Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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.


Laura - Feb 12, 2021 5:15:20 am PST #3403 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

It is a most delightful day in Buffistaland as our birthday twins Pix and Maria celebrate today. Most excellent day for creating people! I hope you both are duly spoiled and pampered today, and always.


JenP - Feb 12, 2021 5:46:20 am PST #3404 of 30000

I'm so sorry, Gris, for your and your family's loss.


-t - Feb 12, 2021 6:51:54 am PST #3405 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I’m so sorry, Gris


Dana - Feb 12, 2021 7:15:23 am PST #3406 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Oh, Gris, how upsetting. I'm sorry.


Jessica - Feb 12, 2021 7:41:09 am PST #3407 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Oh no Gris, I'm so sorry.


amyparker - Feb 12, 2021 8:16:56 am PST #3408 of 30000
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

Gris, that's dreadful. I'm sorry.


JZ - Feb 12, 2021 8:32:43 am PST #3409 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

I'm so sorry for your loss, Gris. What an awful, sudden shock. Hugs to all your family.


Gris - Feb 12, 2021 8:52:36 am PST #3410 of 30000
Hey. New board.

Thank you all. It still feels weird. Heart attack. He got his second vaccine shot just 2 days ago. Unlikely that it was related - he was 70 and not in the best health - but it hasn't totally been ruled out that the vaccine side effects may have been a factor, especially as he had not been feeling great since receiving it.

I hope it IS ruled out, and confidently so. He was a huge proponent of vaccination in a very conservative town, and if somehow his death became ammunition for anti-vaccination people, he would be horrified.


chrismg - Feb 12, 2021 8:58:44 am PST #3411 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Best wishes on both fronts, Gris.


Laura - Feb 12, 2021 9:07:21 am PST #3412 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Oh dear, Gris. I do hope that it is ruled out, but the anti-vaxers will still point to that. I do know many who were quite sick after the second dose, but all said they would do it again. Wishes for comfort for you and yours.