I’ve spent a lot of time with family and travelling in the last 10 days (Christmas with my parents and sibs in Chicago, then 3 days with the extended clan in Pittsburgh where my grandmother is in hospice, so that was a mixture of sadness and joy at seeing lots of folks I haven’t seen in a long time), but I did got to spend time with my sister and ( Read more... )

Anyone who knows me IRL knows I live in the area affected by the Butte County fires. At the moment my home is safe and my town is not currently under evacuation, but just so I could sleep through the night without worrying I would have to flee I am temporarily staying with friends in San Francisco. Just wanted to let people know.

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Thanks so much, roxymissrose, for the lovely card!

I was napping, and just woke up from an incredibly vivid dream in which I was going to see a special extended edition of Captain America: Winter Soldier with a group of friends, only it turned out to be some sort of virtual reality/audience participation version, and in one of the climactic action scenes I was Captain Marvel battling some giant ( Read more... )

I had to have emergency oral surgery yesterday, to remove a tooth with a huge abscess (root canal failure). The procedure itself went fine (nitrous oxide is really something--I've never had it before, and now I kind of want it for all my hard dental procedures), and so far I haven't had too much pain, so that's something. However, I am taking the ( Read more... )

I haven't seen any posts about this and I think people who knew her would want to know. Last month
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I have an aunt who's having surgery for ovarian cancer tomorrow; I'd appreciate any prayers or positive energy you can send her way.

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Dear folksy guy at the farmer's market: When I ask you for specific sodium content for a jarred product that I know very well you just redistribute for a larger agriculture company, not make yourself, a helpful answer is NOT "just take more blood pressure medicine, you'll be fine ( Read more... )