On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


erikaj - Oct 10, 2018 2:34:25 pm PDT #5477 of 5668
Always Anti-fascist!

[link] Not quite a full acceptance, but I did get good news today!


msbelle - Oct 15, 2018 4:29:24 pm PDT #5478 of 5668
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

The foster dog I am to get is in Lafayette, LA and the org is trying to get it transported here, but has no volunteers there. I can drive out 2-3 hours to meet them, but that is at most half way. If anyone knows someone nearish to Lafayette that would be willing to drive a dog to Shreveport or Tyler, or over to Houston, we could get to there. Or if we know more than one person that we could pass the dog along the route. Let me know, please.


DCJensen - Dec 23, 2018 9:07:31 pm PST #5479 of 5668
All is well that ends in pizza.

My 91-year-old mom is in the hospital with a broken wrist and a cracked pelvis. Any ~ma you can spare would be appreciated.


brenda m - Jan 25, 2019 4:18:46 pm PST #5480 of 5668
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

So I cracked a joke this morning about the cold weather almost killing me....and now I've been in the hospital/ER for most of the day with something they thought might be heart related but is starting to look more like really severe anemia. Which is a good direction but still undetermined. It's nothing ~ma appreciated.


P.M. Marc - Jan 25, 2019 5:20:46 pm PST #5481 of 5668
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Asking for spare ~ma and such for my mom, who will be starting chemo soon for cancer: the return, this time it's skeletal. Her doctor still thinks she'll make it to 90 (she's 82), but it's been a shitty health time on the parental front for a few months and I'm a walking frayed nerve at the moment.


Emily - Feb 05, 2019 6:04:36 pm PST #5482 of 5668
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

My father died in November. -ma would be appreciated as I attempt to tie up his affairs and figure out what the hell comes next in my life. I don't know if any Buffistas other than vw ever met him, but here's the obituary for anyone curious about someone they never met and now never will: [link]


WindSparrow - Mar 02, 2019 8:43:24 am PST #5483 of 5668
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Our precious Sammie cat just had a seizure and died.


quester - Mar 02, 2019 4:10:30 pm PST #5484 of 5668
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Anyone able to give me some grown up financial advice. I need more than short term help, I need a plan. Profile email is good.


Scrappy - Mar 07, 2019 12:58:25 pm PST #5485 of 5668
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Got the call this afternoon and I am officially an employee of Plymouth-Canton Schools! I will continue working in the ASD center at the local middle school, with kids from 12 - 15. It's challenging work, as most of the students are not verbal and some have issues like trying to walk out of the classroom or various types of shouting, etc, but it's really satisfying, too. I'm really happy about this.


DCJensen - Mar 09, 2019 6:10:53 am PST #5486 of 5668
All is well that ends in pizza.

As of yesterday, my mother is back home after convalescing from her broken wrist and pelvis.

Thank you all for the ~ma and well wishes.