[00:18] <valorie> gah, why do people leave
[00:18] <valorie> irc is where you LIVE
[00:27] <MarkDude> Im an American, I dont have all minute
[00:27] <MarkDude> :D
[00:31] <valorie> lol
[00:31] <valorie> {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}} to MarkDude
[00:31] <valorie> it's been awhile!
[00:31] <valorie> how are you?
[00:37] <MarkDude> Pretty well, had some fun stuff to deal with- the dental surgery was the least of my issues
[00:37] <MarkDude> Im baaaaaaack tho
[00:38] <MarkDude> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152156111003805&set=vb.717333804&type=2&theater
[00:38]  * MarkDude "singing" in Filipino. Then again, I cant sing in native English.
[00:38] <MarkDude> Think you might get a kick out of it
[00:39] <valorie> listening
[00:39] <valorie> dental surgery....ugh
[00:40] <valorie> but better than letting such issues fester
[00:41] <MarkDude> Well yes, and there were bigger issues :)
[00:42] <valorie> it's been a long cold winter here too, in more ways than one
[00:43] <valorie> however, we're having our bathrooms redone, and the first half of the pain is nearly over, and the pleasure of a new bathroom has begun
[00:50] <MarkDude> Right on
[00:52] <MarkDude> Im deciding if I can make both OSCON/CLS and FLOCK (Fedora) in Prague
[00:52] <valorie> as my dad has been going downhill, I've been trying to always be moving ahead on some other front
[00:52] <valorie> helps keep my balance
[00:52] <MarkDude> Ah yes, Im dealing with Grandma and memory, luckily her health is ok
[00:53] <valorie> not sure about oscon/cls this year, since there is a book sprint I'm leading in Switzerland the first of August
[00:53] <valorie> and Akademy this year is in Brno, the first of Sept.
[00:53] <valorie> lots of travel
[00:53] <MarkDude> Good stuff, I missed out on Scale this year
[00:53] <valorie> my dad's memory seems mostly gone
[00:54] <valorie> the other night though, he said a whole sentence
[00:54] <MarkDude> Does he like watching tv?
[00:54] <valorie> might be the last one, since they have become more and more rare
[00:54] <valorie> I guess he watched the olympics once
[00:54] <valorie> about once a week the arts channel
[00:54] <valorie> I mean, this is when I'm there
[00:54] <MarkDude> When my Grandpa did not talk much, I found some old TV and radio shows he liked
[00:55] <valorie> I assume he watches more during the day
[00:55] <valorie> before, he was a fox news kinda guy
[00:55] <MarkDude> Ah, ok
[00:55] <valorie> thank god he's given up that crap
[00:55] <MarkDude> lol
[00:55] <valorie> so the arts chan is a shock
[00:56] <valorie> it's funny, we talk about living in the moment, and empty mind meditation
[00:56] <valorie> my dad now IS that
[00:56] <valorie> and I'm reassessing my ideals
[00:56] <MarkDude> I found Murder she Wrote on Hallmark, Gma loves it. We have a theory that Angela lansbury was serial killer and just framed folks
[00:57] <valorie> haha
[00:57] <valorie> I was listening to an author of murder mysteries, and he said he got into it because he felt that the other authors were always trying to protect the real murderer
[00:58] <valorie> lol
[00:58] <valorie> so of course the question is, does he do the same?
[00:58] <valorie> to which he said, I don't think so, but I think I leave it more open to the reader
[00:58] <valorie> which.....
[00:58] <valorie> haven't dipped into his books yet
[00:58] <valorie> I wish he could still read
[00:59] <valorie> that was the part we could share - love of history, and thinking about issues beyond partisanship
[00:59] <valorie> but i can't even read to him
[00:59] <valorie> he gets bored, because he immediately forgets
[00:59] <valorie> oops, dinner time....
[00:59] <valorie> ttyl
[00:59] <valorie> {{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}} and good to see you here
[01:11] <MarkDude> No doubt, I wonder about sleuths now