Andy Whitfield dies of lymphoma.I knew he was ill, but kept hoping he would rally. By all accounts he was a really great guy, and I am sorry for his family's loss, and for his friends, of which he apparently had many ( Read more... )

I've got a friend in the hospital that I am terribly worried about (the fact that I won't talk more is out of respect for someone else's privacy, not my lack of concern; I'm really fucking worried) and our car just got totaled! We weren't in it at the time, thank goodness. It was parked, and some cowardly and likely drunk asshole creamed it and ( Read more... )

I have been wanting to cut down on the number of halp posts I put here because it is getting a little bit overwhelming for me to deal with, but OMG, please boost the signal on this one.


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Frank Frazetta is gone ( Read more... )

I had not read any of Lucille Clifton's work before now, and that is a terrible shame, because she was wonderful. It is a pity that she just recently died. She was apparently quite an extraordinary person. And I think that in this picture she looks sort of like my maternal grandmotherSome of her stuff is extraordinarily painful to read, some of ( Read more... )

Rape is a "pre-existing condition." Enjoy maybe getting AIDS.Sometimes I want to resign from the human race just for the pleasure of saying "I have nothing in common with you shitfuckers. I hope you die in agony. Alone. Except for those 3d6 priapic wild pigs ( Read more... )

In fairy tales, that's how long things take. A year and a day. It's a magical interval with the power to sever or reunite, to curse or to forgive. And the real world just doesn't work like that. Not even a little ( Read more... )

Dinner with the family was great. I love my family ( Read more... )

This Saturday, farrandy and bat_cheva said goodbye to their good friend Underfoot ( Read more... )

I am reposting this for shadowflyer, and also for talandra and jetshade.

Many of you are already well familiar with what's been going on with talandra and jetshade. If you're not, you can get up to speed hereThe summary: At the age of 42, Tia had at least four cerebellum/brain stem strokes in rapid succession. Until a few weeks ago she had made stunning, odds-defying progress, and was ( Read more... )