Prayers and sympathies for Finland tonight.  I suppose there's gonna be a big brouhaha about the police having already questioned the gunman, but the point is, people died ( Read more... )

Don S. Davis passed away on Sunday of a heart attack.

If you don't know the name, he was a character actor with roles in all kinds of stuff, but the one I know him from was Lieutenant General George Hammond in Stargate SG-1.  He was fantastic in the role, as a gruff and no-nonsense military man, but kindhearted, intelligent, and always willing to ( Read more... )

Madeleine L'Engle has died.Meaning we just lost an amazing and unique voice in the realm of literature.  Though I never agreed with her philosophy, I have always had a deep respect for the way she saw the world.  She's one of the few Christian writers (alongside Tolkien and Lewis) who firmly believed that fantasy and sci-fi were complements of her ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a memorial service for a member of our church who died two weeks ago of cancer.  ( It's funny what you miss. )

Downloaded the Eighth Doctor movie.  ::grins madly:: At some point, Amy had a copy on VHS, but it is long gone, and this will be better quality anyway.  FOX needs to get off its rear and release a DVD of it in the States.  I think they're the ones who had the rights... anyway.  With the show back on and doing well, you'd think they'd want to cash ( Read more... )

Y'know, you read all those articles in the paper 'bout tragedies and deaths, where they go in-depth to what must have happened, and do this whole thing about the family and friends, and how weird is it when it's about someone you know?  Fortunately, I think it's only happened twice to me, but its odd, seeing the media (even local media) discuss a ( Read more... )

Thanks to all the people who commented on the last post.  Yesterday my mom called me during school to tell me that Olympia's appointment was set for five o'clock -- meaning I wouldn't be able to go to the vet with them, but I would be able to say good-bye.

I left school as soon as I could and went to my parents' house.  Mom met me in the driveway ( Read more... )