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A dear friend of mine/ours died unexpectedly and suddenly yesterday morning. This is the second friend I've had die this year. (The first was a clergy friend who was a few years behind me in seminary and whose cancer came back.) This time, is was the guy who was our first DM in D&D, who (with...

Sue was an amazing person and a fabulous educator. She actually came out to BC in the mid-90's and one of her stops was my school. The kids in grade 4 & 5 got sessions for sure, and possibly younger, as did the parents of all the kids. And for that I am grateful. It got them used to the idea...

Ya, this tracks for Kelowna. I only worked there for 2 years, but ya. The interior of BC is beautiful, but has some seriously fucked up politics.

Update: we're home!!!!!!!!!!! Still under evacuation alert, but much farther away from the front lines. Keeping the essential documents packed and by the back door just in case, but I have more hope that we won't have to run again.

Not unrelated: we go home tomorrow.

I saw that comic this morning. Love it.

Update! So the friend's place we've been staying at is being sold. And we have to be out on Thursday. We knew they were listing it, but the sudden move out date was a surprise. Also, all roads to our house are now closed. We have a hotel booked starting Thursday night for a week. Hopefully it...

Only wild mass guessing at this point. Though human origin is highly likely.

Achievement unlocked: evacuated due to wildfire. Fuck.

Just sitting around, waiting for an evacuation order that I dearly hope doesn't come.

I could never deprive Pud of more squishies to maul!

O! M! G! I NEED them both!!!

I've officially graduated with my doctorate!!! The service was last night, and I'm glad I flew out for it. It was hot, and long, but worth it. I also got more folks interested in my research, and someone else offered to put me in touch with publishers. There was also a lunch hosted by the...

weird: the al yanchovic story (WestJet inflight entertainment) Everything you need to know is in the title. It's weird. It's a weird Al take on biopics and on himself. And it works, I think. Definitely need to be in the right frame of mind to appreciate this one. But overall, entertaining.

Hey! Assigned Male comics! She's Canadian!

An acquaintance-friend of mine died last Friday (Apr 14). He was a year or so behind me in seminary, younger than me, married, and has a kid under 5 years old. He has cancer a few years ago, and I remember when he was officially declared cancer-free, but I guess it came back. I didn't know him...

Behold, a professionally framed piece! This is going to be a gift to my doctorate thesis advisor.

That's actually an interesting question... In modern days, it's hard to see; but if your trace the history and squint just right, you could probably make the argument.... I'd have to look up a few things to be sure, and I'm really rusty on Wesleyan sanctification, but, maybe?

Dungeons & Dragons: HAT Fluff and nonsense. Excellent popcorn movie. Thoroughly enjoyed it, and I really wanted to hate it (stupid hasbro/wotc). Plot holes? Sure. Did I care. Not really. Very much enjoyed watching the paladin character, even if his role in-universe was mainly to rob the main...

Oddly enough, given I'm about to be out of work again very soon, pretty good. I haven't had a manic episode is 6+ months, and the depression is pretty mild at the moment (ie my brain isn't actively trying to kill me). So the bipolar bits are well managed I would say. The anxiety on the other...