Charissa’s Comments (group member since Nov 17, 2008)

Charissa’s comments from the Axis Mundi X group.

Ha ha ha ha ha... Paul, I adore you... as usual.

you go ahead and feel free to keep all the cheese and chorizo in your own butt.

squash blossoms... that's what she said.

PS... I don't want cheese or chorizo in my butt, thanks.

sounds tempting.

my daughter ran away from home tonight. I have no idea why. My mom is in the hospital. This is so the last thing I need right now.

Daughter was just upset that I scolded her in front of her friends. She slept in someone's garage in the neighborhood (someone we know) and went to school the next day. Not much of a rebel, is she? Thank goodness. All is well... Mom is healing and doing fine.

once upon a time there was a group of book lovers who were less crazy than a lot of people. they cavorted in a magical land where no unicorns were allowed. then a group of mangy, fleabitten, rabies-encrusted hyenas broke into the safe and happy village, savaging their princess until she was a bitter, cranky, snarling recluse. the people went away from the happy land and madness reigned in the Land of Goodreads for a long, long time.

Anyone else doing NaNoWriMo this month? If you are, you can "Buddy" me there:

http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/167613

I'm laboring to finish the novel I started writing last November... have been editing ever since... and am now ready to write the second and third acts.

Thanks Ruth honey. <3

Thanks Charly.

Nick, that's the best thing anyone has ever said to me in a time of loss. XOXO

Thanks you guys.

Grover Stanley Drengson, 69, husband of Leila “Sally” Britt, father of three grown girls, died peacefully in his sleep close to midnight on August 31, 2009, at his home in Crescent City, California. Born August 5, 1940 in Pierre, SD, Grover was the son of Frances Kibler and Navy sailor Grover Henry Drengson. He was nicknamed “Butch”. The family relocated to Oakland, California during WWII, and Grover, along with his sister Judy, grew up mostly in the towns of the Sierra Nevada mountains: Oroville, Emigrant Gap, Gold Run, and finally Rocklin, where Grover took to hopping trains out of his back yard when he got to be a teen, riding the rails and seeing some of the world with his friends. He graduated from Roseville High School in 1958. In 1959 he took a job at Dewitt State Hospital as a Psychiatric Technician. He met and married Susan Braito in Auburn, CA in the early 1960s and they had three daughters: Natasha Kim, Charissa Lynn and Amiee D’Maris. The family moved to Applegate in the early 1970s to take part in a communal living experiment with two other families, Whitehills and Schubauers. Those friendships would span the rest of their lives. Grover worked for the State of California for his entire career. He graduated from Sacramento State College with a BA. The family moved first to Ukiah, CA, then to Sonoma Developmental Center in the wine country as Grover helped managed the downsizing of the State mental health facilities. He was a kind and charming man who was much liked by co-workers. He played baseball with local teams, and worked as a volunteer firefighter. He had a great sense of humor and loved to tell a good story. He also had a passion for knowledge and was a pretty good chess player. In 1976 Susan and Grover divorced, and Grover embarked on the fulfillment of a lifelong dream to sail the seas. He bought “Foggy” and began the process of becoming a ship’s captain. In 1981 he sailed to Hawaii and survived a monsoon on his return. Grover returned to Sonoma, and then relocated to San Jose to work at Agnew State Hospital. There he met and married Leila “Sally” Britt. The couple lived and worked together for many years, before retiring to live on their boat “Califia” in the Jack London Harbor in Oakland, CA. They sailed the SF Bay and up and down the west coast of America for many years and planned to sail around the world. In 1999 Grover underwent heart surgery which then prevented him from pulling sail anymore. Grover and Sally elected to sell “Califia” and took to the roads instead in their RV, becoming landlubbers. They traveled all around the US, spending time with friends and family. In 200? They bought a home in Crescent City, CA, close to the sea but still on land, where they have lived happily ever since. In his retirement, Grover undertook to chronicle his complete family history. He is the author of three family historical tomes, and spearheaded the effort to restore the Drengson-Rike homestead in North Dakota. He touched the lives of hundreds of people with his warmth, his huge heart, and his brilliant mind. He is survived by his wife, Sally, his three daughters, two sons in law, his granddaughter Heather Littlefield, his sister Judy and brother in law Ted Ebbage, nephew Andy Rhoades and niece Erica Smith and their families, cousin Rich Conley, sister Eleanor Krutina, and countless friends and acquaintances across the country. He will be greatly missed.

and I hope to keep it that way.

ew... not a visual I needed.

heh

He was old school in the best sense of the term.

While not a perfect guy, "The Lion of the Senate" had a career of civil service that benefitted so many of us in this country. More than 300 bills that Kennedy and his staff wrote have been enacted into law. He was known for his ability to work with Republicans and to find compromises among Senators with disparate views. Here is a partial list of some of his accomplishments during his career:

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
National Cancer Act of 1971
Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Ryan White AIDS Care Act in 1990
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Mental Health Parity Act in 1996 and 2008
State Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997
No Child Left Behind Act in 2002
Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act in 2009
Increased the minimum wage in 1981
Made access to health care easier for the indigent
Funded Meals on Wheels for fixed-income seniors
Reduced the voting age from 21 to 18
Title IX, which gave women's athletics much better funding

Liberals will mourn him, Conservatives will miss making fun of him.

if only serial rapists would use nice smelling lube.

tru enuf.

leave it to NB to ritually sodomize random people while I'm looking the other direction. Dude, give a girl a heads up so I can at least take photos.

Sorry about your lotus position, Richard. I think there is a salve for that. Or an ointment. It does, however, smell of lavender.

:::::waves madly to all and sundry::::::

Don't you think they are just posturing, as usual?

LOL!!!! consensus is overrated. XOXO