my family is falling apart…

my brother has had the flu / chronic bronchitis on and off all year.
my uncle bill was moved into hospice.
my aunt lola (bill’s wife) was in the hospital for heart trouble, then took the flu.
my mother had some type of seizure or stroke (still waiting on the results of tests on that).
i’ve had the flu and am dealing with an abscessed tooth.
...and now my uncle fred is in the hospital with pneumonia. 

whichever god we pissed off?  WE’RE SORRY.  #stoppitalready. 

from easter.  L to R - uncle fred, aunt lola, cousin deborah (vivian’s daughter), aunt vivian, cousin margie (fred’s daughter).

neat facts:
lola and vivian are sisters that married two brothers - bill and bub.
my uncle bill once dated my aunt mary ann (who later married my uncle fred).
my uncle bill and aunt lola were high school sweethearts.  he went off to war.  she married someone else.  when he got back, he was heartbroken and wouldn’t date.  my aunt divorced the someone else.  shortly after, they informed the family they were getting married.  #truelove #over50yearsmarried
my uncle fred once set fire to the teepee his brothers were playing in because they wouldn’t let him join in. (no one was hurt.) #lovethisstory
my aunt lola makes flower pens and gives them out to every person she meets.  #sweetestladyever

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Tagged as: family,angeringthegods,enoughalready April 22, 2010 @ 09:54 am

what the…

checking referrer logs, i see that someone came to the site while googling “arin is gay right”. 

my first thought was that i’m pretty sure that my sexuality is no one’s business but my own. 

..although…

if i *was* gay, i’d be the gay left, tyvm.

...then it occurred to me that they might mean “gay” as in “lame”.  if that’s the case, then yes.  yes, i am.  i am PRIMO lame-o.  (i always say that if you’re going to be something, you might as well be the best at it!)

but, then i remembered…

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Tagged as: March 30, 2010 @ 05:15 pm

neat links…

passpack password manager - “A tool that protects your passwords everywhere you go. You can save all your pins and logins in one single place, and access them from home, the office or anywhere else!”

teux deux - “TeuxDeux is a simple, designy, browser-based to-do app”

lumosity - Brain Games to improve memory and attention

from netted by the webbys

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Tagged as: links,lists March 29, 2010 @ 08:45 am