As of this afternoon, I have completed all of the requirements for my program, so you may all now refer to me as Dr. Esse. Or, you know, continue to call me Debet, whichever.
Not sure yet where I'll be landing once I pass my certification exam.
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me
Birth, death, illness, new job, vacation...if it's happening to you and you want us to know about it, post it here. These threads are intended for announcements only. Want to offer sympathy or congratulations, or talk about anything? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.
DebetEsse - May 02, 2014 11:23:05 am PDT #5054 of 5668
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Kat - May 06, 2014 3:08:25 am PDT #5055 of 5668
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Grace is headed to UCLA for surgery this morning. They are going to try to remove her trache tube. The surgery starts at 7:30 AM. All surgery-success-ma appreciated.
SuziQ - May 06, 2014 2:59:59 pm PDT #5056 of 5668
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
KCD is in surgery. Some health~ma would be appreciated.
Maria - May 13, 2014 7:17:32 am PDT #5057 of 5668
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
SoCal Buffistas: I will be in San Diego for work Sunday, June 1st through Thursday, June 5th. I can come in on Saturday if it means I can see some of you. I have to book the ticket in the next day or so. Discussion in F2F.
Pix - May 18, 2014 8:02:23 am PDT #5058 of 5668
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Ohio Buffistas: I suspect none of you live near Kent, but if you do, I will be at Kent State for a journalism fellowship for two weeks, and I have the weekend of July 12-13 free if there's any chance you want to get together.
tommyrot - May 19, 2014 6:40:00 am PDT #5059 of 5668
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Some pictures from last weekend when Shir, dcp and Sail Aweigh visited: [link]
There's also some Buffista pictures from my visit to Cincinnati on May 10th.
Fred Pete - Jun 01, 2014 9:34:27 am PDT #5060 of 5668
Ann, that's a ferret.
Now it can be told. About 3:30 on a Monday afternoon, I found out that the University of Georgia wanted to evaluate Arthur for a kidney transplant right away. Like the next day. So the next day, we got in the car for a 10-hour drive (in the rain) to Athens, GA.
Long story short -- Arthur has a new kidney, he's doing great, the donor (a big gray and white boy named Joey, from the character on I Friends, we drove home on Friday, and I'm a month behind on posts. Oh, yes, and Arthur is a celebrity in veterinary circles at UGA.
Oh, yes, and Athens, GA, is a great place to spend a month.
Calli - Jun 05, 2014 8:43:37 am PDT #5061 of 5668
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I am joining the select group of Buffistas to face the layoff ax. My last day is June 30. If anyone knows of job openings for eLearning or web editing types, please ping me. I live in NC, but would gladly transfer to the Midwest, the Pacific Northwest, New England, or pretty much anywhere the temperature doesn't rise above 90F for multiple days in a row. I'm also great with telecommuting. Profile addy's good.
SailAweigh - Jun 06, 2014 11:37:46 am PDT #5062 of 5668
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Could I get some sweet-passing~ma for my cat, Elliot? I've been treating him for lymphoma, but now his liver is failing and I'm having him put down after work. He was a sweet cat that loved everyone and a joy to be around. I'm going to miss him very, very much.
DavidS - Jun 13, 2014 10:25:40 am PDT #5063 of 5668
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Some of you may remember the long post I made twelve years ago when I took Emmett to First Grade in the East Bay by BART for the first time. It was a bittersweet note because I'd lost the battle on whether Emmett was going to go to school in San Francisco or the East Bay, and it was consigning me to more than a decade of brutal commuting, often three and a half hours a day.
I couldn't imagine then how I would be able to do it. It seemed unlikely that I'd be able to stay in San Francisco. My pride and pleasure in his first day of school was mixed with all those darker feelings of despair.
And this morning I drove him to school for the last time, as he's graduating from Albany High School and will be attending Sonoma State College starting in late August.
Somehow those twelve years passed. Somehow I managed the driving. As happens so often in life, the insurmountable, impossible task that confronts you is completed.
And he's happy, and a good young man, smart and funny and loving. Well more accomplished in his childhood than I was. And I am done with that drive.