Shir, I'm so sorry that that's something that happened on your birthday and so close to you and most of all, that it's just such a heartbreaking, horrible thing to have happened at all.
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Barb - Aug 02, 2009 8:34:05 am PDT #1798 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
sarameg - Aug 02, 2009 8:48:26 am PDT #1799 of 30001
Deck construction postponed due to rain. Parents to airport in about 15 minutes. Pictures of my paternal grandmother & her parents and grandparent: [link] [link] [link] [link]
Kathy A - Aug 02, 2009 10:20:18 am PDT #1800 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
{{{Shir}}} I'm so sorry to hear that.
Happy anniversary, Miracleborns!!
And, to make this a completely disjointed post, I just finished watching a rerun of Moonshot that was on the History Channel yesterday. It was a docudrama about Apollo 11, and co-starred James Marsters as Buzz Aldrin! He was quite good, but I was a bit disappointed that the movie stopped after they splashed down, instead of following them into their post-moon-landing lives.
Theodosia - Aug 02, 2009 10:51:42 am PDT #1801 of 30001
'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"
Yes, Shir, wondered if the shooting was "close" to you and Nilly.
Dana - Aug 02, 2009 11:55:13 am PDT #1802 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I wish I could think of something to do to the friend of my husband's family who sends us racist, misogynist, and homophobic e-mail forwards. He's not my acquaintance, so I can't really say anything, but I do delete his messages if they're crap.
I wish I could do something just slightly annoying every time he sends one of those things. Like giving him a little shock when his fingers touch the keyboard.
Cashmere - Aug 02, 2009 12:08:10 pm PDT #1803 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Dana, I had a similar problem with a cousin's husband. I took his email address and promptly began signing him up for various lefty liberal websites and random spam. I got fewer email forwards after that.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2009 12:10:10 pm PDT #1804 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He's not my acquaintance, so I can't really say anything
I think if he's forwarding you stuff he's elevated himself to the position of technical acquaintance, at least to the point where you should be able to ask to get off his forward list. Or maybe your husband can wangle a way?
Dana - Aug 02, 2009 12:46:01 pm PDT #1805 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
He's forwarding stuff to our joint e-mail account, which I'm usually the one who checks.
I am tempted by the lefty spam, but he's also old, and I would feel guilty, I guess.
sarameg - Aug 02, 2009 12:47:46 pm PDT #1806 of 30001
Parents are gone, carpets are deep cleaned, guest laundry is in the dryer. I need a shower, dinner, make my lunch and to have a come undone with booze.
Lee - Aug 02, 2009 12:55:03 pm PDT #1807 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
You survived! So did they!