Sue, best wishes for your dad.

ita, the party was fun. Sort of insane, but insane in the way I make things insane. [link] is a set of pictures. I look like hell. AND I'm wearing the same tshirt I wore on the day I gave birth.

One of the moms of one of N's classmates is actually my OBs nurse. She pushed me, in a wheelchair, to the hospital on the day the kids were born.

Wow, the nuclear safety issues in Japan seem to have had a huge effect on the German elections, with Merkel's party taking big losses and the Greens making huge gains. Odd how much natural disasters can shape the electorate but Katrina completely destroyed Bush's credibility.

Interesting numbers. I didn't realize this about France:

In fact, the crisis confirmed Germans’ deep angst, exaggerated or not, regarding anything nuclear. A quarter of Germany’s electricity is generated by nuclear power, relatively small in comparison to other countries. In France, it is more than 75 percent; in Slovakia, 53 percent; in Belgium, 51 percent; and in Ukraine, 48 percent, according to the European Nuclear Society, one of the largest lobbying groups for nuclear science, research and industry in Europe.

Sue, heart-ma for your dad.

the highlights on the jacket look ridiculous to me. They have a golden tone. It works for consistency across the palette, barely, but this is the confusing part, where I put in information that's not part of the reference pics I'm using.

Would it look less ridiculous to you if you kept the hue, but reduced the saturation? Stepping closer to white with the highlights? Maybe closer to white with some transparency would work for you?

France committed almost completely to nuclear power in the '70s, after the OPEC oil embargo, determined not to be a hostage to volatile oil prices. It reprocesses fuel and sells quite a bit of power to the rest of Europe.

Years ago, they served wine with lunch in plant restaurants.

Maybe closer to white with some transparency would work for you?

It is partially transparent (it's a chalk effect), but let me try dialing down the saturation, thanks.

Happy Noah and Grade day !

Ma~~~ for your Dad , Sue

Sue, my thoughts are with you and your dad. It's stressful to not be there. Not that *you* could fix things if you were, because we're mostly not medical professionals here, but it still is a tough thing.

France committed almost completely to nuclear power in the '70s, after the OPEC oil embargo, determined not to be a hostage to volatile oil prices. It reprocesses fuel and sells quite a bit of power to the rest of Europe.

Do they do anything different with their plant design? Or is it just standard biz as usual in their plants and protocols?

On the other hand, I do always assume they're dating whoever they're standing next to.

Feel free. [link]

Sorry to hear about your father's scare, Sue. Here's some on the mend ~ma and home soon ~ma.