I just heard about Humanlight for the first time. Maybe every person I know will laugh at me for this, but I like it, and I'm going to celebrate it. Like many holidays, including Christmas and Chanukah, Humanlight adopts some traditions, symbolism, and the date (roughly) of older holidays, but has its own unique raison d'etre. Humanlight is ( Read more... )

Ok, typing stopped, crying started. I did find a number for Mark though. I could catch an 8:46 pm flight out there. But I won't be able to find out if he wants me to come before I would have to get on the flight, because the visitation goes 'til 8 so he won't get my message. maybe i should just go. If he doesn't want company i can leave him be ( Read more... )

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"[...] just got back from California."

Now I have quoted you on that, wholly against your wishes. Mwahahahaha...

Somebody called me, just to chat. It was nice:)

Straw poll: Is the following business ...

a) A real business that actually makes diamonds with peoples' ashes.
b) A real business that scams bereaved suckers. Weird, weird bereaved suckers.
c) A crank.

You decide...

Your Husband is a gem. Literally.

...doing the things a particle should ( Read more... )

Sat. 11/17, 5pm, my house ( Read more... )

Saturday I made my first little foray into the wide world of plumbing. The hot water on the sink in the main bathroom wouldn't turn on. I took the handle apart and saw that the teeth in the stem sleeve had been worn down so that they weren't catching the teeth on the stem. So they need to be replaced. Easy. But these aren't standard parts, so ( Read more... )

I didn't particularly appreciate Peanuts as a young'un. I just clicked on the web archive, though, and this stuff is brilliant. Maybe not "funny" per se, but brilliant. I see why I didn't understand it as a kid, though.

Charles Schulz is brilliant

Trophy! :)