I read Beep Me (Javacat pointed me here in a FB comment) so I read about DX's passing at work and am finally home and unwound so I can reply.

I kept thinking "but he just posted something". Because it felt like a couple weeks ago. Which obviously it wasn't.

It's been lovely to see pictures popping up on FB, I have some physical pictures but I need to scan them and then I think Ihave some scanned or digital on my back up drive that I need to find and check.

Parker, search for "usb heated socks" on Amazon.

I also don't know how much people are gone because they just drifted, or just because their lives got too busy/social media is easier, versus how many are gone because they made a conscious choice to be gone.

I know I drifted because things got busy and weird in my life. But I'm not drifting away again.

Happy birthday, Sumi! Go team UU! Not that I’ve participated lately. I need to get on the zoom services.

I spent a couple of hours with Amyth this afternoon. We spent it talking, and she told me how much she’s enjoying the photos on FB. She’s doing ok, all awful things considered. It was lovely to just hang out with her for a while.

BTW- just discovered that I share my birthday with not one but two aunts! One on each side of my family.

How symmetrical.

How is your dad doing?

He's doing well. He hasn't been to the emergency room in months (unless my parents neglected to tell me something, although my siblings probably would rat them out) and his doctors don't think he has prostate cancer at this time, although they are monitoring his numbers.

Burrell posted in the fb group this afternoon.

Oh, megan walker, more sad news! I do remember him and that apartment well.

You hosted a couple Buffista-ful shindigs there (and I know I've got pictures).

Gd 2020

It's unbelievable to hear about DX. I actually saw David's post on FB and thought, wait, what's happening, I know amyth is still with us ... What a fucking year.

"Wait, are we really friends, or do I just think we're friends because I think of them so fondly...but then neglect to actually follow up with calls or messages or whatever and they think of me as just some rando that they barely know that they maybe shared a meal with that one time..." So just some Sunday afternoon overthinking things. Whatever, I love you guys.

Epic is me.

So good to see Anne and sumi (happy birthday!) and everyone else, despite the reasons why.

It's football in a few minutes, and I'm hoping the Saints game will be as entertaining as last week's, when we kicked Tom Brady's ass up and down the field.

I hope your football experience is going better than mine. I had an afternoon nap during the first half and then turned on the Seahawks game for the second half. Which so far looks to have been a mistake.

Sunday afternoon naps have become a common feature of my life. I remember when I was a kid my mom would always like down on the living room couch for a nap Sunday after we got home from church and finished lunch (only on Sundays we called it dinner), and I just couldn't see why anyone would SLEEP during the DAY. Now...sweet, sweet Sunday nap.