I have new bird pictures up here.

The wrens did the best. The cardinal nest got wiped out by a hail storm a few weeks ago, but I got some nice shots of the female. The blue jays finished fledging and left the nest before I realized it, but again there are some nice pix of their mama.

I'm going dark until Wednesday evening, just in time for the final Angel watch and post. Must head to CA for work, and any "getting-home-in-time~ma" for the finale would be appreciated.

My grandmom, who had hip replacement surgery two weeks ago, died suddenly last night. i'm very sad. She was recovering pretty well but she developed an infection and her heart stopped suddenly late last night. we were close, you know, and i'm really going to miss being able to talk to her. She had a long and full life and, among many other things, helped raise a passel of pretty decent humans. it's going to be hard.

I'm also sad because I won't be able to go to the F2F and I was really looking forward to meeting a bunch of you fine people.

I'd like to request some exam-ma for tomorrow morning -- I'll be writing the first Society of Actuaries exam. Four hours of fun-filled multiple choice math! I can hardly wait.

Hi all, just reporting that I've made it safely to Boston and have now settled in for the night at the AYH Youth Hostel in Back Bay. My belly is full of Little Steve's pizza and Sam Adams beer, I've attended a free stand up comedy night, and palled around on the subway with various travellers. Looking forward to seeing all the Sommervillians and Bostonians tomorrow night for the Angel finale!

Just wanted to say that we accepted an offer for our house today! We got what we wanted, so that and having the house (fingers-crossed) sold is a big relief.

This means that we will be moving to North Carolina (raleigh area) in July. I'm looking forward to hopefully meeting any Buffistas out that way.

Going dark for a week starting Saturday morning for a week, so email will likely go unread for awhile.

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t waves

I'm Jewish now.

Taking a Charlotte moment. And I'm done.

Prayers and all comfort~ma are needed. We found out today that one of the boys that BF coached in hockey was killed in a one-car accident early this morning. Rod was 17 years old.

His family is distraught, and I'm not taking this too well either. He was a sweetheart.

My father's undergoing the Whipple procedure on Tuesday. It is one of the most major pieces of surgery being performed; it routinely takes ten hours. My father has a serious heart condition, had colon cancer last year, and had primary (i.e. not metastasized) small-intestine cancer this year. His surgeons, his oncologist, and his heart doctor all agree that this is the right thing to do. The routine death rate for this operation in the best facilities is a little less than 5%.

I'd be very grateful for your prayers Tuesday.