Comments | bmlg: good Christmas presents

bmlg

good Christmas presents

Dec 29, 2011 18:55

Because I am nothing if not predictable:

Room 50 VPX
A special gift has been given in your name.
The gift of sight is the gift of light - and life.
To my tribe and the best workshop ever,
-Barbara

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A small gift can have a huge impact.
The gift given in your name will give sight to a man or boy blinded by cataracts. Restored sight means a father or ( Read more... )

under the tree, ripping very carefully, two minds with but

Comments 12

athenais December 30 2011, 03:01:50 UTC

Thank you for the gift! And what a wonderful, wonderful gift you got in early December. Happy 2012!

bmlg January 1 2012, 04:02:53 UTC

You're welcome! And yeah, that early present really can't be beat :)
May your 2012 be happy, prosperous, busy but not overwhelming.

eljaydaly December 30 2011, 10:01:25 UTC

Thank you from Room 50! This is awesome, B. I'm so glad about Mark, and all the rest.

May your dearest wish come true in 2012!

bmlg January 1 2012, 04:05:13 UTC

You're welcome! And I think I may have already cashed in my dearest wish, so I'll hope to see us all published or equivalent in 2012, as my next-dearest wish.

hirez December 30 2011, 10:25:05 UTC

Good call. I raise several toasts in your various directions.

bmlg January 1 2012, 04:06:34 UTC

And toasts to you, mighty coder - shall we toss the emptied glasses into the roaring fire, to do the thing right?

hirez January 1 2012, 17:32:59 UTC

I have to admit that were I at some posh do and our hosts had dusted off the best glasses, I would be somewhat wary of lobbing them in the fireplace. One might not be invited back.

However, I am probably being terribly British about the whole thing.

bmlg January 3 2012, 05:09:41 UTC

It's probably more a German hunting-lodge sort of thing to do - those over-dramatic Continentals, you know.

bogwitch64 December 30 2011, 15:02:42 UTC

Thank you, Barbara!!! Operation Eyesight is a great charity. I've been doing it ever since you sent your first gift all those years ago. A gift that gives and gives!

Such wonderful news about Mark. Best present under the tree.

bmlg January 1 2012, 04:08:16 UTC

It's really cool to think of making a concrete difference to someone, isn't it?
And yeah, I don't think there could be a better present than that sheet of paper saying Negative.

prusik December 30 2011, 16:55:19 UTC

I'm glad to hear about Mark's biopsy. That must be such a relief.

Have fun with the Kobo. (Good that you're all set up with calibre and dropbox. That seems to be the way to go.)

bmlg January 1 2012, 04:12:43 UTC

Oh yes - we're just waiting on him being able to start running and exercising again, but it's much easier to wait on that with good news secured.
Chris and I had some fun finding work-arounds for the Kobo, since my Mac laptop is too old to recognise it or to deal with calibre, so we were trotting a usb from the Mac to the EEE and back. This may mean a new laptop at some point.