As flawed as he self-admittedly was...
Apr. 21st, 2025 10:03 amMay Pope Francis rest in peace.
On the Winter Holidays of 2024
Dec. 22nd, 2024 10:34 amI've noted this before: in 2002, on Christmas Day, my father died of metastasized renal cell cancer. Some forty years earlier, a cousin of mine was born on Christmas Day.
The day has been a mixed blessing for my extended family across the decades, and I wait and wonder what twists the occasion will bring this time.
And so...here is us again. Those of us still here, anyway.
It's been a wild year, running the full range of emotion from joy to despair.
I wish you the best possible greetings of the Season, by whatever Name(s) you choose to honour it. I wish you peace, hope, wisdom, freedom, justice, and love. If you do not find them, may they find you and may it bring joy to you when they do.
The day has been a mixed blessing for my extended family across the decades, and I wait and wonder what twists the occasion will bring this time.
And so...here is us again. Those of us still here, anyway.
It's been a wild year, running the full range of emotion from joy to despair.
I wish you the best possible greetings of the Season, by whatever Name(s) you choose to honour it. I wish you peace, hope, wisdom, freedom, justice, and love. If you do not find them, may they find you and may it bring joy to you when they do.
École Polytechnique: We Still Remember
Dec. 6th, 2024 06:10 pmGeneviève Bergeron (b. 1968), civil engineering student.
Hélène Colgan (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Nathalie Croteau (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Barbara Daigneault (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Anne-Marie Edward (b. 1968), chemical engineering student.
Maud Haviernick (b. 1960), materials engineering student.
Maryse Laganière (b. 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department.
Maryse Leclair (b. 1966), materials engineering student.
Anne-Marie Lemay (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Sonia Pelletier (b. 1961), mechanical engineering student.
Michèle Richard (b. 1968), materials engineering student.
Annie St-Arneault (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Annie Turcotte (b. 1969), materials engineering student.
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (b. 1958), nursing student.
Hélène Colgan (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Nathalie Croteau (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Barbara Daigneault (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Anne-Marie Edward (b. 1968), chemical engineering student.
Maud Haviernick (b. 1960), materials engineering student.
Maryse Laganière (b. 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department.
Maryse Leclair (b. 1966), materials engineering student.
Anne-Marie Lemay (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Sonia Pelletier (b. 1961), mechanical engineering student.
Michèle Richard (b. 1968), materials engineering student.
Annie St-Arneault (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Annie Turcotte (b. 1969), materials engineering student.
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (b. 1958), nursing student.
A hero of sorts, and not through violence. Rather, by surviving violence and telling his own stories and sharing those of others who also survived.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/murray-sinclair-death-1.7372862
Respect to his memory.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/murray-sinclair-death-1.7372862
Respect to his memory.
RIP: Erin O'Neil
Jul. 19th, 2024 08:36 pmErin O'Neil died today.
If you were part of the Ottawa, ODSP, Disabled-Rights, CDB-support communities on Twitter, you might have known her as "veganlovebunny".
To me, she was a relatively recent acquaintance there, and her last years were a struggle that finally exhausted her. Environmental sensitivites, autism, lymphatic issues, disability "supports" that weren't doing the work of helping her, abusive fellow tenants, a landlord that wasn't paying attention except to punish her complaints.
She ended herself rather than be evicted from the housing she was barely holding onto in Manor Park.
She deserved better, a longer and kinder life. Friends who weren't so distracted by our own struggles, too.
I never got to meet her in person, and now I never will.
If you were part of the Ottawa, ODSP, Disabled-Rights, CDB-support communities on Twitter, you might have known her as "veganlovebunny".
To me, she was a relatively recent acquaintance there, and her last years were a struggle that finally exhausted her. Environmental sensitivites, autism, lymphatic issues, disability "supports" that weren't doing the work of helping her, abusive fellow tenants, a landlord that wasn't paying attention except to punish her complaints.
She ended herself rather than be evicted from the housing she was barely holding onto in Manor Park.
She deserved better, a longer and kinder life. Friends who weren't so distracted by our own struggles, too.
I never got to meet her in person, and now I never will.
Some News of Interest - 14 Jan. 2024
Jan. 14th, 2024 09:24 am1. David Chase fears that the end of long-form TV has arrived. I'd like him to be able to celebrate being wrong.
2. Peter Capaldi wants to make sure that entertainment talent from the lower classes remains discoverable and supported. He's absolutely right about that.
3. I got through the latest storm okay. Just so you know.
4. A lot of people miss Ed Broadbent.
5. Looks like a propagandist for Reichsters had a hand in Claudine Gay's problems at Harvard.
2. Peter Capaldi wants to make sure that entertainment talent from the lower classes remains discoverable and supported. He's absolutely right about that.
3. I got through the latest storm okay. Just so you know.
4. A lot of people miss Ed Broadbent.
5. Looks like a propagandist for Reichsters had a hand in Claudine Gay's problems at Harvard.
École Polytechnique: We Still Remember
Dec. 6th, 2023 11:00 pmGeneviève Bergeron (b. 1968), civil engineering student.
Hélène Colgan (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Nathalie Croteau (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Barbara Daigneault (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Anne-Marie Edward (b. 1968), chemical engineering student.
Maud Haviernick (b. 1960), materials engineering student.
Maryse Laganière (b. 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department.
Maryse Leclair (b. 1966), materials engineering student.
Anne-Marie Lemay (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Sonia Pelletier (b. 1961), mechanical engineering student.
Michèle Richard (b. 1968), materials engineering student.
Annie St-Arneault (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Annie Turcotte (b. 1969), materials engineering student.
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (b. 1958), nursing student.
Hélène Colgan (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Nathalie Croteau (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Barbara Daigneault (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Anne-Marie Edward (b. 1968), chemical engineering student.
Maud Haviernick (b. 1960), materials engineering student.
Maryse Laganière (b. 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department.
Maryse Leclair (b. 1966), materials engineering student.
Anne-Marie Lemay (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Sonia Pelletier (b. 1961), mechanical engineering student.
Michèle Richard (b. 1968), materials engineering student.
Annie St-Arneault (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Annie Turcotte (b. 1969), materials engineering student.
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (b. 1958), nursing student.
Good Riddance?
Nov. 29th, 2023 09:00 pmSo he's finally done harming the worlds.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/
I want a mood icon that sweats nervously for situations like this.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/
I want a mood icon that sweats nervously for situations like this.
RIP: ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
gridlore
Oct. 25th, 2023 09:33 amI just saw the notice this morning:
https://gridlore.dreamwidth.org/2075928.html
I don't think we got to know each other very well, and it's still a loss.
https://gridlore.dreamwidth.org/2075928.html
I don't think we got to know each other very well, and it's still a loss.
RIP: Keith Giffen
Oct. 11th, 2023 10:18 pmGood evening, everyone.
I have read of Keith Giffen's passing earlier tonight. I've made friendships because of his work, and he was one of the artists that inspired me to try my own hand at the crafting of comics.
I'm sorry he's gone. I'm grateful that he was here.
I have read of Keith Giffen's passing earlier tonight. I've made friendships because of his work, and he was one of the artists that inspired me to try my own hand at the crafting of comics.
I'm sorry he's gone. I'm grateful that he was here.
RIP: John Romita Sr.
Jun. 14th, 2023 11:21 amHe was the second major Spider-Man artist. Following upon Steve Ditko himself can't have been easy.
Now he's gone.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/legendary-marvel-comics-artist-john-romita-sr-passes-at-age-93/
Now he's gone.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/legendary-marvel-comics-artist-john-romita-sr-passes-at-age-93/
RIP: Gordon Pinsent
Feb. 25th, 2023 10:51 pmSo it's finally happened.
I was kind of hoping he'd live just long enough to be in an Alpha Flight movie. I don't know which character would have been a good fit, mind you...
And for the record, I did get to meet him once, at the Magnetic North festival. I thanked him for Bob Fraser (Due South) and Duff McArdle (Power Play).
https://www.cbc.ca/1.6760868
I was kind of hoping he'd live just long enough to be in an Alpha Flight movie. I don't know which character would have been a good fit, mind you...
And for the record, I did get to meet him once, at the Magnetic North festival. I thanked him for Bob Fraser (Due South) and Duff McArdle (Power Play).
https://www.cbc.ca/1.6760868
RIP: eftychia
Jan. 22nd, 2023 01:40 pmFor those of you learning of this from me first...I'm sorry. I just stumbled onto the news via my Reading List.
https://eftychia.dreamwidth.org/2978096.html?thread=5681456#cmt5681456
Never got to know her well, and she was part of several of the ongoing conversations of this venue, and - if memory serves - LiveJournal before that. I'm grateful nonetheless that she lived and that we got to know her at all.
https://eftychia.dreamwidth.org/2978096.html?thread=5681456#cmt5681456
Never got to know her well, and she was part of several of the ongoing conversations of this venue, and - if memory serves - LiveJournal before that. I'm grateful nonetheless that she lived and that we got to know her at all.
(no subject)
Dec. 24th, 2022 09:32 amI've noted this in years past: in 2002, on Christmas Day, my father died of metastasized renal cell cancer. Some forty years earlier, a cousin of mine was born on Christmas Day.
The day has been a mixed blessing for my extended family across the decades, and I wait and wonder what twists the occasion will bring this time.
And so...here is us again. Those of us still here, anyway.
It's been a wild year, running the full range of emotion from joy to despair.
I wish you the best possible greetings of the Season, by whatever Name(s) you choose to honour it. I wish you peace, hope, wisdom, freedom, justice, and love. If you do not find them, may they find you and may it bring joy to you when they do.
The day has been a mixed blessing for my extended family across the decades, and I wait and wonder what twists the occasion will bring this time.
And so...here is us again. Those of us still here, anyway.
It's been a wild year, running the full range of emotion from joy to despair.
I wish you the best possible greetings of the Season, by whatever Name(s) you choose to honour it. I wish you peace, hope, wisdom, freedom, justice, and love. If you do not find them, may they find you and may it bring joy to you when they do.
École Polytechnique: We Still Remember
Dec. 6th, 2022 11:28 amGeneviève Bergeron (b. 1968), civil engineering student.
Hélène Colgan (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Nathalie Croteau (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Barbara Daigneault (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Anne-Marie Edward (b. 1968), chemical engineering student.
Maud Haviernick (b. 1960), materials engineering student.
Maryse Laganière (b. 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department.
Maryse Leclair (b. 1966), materials engineering student.
Anne-Marie Lemay (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Sonia Pelletier (b. 1961), mechanical engineering student.
Michèle Richard (b. 1968), materials engineering student.
Annie St-Arneault (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Annie Turcotte (b. 1969), materials engineering student.
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (b. 1958), nursing student.
Hélène Colgan (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Nathalie Croteau (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Barbara Daigneault (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Anne-Marie Edward (b. 1968), chemical engineering student.
Maud Haviernick (b. 1960), materials engineering student.
Maryse Laganière (b. 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department.
Maryse Leclair (b. 1966), materials engineering student.
Anne-Marie Lemay (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Sonia Pelletier (b. 1961), mechanical engineering student.
Michèle Richard (b. 1968), materials engineering student.
Annie St-Arneault (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Annie Turcotte (b. 1969), materials engineering student.
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (b. 1958), nursing student.
Comics: RIP Carlos Pacheco
Nov. 9th, 2022 12:08 pmWord's all over Twitter, so I expect that the comics press will be confirming it shortly.
https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/1590439260414480385
https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/1590439260414480385
