Dana, my condolenses. My father died 13 months after my mother. That was 6 months longer than I thought he would last. He wasn't in ill health, he just slowly gave up.
If you believe in an afterlife, then they are together.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
quester - Jan 01, 2012 5:00:59 pm PST #13964 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Dana - Jan 01, 2012 5:24:05 pm PST #13965 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
They think the funeral will be Wednesday or Thursday. I'm considering scheduling my travel so that I can be at home to watch the Saints playoff game on Saturday night.
Thanks, everyone. My grandmother literally started going downhill the day after my grandfather's funeral -- okay, not literally, as there are really no hills in New Orleans. But she fell and fractured her pelvis and has had multiple problems since.
They were married for 67 years.
Jesse - Jan 01, 2012 5:29:45 pm PST #13966 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, the pelvis fracture seems so terrible -- my grandmother had that this year. OW.
§ ita § - Jan 01, 2012 5:45:37 pm PST #13967 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, man, Dana. Poor woman.
Speaking of the not bling, I keep looking at this necklace and thinking it's just too shiny. Even for silver. But I love the design.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 01, 2012 6:03:50 pm PST #13968 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Does anyone else hear the "Law and Order" bah- bamp noice after this e-book description:
No woman could resist the pleasures he offered....
They are the Merricks, two brothers and a sister, restless, daring, proud. English by birth, they came to Scotland with their father to occupy McClairen lands. And there each would find a love as wild and glorious as the Highland isle they claimed as their own.
Fia, the only daughter, is the ravishing one. Raine, the second son, is the reckless one. Ashton is the eldest son. This is his story. . . .
Kat - Jan 01, 2012 6:15:06 pm PST #13969 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh Dana, I am so sorry.
In funny and weird news: I had just stepped out of the shower this evening and I heard someone knock on the door. I peered out of the bathroom and thought it best to ignore it.
Then the person on the other side of the door tried the door handle. MEEP. I rushed to the bedroom to get dressed in the dark when my car keys came shooting through the mail slot. My friend C was dropping off keys earlier than anticipated. DOH.
Kat - Jan 01, 2012 6:23:20 pm PST #13970 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
[link] Creepy alogrithim that figured out who I was thinking about in less than 20 questions. Try it!
Steph L. - Jan 01, 2012 6:34:02 pm PST #13971 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Man, it correctly guessed Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 21 questions.
Gotta try again.
t edit And Nikola Tesla in 20 questions. Creepy.
Kat - Jan 01, 2012 6:39:31 pm PST #13972 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
And Peyton Manning in 21 questions (I don't know enough about him so there were lots of "I don't know").
But Nikola Tesla is impressive!
Sophia Brooks - Jan 01, 2012 6:40:45 pm PST #13973 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
It was amazing for 3 questions, and then I thought of Polly Milton from Old Fashioned Girl, and it came up with Gale from Hunger Games, and then with 10 more questions, Holden Caulfield.