You had me all happy and excited, Heather, with the AK, which is indeed Alaska. I think I am the only AK here, and I'm not in driving distance (ok, distance, but no road) to ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. I love it here, but wish visiting was easier, and mostly cheaper.
Oz ,'First Date'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
I have a friend from high school years who, last I heard, was up there.
I was rereading my last mail about her the other day. Deb hasn't heard from Evie's ex-husband again, but the last news was that she was not expected to recover any further than she already had. She was aphasic, paralyzed on the right side, and living in a nursing home in Virginia. The combination of the aphasia and of her preexisting deafness meant that they weren't sure how much communication was getting through. She also had significant short-term memory damage.
I-40 Road Construction Gnomes
Fantabulous! I'm in NC and the gnomes are busy here as well.
My favorite Alaska story: A woman in my dorm moved to Alaska when she was a little girl and hated it -- so far away from grandma and grandpa, friends, etc. To comfort her, one of the stories her parents told her was that Alaska was the state Santa visited first. So, she got all the nice presents, and little boys and girls in the rest of the world got the squished ones from the bottom of his bag.
The I-40 gnomes are in all places at all times (or, all places along I-40, anyway). They're evil that way.
I have a friend from high school years who, last I heard, was up there.
Does she post here, Heather?
Love the story, Sparky. I'll have to send it to my friends in North Pole. I think that they would get a kick out of it.
Oh my gosh - I remember Evie - wow. I have no more words other than wow.
No Betsy, I only wish I could forget him.
Allyson - i found the 2001 bronze archive disk that Cosmic Bob made for me and i found quite a few posts from Penlind/Cairo and even one or two from her "husband" Riley. i'm going to take the disk with me to work tomorrow. hopefully i'll have time to copy/paste or maybe upload the boards to my site.
also found some amusing posts by/about Geo/Hel Sparrow/Karmic/fill in name here, but that's a different story to write about. *g*