Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.


Calli - Oct 18, 2012 1:52:50 pm PDT #2157 of 3094
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Deena! I'm so glad to see your pixels. It sounds like things are on an upswing for you. I hope that continues.


Deena - Oct 19, 2012 10:09:14 am PDT #2158 of 3094
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

Thanks, Calli! I think things are. Knock wood and whatnot.


SailAweigh - Oct 19, 2012 10:57:08 am PDT #2159 of 3094
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Upswing~ma, Deena! So very nice to see you here. Massive hugs to you and the family.


smonster - Oct 19, 2012 2:39:51 pm PDT #2160 of 3094
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Hi Deena! So glad you checked in. Keeping fingers crossed that things continue to improve for you and your family. Are there pics of the kids up anywhere?


Burrell - Oct 19, 2012 3:41:12 pm PDT #2161 of 3094
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

4th grade and 6th grade?!? If mine weren't doing that same growing older thing I'd hardly believe it!


§ ita § - Oct 19, 2012 9:34:02 pm PDT #2162 of 3094
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So...I'm just going to put this list out there. There are a million reasons these aren't all potential posters, maybe some are just calls for pages that came from IP blocks for these countries, or searches that went nowhere, but.... the list is 50 long for September. Here's the top 20:

1 United States
2 Canada
3 Unknown
4 Australia
5 Germany
6 Russian Federation
7 China
8 Israel
9 United Kingdom
10 Ukraine
11 Malaysia
12 Turkey
13 Sweden
14 France
15 Jamaica
16 South Africa
17 Switzerland
18 Venezuela
19 India
20 Netherlands

If you're here, come on out and funkify our map! Tell stuff! Say hi! Get said hi to!

Bots and spiders also welcome! We don't discriminate!


omnis_audis - Oct 20, 2012 11:19:49 am PDT #2163 of 3094
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Well, Jilli might discriminate against t JilliFont


Deena - Oct 20, 2012 5:23:36 pm PDT #2164 of 3094
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

I don't have pics up of the kids. They stepped on my camera, but I will scan their last year school pictures and put them somewhere and link them, okay? Tomorrow probably. I did grocery shopping yesterday and I'm kind of exhausted today, so using the scanner might end in tears.


smonster - Oct 20, 2012 7:10:58 pm PDT #2165 of 3094
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Deena, no stress!! I'll just not believe they're all big and stuff, which is fine with me.


P.M. Marc - Oct 20, 2012 9:16:24 pm PDT #2166 of 3094
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Aidan is in 4th grade now and doing pretty well.

HE WAS JUST BORN. YOU WERE ALL PREGNANT AND STUFF. THIS IS UNPOSSIBLE.