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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Feb 12, 2010 7:15:12 GMT -5
 I'm sorry to hear how difficult things are for Julia, Pixi, and especially Shan.  Sorry I haven't been around much; I'm at a conference all week...tomorrow I present a paper on Dr. Horrible and Dollhouse. Wish me luck. Even if it goes badly, it's nice to be among the geeky again.  Good luck! |
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Post by Sara on Feb 12, 2010 9:37:52 GMT -5
  Teide Sky Trails
Credit & Copyright: Daniel LópezExplanation:[/b] The snow capped Teide volcano is reflected in a pool of water in this nearly symmetric night sky view from the Canary Island Tenerife. Bright north star Polaris stands above the peak in an exposure that also captures the brilliant trail of a polar orbiting Iridium satellite. Of course, with the camera fixed to a tripod, the stars themselves produce concentric trails in long exposures, a reflection of the Earth's rotation around its axis. Large astronomical observatories also take advantage of the calm Canary Island sky. |
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Feb 12, 2010 9:59:05 GMT -5
Meh. Elder Daughter has no classes, is sleeping in. Husband has doctor's appointment, going to work after, ditto. One cat is out, one cat is in, they are swatting at each other through the glass patio door.  Elder Daughter is off through Tuesday. Everybody is off on Monday. Except the one with the 24/7/365 job, who will be up before 5:30 to feed cats, every morning, as per usual... Me, I have to do laundry, drive Elder Daughter to dentist, large grocery run on the way home, really would rather work on crafty stuff, or just go back to bed with my nasty sinus headache.    Bored now.  Somebody amuse me. |
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Post by Michelle on Feb 12, 2010 10:52:35 GMT -5
I'm sorry to hear how difficult things are for Julia, Pixi, and especially Shan. Sorry I haven't been around much; I'm at a conference all week...tomorrow I present a paper on Dr. Horrible and Dollhouse. Wish me luck. Even if it goes badly, it's nice to be among the geeky again. I'm confident it will go great! Go geekery! |
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Post by Michelle on Feb 12, 2010 10:53:53 GMT -5
 I love the leafy belt! Uh, as long as it's NOT poison ivy.  |
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Post by Karen on Feb 12, 2010 11:47:42 GMT -5
The sun is shining and it's lightly snowing. How does that happen?  Cool, tho. TGIF!  We get to leave work a couple of hours early today because of the long holiday weekend. 
New Caprica tonight! Yay! Ok - no new episode until next week. Olympics start tonight. Yay! Nick will be home later this evening!  S'cubies  |
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Post by Shan on Feb 12, 2010 11:48:29 GMT -5
I'm sorry to hear how difficult things are for Julia, Pixi, and especially Shan. Sorry I haven't been around much; I'm at a conference all week...tomorrow I present a paper on Dr. Horrible and Dollhouse. Wish me luck. Even if it goes badly, it's nice to be among the geeky again. Good luck, Erin! Geek away! |
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Post by Michelle on Feb 12, 2010 12:01:29 GMT -5
The sun is shining and it's lightly snowing. How does that happen? Cool, tho. TGIF! We get to leave work a couple of hours early today because of the long holiday weekend.
New Caprica tonight! Yay! Ok - no new episode until next week. Olympics start tonight. Yay! Nick will be home later this evening! S'cubies Have a good weekend with your sweetie, Karen! |
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Post by Karen on Feb 12, 2010 12:14:14 GMT -5
The sun is shining and it's lightly snowing. How does that happen? Cool, tho. TGIF! We get to leave work a couple of hours early today because of the long holiday weekend.
New Caprica tonight! Yay! Ok - no new episode until next week. Olympics start tonight. Yay! Nick will be home later this evening! S'cubies Have a good weekend with your sweetie, Karen! Thanks, Michelle!  We have no big plans. Maybe dinner at the golf club tomorrow night and probably watch a movie at home. His birthday (the big 50) is on Sunday but he's got to work most of the weekend and fly back to NYC on Monday morning. So no big party planned and that's a bummer, because we were going to do something special. I've seen him a total of 6 days or so in the past 3 weeks. |
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Post by Shan on Feb 12, 2010 12:24:22 GMT -5
My siser got the win yesterday. Driving home last night, late, after having decided not to spend the night in Dad's room, Mom said. "Well, I was going to take us out to a nice dinner tonight but everybody's kinda wiped out and ragged." My sister and I concurred that we just wanted to go back to the house. Mom says, "Okay, well. Next time."
Me: "Next time? I'm not doing THIS again!"
Sister: "Yeah, okay, Mom. You can take us out for a nice dinner NEXT time dad dies."
Between bouts of laughing, Mom said: "That's sick and dark. Your dad would love it."
Back to see him again this morning. I've just been wishing for mercy for him. And more morphine. We've let him go and now we're trying to help him let US go by reassuring him that we'll be all right.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Feb 12, 2010 12:36:47 GMT -5
Meh. Elder Daughter has no classes, is sleeping in. Husband has doctor's appointment, going to work after, ditto. One cat is out, one cat is in, they are swatting at each other through the glass patio door. Elder Daughter is off through Tuesday. Everybody is off on Monday. Except the one with the 24/7/365 job, who will be up before 5:30 to feed cats, every morning, as per usual... Me, I have to do laundry, drive Elder Daughter to dentist, large grocery run on the way home, really would rather work on crafty stuff, or just go back to bed with my nasty sinus headache. Bored now. Somebody amuse me. It cheers me no end that Mr. Space is up and wandering around in his standard bumbling nature. And it is not, at this very minute, raining buckets, which after last night is a relief. I wonder if the official Olympic Uniforms for these games included umbrellas? There's a storm curled like a fist pointed right at Vancouver, with the snow level stuck at 3500 feet (sort of the year-round default level). Julia, unununawake, but that's OK, that's my year-round default, also |
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Post by Karen on Feb 12, 2010 13:02:15 GMT -5
My siser got the win yesterday. Driving home last night, late, after having decided not to spend the night in Dad's room, Mom said. "Well, I was going to take us out to a nice dinner tonight but everybody's kinda wiped out and ragged." My sister and I concurred that we just wanted to go back to the house. Mom says, "Okay, well. Next time." Me: "Next time? I'm not doing THIS again!" Sister: "Yeah, okay, Mom. You can take us out for a nice dinner NEXT time dad dies." Between bouts of laughing, Mom said: "That's sick and dark. Your dad would love it." Back to see him again this morning. I've just been wishing for mercy for him. And more morphine. We've let him go and now we're trying to help him let US go by reassuring him that we'll be all right. I know this is hard for you. Laughter sometimes is the best medicine to get through it all. Glad you have that with your family. |
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Post by rich on Feb 12, 2010 13:09:38 GMT -5
My siser got the win yesterday. Driving home last night, late, after having decided not to spend the night in Dad's room, Mom said. "Well, I was going to take us out to a nice dinner tonight but everybody's kinda wiped out and ragged." My sister and I concurred that we just wanted to go back to the house. Mom says, "Okay, well. Next time." Me: "Next time? I'm not doing THIS again!" Sister: "Yeah, okay, Mom. You can take us out for a nice dinner NEXT time dad dies." Between bouts of laughing, Mom said: "That's sick and dark. Your dad would love it." Back to see him again this morning. I've just been wishing for mercy for him. And more morphine. We've let him go and now we're trying to help him let US go by reassuring him that we'll be all right. I know this is hard for you. Laughter sometimes is the best medicine to get through it all. Glad you have that with your family.  |
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Feb 12, 2010 13:36:47 GMT -5
My siser got the win yesterday. Driving home last night, late, after having decided not to spend the night in Dad's room, Mom said. "Well, I was going to take us out to a nice dinner tonight but everybody's kinda wiped out and ragged." My sister and I concurred that we just wanted to go back to the house. Mom says, "Okay, well. Next time." Me: "Next time? I'm not doing THIS again!" Sister: "Yeah, okay, Mom. You can take us out for a nice dinner NEXT time dad dies." Between bouts of laughing, Mom said: "That's sick and dark. Your dad would love it." Back to see him again this morning. I've just been wishing for mercy for him. And more morphine. We've let him go and now we're trying to help him let US go by reassuring him that we'll be all right. Julia, nothing useful to say, except keep your head above water |
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Feb 12, 2010 13:38:21 GMT -5
My siser got the win yesterday. Driving home last night, late, after having decided not to spend the night in Dad's room, Mom said. "Well, I was going to take us out to a nice dinner tonight but everybody's kinda wiped out and ragged." My sister and I concurred that we just wanted to go back to the house. Mom says, "Okay, well. Next time." Me: "Next time? I'm not doing THIS again!" Sister: "Yeah, okay, Mom. You can take us out for a nice dinner NEXT time dad dies." Between bouts of laughing, Mom said: "That's sick and dark. Your dad would love it." Back to see him again this morning. I've just been wishing for mercy for him. And more morphine. We've let him go and now we're trying to help him let US go by reassuring him that we'll be all right. *Sends hugs and good thoughts* |
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Somebody amuse me. 
Cool, tho.
