EDT] <KK> Hi, Jerusha.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:33:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi KK
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:33:59 PM EDT] <derynifank> hi erusha
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:34:49 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Jerusha!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:34:49 PM EDT] <KK> After a month in a rehab hospital, I can certainly sympathize. It was good for what it was, but it's soooo good to be free!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:34:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Sounds like a tough diet plan though, TD...
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:35:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh yes, KK
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:35:04 PM EDT] * TheDeryni checks his appendages...... Phew, still there.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:35:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> KK, 2020 said it was going on record as the worst year ever. 2021 said "Hold my beer!"
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:35:14 PM EDT] <Laurna> It would be hard to stay in rehab
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:35:20 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I'm sure Gus is glad to see you too, KK
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:35:26 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I would go nuts
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:35:32 PM EDT] <The_Bee> "A man said to the universe, 'Sir, I exist.' 'However, replied the universe, that fact does not arouse in me any feeling of obligation.'"
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:35:34 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> As are we
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:35:57 PM EDT] <Laurna> Has Gus been doing his Talkies since you got home?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:36:35 PM EDT] <KK> And my roommate was sweet, but had dementia, and started moving furniture one morning at about 0300. And then there were the interesting conversations with invisible folk.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:36:37 PM EDT] <The_Bee> When I came back from rehab and went to fetch Melantha from my neighbor, she hid under his bed.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:37:01 PM EDT] <Laurna> The invisible folk is common. but the furniture moving?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:37:04 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh dear
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:37:34 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Sometimes people with Dementia lose the ability to differentiate between night and day.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:37:36 PM EDT] <KK> Gus did a lot of talkies with my friend who was coming daily to check on him and pick up the mail. He has become quite the gregarious feline.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:38:00 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> King of his castle
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:38:04 PM EDT] <Laurna> yep
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:38:07 PM EDT] <KK> Yes, one of the physiotherapists said that was a form of sundowning.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:38:08 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Good for Gus and friend!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:38:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I'd be glad to be home too, if I had a roommate who got rearrangeritis at night
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:38:45 PM EDT] <Laurna> At least Gus and Booker don't move the furnature
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:38:45 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I'm getting an apartment in August...... It seems. Thankfully. I haven't been out of this building since March 11th 2020 (except for the hospital stay) Only 2 visitors here since then last month. 11 visitors at the hospital. That was nice.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:38:47 PM EDT] <KK> And rustling in plastic bags, before scooting another piece of furniture to a different location.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:39:14 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Must have been hard to get a full night's sleep
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:39:27 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> That's a long time, TD
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:39:31 PM EDT] <Laurna> TD I am so glad to hear you are getting an apartement. Is your stuff in storage?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:39:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> Mom lived with me for 10 years. Her dementia never got that bad, but she would hide things then forget they'd ever existed.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:39:47 PM EDT] <KK> That was added to being awakened around 5 for a pill, and then again as breakfast time approached.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:40:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Oy, I'd be climbing walls to get out of there
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:40:16 PM EDT] <Laurna> Me too
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:40:29 PM EDT] <The_Bee> ONe of my cousins has dementia, and his two brothers have been are estranged from each other.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:40:33 PM EDT] <Laurna> I don't do 5am, unless it is the first time I go to sleep
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:40:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> And repelling down the outside wall
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:40:57 PM EDT] <Laurna> we could roll the dice to see if we succeed
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:41:00 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Lol. What stuff? Lost everything except one box of stuff. Thieves / landlord / roommates, etc. I'm starting new.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:41:10 PM EDT] <Laurna> WOW
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:41:14 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> No! Not the Torenthi dice!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:41:20 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> IF you wake me up at five, don't expect scintillating company until at least 10 am
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:41:44 PM EDT] <KK> Poor internet service there, but at least I had my phone, so I could do emails and texting and actual phone calls. And I read 4 James Patterson novels while I was there. I'd forgotten what an excellent writer he is.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:42:08 PM EDT] <Laurna> Good reading time
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:42:27 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Have you read the books he co-wrote with bill Clinton?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:42:54 PM EDT] <KK> Yep. And I had control of the TV remote. My roommate liked having TV in the background, but didn't really ware what it was.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:43:03 PM EDT] <KK> care
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:43:08 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I can't even Zoom with the internet here. I'm lucky if I'm getting 3 mbs download now.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:43:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Good arrangement. =o)
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:43:18 PM EDT] <KK> No, but I'm going to look them up.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:43:54 PM EDT] <The_Bee> ONe Clinton/Patterson book has just come out.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:43:57 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I love Patterson.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:44:11 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I don't know him.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:44:35 PM EDT] <KK> These were the first 4 Alex Cross novels. Great characters.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:44:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> What time period?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:45:08 PM EDT] <KK> Contemporary.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:45:10 PM EDT] <derynifank> He has written tons of mysteries and now often co writes with someone else
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:46:09 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I'm on my Wheel of Time reread because of the WOT series coming out at the end of the year. Amazon's.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:46:38 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Do any of you know of Katharine Kerr? She writes historical fantasy. One blurb compared her work to KK's Deryni series.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:46:57 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Alex Cross is a great character
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:47:02 PM EDT] <KK> Don't think I've read any of hers.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:47:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <bynw> Hi all
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:47:55 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Reincarnation, magic and elves are major factors in Kerr's work.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:48:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> I love Katherine Kerr! I haven't read any of her books in a long while though.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:48:17 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> 'ello, Sire.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:48:24 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I know the name, but can't remember the books
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:48:30 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I only recently discovered her.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:48:36 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Bynw
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:48:53 PM EDT] <KK> Bynw! Hello!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:49:00 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Bynw
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:49:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <bynw> Hi KK, good to have you back
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:49:09 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi bynw!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:49:18 PM EDT] <KK> It's good to be back.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:49:21 PM EDT] <derynifank> hi bynw
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:49:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <bynw> I just got home from a little road trip.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:49:37 PM EDT] <KK> Where'd you go?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:49:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Birthday party?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:49:50 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I'm glad you're back too, Katherine.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:50:14 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I've been on a Barbara Hambly kick for reading lately.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:50:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <bynw> i went to Fort Dodge (iowa) I have a lot of family there .... including my great-grand niece who just had her 1st birthday party today.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:50:51 PM EDT] <KK> Awwww...
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:50:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> One of the best writers I've found for historical fiction from Scotland is Nigel Tranter. I found one of his books in my local library and had to order the rest of his 50+ through the library at NCSU. He's prolific!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:50:57 PM EDT] <DesertRose> But I finished the last (so far) Benjamin January novel yesterday, so I'll probably go re-read the Deryni series now that some kind soul sent me a copy of TKD.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:50:58 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Jerusha, Daggerspell and Darkspell are Kerr's first two novels.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:51:33 PM EDT] <KK> Tranter is excellent.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:52:41 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> Finally! Someone else who knows his work! I've had decades of blank stares.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:52:59 PM EDT] <The_Bee> What has Tranter written?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:53:29 PM EDT] <KK> Lots of Scottish historical fiction.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:54:32 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> You'll have to look him up, he wrote well over 50 novels and some reference/tour books all of them about, or set in, Scotland.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:54:47 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Anotherhistorical fiction author is Paul Doherty. Ancient Egypt and medieval England.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:55:04 PM EDT] <KK> Don't know of him.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:55:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> makes note to look for Paul Doherty.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:56:33 PM EDT] <The_Bee> My favoritesarehis series of supernatural stories featuring Chaucer's Canterbury pilgrims. I wish he'd write the next one.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:56:41 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Before I started the WOT reread, I read Lindsay Buroker & Sarah K. L. Wilson. Love both.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:57:15 PM EDT] <The_Bee> AKA Paul C Doherty
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:57:18 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I'm reading an interesting series set in ancient Egypt during the reign of Akenaten. The author is an archeologist, so lots of interesting details of daily life
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:57:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Sorry, just went down a rabbit hole of Nigel Tranter!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:57:45 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I'm going to re-read the Deryni series, but he's warming up in the bullpen! :D
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:58:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I think we met down there in the rabbit hole, DR
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:58:15 PM EDT] <KK> I've also been on a George Macdonald Fraser kick lately. Wow, can he write! Or, did. I think he's gone now. His Flashman series is amazing, especially if one is a history buff.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:58:36 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Must be the dragons in both of those author's book series.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:58:55 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> *authors'
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:59:27 PM EDT] <Eris> <Beryl> Blinks
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [7:59:57 PM EDT] <KK> brb
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:00:20 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Jerusha, who wrote the reign of Akenaten books?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:00:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> NL Holmes
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:00:41 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> The Lord Hani series
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:00:43 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I learned about Akenaten in Sunday School.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:00:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> I need to reread Chaucer.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:02:05 PM EDT] <derynifank> Harriet Steel writes a good mystery series set in Ceylon in the thirties. Gives a good view of the British Empire between wars
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:02:07 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> My Middle English is getting rusty.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:02:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Only middling good?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:03:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> It has to be better than mine, Catherine Windsor. I haven't even made it through Chaucer once.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:03:12 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> Something like that.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:03:13 PM EDT] <derynifank> I have been in a Brother Cadffael kick, rereading all of Peter's books
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:03:41 PM EDT] <KK> Akhenaten was a fascinating character.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:03:44 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I have read them all
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:03:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> A very good way to pass the time, DFK. I like her a lot. And her books are very well crafted.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:03:57 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I loved the Brother Cadfael books. Did you see his books on Masterpiee Theatre?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:04:16 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I saw a few episodes, but like the books better
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:04:41 PM EDT] <derynifank> I did not, but I love the books
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:05:09 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Ellis Peters also wrote an excellent series about a small-town English policeman named George Felse.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:05:16 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I like that the monks all have distinct personalities.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:05:57 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh, I adore Brother Cadfael. Never saw the show, but love the books, and I expect I'd love the show since I love Derek Jacobi. (He'd make a fair Camber, IMO, since I can't have Peter O'Toole in that role without a necromancer.)
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:05:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <bynw> and now it's time to eat my supper ....
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:06:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> She also wrote the Brothers of Gwynedd, but I haven't read the three books yet. I know how they end
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:06:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Derek Jacobi would be a good addition to almost any cast
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:06:39 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> I learned it decades ago. Then when I took British Lit we had to read Chaucer. The anthology we had to use had a deplorable translation. I asked the professor is I could read it in the original ME, but since she couldn't read it she said no.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:06:39 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor>
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:06:39 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> And I've just recently discovered Chaucer is one of my uncles.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:06:47 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh, cool!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:06:59 PM EDT] <KK> Derek Jacobi is excellent. Also remember him from I, Claudius.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:07:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Neat
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:07:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Er, I knew a library colleague who named her cat Chaucer. =o)
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:07:14 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I was disappointed in the tv casting of Hugh Beringar. In the book I felt he needed only Cadfael's life experience to maybe be Cadfael's match.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:07:29 PM EDT] <DesertRose> He's mine, way back, too, because I'm descended from Katherine Swynford via Joan Beaufort (as are about half of everybody with English ancestry, this far down the timeline).
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:07:47 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I liked the Hugh in the first series, not so much in the later ones
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:07:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Sean Pertwee was the first and best and unfortunately, I think he only lasted through one mystery
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:08:08 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I'm allegedly descended from Old King Cole.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:08:29 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Sean Pertwee was the best
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:09:06 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I didn't realize there was more than one Hugh.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:09:29 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Haven't seen him in anything else
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:03 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Some actor named Pertwee was an early Doctor Who.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> DR you're the third cousin I e found this weekend!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:14 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I have to read my favourite book next. I'm into interesting magical/spectral creatures. Dragons, elves, etc. KK's St. Patrick's Gargoyle is my favourite.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:27 PM EDT] <KK> Gotta go, guys. Supper is about ready to come out of the oven.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Glad you are back, KK
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <bynw> that was Jon Pertwee he was the 3rd Doctor
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:40 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Bye, KK. Will we see you next week?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:41 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Okay, g'night, KK! Thanks for coming to see us.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:46 PM EDT] <Laurna> Oh you get to do your own cooking.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:46 PM EDT] <DesertRose> See you next week?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:49 PM EDT] <Laurna> Enjoy KK
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:53 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Good eating, Katherine!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:53 PM EDT] <Laurna> So glad you are hme
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:10:57 PM EDT] <KK> Yes for next week. Are we chat or zoom?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:03 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh, and did you want to push Zoom to the 11th, since the first Sunday in July is the 4th?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:03 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Enjoy your meal, KK. Glad you're back. See you next week?
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Catherine Windsor> See you next week, KK.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:10 PM EDT] <derynifank> Great to have you back. Have a good week Nite KK
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Should be chat
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:12 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I was thinking text chat, but up to you.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <bynw> chatroom since it's the 4th and i will be out of town
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> No, next Sunday is 27 June.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:28 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Enjoy your supper, KK. Thanks for stopping in.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:38 PM EDT] <KK> Yes, let's do zoom on the 11th. Regular chat on the 4th.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:43 PM EDT] <Eris> <bynw> oh ok 27th is probably chatroom still
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:43 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Nighters, KK
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <bynw> no zoom for june
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:48 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Okay!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:56 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> G'night KK
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:57 PM EDT] <KK> Nighters, all!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:11:58 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Okay, cool. See you next week, KK! Take care and be safe. Have a good week!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:12:05 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Night KK, and hope the animals don't take an interest in furniture rearranging.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:12:07 PM EDT] <Eris> <bynw> night KK
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:12:22 PM EDT] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears on a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:12:26 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Be healthy and happy, everyone!
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:12:29 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> "No Zoom in June" sounds like a song title
[Sunday, June 20, 2021] [8:12:35 PM EDT] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: https://mibbit.com Online IRC Client).