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 hope you don't think that I just come over for the spells and everything. I mean, I really like just talking and hanging out with you and stuff.
Willow ,'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.
Betsy HP - Aug 31, 2004 9:56:44 am PDT #1864 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Tam - Aug 31, 2004 12:02:58 pm PDT #1865 of 10001
"...Singing their heads off, protected by the holy ghosts, flying in from the ocean, driving with their eyes closed." - Patty Griffin "Florida"
I-40 Road Construction Gnomes
Fantabulous! I'm in NC and the gnomes are busy here as well.
Sparky1 - Aug 31, 2004 1:01:05 pm PDT #1866 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
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.
amych - Aug 31, 2004 1:02:40 pm PDT #1867 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The I-40 gnomes are in all places at all times (or, all places along I-40, anyway). They're evil that way.
libkitty - Aug 31, 2004 3:31:43 pm PDT #1868 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
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.
SuziQ - Aug 31, 2004 4:04:29 pm PDT #1869 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Oh my gosh - I remember Evie - wow. I have no more words other than wow.
sfmarty - Aug 31, 2004 5:17:09 pm PDT #1870 of 10001
Who? moi??
No Betsy, I only wish I could forget him.
tiggy - Aug 31, 2004 6:17:48 pm PDT #1871 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
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*
Lilty Cash - Aug 31, 2004 6:18:45 pm PDT #1872 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Matt, I didn't even know that you were in Memphis, and I spent a whole day with you. I kind of suddenly feel like a jerk as I realized the time I spent with all of you, and I didn't even get to the polite "Where are you from, what do you do?" type of conversation, and instead spent all the time discussing things such as the various names of Jefferson Starship.
Not that I didn't enjoy that, of course.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 31, 2004 7:15:47 pm PDT #1873 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
No need to feel bad about it, I'd say a group of technical strangers relating like old chums and just having fun together without needing to ask the typical introductory questions is a good thing.