Continued ~ma, erika. May the fickle lords of SS look kindly upon your request.
So, steam + glass + cold air = cracked glass, in case any of you were wondering. #carpenter problems
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
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smonster - Dec 12, 2012 10:00:37 am PST #23798 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2012 10:10:51 am PST #23799 of 30001
brillig
Hopefully you don't have to go the lawyer route, erika. Though once Hubby got a lawyer the process went quickly. Then again, the case documents and medical statements ran to five legal boxes and the summary was three inches thick, and our lawyer told the judge "Should we go through the summary page by page, so you're clear on my client's status?", the judge was willing to acknowledge that Hubby had a good claim.
erikaj - Dec 12, 2012 10:26:32 am PST #23800 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't really think it should be a big deal, but neither is it going to be the Willy Wonka golden ticket my father thinks it is. Every time I talk to him, the amount of money I don't have because(by his standards, anyway) I didn't "get on it" fast enough gets bigger and bigger. (although there should be a nice initial windfall, so I'm not complaining, exactly...that'll be nice. Maybe I'll buy some edits, fix some things around the house...good things. Not quite diamond-shoe things, though. He is kind of like Suela's mom when he gets thoughts in his head...argh.)
Glamcookie - Dec 12, 2012 10:45:33 am PST #23801 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Some blog friends of mine have a 3-year-old son who is battling leukemia. They found a bone marrow match a couple of months ago and the donor is having surgery today to harvest marrow for him. She is 24 and lives in the US and that is all the info they have on her. I've been teary all morning thinking about this hero and what a truly wonderful gift she is giving to a complete stranger. Sometimes people don't suck, you know? Also, some ~ma for her and little C would be much appreciated. Please let this be a successful match.
Kate P. - Dec 12, 2012 10:53:59 am PST #23802 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Wow, Glamcookie, sending lots of good thoughts her way, and his!
sj - Dec 12, 2012 10:55:26 am PST #23803 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Glamcookie, that is wonderful and just amazing that a stranger would do that.
SailAweigh - Dec 12, 2012 10:59:29 am PST #23804 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Match~ma, GC! It is nice to be reminded that people can step up when there is nothing in it for them. Yay, people!
Cass - Dec 12, 2012 11:09:37 am PST #23805 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Fingers crossed, GC. The anon donor is a nice thing to read about. People can be just really good.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2012 12:53:41 pm PST #23806 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, so whatever internet community that donor's in, when they asked "What was the last big of random kindness you did?" every had a respectful moment of silence for his.
Speaking of secular Christmases, the two Indian guys I went to lunch with were avidly discussing what they were and weren't doing for Christmas--one is the odd one out for not having a tree, but all the parties he'll be going to will have trees, etc, etc...
These are the same guys that observed their new year with Diwali a couple weeks back--they're not Christian in the least. But they're doing (or broaching doing) more than my family's gift exchange and alcohol-laden meal on the 25th.
Interesting.
omnis_audis - Dec 12, 2012 1:45:25 pm PST #23807 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
My sister flies in tomorrow to spend the week with me. I am waiting for the "why do you not have any xmas decorations up!!" Not sure how many times I will have to say "because I don't like them." before she realizes that I don't want any. And hope that she doesn't decide to decorate while I am at work.