Dear World: Enough with bad news already!

In my flist, I learn of a) a book cancellation, b) the pending death of a mother, c) another round of layoffs leaving a chain of empty cubicles in all directions, and d) the death of an old fannish fellow.

And that's just *Wednesday*.

So, please, world. You are welcome to stop sucking, even if just for the holiday.

I haven't forgotten

Six years. Seems like six minutes and six centuries at once. For Tim, it doesn't really make a difference which. But it does for me.

My death I view with calm philosophy
It's other people's death that makes me rage
--Jo Walton, 30 June 2009

And something more cheerful

This has been making the rounds, as they say. The subtitles add a little.

( Dangling my willie and shakin' my butt )