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Three Angels

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July 30 is a day of some historical happenings here at Casa tbbs; some happy, some sad, and some just cute.

Firstly, SWMBO celebrates a birthday of some numerical significance, in that the least significant digit in her age is zero. I’ll leave as an exercise what the most significant digit is; I will, by way of providing a clue, mention that Harry Truman was president when the most significant digit was zero. If she reads this and neither kills me nor lapses into permanently giving me the stink eye, I’ll be amazed. I love her, and any rough spots we’ve had along the way are more than amply offset by all the laughs and good times we’ve shared.

Secondly, my mother passed away on this date in 1999. She lost her battle with cancer, and died peacefully at home; I was there, and by happenstance, a carload of her sisters and brothers showed up about 9:30 on the day she died. They were with her as well. Mom was a brave little lady, she wanted to die at home, and wanted to take no extraordinary measures to prolong her life. I couldn’t ask for a better plan than that. SWMBO and I had been there for almost a month before mom was called home.

Lastly, and by no means least, Happy Birthday wishes to Miss Emily Slusher, the firstborn of James of Chair and Automan fame. She’s four today, and still cute as a bug’s ear. According to James, her quote of the day was:

I’m not a child anymore.

One word of advice, from an old man: Stay a child as long as they’ll let ya’. At least, try not to lose that childlike sense of wonder.

-k-

A Song from the Acidman

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I’d volunteered some excess tbbs bandwidth to host some of the late Acidman’s songs. There were plenty of volunteers, and my offer of bandwidth still stands for whatever tributes his family, friends, and loyal minions see fit to organize.

In the interim, I’ll try my first embedded audio in a post, and leave you with some pickin’ and singin’ from Rob Smith, the Acidman his own self; this one is entitled My Door is Always Open:

-k-

H/T: James, at The Chair and Automan, from whom I stole the “embed” stuff he used in his first embedded video post at his place.

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Tsunami+

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One year ago, the most devastating disaster, natural or otherwise, hit our planet. At least in my lifetime.

I wasn’t blogging at the time, unless you count commenting on other folks’ blogs. So, from a year ago, this. The couple I mentioned on Dave’s weblog not only survived, but they’re the proud parents of a beautiful little baby girl, born November 19, if memory serves. I’d post a picture of little Abigail, but I’ve not asked Jackie and John for permission.

Trust me, though, she’s a real cutie.

-k-