I got a shock last night. I found out two of my former co-workers, Willie Mae Greene and Antonio Holloway, died months ago ( Read more... )

Ahavia's niece and daughter posted that Ahavia died last night. She had been in poor health but we thought she was doing better. She was a wonderful friend to many from the Oz fandom and will be missed. RIP Ahavia.

I was shocked when I heard. Levi and I were at lunch. I'd told him about Chyna dying, and when he Googled that, the story about Prince showed up. I thought he was kidding at first.

This one, like David Bowie, hit me sort of hard. I love 80s music, and Prince was such a huge part of that. I can't think of a song of his I DON'T like.

Today's good thing: the day started off pretty well. J and I ran some errands, picked up some late lunch. I did laundry of course. Then Legends of Tomorrow broke my heart. Then I found out Joey Feek died. I knew it was coming, but it's still devastating.

Today's good thing: first, I had a short day at work, and had Levi to help me. Then we went for J's appointment with the sleep apnea doctor. They were very nice, and much more punctual than his heart doctor. They're going to schedule a sleep study for J, but warned us it would take a while, as they have to fight with our insurance company first ( Read more... )

RIP Leonard Nimoy. This has affected me a lot more than I expected it would.

RIP Tom Magliozzi. I enjoyed him a lot on Car Talk.

RIP Elizabeth Pena. She was wonderful in Lone Star, one of my all time favorite movies.

RIP Jimi Jamison. He was the lead singer of Survivor for my favorite album of theirs, Vital Signs.

RIP Richard Attenborough. He was 90.