My ARP co-chair has thyroid cancer and is having her thyroid removed next month.
Oh, geez, Suzi, I'm sorry. FWIW, one of my co-workers had her thyroid removed a few years ago, and she is doing fine. I hope your co-worker does as well.
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Zenkitty - Dec 06, 2013 7:57:53 am PST #13911 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Kate P. - Dec 06, 2013 9:37:12 am PST #13912 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The first person I thought of when I heard about Nelson Mandela was ita. I hope she's doing OK today. I'm pretty sad.
I may have shared this here before, but when I was living in Cape Town in 2002, some friends and I went to hear Chinua Achebe speak on campus (University of Cape Town) one night. It was a big but not huge hall, tickets were free to students, and the place was pretty packed. We were in our seats and waiting for the event to start when we became aware of something happening up at the front of the hall and a ripple going through the crowd. Nelson Mandela had entered the hall and was taking a seat in the front row, and people in the hall just went crazy. Clapping, crying, shouting, gasping, standing on chairs, stomping -- everyone in that place just loved him and admired him so much. It was an amazing moment, to be in the presence of greatness and to be caught up in the emotion of all the people there. He meant so much to so many.
Trudy Booth - Dec 06, 2013 9:39:02 am PST #13913 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Kate, that's incredible.
Jessica - Dec 06, 2013 9:48:26 am PST #13914 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Keep an eye out for me on the BBCA social media sites making a face - I was just photographed as part of an "Americans eating Marmite" project they're doing in the kitchen. At least, they told me it was for the blog...
Burrell - Dec 06, 2013 9:55:05 am PST #13915 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Wow Kate, what a moment!
Steph L. - Dec 06, 2013 10:16:10 am PST #13916 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It was an amazing moment, to be in the presence of greatness and to be caught up in the emotion of all the people there. He meant so much to so many.
That's incredible. Plus, Chinua Achebe is no slouch, either.
meara - Dec 06, 2013 10:20:25 am PST #13917 of 30000
Keep an eye out for me on the BBCA social media sites making a face - I was just photographed as part of an "Americans eating Marmite" project they're doing in the kitchen
...you mean you ate it voluntarily??
Jessica - Dec 06, 2013 10:22:12 am PST #13918 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It was for a good cause! Ok, it was for the amusement of the Brits who were laughing at us. But yeah, why not?
P.M. Marc - Dec 06, 2013 10:28:11 am PST #13919 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
But Marmite is TASTY!
I was introduced to it by (to tie so many discussions together with geography) a South African woman decades ago, and have not looked back.
Vegemite, I go back and forth on. Too smooth, less of a good soup base.
Jessica - Dec 06, 2013 10:32:25 am PST #13920 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It wasn't terrible, just...salty. I can see it being a useful ingredient for umami, like anchovy paste or soy sauce, but I think in order to enjoy it on toast you probably had to grow up with it.