That “b” always throws me.

Looks like Sue died of Bile Duct Cancer which is "rare and aggressive."

That is what my aunt’s husband had and it is a mother fucker of a cancer and not nearly as rare as it used to be.

This part of getting old really fucking blows.

Amen to that. And also fuck cancer.

Rather than going to the big downtown protest today, I went to a smaller one up at Lake Forest Park Town Center, which has the benefit of having plentiful parking nearby and being a stand-and-wave-signs protest rather than a march. This combines to make it easy to leave whenever you want or need to, which is nice when one, say, has a dodgy back. It's the third protest I've been to at the location, and it's a visibly larger crowd every time.

I was chatting with two women standing near me, and one of them kinda squinted at me and said, "You look really familiar. Is your name Susan by any chance?" She looked familiar to me too, so I started listing off possible places/interests we might've met. When I said writing, she said, "That's it!" We figured out that we'd both been members of two different local RWA chapters 10-15 years ago, and she'd attended the Emerald City Writers Conference when I was on the planning committee and had a visible role.

I'm just amazed that anyone could remember the name of someone they didn't know super well and hadn't seen in over a decade. (Her name was Erin, but I never would've remembered it on my own.) And also a bit heartened that I'm still recognizable given that I was a lot younger and a good bit slimmer then!

I did not go, but S Florida did well with attendance. A couple thousand in Boca and another couple thousand at a couple of Ft. Lauderdale locations. I haven't seen all the numbers. My sister went to the Old Forge tiny event where it was 25F. She said she used her seat warmers on the way home and alternated sitting on one hand then the other while driving. She is 77 years old and you can't keep her down. eta: I searched FB and found a picture of her in the snow with her sign. About 60-70 people in the tiny town. Red district.

It is good that it was hot and breezy yesterday, because today it is rainy and very windy.

Hi all. I haven't been here for a while but I was a good friend of SueO's when I lived in Halifax. I'm sorry you weren't updated on her passing earlier. Sue and I met at work and bonded over Buffy, both posting on the old Table Talk threads, while sitting next to each other at the office. Another former poster here Ouise was also part of our local Buffy group and she sadly died about ten years ago.

I moved away from Halifax in 2013 and now lament not keeping in closer touch with her over the years. Reach out to your old friends if you can because you never know when they might be gone. :(

I'm sorry to hear about Sue. It definitely sucks getting older and having to hear more and more people who have passed..

I was working so wasn't able to go to the No Kings protest here but I seen pictures and it was well attended.

My team lead heavily implied that one of the ops managers might be let go at some point "they put him on overnight for a reason" and I'm trying not to feel like a horrible person for hoping he does leave. I hope he finds another job and quits but he is a huge drain on the store. I was complaining about why they put a manager on overnight if nothing has improved when my team lead let that slip. It might just be a rumor but nothing has improved. I've been relieved that the ops manager had been overnight because I don't get asked to finish things for him and then see him walk off and disappear or have him tell me he'll take care of something and then it's not leaving me scrambling to get things done.

I've had a low opinion of him ever since right after I started I complained about overnight and their mistakes and his response was "it's how they are what can you do ?". I had to bite my tongue not to tell him "you are a manager it's part of your job to make sure they are "

And in happier news. I will (fingers crossed) being picking up E at the airport very late tomorrow night. So any Easy Travel ~ma would be appreciated.

{{Megan}} Yes, my list of deceased friends is becoming far too long. My mom lamented in her 90s over having many more deceased friends than living ones. Social media is definitely an aid for staying in touch, but you don't necessarily notice or think anything is amiss when a friend hasn't posted recently.

Hey Megan, good to see your pixels.

It's a bright blue Sunday morning in SF.