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28615. arkymalarky - 5/22/2015 7:42:00 PM Oh yes, we get it, but it's a splurge for her. She has planned for this food fest for weeks, and she'll be back to her standard fare when she gets home. She's walking everywhere, so that's something of an offset. 28616. judithathome - 5/22/2015 9:23:56 PM Calories don't count when you're on vacation! 28617. arkymalarky - 5/22/2015 10:53:40 PM That's her philosophy! 28618. Ms. No - 5/23/2015 6:21:37 PM Yeah, just don't pack them in your suitcase on your return trip! 28620. arkymalarky - 5/23/2015 8:43:15 PM They'll be in her carry-on. :| 28621. phillipdavid - 5/24/2015 4:35:54 AM It's been more years than I can remember since I have been here, and I was thrilled to see a poems from Nuplanetone as I scrolled around, filled with fondness as I saw handles I remember well, and struck sad reading of Irving's death.
He welcomed me to the Fray, answering an obscure question about baseball within 5 seconds -- the speed, clarity, detail, knowledge was just astounding to me! That whole Fray experience was profoundly meaningful for me at that time in my life, and in the strange way of life, that experience in The Fray allowed me to open doors and create possibilities that would not have been possible without that experience.
Irv was incredibly friendly, gracious and generous in person, as well as online. As were nearly everyone I interacted with there and here back in late 90's.
I watched The Bucket List on tv last night and heard a line about the two questions the Egyptian gods asked one once he was dead: did you find joy in life? And did you bring joy to the lives of others? Irving did. He will be welcomed in any afterlife he may find himself in.
I say thank you and God bless you to you now, Irving, as I have no other venue in which to do so. 28622. arkymalarky - 5/24/2015 4:57:18 AM so glad you found us again, PD! are you still teaching? I'm in my 34th year, and will start my 35th next year. Don't know how long I'll go after that, but it's been a great ride.
back in the day, we found some people amazing, and some people just annoying. Time lends perspective, and with that, Irv was an amazingly, solidly, intelligent and balanced person. it's funny how the things that were so central to our online lives are so trivial now, but Irv stands out as the core of what is best about the fray and mote and the memories I most enjoy. 28623. judithathome - 5/24/2015 9:32:19 PM Last two posts are the main reason I come here....thanks to both of you...and to memories of Irv...for the boost I needed today. 28624. vonKreedon - 5/25/2015 6:47:25 PM Hey PD. Very nice remembrance of Irv. Irv was the only member of the Fray/Mote that I've actually met. 28625. judithathome - 5/27/2015 11:20:21 PM Arky, heard today about one of the victims in the Houston floods...a homecoming queen on her way home who drowned in the floods...it reminded me of the girl who went to high school with Mose. 28626. arkymalarky - 5/28/2015 12:03:01 AM That was sad. AR had a flash flood in 2010 that killed a number of people--around 30--and Stan was a friend of one who lost his wife. She was trying to save someone and the force of the water pulled her in. That family and their friends with small children in Texas is really sad. 28627. judithathome - 6/1/2015 9:10:14 PM I think the grandfather was with them, too...so sad.
Saw my surgeon today and she gave me a script for the trip...to calm me down while "on the road"...Keoni was taking me to the WRONG doc and had to turn around and freaked me out while making the turn...he said "Have you taken one of those pills she gives you TODAY?" and of course, I hadn't...heh.
Anyhow, when I told her a couple of years ago that when we come your way, I drank wine in the car all the way...she started giving me scripts for Ativan...said it was better than having an open container in the car! 28628. arkymalarky - 6/2/2015 2:13:25 AM yeah, it would certainly be less expensive if you got stopped. 28629. arkymalarky - 6/7/2015 6:02:05 AM Wondewing about Wabbit? Did you get to see the race? 28630. arkymalarky - 6/7/2015 8:13:05 PM 15th gathering, fantastic as usual, can't wait till next year! 28631. judithathome - 6/9/2015 12:00:04 AM Ditto...fantastic food, fantastic conversation...all in all, "the usual" fantabulous weekend with good friends and exceptional hospitality! 28632. wabbit - 6/11/2015 11:33:55 PM Wish I could have been there, but good to hear it was the usual wonderful weekend! 28633. arkymalarky - 6/11/2015 11:49:26 PM You and No were asked about by several people. 28634. arkymalarky - 6/11/2015 11:55:12 PM how are things with your parents? 28635. wabbit - 6/12/2015 10:15:15 PM Mom is holding her own, we've had a few hospital stays (I stay with her when she goes in), but the last one scared her into paying attention to taking her meds. Dad is ok also, not much company for her, all he wants to do is be waited on while he does crossword puzzles and listens to big band music way too loud. Alas.
Worst is that the siblings have yet to remove the two adult grandchildren. My 25 year old niece and 32 year old nephew are still living off their grandparents, doing nothing to help out around the house and paying none of the bills. Neither they nor their parents seem to care that the grandparents have a limited income. I'm done trying to fix things, the two precious ones (my siblings) have gotten away with this kind of thing all their lives and nothing will change unless my parents say something to them (instead of to me). In fairness, the niece does buy groceries every two weeks or so, and cooks a meal about as often. The nephew is a complete waste of oxygen. I'd like to bitch-slap the lot of them.
However, I remind myself that I am the selfish asshole of the family and get back into my place, from where I serve and bite my tongue.
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