eek, Pix. Here's hoping it finds its way out.

I am overly suggestible. I see a plate of cookies on tv and immediately require input of cookies. less than an hour after a large bowl of pasta with homemade pesto (i think i used too much garlic again) and oodles of fresh tomatoes from a friend's garden. it was nommy and very filling and did not require subsequent cookies.

Teppy, I'm sorry I didn't chime in earlier, but I've been thinking about you and your family and wishing I know something better to say than that.

Steph, I'm glad the funeral went well. My thoughts are with you and Tim.

My brain has decided to PLAN EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD right now . all my usual tricks aren't working. Bah. I have stuff to do tomorrow - but the odds of my brain being useful keep dropping

That was me! I am going into work early so I can leave early and I hope go to bed early.

Thinking of you and Tim, Steph.

My uncles took pictures at my grandma's funeral last fall. I ended up annoyed that I'd forgotten my camera and my iPhone.

Oh, Steph, I'm sorry. I should have said it sounded like a lovely service you handled beautifully. I keep being on my phone where it's a pain to type.

Thanks, you guys. I really appreciate it.

Especially since -- color me SO unsurprised -- not a single person has asked how the funeral was, and/or how Tim is, and/or how *I* am (though why ask how I am, since after all, I'm just an outsider).

If they were my only exposure to "Christianity," I wouldn't be real eager to embrace it, unless I was deliberately looking for a lifestyle that would allow me to live like a self-congratulatory smug rude-ass dick.

Teppy, I'm thinking warm, caring vibes at you, whichever kind of punctuation you would like right now.

whichever kind of punctuation you would like right now.

Whichever one conveys a massive cockpunch. (To them, just to be clear.)