-taps mic-

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?Chorus:

For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely I’ll be your pint-stowp!
and surely ye’ll be mine!
And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.( ( Read more... )

First, re: Kym...wow, news of her death is hitting me harder than I think it should. (I poked around online, found a few photos from high school, and the memories hit me like a ton of bricks.) I mean, on one hand, I haven't spoken to her in over twenty years. On the other, she was one of my closest friends during some particularly formative ( Read more... )

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So, over there was Robert and Kym...
In other news: few things are as sobering as feeling nostalgic, looking up an old friend on Google...

...and finding an obituary.   :-(

(Kym, cancer, 2007. Don't really feel like saying anything more right now.)

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Busy weekend. Spent most of Saturday shopping (grocery, higher-end grocery, Costco (on a Saturday! Horrors!), etc.) and cleaning, then spent most of Sunday doing yardwork and test-driving new cars. Spent most of that time at the local Honda dealership: vetoed the Civic as too small, and we both disliked the CR/V, but the Accord felt just right ( Read more... )

Busy day.

is home sick, so I ran his homework down to campus and slid it under his professors' doors before I went to work, then picked up some food and ran it home for him for lunch.

Meanwhile, is yet to really get up. At least it's the thought that counts, right?

Meanwhile, went to work, then to PT, and is now driving home through rush- ( Read more... )

Ooh, today's topic is rather serendipitous.

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Okay, let me make up for the weekend's silence with a two-for-one Monday.

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