This sucks.  This @($&*!!#%^) fucking sucks.
Okay, so it’s my 30-year high-school reunion, alright?  And we’ve just come off one hell  of a dinner party that I set up, paid for (I may get that deposit back, who knows?) and hosted, which turned out to be a rousing success, far beyond my wildest dreams.  Good times spent with some very good friends, some going back as far as four decades.
And Mrs. Venomous & I spent pretty much the entire afternoon & evening at the palatial home of one of those friends, and had a ball there, as well.
An uneventful trip home, clean up & wind down a bit, catch the last little bit of Men in Black II  before going to bed around midnight.  Things are getting back to normal, and I’m finally moving past the recent death of my friend, okay?  Beginning to relax a bit, tonight will be a great night of sleep.
Or so I thought.
Two hours of sleep later, I’m tossing & turning, and sleep simply refuses to return, so out here I venture to catch up on some stuff.  First stop after checking FB for new messages is the Rott.
And I find this.
LC Anniee451 aka Linda Haley, passed away July 5th, 2011. She was a frequent commenter here and elsewhere.
She posted here once or twice as “AnnieMcPhee” – the Gravatar™ on her profile confirms it.
Not again.  Great Honkin’ Cthulu, dammit for fuck’s sake, not again.  I just get over the death of one of my friends, and now I find out I’ve lost another (one I might not have known that  well, but still) – and a Denizen to boot.
FYJFI.