Man, javachik and Liese, you both just made me sniffle a little. javachik, I feel the same way about my grandfather (my dad's dad) who died in 2005. He was an incredible person, and somewhat like Liese is talking about, he lived his faith in a genuine, loving, and generous way every day, and instilled those values in his kids and grandkids. I've talked about him on the board before, but I still think about him a lot and try to follow his example.

javachik and Liese, you both just made me sniffle a little.

Yes, to both!

javachik, you always talk about your Grandpa the way I remember my Grandma. So much of who I am (or more often hope to be) and of how I see the world is a direct continuation of her. Grandma was the entire reason I wept so very hard at Michelle Obama's convention speech -- her ethics, and her way of living them, her total optimism that the country really does stand for something great combined with a totally no-bullshit "it's not given to us and we have to work hard to make it come true" attitude reminds me so much of Grandma and so many other WWII-era immigrants I've known.

And Liese, Rich was the kind of person whose principles are made real; never mind if I would've disagreed politically, or that his faith wasn't for me -- he fully lived it, and you and DH do a great thing in working to continue it.

Oh, fucking allergies again.

It just seems appropriate that I already have gospel music in my head, thanks to last weekend's choir shenanigans.

I was going to catch up with her for drinks or lunch sometime soon, do you think I could give her your email maybe? Just so you could talk about how it all works at another firm?

Sure. Our group is finally getting some good management after being ruderless for a couple of years and they are finally realizing we need more bodies.

K-Bug is spearheading a full Persian meal this evening. We have cucumber yogurt, Persian rice, dolma (Persian style stuffed grape leaves), and kobideh (ground lamb and ground beef kebabs). I helped prep a bunch of stuff last night. Today she is rolling the grape leaves while I work. I hope it all turns out as tasty as it should. It is the first time we are trying to make our own kobideh.

Chik-fil-a Good News: [link]

(Also, whoa!)

Profits must've dipped.

Profits must've dipped.

Anyone know if the president of Chik-fil-a is a majority shareholder? 'Cuz if not, the shareholders could pressure him to not do stupid shit that reduces share price.

Want to waste several minutes? go to today's xkcd and obey the alt text.

that xkcd was awesome.

I haven't finished it yet, I don't have time.