So, yeah, it's been a Very Long Time since I posted. Much has changed, much is the same ( Read more... )

I'm meeting several friends for dinner in the Lowell / Chelmsford area next week; since the location was chosen based on proximity to one of their workplaces and centrality, none of us actually knows the area especially well ( Read more... )

I've resisted this before, but now I have to do it. Must be jennkitty's mesmerising effect...

According to The Big Read, the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books on their list.

The instructions:

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE ( Read more... )

Okay, I know I haven't posted much, but I just had to share today's news.

The first part is actually last week's, but it got celebrated today: I got my 4th 5-lb star and my 10% award at Weight Watchers. Stephe got his a couple of weeks earlier (his 10% -- he's lost almost 40 so far ( Read more... )

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Stephe and I are going to be in Connecticut in July for his sister's wedding. We're going out a week early so we can visit friends, staying in Meriden from July 9th - 15th. Anyone interested in meeting up, please let me know ( Read more... )

ankareeda_rm always takes one class at PSU every term so that she can keep her library privileges. When the Math classes got to be too much of an energy drain, she started taking 1-credit courses in Women's Studies. These are offered over a weekend, with one session Friday night and another Saturday. I go with her to take notes and otherwise support her ( ( Read more... )

After posting this yesterday, I received an email from my Mom with the following information:

irene is the widow of my first cousin david, oldest son of grandma molly's oldest brother feiwish, who died in concentration camp. She says she "must have" told me David's story -- he was taken prisoner early in the war as a British soldier, and spent the ( Read more... )

My brother sent me the following. The first part is an email from an Israeli relative of ours; the second is his response ( Read more... )

As most of you know, my friend Stephe (pronounced Steve) moved out here last November. He knew that my love for him was far less intense than his for me, and was okay with it. He also knew that Rachael was my primary ( Read more... )