RIP Tyrus Wong. [link] . A long, full life, but his passing still leaves us lesser.
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
Calli - Dec 31, 2016 3:03:51 am PST #4735 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
flea - Dec 31, 2016 3:27:53 am PST #4736 of 30002
information libertarian
I am sorry to hear of your father's death, Consuela. I was afraid that was what had happened when I saw the photo earlier.
Neil Degrasse Tyson lost his father this week, too - the same age as Suela's and also a New Yorker. He sounds fairly cool. [link]
askye - Dec 31, 2016 4:36:56 am PST #4737 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
I'm sorry for your loss Conseula.
Dana - Dec 31, 2016 4:48:55 am PST #4738 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh god, I feel worse than yesterday. If today is somehow an indicator of what's to come in 2017, I'm going to spend the whole year sounding like Harvey Fierstein.
askye - Dec 31, 2016 5:02:18 am PST #4739 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
I'm with you in being sick Dana. I did make it to work but I did too much or something and almost threw up a few times and then came home.
I haven't been too congested just really really tired.
hippocampus - Dec 31, 2016 5:37:22 am PST #4740 of 30002
not your mom's socks.
Consuela, I'm so sorry for your loss. So much love to you and your sister and your family.
Sheryl - Dec 31, 2016 6:09:48 am PST #4741 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Low-key NYE for us. We're having a few friends over to watch DVDs and stuff.
Strix - Dec 31, 2016 6:32:56 am PST #4742 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Suela, I'm very sorry about your dad. All good thoughts to you and your family.
6 big salt lamps?! Wow! I got one for my birthday and love it!
I'm dyeing my hair pink and purple ombre today for the New Year, then eating sushi and attending a friend's NYE party. Although I woke up with one eyeball sore and swollen, and am feeling rather Cuchulainn.
sj - Dec 31, 2016 6:45:17 am PST #4743 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Suela, I'm so very sorry for your loss. ~ma to you and your family.
Consuela - Dec 31, 2016 6:52:04 am PST #4744 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Thank you, everyone. He just sort of shut down over the last week or so, and spent the last few days clearly working very hard, but apparently unaware of us. I wasn't there when he passed, I had gone to work and was trying to do some financial management of his affairs when I got the call.
Two of my brothers had been able to see him the day before, and my oldest brother visited in November. Afterwards, my sister & brother & I took a nice long hike in the woods, on a trail we had taken Dad on (although only a little ways) on Father's Day. And then we went out for a big sushi dinner and toasted Dad with some good scotch. He would have appreciated the scotch, if not the sushi.
It was a hard few years, but he's at peace, and I don't have to twitch with worry every time my cell rings now. I'm off to help my sister clear the apartment and figure out what to do with his cds, books, old slide rules and whatnot...