Timelies all!
Getting ready for the seder here. We realized that we had bought a whole chicken, rather than a whole cut-up chicken, which means dinner's going to be a bit delayed. Sigh...
Fire bad. Tree pretty.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
Sheryl - Apr 08, 2020 12:00:43 pm PDT #19507 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Toddson - Apr 08, 2020 12:09:32 pm PDT #19508 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
David, I'm sorry this is so stressful for JZ, you, her family. I like the idea of him being near an olive tree (created by Athena!). I am glad she got to see him before and he was able to recognize her.
Sheryl, I've been seeing stories about families "gathering" with Zoom and such ... will you leave a slot open for Elijah?
-t - Apr 08, 2020 1:19:13 pm PDT #19509 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sending an open Zoom invitation to Elijah is making me laugh
Assistant to Whoever seems like the right construction to me. Assistant to Organization does not sound right, though.
That is too bad about the clothes for the funeral. To protect the mortuary workers, I suppose. Sad little grace not to the whole thing.
Cass - Apr 08, 2020 2:17:02 pm PDT #19510 of 30019
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I'm glad Chris was able to come down for JZ and their father.
Jesse - Apr 08, 2020 2:18:45 pm PDT #19511 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is it too early for gin?
Ina Garten would surely say no. (I hope you've all seen that video.)
My neighbor was just saying it's actually kind of nice that their son who lives in Portland or something can join the Zeder this year. (And Zeder made me laugh!)
esse - Apr 08, 2020 2:50:15 pm PDT #19512 of 30019
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Sheryl, I've been seeing stories about families "gathering" with Zoom and such ... will you leave a slot open for Elijah?
This cracks me up!
Sheryl - Apr 08, 2020 3:00:05 pm PDT #19513 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
No Zoom, but we did Skype with Gary's mom. It was an...interesting seder.
-t - Apr 08, 2020 4:25:24 pm PDT #19514 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
How do I have 4 jars of horseradish? One thing I won't run out of, I guess.
Laura - Apr 08, 2020 4:53:17 pm PDT #19515 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
tackle hugs esse in a virtual manner
My son's latest viral post shared some crazy number of times:
You fucking stoners wanted a month off work for 4/20, now look at ya
JZ - Apr 08, 2020 5:31:59 pm PDT #19516 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
After the cemetery visit, and decompressing and sitting numbly staring at each other for a while, we started going through his kitchen cabinets. So far I am the winner, having found a box of cornstarch that expired in 1989, which means that it's a very short time away from being old enough to run for president, which prompted a round of terrible "Gene's Old Cornstarch 2024! If you don't vote for Cornstarch, you're voting for Jared!" jokes.
Other than that, everything is pretty fucked up, including the fact that the attending who filled out the form that goes to the county coroner's office did some small technical thing wrong, so the coroner bounced the whole thing back and the mortuary can't collect his remains until the small technical error is fixed because until it is no death certificate can be issued. But the attending who attended at his death is now off call and not scheduled to return until sometime late tomorrow. SO, the Monday funeral slot we were semi-promised is no longer available, and the funeral (with my dad not embalmed, dressed or groomed, just in a body bag, with favorite items of clothing folded neatly on top of the body bag inside a metal-lined COVID-19 compliant coffin) will likely have to be Tuesday. Unless someone can light a fire under the attending's ass, in which case it may be Friday. But we don't know and we have no control. OPA!