I'm guessing my granfathers were either too young, too old or too broken already for both world wars. I really have no idea.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Sep 25, 2007 6:07:38 am PDT #2791 of 10001
Glamcookie - Sep 25, 2007 6:10:21 am PDT #2792 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Okay, this is just weird! I Googled my grandfather's name and got the obit for his brother, who died last year. This was in the obit:
Mr. Lawrence was a Navy veteran of World War II who participated in numerous invasions in the South Pacific, including the liberation of the Philippines.
The construction of this sentence cracked my shit up:
He was a native Augustan and a Catholic.
Gudanov - Sep 25, 2007 6:13:01 am PDT #2793 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Hmmm...
It looks like it's night outside, seems a bit early for night to show up.
Glamcookie - Sep 25, 2007 6:13:43 am PDT #2794 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
BTW, I just learned more from his obit (a measly paragraph) than my parent ever told me. That's just not right.
tommyrot - Sep 25, 2007 6:15:37 am PDT #2795 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh my....
Furries vs Klingons bowling tournament this Sat in Atlanta
This Saturday, Atlanta's Midtown Bowl will see the second annual Klingons vs Furries bowling tournament, in a mighty subcultural clash. It's like Quadrophenia with furrs and trekkers instead of mods and rockers.
More: [link]
Gudanov - Sep 25, 2007 6:15:46 am PDT #2796 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
My grandfather was an army Chaplin in the pacific during WWII. We just had lunch with him and my grandmother this weekend. I was amazed to see him walking without his cane since he just fractured his hip three months ago. Pretty good for a 92 year old guy.
Glamcookie - Sep 25, 2007 6:18:31 am PDT #2797 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
From my grandmother's obit:
She majored in Fine Arts at Ohio State University and joined the Women's Army Corps during World War II, serving as cartographer. She created "Yolanda Yardbird"-the female version of Sad Sack-for the corps, and it was depicted weekly across the globe from the Army newspapers of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
tommyrot - Sep 25, 2007 6:19:22 am PDT #2798 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
She created "Yolanda Yardbird"-the female version of Sad Sack-for the corps, and it was depicted weekly across the globe from the Army newspapers of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Awesome!
lisah - Sep 25, 2007 6:21:09 am PDT #2799 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
That is so cool, GC!
Gudanov - Sep 25, 2007 6:22:02 am PDT #2800 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
She sounds great!