Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
My friend Clive, a business and technology journalist, is seeking US men, ages 20-40, to interview for a Details article on "why don't guys today save like their parents did?" If you are, or know, a guy that age with low savings and/or a lot of debt, and would be willing to be interviewed, please e-mail him -- clive at clivethompson dot net -- and tell him Misha sent you.
Confidentiality is no problem -- "I'm happy to let people be anonymous," he says.
Apartment-ma to me please? I applied for a place tonight, and would really like to get it, since applying for it meant I turned down another place! Plus, ya know, good apartment.
Send best wishes healthwards to my Mom, would you guys? They diagnosed an irregular heartbeat due to some damage from an undiscovered heart attack, and we find out today what needs to be done.
WHOO HOOOO
I got my GRE scores back -- the math and english I had, but the analytical writting - I had no idea. I got better than the score I needed which thrills me. It has been a long time since I have written more than a skimpy paragraph. But I go teh score that siad minor gramatical flaws, but understandable. Could have expanded ideas a bit more.
that works for me
now i need to apply to graduate schools.
Going dark this afternoon until, I dunno, late Tuesday? Headed back to La. and then up to DC for my cousin's 30th birthday crawfish bash.
Lorryloads of gratitude for the -ma; although I'm still in a state of joblessness, as of today I am officially a qualified teacher!!!! Go Me!!!!
We just moved my Mom into the nursing home. The move went fine, I just hope that it all works out well.
A little testma, please, at 7:00 ET/ 4:00 board time.
Requesting ma for my cousin. Remember when he learned he had cancer last week? Today they discovered that his liver is kaput, looks like he might die in the next 48 hours. Heading for home tomorrow am.
A little advance notice of my upcoming invasion of Canada. t g
I will be in Halifax, NS from August 23-25th, and in Toronto from the 25th to Sept. 1st. If any Buffistas in either of those places want to get together with me, let me know in e-mail.
(Yes, I know it's over a month away, but my schedule is filling up fast :))