Oh no Gris, I'm so sorry.
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
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.
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
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.
Atropa - Feb 12, 2021 10:34:48 am PST #3413 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Gris, I'm so sorry.
lisah - Feb 12, 2021 10:57:23 am PST #3414 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I'm so sorry, Gris. And I hope that your uncle's death isn't weaponized by ignorant anti-vaxxers.
Jesse - Feb 12, 2021 11:44:06 am PST #3415 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm sorry for your loss, Gris. And UGH that anyone could/would try to "make something out of it."
Two funny recent twitter things: A coworker just posted a tweet from Emily Nussbaum, who I still think of as "ours." And re: Joss, someone replied to a Linda Holmes tweet telling her what the Bronze (board) was. I'm pretty sure Miss Alli knew what the Bronze was!!
-t - Feb 12, 2021 11:58:10 am PST #3416 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Filed my tax returns - getting Federal and State refunds which is nice. I think I may have made a mistake with my capital loss carryover but I am not going to worry about it today.