Oh Lee.

I have never had one of those phone calls. Ye gads.

Monday night, I walked into my parents' house and started crying. My mother said I was her second Jess of the day! But it was great, because I got the crying out of the way and have been better at work the last two days. Good thing my big meeting is tomorrow!

Hope the crazy stays away from you, Lee.

Stephen did not have a will when he passed because he refused to acknowledge the possibility of that happening. He would get super angry with his family when they suggested it, and I knew better. Our home and bank accounts were all joint and I was beneficiary of his insurance. It wasn't ever an issue, but I would not recommend you follow my lead here. His family never suggested that anyone else would make his medical decisions except me. I know this could have gone badly, but they were sane and reasonable.

Good news from my doctor. I have a cyst on my forehead, another on my arm and a lump of fat that sticks up from my back. None of these are anything to worry about, and I don't need to get them removed.

Hey, diagnosis.

Do people in baby name site communities tend to share uncommon names for their children?

I'm looking at a list for the first quarter of 2012 with not that many kids, but more than one Ruby, Silas, Wren, Hazel, Leonie...the names are very...very. Canadian? Maybe. [link]

I need to get a will. Not that I have much but it will save anyone a hassle.

When my cousin died (in his early thirties) he had no will, wasn't married, and without kids, but he owned property and it went into probate and it was a hassle for my aunt to deal with the shock and pain of his sudden death plus dealing with probate and everything.

I'm looking at a list for the first quarter of 2012 with not that many kids, but more than one Ruby, Silas, Wren, Hazel, Leonie...the names are very...very. Canadian? Maybe. [link]

Those names are almost all pretty popular among hipster parents right now. ("Hipster" isn't quite the word I want, but I thought for a while and couldn't think of a better word. I know at least one vegan kid with every one of those names except Leonie.)

Gotta love dumb criminals.

When a suitcase containing six puppies is found on the street, and the mother dog pacing around the suitcase, and both the suitcase and the mother have tags identifying their owner, one Howard Davis of Toledo, and the police go to pick him up for animal endangerment, what does said Davis say?

He says the suitcase was stolen a while ago and he'd given the litter and mother to a guy in Michigan.

Seriously? Dumb.

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Puppies are fine and will be fostered until they're old enough to be placed.

From that name list:

Hazel Magnolia June, triplet of August Django Kit and Walter Phineas Bay, and sister to Emmett Linus Jack, Flora Hermione Kate, Miles Oscar Inigo and Edith Marlo Wren

I'm willing to bet this "birth announcement" was fake. There are just too many things wrong with it.

No, I mean no: [link]