Oh my god, y'all. It looks like a military jet went down somewhere in San Diego - near Miramar, I think.
Meep. [link] Scary.
Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.
Xander ,'First Date'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
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.
brenda m - Dec 08, 2008 6:02:58 pm PST #4951 of 10002
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
Cass - Dec 08, 2008 6:34:44 pm PST #4952 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
It went down around noon, brenda. Two houses, three confirmed dead and one missing and likely dead. The pilot was okay.
It was less than three blocks from my uncle and aunt's house. Where I will be for Christmas Eve again. They are okay. My aunt and younger cousin were home because it was his birthday.
Tragic thing.
meara - Dec 08, 2008 6:49:54 pm PST #4953 of 10002
Yeah, that sounded SO scary, brenda...I can't even imagine. I mean, even if you weren't home, coming home and there's a plane in your house and it's just destroyed?!?
Kat - Dec 08, 2008 7:18:13 pm PST #4954 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
K told me about the plane. YIKES.
In other news, I got Noah his big xmas gift: [link] I was going to get him a play kitchen, but this is better, I think.
Strega - Dec 08, 2008 7:40:14 pm PST #4955 of 10002
tommyrot, the headache/cough/fever combination sounds like the flu. I'd definitely plan to stay home, especially if you're still running a fever.
And have as much water/tea/soup as you can stand. Fluids are good.
Cashmere - Dec 08, 2008 8:39:39 pm PST #4956 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Kat, that rocket is made of awesome! I wish you guys were closer so I could send you some of our Little Tikes playthings--we have the activity garden, table & chairs and a kitchen that are nearing the end of our use. They will be passed on to someone. I got it all off of Craigslist.
I think it was Cindy who noted that the Little Tikes stuff will survive the apocalypse. Keith Richards and the cockroaches will be driving the coupes and living in the Cozy Cottages.
aurelia - Dec 08, 2008 8:58:31 pm PST #4957 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Noah, the little rocket man.
Is anyone familiar with the book The Mysterious Benedict Society? I found one review that gave the age range as 9-12. I think it will be great for my nephew who is almost 9, but I'm wondering if it would also hold the interest of another kid who just turned 12. I just read the book (and enjoyed it) but I'm pretty sure this kid is smarter than I am.
Shir - Dec 08, 2008 10:35:04 pm PST #4958 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
2008 will last one second longer.
Theodosia - Dec 09, 2008 3:15:50 am PST #4959 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
There's a public playground on my walk to the subway that's got a whole lot of Little Tykes stuff that lives there for all to play with. Even the vandals haven't figured out how to destroy it, evidently.
Barb - Dec 09, 2008 3:25:13 am PST #4960 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
Keith Richards and the cockroaches will be driving the coupes and living in the Cozy Cottages.
Oh dear-- just not enough coffee in the world for that image.