At least they thought to include him on the website slideshow.

Whoa.

I’ve been binging it myself, and am smack in the middle of the Winchester years, so hearing this news today stings a bit. Also, in my humble opinion:

I read he grew up in Eugene.

In fairness, we’ve lost so many of the main M*A*S*H cast it’s hard to keep track of who is still around. For the record, Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Gary Burghoff, Jamie Farr and Mike Farrell are all still with us.

The servers serve you, but the cooks feed you, the dishwashers make sure you have clean dishes to eat from (and that the stuff your food is cooked in is clean as well) and the bussing staff make sure you have clean tables to eat on. They may not hand you stuff directly, but they ALL contribute to your dining…

Good, this idea was a trainwreck from the get-go. Heathers needs to stay in the pre-Columbine 80's where it belongs.

Take your kids to concerts, too (if they are accessible). When the Tragically Hip did their last tour before Gord Downie died, it was not only incredibly important that I go, but it was really important to me that my kids went as well. They were only so-so into the band (Oh, yeah, its’ “that band that mom likes”) but…

I’ve done this on road trips with my kids.. each of us brings 3-4 CDs, and we take turns picking each CD. And once one is picked, we have to listen to the whole thing (with the occasional break if traffic is crazy enough that I need extra concentration for driving).

I don’t know if my method is a good one, but I’ve basically said that I am okay with my kids having an occasional drink at home (although that never happens because we rarely keep alcohol in the house), but they’re not to drink outside the house... not because !DRINKING IS WRONG!, but for the simple reason that if…

See also “It’s okay to do things you like even if you’re not good at them; even if you’re never very good at them.”

Also, if you have advice to give, ask “Can I give you some advice?” or better “Would you like some advice?” and remember that advice is just advice... they are not obligated to take it. But yeah, reacting to their feelings about the situation instead of jumping into trying to solve it right away is a good idea.

Right? It’s like those FB memes that ask “Would you hit your best friend with your car for a million dollars?”

I’m going to look into that.. I know there’s gotta be a genetic risk factor in my family (I’ve had multiple blood clots, my mom had a mild stroke at 24 while on the Pill, and my grandmother had blood clots during her first pregnancy) but I didn’t know there was a name for it.

I can’t speak for Greg’s Big Leg, but in my own case, the anti-coagulants that broke down the blood clot in my leg also destroyed the valves in the main artery (or vein? I should probably know this) that keeps the blood from pooling in your calf and ankle by keeping the blood evenly distributed.

My respect to your husband from one big-legged clot survivor to another.

Went thrift-store shopping this weekend and picked up a few CDs:

Urg.. go back to making clones, Dr. Leekie.

My friends are fine. This was a mixed group of 1 friend and a bunch of people I barely knew.

I did this once and got screwed on two rounds of Frangelico (for a group of about 10) and two bottles of wine that no one paid me back for. (Note: I had two shots of frangelico, and NONE of the wine)