Happy, Happy Birthday, Karl! May your year ahead have much joy in it.
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
Willow ,'Showtime'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
JenP - May 06, 2026 6:27:42 am PDT #12576 of 12659
Jessica - May 06, 2026 6:52:01 am PDT #12577 of 12659
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
For the record, today's Connections was just plain stupid
It was, in fact, very stupid.
dcp - May 06, 2026 6:55:09 am PDT #12578 of 12659
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Broke my Connections streak two days ago, but today's I got on the third try. How odd.
JenP - May 06, 2026 6:55:19 am PDT #12579 of 12659
I am an outlier -- I liked it. But only few and far between with the non-standard ones.
Trudy Booth - May 06, 2026 8:22:31 am PDT #12580 of 12659
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Wrote mom's obituary because that was all I could to. For the first and probably last time in my life speaking in public was inconceivable.
Laura - May 06, 2026 8:42:12 am PDT #12581 of 12659
Our wings are not tired.
I wrote and delivered the eulogy at my mom's funeral mass. My sister came up with me and held my arm. It was very tough, but doing that and a slide show for the memorial held at the Otter Lake Fire Department helped me focus on doing stuff other than just grieving.
Karl - May 06, 2026 10:17:17 am PDT #12582 of 12659
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Thanks, folks.
Much love and many hugs to you and your DH, Laura, and please tell him that I support him slowing down a little bit so we can all enjoy his presence in our lives for as long as possible.
Love and hugs to you too, JenP.
Trudy, I wish I could just wrap my arms around you for a while; I wrote obits for both my folks (and posted them here, actually) and yeah, there really aren't any words for it. Please let the people who love you take care of you for a little, eh?
Calli - May 06, 2026 10:42:40 am PDT #12583 of 12659
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I couldn’t speak at my mom’s memorial service. And she pre-wrote her obituary (she and Dad were very proactive with end of life stuff). My sister spoke, though.
Happy birthday, Karl!
There are few things more viscerally satisfying than turning off a couple of dozen job alerts. Farewell, Glassdoor! May I never darken your virtual doorway again.
erikaj - May 06, 2026 11:15:21 am PDT #12584 of 12659
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Happy birthday to, probably my best audience. Among all the other great things that you are, Karl. Calli, here's hoping... My mom tells me that she expects to die after getting run over by a carload of clowns or something else funny/ ironic. "You can laugh if you want--I would, except I'd be dead."
NoiseDesign - May 06, 2026 11:34:14 am PDT #12585 of 12659
Our wings are not tired
For the first and probably last time in my life speaking in public was inconceivable.
This is absolutely no way I would have been able to make it through speaking at my Dad's memorial. I didn't even make it through my wedding vows without getting all choked up.