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Sadness at Gene and Kathy's House
KC (aka Kathy's Cat), the older kitty at their house, slipped away yesterday morning, "purring in his momma's arms."
The house is a little too quiet, and junior kitty Kennedy wonders where his growly play toy has gone. -
A good relationship post on my Friend's List
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The little things
I spent over a week with a computer I couldn't trust; it sent mystery mail to random contacts (including my boss!), Java quit working right, Spybot seemed to make things worse, and finally, even after deleting Spybot, Task Manager told me that my CPU usage was outrageous (the BEST percentage was 50, and 100 was the most common number to pop up). I ( Read more... ) -
The cutest papa in the whole world!
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I opened the StlToday this morning and my papa is looking out at me (sort of). And, for the record, Haley is his GREAT-granddaughter. ( Read more... ) -
Happy, happy!
birthday, sheyeblaze! Hope yours was as wonderful as mine was--probably hadn't had a birthday party in 40 years, and suddenly, I got TWO, courtesy of amazing friends (a Wii party last night) and my sweet family (lunch today, instigated by my son and orchestrated by my brothers).
Enough to make lack of snow OK. This time. *grin*
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One year ago tonight, I told him I'd be back around 9 the next morning, kissed him good night and left him sitting on the edge of his bed, eating his dialysis-delayed dinner. I'd sat with him in the Christian Northeast ER until 3 that morning, and waked up to his call from MoBap shortly after he'd gotten to his bed there a couple hours later, so I ( Read more... ) -
Another literary note
I was telling a friend about a book I was reading, and couldn't remember the name, or the complete list of authors, so before I turn it back in: "Duainfey" by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (I can ALWAYS remember the Miller part! *laugh*). It's a little bit Jane Austen meets the fairies; I thought it was a good read, but really should have been ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on Twilight
So I went to see the movie Twilight with some other folks, so we could snark and otherwise enjoy hating the thing. Having gone in expecting to be entertained by the badness, I was a little taken aback to be disappointed in it. You could see the bones of a story that had the potential to be a decent movie, but the acting wasn't even wooden, it was ( Read more... ) -
Stray snippets
Parenting advice: Treat your children the way you want to see them treat your grandchildren.
Observation: It is irrational to expect rational behavior from people, including oneself.
The power of eBay: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/ebay-has-unexpected-chilling-effect-looting-antiquities-archaelogist-finds-20849.html