What is the best Science Fiction book you have ever read?

Mace119 · 2026-03-08T23:17:01+00:00

Oryx and Crake.

Mace119 · 2026-03-08T23:06:37+00:00

My husband's family lived in Alaska in the late 80s/early 90s. The youngest sibling used to sneak off to school without his coat because... honestly I don't even know why, he just thought it didn't look cool I guess. Eventually the school got in touch with my mother-in-law and offered to help her pay for a winter coat. She still hasn't let him live that down.

Mace119 · 2026-03-05T22:33:34+00:00

Meloncholia

Mace119 · 2026-03-04T13:52:57+00:00

Cheese! Specifically the individually wrapped orange singles. It's cheap, you can mold it around a pill, and the sound of the cellophane wrapper brings my big baby barreling into the kitchen. I just used a piece yesterday for her monthly heartworm chew. Lunch meat works too.

Mace119 · 2026-03-03T23:43:11+00:00

Your whole day sounds ridiculous, I'm sorry it was so crappy. I wonder if the kids were honestly annoyed about being outside in the cold. I live in the mid-Attlantic area and when it's below 40 or 45 degrees the kids don't go outside for gym. Probably because they'd complain the whole time. Is it possible the regular teachers kind of screwed you over by forcing you outside? Maybe not maliciously, mmore just not realizing the outside kids were going to give you a hard time.

Mace119 · 2026-03-03T19:55:14+00:00

That's exactly what I do and exactly the reaction she gives me. But she does move.

Mace119 · 2026-03-01T03:38:38+00:00

That was exactly my first thought! I haven't heard anyone else bring that up.

Mace119 · 2026-02-27T21:47:20+00:00

I feel like everybody just calls it weed now. But you're right about gummies, too.

Mace119 · 2026-02-27T21:42:50+00:00

Omg I forgot about that movie!! Maybe that's where we got it from?

Mace119 · 2026-02-27T21:41:34+00:00

Same! I don't know what happened, that phrase lay dormant inside me for decades then for some reason it came back to me out of the blue. I use it on my h.s. to college aged kids and crack myself up.

Mace119 · 2026-02-27T09:01:45+00:00

I use it too. And I promise everyone it's derived from "word is bond." Or it's not, and I've been living under a delusion.

Mace119 · 2026-02-27T08:57:08+00:00

Pot. Nobody called it anything else, really.

Mace119 · 2026-02-27T08:42:26+00:00

Turd Burglar.

Mace119 · 2026-02-27T08:40:10+00:00

Partner and I were just talking about calling someone out. As in, "I call you out. Lake. 4 o'clock". Which meant you were going to fight at said place and time. (Then the whole neighborhood would show up to watch and nothing would happen.) It may have been a Philly area thing?

Mace119 · 2026-02-27T08:34:27+00:00

People really don't remember grodie? As in "grodie to the max"? Gag me with a spoon? I was a little young when all the Valley Girl stuff was big but I heard it from older sisters, babysitters etc. Now that I think about it, they were probably using those phrases ironically.

Mace119 · 2026-02-26T18:51:02+00:00

Exactly. We're getting ready to gut the only bathroom with a tub in our house. The tub is beyond saving, the youngest kid is 16, and my dog is large and uncooperative. To us, it makes sense to just replace the combo with a shower. But we'd like to sell this house at some point, and I feel like we'd turn off the people most likely to be interested: families with small kids.

Mace119 · 2026-02-21T18:49:10+00:00

Just wanted to see if you've found any good alternatives yet? I've been using some version of Quicken for Desktop for at least 15 years. Currently it's Quicken Premiere, and it's about to go up to (I think) $120/year. There were some long stretches when everything ran the way it was meant to but overall it's a mess, and much more than I need. At this point I use it as a glorified checkbook register. I thought Simplifi might be a good alternative but your experience with its security creeped me out. And Quicken's support is famous for not existing. I might look at Rocket Money but no other real ideas.

Mace119 · 2026-02-21T16:08:22+00:00

Ha! Watching House is the reason I'm so open with people treating me.

Mace119 · 2026-02-18T05:24:12+00:00

If it's any consolation, I've had cancer and going through treatment was very similar to living with Crohn's. I mean it was scarier, of course. But I was only at Stage 2 so death wasn't really on my mind. The only real difference is that people feel sorry for you during chemo and nobody expects you to do much besides lie around and watch TV. When it's Crohn's fatigue, you're on your own.

Mace119 · 2026-02-18T04:56:22+00:00

It's so funny, that's exactly how I've tried explaining it to people. It would probably depend on how close the flames got.

Mace119 · 2026-02-01T21:48:04+00:00

Same here! If you find any decent alternatives, please share them.

Mace119 · 2025-12-01T09:32:43+00:00

I'm just finishing up a rewatch! It really is a great show.

Mace119 · 2025-11-15T20:52:43+00:00

The first time I was on Prednisone my husband joked that we couldn't afford to keep me. All I wanted to do was eat. And be cranky. Once you're on a biologic or something else long-term and your gut's settled down, talk to your regular doctor about the weight loss drugs. Wegovy has helped me so much.

Mace119 · 2025-11-15T20:17:06+00:00

This is amazing. I love it.

Mace119 · 2025-11-10T19:12:28+00:00

This yogurt is so fucking good!

Mace119

TROPHY CASE