But these years keep coming like waves, they wash over me day after day.

... going over his negatives the next few days. I have never felt comfortable trashing the recently dead. In the past few years I’ve seen it done with Steve Irwin, George Carlin, Anna Nicole Smith, Ronald Regan, Tim Russert, Michael Crighton, Heath Ledger, Bernie Mac and several people I actually knew. To me its preferable to wait at least a week before I start sniping at the deceased. It just ...

Weekend Writing Prompt #2

... posted before next Friday morning and must follow the Comm Rules , including the use of warning tags.  -- For this weekend's prompt, I take it from a 1954 SH television episode (starring Ronald Howard and Marion Crawford) that I watched recently, The Christmas Pudding .  A wonderfully loving review of the entire series, including a synopsis of the plot of the episode, can be found here ,...

You Can't Have Them Blacks and Whites Mixin' So Said Nixon

...of the special prosecutor looking into the Watergate affair, Archibald Cox, and prompted the resignations of Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus. The next day, Ronald Reagan, who was then governor of California and would later be president, told the White House that he approved. Reagan said the action, which would become known as the “Saturday ...

6/18

Farewell & RIP to Dusty Rhodes . Born on the 18th of June and not having shaken off This Mortal Coil™ yet: Ian Carmichael , Dudley R. Herschbach , Ronald Venetiaan , John D. Rockefeller IV , Vitali Zholobov , Roger Ebert , living legend Sir Paul McCartney , Thabo Mbeki , Sandy Posey , Lech Kaczyński , Jarosław Kaczyński , Mike Johanns , Isabella Rossellini , Carol Kane , Rick ...

Gone (Tag Speirs, Timed to this morning)

In 1917, things like the cell phone had hardly even begun to cross people's minds. Things like text messaging was even further from it. As such, Sarah used the device known as a 'sidekick' very rarely. It usually remained stationary on her dresser. As such, she had not been privy to the information about the children and had gone to bed in the Lieutenant's room with Anne in her arms blissfully ...

Harry/Ron100 Tired

... I have become has been for this moment, for you, for me, for us, Right here, right now. I love you Ronald Bilius Weasley and I take you as my husband" ~~ "Harry, I was so scared that first day and in our compartment when ... now kiss." ~~ Above the applauds and whistles Kingsley spoke again. "It is now my most sincere pleasure to introduce to you Harry James and Ronald Bilius Potter Weasley."

ANGST - Losing the Anchor

... comforting." He looked back up and smiled ruefully. ~~*~~ They had been told to think about their lives after St Mungo's and now met to exchange ideas and discuss plans. "And what about you, Ronald?" the Healer asked. Most of the group had already indicated that they'd be moving back in with their families and loved ones, or – and this concerned mainly the purebloods among them – were moving ...

[News] Lollipop @ HK attending a variety show

... Ao quan and told him to jiayou. Ah Wei was voted the chef in Lollipop because he could cook delicious instant noodles. -------- FYI : Beautiful cooking is a cooking variety programme show hosted by Ronald Cheng, Alex Fong and Edmund Leung in Hongkong. The show invites many different female guest to cook. Afterwhich the host and the judges would taste the dishes and give marks. Other guest also ...

Reality glitches from /x/

... the doctor a few days ago and he said I was acting a little weird, like I wasn't really there. *shiver* When I was little, let's say about 5 or 6, I was down in Indy's Ronald McDonald house for my brother's foot surgery. My family was in one of the playrooms messing around while we waited for our appointment at Riley hospital. I was off pouting in the toy closet since nobody would buy me one of...

...look up on wiki later) # 15:58 nothing like receiving a really big project, on spec, with moderate chance for getting paid on it, right before Memorial Day weekend. Yayy # 16:04 whoa, Senator Ronald "the Great" Burris sounds like a total sack-o, per @CarolBlymire twitter feed of the plane accident (via @suttonhoo ) # 16:11 If you haven't seen Kurosawa's Drunken Angel, you should....