Maybe this is weird, but I've been keeping an eye out for Ginger's obit. Looks like it was published today.
Thanks, Dana. I'm glad to see it (where "glad" = "sad as hell but since it happened, it's good to see her commemorated").
You could call it Severance Snape.
Pleeeeeease name your new car Severance Snape, Steph!
This...may have to happen now. Way better than "Harvey."
And our mechanic gave the car the thumbs-up, so at some point before the day is over, I will write the biggest check of my life, probably hyperventilate, and we will officially own another car!
And unrelatedly, in a bit of shopping therapy to blow off stress, I bought 2 new ornaments for the Christmas tree: Iron Man and Captain America. (I am copycatting Plei SO HARD.)
Christmas Tree: Civil War!
Steph: I got the box! Thanks! Who's up next?
Right on! No one else has spoken up, so maybe post in Press again?
Thanks for that, Dana. I never think about Obits (to look for them or to write them) but that was nice to read.
Woo, Tep!
Thanks, Dana. I'd been looking for it too, and then half-convinced myself that she expressly forbade the publication of one.
This...may have to happen now. Way better than "Harvey."
The cat on my lap begs to differ. But since he never got into Harry Potter much he doesn't really know what he's on about.
Greek Yogurt:
Go, Tep! New car! Gizmos and gadges! Whee!
So much craziness in the debate last night.
Trump wants to kill the families of terrorists? Cruz wants to carpet-bomb ISIS who he apparently thinks is camped outside of cities away from civilians? Ben Carson compared removing a tumor to killing civilians? Christie seems eager to shoot down Russian jets and Kasich wants to punch Russia in the nose?
How are we supposed to take them seriously?
And all this BS that nothing is being done to combat ISIS when Tikrit has been recaptured. Kobane has been recaptured after U.S. airstrikes basically flattened it. Iraqi forces are making process in Ramadi which is going to be nasty block by block city fighting so yeah it's going to take awhile and the city can't be flattened since there are civilians living there.
Progress in Syria is going to be a lot harder because we have no proxy ground force in Syria, but it seems obvious that the administration is working on a political solution between Assad and the rebels. That probably means the administration is open to Assad remaining in power with some sort of concessions so that the Syrian military with allies will end up fighting ISIS. That solution kinda sucks, but would probably be better than having the U.S. occupy Syria for what would probably be a long time fueling anti-western sentiment all the time.
It's a salad bar of bad choices, but so far I'm not seeing anything better than what the administration is currently doing even it they were slow to react initially.
Although I always watch these things I opted for sleep over the debate and just saw the "highlights" today. It is just embarrassing. None of the loudmouths have anything constructive to offer as an alternative to what we are doing.
Thanks, Dana. I'd been looking for it too, and then half-convinced myself that she expressly forbade the publication of one.
Exactly.
