This is a remembrance of a friend that died twenty years ago today, on the Feast of St. Rose of Lima ( Read more... )

Just heard from Allen Shock on FB that Rainy passed away earlier today at his mother's home in Tucson. More details if and when we get them.

Please raise a glass to Sir James Milne Wilson, the 8th Premier of Tasmania, who died on his 17th birthday, in the 1800s. This article says he was quite a guy.


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A fundraiser has been established to pay for Kennet's medical care in these final weeks not covered by insurance and Medicaid.

netdancer's family will be making the final decision on Thursday of this week. The doctors say there is essentially no chance he will come back from his current condition.

Originally posted on the alt.callahans Facebook group:

Netdancer, AKA Kennet Rowan Gencks, is in the hospital, and is not expected to pull through. He's been in a coma for about a week, and is having kidney failure and other big problems. His partner, Richard, reports that the doctors say that the only thing keeping Kennet alive at this point are ( Read more... )

Because of recent events I've posted in my journal, Chris & I will be able to start having RealSpaces again once the dust settles. We can also function as kind of a DIY B&B now that we have a guest room and we've put the ghost to rest. We're close to Golden Gate Park and the Presidio.

Someday, I will write this up.

More about the Duke grad and the Billionaire Dropout.

I know some people are interested in this.

"Good morning on this moist Friday. If blood and guts is not your morning cup of tea, perhaps you’d best move on."

(It is also Einstein's birthday.)

So it is Pi Day again (that is, month and day form 3 14 when displayed in that order) and people are going to celebrate things mathematical this weekend. For that, I thought I'd mention a few reads that I've found to be pretty good.

http://tomtac.livejournal.com/15175.html