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Kathryn Lynn Yule 1961-2016
Kathryn Lynn Yule (nee Barbara) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to William and Marilynn Yule and died of brain cancer at her home in Portland, Oregon at the age of 55. She attended Kennewick High School and Lewis and Clark College, where she majored in foreign languages and spent a year abroad in Munich. After working for the Red Cross as an ( Read more... ) -
Happy Anniversary
My darling has pointed out that in two weeks it will be our 25th anniversary.
Mutual cries of "Ack!"
What do you think we should do? -
Broadway, sort of
We went to see Newsies this week. Previous shows in the same series were Beauty and the Beast and The Wiz. No, Wizard of Oz, that's right. Anyway. I practically slept through them ( Read more... ) -
Toaster. Cat.
We've got a new toaster. The old one had not been in our hands since college; only 10 or 15 years? The second time we used it, lights went blaring (it has multiple lights), LEDs flashed (it has multiple LEDs), all silently of course so when I went to see what was going on it was [flash flash blink shhh don't tell mom]. We unplugged it and let it ( Read more... ) -
???
I don't know what to say. -
Commas
• President of the United States Barack Obama said today that....
• The President of the United States, Barack Obama, said today that...
These are both correct. One comma? Wrong.
I'm trying to find some examples of other wrong ones, but just when you need them most you can't find them, you know? -
Books read
I have given up on The Traitor Baru Cormorant. It seemed that (after the original stuff) the Universe-or the Throne, or the Writer-just went "Wham!" Thought you were clever about X? "Wham!" Thought you had a workaround? "Wham!" What about-Wham!"Now, I know that the writer's job is to get her characters into trouble. But this seemed egregious. I ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Wow! Yeah. Um. Twenty-two comments! I know David gets many more from Facebook but I don't do FB, so there. If I just went around with these twenty-two people I'd be happy as a clam. That's IF YOU'LL WRITE TO ME, not that I've got any qualifications prognostications oh whatever ( Read more... ) -
Hello again.
This is me saying Hello ( Read more... ) -
The boss said I should change the sign--so I did
David says I should be writing blogs--even though it's hard. I should be writing email, calling, texting. He says I'm awake enough now to know I'm stupid. Well. Not his words, mine. But I guess he's got a point. I'm up against my limits, and it just makes me weepy ( Read more... )