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The Cagle editorial cartoon site has 10 pages of Christopher Reeve memorials. Have tissues handy.

"I could have flown here... but it felt so good to walk."

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"I could have trouble sleeping at night. I could be suffering the worst kind of pain: spiritual pain," Mr. Noesen told an administrative law judge.

Who is this man and what would have hurt him? He's the pharmacist who refused to fill a birth controll pill subscription OR refer the woman to another pharmacy, after he point-blank asked her if the pills would be used specifically for contraception. The quote above was part of his defense at the disciplinary hearing.

Aaaannnd how well does a college-age woman sleep when she's been denied her legally perscribed meds?

Huh? moments

Huh? The first
I don't know what's happening to me today - I've gone from not-quite feeling flu-ish to being very dizzy and slightly queasy. I keep wanting to go home, but events conspire against me - and if I do go home, the pressure of a hundred undone tasks will probably make me put out more physical effort than I do at work. Rather confused. May split the difference and leave earlyish and just try to take it easy.

Huh? The second (or, "the gall award")
Got this email from a total stranger:

"Hi all my name is Darren, I have never asked for charity before but when I typed it in a search engine I came up with your email address. My wife had a car accident last year, shattered her back in a few places and now is paralyzed. I spent 9 years in the British Army and am now disabled, we have two kids. We are extremely poor and are in need of assistance. Our car is on its last leg and we really need a wheelchair accessible dependable vehicle. In addition the house we live in is extremely old and the doors (except for the front) will not allow for a wheelchair to pass through them. So we need a dwelling which will allow for a wheelchair to pass through the doors. In addition this will give her a sense of "independence" to where she can move freely about the house and can bathe in the bathroom. What's sad is.... I have searched the internet only to my disgust. It seems all these charity sites only want to take things, and don't provide a place for a "needy" person such as ourselves to apply. One of them, wont say which, but seemed to be a popular one, provided a contact email, which didn't even work In conclusion, I appeal to your conscience to send whatsoever the Lord lays in your heart to give to help us out of this condition. Please feel free to reach me at my personal email address: [snip]"

Did they miss a single attempt to play on my sympathies? Oh, wait, there's no crippled puppy.

While You Were Sleepless in Seattle

So, I decide that I'm tired of watching the world slowly turn around me at work, and I come home to lie on the couch like a gutted halibut and watch Netflix movies. One of which was Sleepless in Seattle, which I never saw in the theaters, and I figured I ought to catch up on.

I only made it about halfway through. THIS is the great romantic movie of all time? THIS is the one that everyone talks about?

( For the love of Ghu, WHY? )