Right, Tep? BTW, I laughed out loud, reading about your writer who rejects editing. I loved writing for TWoP. Would do it in a hot second if the Trib would hire me when it brings back the website. My editors were nice people, but they did not edit me, and I needed editing.

I wish I'd started writing there while Sars was still aboard. My impression was she was a tough editor who made her writers better and taught them a thing. My editors basically made sure I didn't miss spell-check stuff.

The one time I come by when someone hasn't died, I kill the board. I'm sorry, Board.

Nah, people are probably commuting, eating, watching American Ninja Warrior, or, in the case of slacker work-from-home freelance medical editors, still working.

Dinner break. Sacrifice to me is more personal than working hard or financial stuff. Sacrificing a lucrative career to be in public service qualifies in my mind. Nothing Trump has done counts. Losing your child serving his country absolutely is sacrifice.

Still working. But leaving now. For belly dance class, woohoo!

I absolutely agree about the last part, Laura. I understand what you mean about the lucrative career vis a vis public service, but since none of (as far as I know) those people end up on welfare, while I'm willing to admire their service (which I think is another, separate thing) in my own head, it doesn't qualify as sacrifice (usually, that is, I'm sure you could provide me cases to which I'd say, "Yep, sacrifice.")

Look at my pretty Teppy, giving me pity. It's okay, Steph, I know when I'm guilty of board-killage. Anyhow, Buffistas, I think about you all the time, but I'm largely trying to live an off-line life, these days, for other reasons. I hope you're all well. You are always in my thoughts.

t! I hope all is well with you. Do you still have your bees?

Hi Cindy!

When I mentioned the long work hours and stressy responsibilities, I meant more that they were sacrificing things like quality time with their families and the ability to leave work cares behind on weekends and vacations, not that doing hard work in and of itself was a sacrifice. Someone who gives up the chance to see all their kids' recitals or Little League games for meetings with lobbyists is never going to get those back, y'know.

I was eating dinner, and buying tickets to see "Come From Away" when I'm next in DC. I enjoyed it a lot here in Seattle, but missed the first 20 minutes because my friend who got the tickets got the time wrong! So am excited to see it (it's about Gander Newfoundland on 9/11)

Do you still have your bees?

Somehow I read this in the "well that'll give you bees" sense and was super confused.

Hi, Cindy!

I think in this case the conversation is focused on sacrifice specifically for the greater good -- at least that's where I would put the Khans, and their son. He risked (and lost) his life for the greater good, they lost their son for the greater good. (Greater good being, of course, always open to interpretation, I guess.)

Trump hasn't sacrificed anything for a cause other than his own gain, in my opinion.