Wow. Glad things weren't worse....

Wow, that's great.

Go Y!!!!

My father and two of his 5 brothers have had bypasses due to that very same artery. Their Mother's brother and father both died in their fiftes from it.

It was my father's heart attack that had the others get tested, actually, so they were able to avoid that particular trauma.

Edit: I left out the part where they've recovered beautifully. Which is why I brought it up. It's amazing that what was a death sentence a generation earier is so different now.

BARB! Clearly, someone up here needs to hire your husband, ASAP, because I found you a house!

And yes, someone needs to hire him. He asked me this morning, "How do you feel about Boston?" Which has turned up as another possibility. And which I'm definitely good with, as it fits my coastal, not southern, has lots of educational alternatives, far away from family criteria. Both would be wonderful, but I think I'm leaning more PNW.

If only someone would hire him!

Kathy - my thoughts are with you and your family. I'm glad Y was alert and got him the care he needed.

In mememe news, the power in my building just went out. Of course, my laptop battery is fully charged, and I sit close enough to windows to have enough light to work. But dang, I wanna bail.

Hee! That's amazing and OMG the VIEW! except a little short on space for us. (she admits shamefacedly). I saw this one yesterday and thought it looked both cool and had nifty history.

I used to drive by that house EVERY DAY! It's very pretty.

I left out the part where they've recovered beautifully. Which is why I brought it up. It's amazing that what was a death sentence a generation earier is so different now.

Seriously. As you know, Bob, my dad has had 5 heart attacks, and at 67, he's happily working part-time in the grocery store's meat department and then in his free time he does yardwork for a lady friend of his. (Not romantic lady friend, just a friend who's a lady.) Plus he is an usher at his church and has been nominated to be on the church board.

It's so amazing that cardiac patients can do so well, with good treatment.

All of which is to say, Kathy, I'm so glad to hear your brother had a good prognosis!

OMG, Plei, I just found another site with more pictures of that house-- it's GORGEOUS. The floors alone have me drooling with mad lust.

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And another link of photos. I think I'm in love.

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My wife and I talked about moving again recently, just in town. I think we're about three years out, though. She'd like to move to have a bigger place. Our current house isn't very big, but mortgage is half-way paid off.

It's so amazing that cardiac patients can do so well, with good treatment.

I'm a cardiac patient, but a different kind.

Oh my God, this may be one of my favorite Onion articles ever. It's brilliant. I've been wanting to read Karamazov for years, and I look forward to appreciating this article even more afterwards.

Film Adaptation Of 'The Brothers Karamazov' Ends Where Most People Stop Reading Book:

To that end, the film makes extensive use of a new state-of-the-art "skim-over" technology, which allows the more tedious depictions of existential inquiry to be played at double or even triple speed.

In addition, the film reportedly contains a number of innovative "go-back" sequences, in which early scenes between Dmitri and Fyodor are replayed later in the movie with greater attention to detail, clearer exposition, and many of the actors in their correct roles.