Vernor Vinge's aliens in A Deepness in the Sky and A Fire Upon the Deep are good examples

Those were great. I could stand to read those again.

I was just thinking that myself.

So, my family has been mocking me for making kale chips. According to them, kale chips are a weird newfangled vegan food, with much emphasis on the "weird."

I just saw this [link] . It's a recipe for kale chips, in the NY Times. As an example of typical foods for Rosh Hashanah dinner for a Jewish family in New Hampshire in 1919. My great-grandparents were living in New Hampshire in 1919. I am forwarding this article and recipe to every family member who has mocked my food.

Mom just did it to me again last weekend. Sister asked, "How's your mouth?" and mom said, "It doesn't hurt, the stitches are gone, they'll finish up in December," and I made the ?!!?!?! face.

Sister sighed and glared at mom, who said, "Oh, yeah - in early August I broke a tooth off at the gumline, and..." continued her little discussion of YET ANOTHER SURGERY she didn't tell me about.

To be clear - she's not obligated to, she's my mom, not my kid. But...gah!

Not parents, but i just got a message from one of my girls. Her mom was just in a car accident, her aunt says it doesn't look good.

I was going to try to hit the sack early, but I may be on the phone with her, keeping her sane and awake on her way from KC to Shreveport.

Oh, DJ, your girl is in my thoughts.

Speaking of moving though, Plei, Jilli, SH... what can y'all tell me about the neighborhood this house is in? Plei, I know it's not too far from where you live, yes?

Not the one they claim it is on the listing, in my head. I mean, I suppose you could KIND of call that Green Lake, but it's more Greenwood/Phinney. It is south and west of Jilli by a mile or two, north and west of me by a mile or two. Given my druthers, I'd rather be West of Greenwood, but I'm not sure there's any basis in logic to that belief.

It's horrible. Her dad died when we were just out of high school. FB chatting with another of them now trying to figure out who is still in Shreveport or might be or might be able to get there (likely to be me).

Oh, dear, good thoughts for your friend, Daisy.

A Deepness in the Sky and A Fire Upon the Deep

Yes, those are well done. I re-read both a few years ago when I was forcing my DH to read them and never felt like I was slogging through stuff I already read, also.

My M-i-L is apparently living with a guy who she has only referred to as her friend (no name) to me and Henry. H's sister told us. I don't think she's called H back since he found out, either.

Just saw my parents this evening, went and saw Hair at the Willows, really enjoyable production, they managed to give it a little bit of a plot just through clever staging. It's weird seeing it done as a period piece - reminds me of Cabaret, now, which it never used to.

Then we came home and discovered a bat flying around in circles in the garage.

That's really awful to hear, DJ. I hope you can be a balm to her.

Me, I'm in the middle of an IM chat on OK Cupid with a guy that wants to fight me. He's 10 years my junior! They're all so young out there. I'm so old.

What's that thing about age and experience triumphing over youth and whatever youth has? I probably knew when I was younger.

Garage appears to be bat free. I'd best get to sleep.