Ugh, just turned on the news and the shooting is being covered. Scary stuff.

Ouch! ita needs padded surfaces and the cabana boy. Then never fall or have another migraine to be able to properly enjoy the boy's company.

Swine flu stuff is weird too since the last time I got a flu shot was during the swine flue scare in the 60s.

Bea Arthur was such fun to watch. Also, younger than my mother. It is always unsettling when it is someone her age.

Ouch, ita! I would like to take care of you.

Yikes, flea!

Sad about Bea Arthur, although she had a good run.

I totally refreshed my summer wardrobe -- one pair of capris, one pair of shorts, and one skirt! All cheap. I just hope my t-shirt situation is as fine as I think it is.

Athens is a very small town (socially). My boss is involved with the theater group where the shooting took place (though she wasn't there), and I knew the wife of one of the victims through work, and various of my Athens facebook friends knew the victims or the shooter. A lot of shock.

How awful for everyone involved.

In less bad news, the kid next door apparently got a drum kit. And by "kid," I mean "grown man who I didn't think lived there with his mother." I mean, I guess it could be the mother or sister drumming, but somehow I doubt it.

I decided to do a serging repair project that had been out for a few months- I thread the machine, cover and force mac outside for a half hour, come back to find that the stupid cat who eats thread has clawed off the cover and pulled thread out of one room and into another. Who knows how much he ate, but he has thrown up twice. Stoopid.

Ada Lovelace - the Comic Strip.

That's awesome. "Hey look, we're present for the invention of the geek."

I had to spend most of the day inside, but now I'm comfortably ensconced at the backyard patio table with my laptop and sun-shading umbrella and it's just pretty wonderful.

Bea was a year younger than my Mom -- two years come June 2nd.

Yikes ita - I hope there is no lingering damage.

Damn flea, I cannot even imagine.

I just closed my window and balcony door because it's getting chilly out there, probably the mid-60s now, and it's been raining pretty hard all day.

Whoa! It's 88 here according to the WeatherUnderground, but it's under 40% humidity, so it's very comfortable. I picked a good day to start wearing my sandals.

ita, take care of yourself! I was just talking to another student at school today about you and krav maga and what you've told me about it. It made me want to start up karate again... which is about 20 years since, now.

Seska -- welcome!