12/4/09 -- Article Link Inside
Relief
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When my dad was still working for the Administration of Veteran's Affairs, he met a WWI vet -- and a genuine basket case at that. No arms, no legs...had been exposed to mustard gas...the man was a living wreck. But, according to Dad, he still had a mind like a steel trap. He could -- and would -- speak his mind at much length, and be a real handful for the nurses tending him. But, as he once told Dad, "It's what I can still do, so I do it." I am certain this gentleman has passed on.
Take a moment a go through the photo gallery the article provides. It is a lesson in and of itself.
But, to lighten things up a bit, check out this!
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Chapter twenty got a face-lift! Extra special thanks to Dest for letting me use the image shown! I had a chance to ask for her permission this afternoon as we chatted. God, she's fantastic this way!
Plus, the quest for buying/making Christmas gifts continues. I had a friend double-check one of the pictures I did to make sure it looked okay, and once that got the all-clear from her, I have set it off to the side and will start something else. Plus, I figured out how to do garlands in paint, so expect a bit more color than last year!
So, this is how it all stands...
-- Rough draft: FINISHED. 
-- FINISHED. 
-- Rough draft: FINISHED. 
-- On deck. 
-- On deck. 
-- Haha...what...? 
-- Rough draft: FINISHED. 
Of course, these are all the NON-BAKING gifts I'm doing -- and a brief note on the last icon, no, it's NOT for the club itself, but for whom the club is made in honor of...if that makes any sense...
Anyway...one final thing to leave you all with...my mother is either the most awesome person I know...or the most reckless and/or freakish. While out running errands, we braved the toy section of one of the stores we were in. Mom was pulling the cart to back up when she suddenly hears this giggle from the shelf behind her. She turned, and a bunch of motion-sensor babydolls started laughing and playing peek-a-boo at her. A wave of her hand, and she set off the WHOLE FRIGGING RACK.
Of course, she thought it was the funniest thing in ths world. I thought it was the most terrifying. Bad enough so many kids are afraid of their dolls coming to life for the express purpose of murdering them in their sleep...now THESE things...!? God, where does it END...?
Oh, and later, while driving through the parking lot on our way home, Mom decided to plow through a flock of seagulls that had been minding its own business because, and I quote, "They looked too smug."
WHAT THE FUCK...!!?
Sometimes...it's just safer not to try to figure it out...
Anyway, that is how I shall leave you all tonight -- hope it made you giggle a bit.
Until next!
…From the creators that brought you Nocturne Eternus and FFVII: To Bless the Tainted Child…
…Comes the epic romance that proves…
…Love transcends all things…
…Including the Fourth Wall…
…
and 
present…The Mael-X-Cossette Collaboration ProjectChapter One
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Chapter Two
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Chapter Three
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Chapter Four
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Chapter Five
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Chapter Six
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Chapter Seven
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Chapter Eight
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Chapter Nine
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Chapter Ten
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Chapter Eleven
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Chapter Twelve
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Chapter Thirteen
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Chapter Fourteen
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Chapter Fifteen
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Chapter Sixteen
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Chapter Seventeen
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Chapter Eighteen
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Chapter Nineteen
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Chapter Twenty[link]
Frustrated
Glad
Content
Lazy
