I don't think you have to think you're in shock, Theo. It would make total sense for you to be. I'm so sorry. (And what is with these partial truths? Aren't we all grownups?)
Monty: Whaddya mean she ain't my wife? Mal: She ain't your wife... cause she's married to me.
'Trash'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2011 9:07:51 am PDT #2849 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
le nubian - Oct 23, 2011 9:14:39 am PDT #2850 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Theo,
thing is: a tonsillectomy at your brother's age is pretty dangerous. Although I am not sure everyone is aware of that. I happen to know because my ENT doctor told me so when I was having tonsil problems.
A lot of 'ma for your brother. I hope is recovery goes okay.
le nubian - Oct 23, 2011 9:15:40 am PDT #2851 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the premise of “Angry Birds,” a popular iPhone game. In the game, slingshots are used to launch birds to destroy pigs and their fortresses, not to shoot down the birds.
Correction to an NYT article.
amyth - Oct 23, 2011 9:18:49 am PDT #2852 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Yikes, Theo. How scary. I'm sorry, and hope for the best possible outcome for your brother.
Ginger - Oct 23, 2011 9:21:19 am PDT #2853 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That's terrible, Theo. May it please be something limited.
An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the premise of “Angry Birds,”
Clearly the Times staff is not wasting enough time.
Cashmere - Oct 23, 2011 9:47:40 am PDT #2854 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
My husband's first world problems: Football, baseball, Walking Dead, Dexter AND Boardwalk Empire tonight. No way to watch and/or DVR it all!
Our neighbors got a deer two days ago. He brought us the inside tenderloin yesterday. I put it in a simple marinade of olive oil, vinegar, sea salt, coarse ground pepper, garlic and onion and then broiled it up with roasted red potatoes.
HOLY BALLS! DELICIOUS!
Kate P. - Oct 23, 2011 9:51:43 am PDT #2855 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh shit, Theo, I'm so sorry. All best wishes that it turns out to be as nonthreatening and easy to handle as possible.
And thanks for the ~ma for my friends, y'all. S's wife just posted to say that they're all doing OK, just taking things slowly, and labor has not started yet. Now that I know everything is OK and she hasn't been laboring for two days, I'm kind of hoping the baby holds off until tomorrow so it can share my birthday!
Calli - Oct 23, 2011 9:52:24 am PDT #2856 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Theo, I hope your brother's cancer will be as localized and non-malignant as possible.
Theodosia - Oct 23, 2011 9:54:12 am PDT #2857 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm usually reticent to play the "keep the news from family member" game, but currently my Mom is not only not doing well healthwise, but she's having panic attacks that she's under a doctor's care for. At this point, she's having major upset if a home health aide is a half hour late, so waiting a couple days till we can tell her a definitive version of what's going on seems to actually be a good idea, for once.
I didn't know tonsillectomies were that major in an adult, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. He's had to have a tracheotomy to let him breathe easier at this point, because of the swelling from the surgery, which also isn't much fun.
Amy - Oct 23, 2011 9:56:00 am PDT #2858 of 30001
Because books.
Oh, Theo, I'm sorry to hear that. All kinds of ~ma for him. And I agree that holding off telling your mom for a few days is a good idea.