Archive for May, 2014
new stuff
Maybe this is about summer i-cumen in, but I seem to be in the mood to try new (or retry old) things. There are the aforementioned kayaks. In addition, I have started running, to see if it’s possibly something I could learn to like or at least tolerate – there have been so many times […]
a small rant and then good stuff
I haven’t really been able to keep up with LJ In recent months, so I just came across the news about Jay Lake going into hospice. I would hereby like to offer a heartfelt “Fuck off!” to that insatiablely raving maw, cancer, itself. I’m only less slightly enraged at the people (on my FB feed […]
finally writing up what happened last week
As some of you saw on FB, I spent last week on a sad trip to Philadelphia. My Dad hadn’t been doing well, so I was supposed to travel to see him from May 10-17, Saturday to Saturday. But my mom called the Wednesday before: his organs were starting to shut down and I needed […]
more Dad stuff – just venting
Bah. Am at the stage where there are dads popping up everywhere1. Good dads, bad dads, well dads, unwell dads. Last week my husband watched an episode of House in which there was a dying dad saying farewell to his wife and son through a glass wall (he was infectious). And my parents have been […]
never enough time
I’m afraid my boss may think I’m hopelessly fixated on vacation time. (This is true, actually; it’s just not what I want my boss to think.) Next Saturday, I am heading to Philadelphia for a final visit with my Dad. (I’m alternating between thinking I may be too late and thinking he’s got a while […]
a quick one
My pick for most midboggling paragraph I’ve seen on the Internet today (and possible all year): “Racist is just a term for how someone is, what they are. Except that it’s not cool. And so people think it’s OK to judge, because that person is something that is not cool.” WTF? (It was in a […]