Feels a bit like the apocalypse came.
Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.
Angel ,'Not Fade Away'
If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me
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Trudy Booth - Jan 13, 2015 1:29:22 pm PST #5162 of 5668
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
katefate - Jan 14, 2015 3:27:09 pm PST #5163 of 5668
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove
Some good news - I got married in June. Two hours later there was a stay on the court decision that allowed it, and they tried to tell us we weren't married anymore. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals laid that bs to rest (if you haven't read excepts, it's terribly entertaining).
meara - Jan 14, 2015 4:24:11 pm PST #5164 of 5668
Strix - Jan 14, 2015 4:44:35 pm PST #5165 of 5668
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Dan's stepfather, who had been hus SF since D was 6, died of a heart attack tonight. He was in his 50's. He was an avid hot air ballooner who had JUST bought another balloon that you sit in in a harness, and was SO excited to try it out come spring. He was a superlative cook. And a nice, nice man. Dan is devastated. His mom is a wreck.
We will be leaving town soon.
I just needed to share. We don't have much info yet, but we think he died at home. Dan's mom is calling as soon as she picks uo her other son from work and gets...wherever.
We have to tell Micah tomorrow night.
This week. Sucks.
Liese S. - Jan 15, 2015 8:11:52 pm PST #5166 of 5668
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm LA bound! Would love to see you, next Weds through Sun, deets in F2F.
Vortex - Jan 16, 2015 12:40:25 pm PST #5167 of 5668
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Hey, with so many people coming back to the thread, we should take the time to update the Buffista Map! If you haven't updated your spot in a few years, do so now. If you're not on the map, put yourself on it. (and to those people that I have seen posting something along the lines of "I'm not a regular" or "I'm not really part of the board", I say pshaw! If you post (or lurk), you're one of us. So, update away!
Juliebird - Jan 16, 2015 2:32:11 pm PST #5168 of 5668
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Vortex, could you give the link for the map and any pertinent instructions to help that along, unless it's self-explanatory?
d - Jan 16, 2015 2:38:37 pm PST #5169 of 5668
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.
Juliebird (and others), you can set your location in your Set Profile area.
Zenkitty - Jan 16, 2015 3:01:33 pm PST #5170 of 5668
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The link to the map is in the left-hand sidebar. (You weren't expecting it to be that easy, were you?)
Strix - Jan 19, 2015 10:14:03 am PST #5171 of 5668
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Copied from FB, because I am so. damned. tired. I will catch up on ita's information from the last couple of days a little later today, but we just got home from 4 days in Iowa.
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My father-in-law's memorial yesterday was lovely; well over 200 people came from 1-5 pm. Dan and I are both utterly exhausted but so, so appreciative of all the kind words proffered us by so many people.
It was a grueling last week for both of us...I'm so mentally exhausted and I got so sick on the drive up to IA Thursday, and still feel punky -- I don't know how to say how grateful I am for the support of family, both mine and Dan's, and of friends near and far.
Thank you all so much. You are loved.
(Also, some-interview-ma for 3 p.m. CST would be awesome. The reason we had to leave at zero dark thirty this morning is because I had to reschedule a phone interview for a potentially very exciting copyediting gig for a national corporation and adding them to my client list would be a coup. Thanks!)