My DH called me this afternoon to let me know my FiL had a bad trauma injury and had to be airlifted to a hospital with a trauma center. So he's there now with his dad. Good news is FiL is stable and will ultimately be fine, but he lost a finger and sounds like he may need further surgery.
Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.
'Bring On The Night'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Jun 09, 2015 6:38:14 pm PDT #28296 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
meara - Jun 09, 2015 6:38:51 pm PDT #28297 of 30000
Lost a finger?!? Dear goodness, what did the man do?
shrift - Jun 09, 2015 7:00:36 pm PDT #28298 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
...did it involve a table saw? I'm just saying, the house I grew up in had a bloodstain in the garage that never came out.
I got an email last night that one of the jobs I interviewed for is at the committee stage, so I should know soon if they're going to offer it to me.
Steph L. - Jun 09, 2015 7:00:37 pm PDT #28299 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The news after the basketball game led with an officer-involved shooting in my neighborhood. I hope to god they didn't kill someone. It will not be pretty. (The reporter didn't have more details, because it happened about 45 minutes ago. So far the reporter said an officer did discharge his gun, and the police confirmed the shots did "take effect" [actual quote from the reporter]. I assume "take effect" means someone got shot. I really, really hope no one was killed.)
-t - Jun 09, 2015 7:02:52 pm PDT #28300 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yikes, Burrell! Hope his recovery is as easy as it can be.
Different kind of yikes, Steph. Good luck to your neighborhood.
Steph L. - Jun 09, 2015 7:05:12 pm PDT #28301 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Different kind of yikes, Steph. Good luck to your neighborhood.
Word on the neighborhood's online bulletin board is that the police did kill someone. Right across the street from the Catholic church (1/2 mile from our house).
I can't stay up to monitor the news, but I'm worried about what I'm going to wake up to.
-t - Jun 09, 2015 7:09:18 pm PDT #28302 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh no. I'm sorry.
sarameg - Jun 09, 2015 7:19:36 pm PDT #28303 of 30000
Stranger things I've said: I hope your shooting was under extreme duress and valid threat. And question all of those adjectives (not funny, autocorrect , for offering badges when I started typing. Badges are suspect even in my world)
Steph L. - Jun 09, 2015 7:30:40 pm PDT #28304 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I hope your shooting was under extreme duress and valid threat
That's what I'm hoping so hard. I know that there are situations in which police officers have to shoot. I know that. (I also know I'm preaching to the choir here. I'm pretty much just trying to reassure myself enough to sleep.) I just hope this was one of those situations.
And then, even if it was, I don't know if that'll be sufficient, especially if the person who was shot was a black person (this neighborhood is probably 40% black, and, to be honest, I'll be stunned if the person who was shot was white).
Steph L. - Jun 09, 2015 7:49:56 pm PDT #28305 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Ugh. Yes, the suspect was killed. No information on their identity, other than that the suspect was male. One news report says the suspect had a gun, but another doesn't mention anything about a gun.
The charge is aggravated menacing, which happens to be what Tamir Rice was charged with in Cleveland, so I don't feel really great about this right now.
Okay, I really am going to bed now.