Sean, that's awesome! How often do they mention the sound designer by name?

Seriously! I don't usually see that. Awesome, Sean.

I told Emmett that Nora and Tom had sent him a DS Lite.

Emmett: "Really? They did that? That's so awesome. Thank them like a billion for me."
Me: "Also, the Buffistas fronted us the money to get a used car."
Emmett: "Wow. Your peeps really got your back."

Aaaaaaaaaand, JZ is getting to have a theatre night this week with me and megan walker! How long has it been? Since Matilda was born? Too long!

And now I want soup.

Emmett: "Wow. Your peeps really got your back."

Damn straight.

Just ducking in to smile at all the happy, and wish Owen a Happy Birthday!

And Sean, what's taking you to Italy?

My dad. Because I turn 40 this year, and I've never been outside of continental North America.

So, are you going specifically to Italy to pay homage to spaghetti Westerns? (There would be a winky emoticon here if I did them.) (And let's just ignore that I use them in FB and everyone gets to live.)

I told Emmett that Nora and Tom had sent him a DS Lite.

The car is huge and so crucial, but the DS was a detail that just really made me puddle up.

Emmett: "Wow. Your peeps really got your back."

Buffistas is good peeps. (Yo.)

Which, thanks to Assassin's Creed 2, I know the area well.

Something tells me this may not be the kind of information that's generally useful to tourists...

That's so awesome, Sean, getting recognition like that. And have fun in Italy - I took my dad last year for his 70th.

I am still so thankful that my vet was so extremely compassionate about it.

I was just doing some spring cleaning today and came across a lovely handwritten card from the oncologist and surgeon who worked with her. Which also mentioned a donation to a veterinary medicine group - I don't think I was able to read the card closely enough at the time for that to register. I did reciprocate all unawares, though. I had paid for ten hydrotherapy sessions of which she only got to use two or three, so I called the therapist a few days later and asked to her use those sessions for someone whose person wouldn't be able to afford it otherwise.

Which, thanks to Assassin's Creed 2, I know the area well.

Something tells me this may not be the kind of information that's generally useful to tourists...

Okay, yeah, I doubt I'll be spending my time in Italy running along the rooftops and assassinating people who richly deserve it, but Florence and Venice have changed surprsingly little in 400 years. The pictures in my tour books are instantly recognizable because of the game.

Emmett: "Wow. Your peeps really got your back."

This made me think of something that Nilly said when we raised the money to bring her to the US in 2004, and when I looked it up in Minearverse, I realized she was quoting you, David, so I had to repeat it here:

There's something that Hec once told me. About presents. That the beautiful thing about a gift is that it isn't earned or paid for. It only goes out one way into the world. And if one wants to honor the gift, then they accept it graciously, and give their own gifts out into the world. When they have an abundance to share.

So it's not like your amazing generosity has anything to do about me. It's about you, and therefore, if I want to honor you, I'm going to accept it. And not return it - just give back when I can.