Please put them in a box, and save them for your kids. It's their ggrandmother, who they may never have met, but it's their family line from you. They understand (I hope) your family break and your reasons for that. But those people are out there. My father never explained what caused his break with his father (my Pop-pop) who I think I saw twice, and went to his funeral and met that family line for the first time when I was 23. That grandmother died young, before I was born. Anyway, save them for your kids to do with whatever they decide later. They don't even have to be told of their existence, but probably should. Family secrets are everywhere, and when discovered are usually mystifying as to why someone thought that was awful.

As far as c99: I hope you see that age is nothing. It's beliefs that matter. Hope your day goes well.

...last night.

Breaking: Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting: About 20 dead in act of terrorism, police say

A gunman burst into Pulse, a gay (it's really LGBT technically) nightclub on South Orange Avenue, around 2am last night. Over 40 wounded, and at least 20 dead, in an incident the OPD are referring to as domestic terrorism. I saw this on my Facebook feed as it was going on, no one knew what was happening, and friends trying to find out if anyone they knew was in there. I've many friends who are regulars there, and some who didn't go last night. I've been there several times. Situation is crazy.

This situation, while horrible, could have been worse. Pulse is a ways further down on South Orange, in the SoDo (South Downtown) District. If this had taken place anywhere near where Orange intersects with Central Blvd (the downtown core, where the majority of nightclubs, bars, and pedestrians--they close the street for several blocks after 10pm or so--are located)...things would be down right 100 times worse.

I'm still in a bit of shock over the incident. These kind of things don't normally happen in Orlando. Yes, we're in Florida, and stuff gets weird with the bath salts zombie, giant gator, and the occasional high profile court cases...but nothing like this.

don't they? Good for you for divorcing yourself from a toxic situation.

Poor Fort McMurray! I hadn't heard the news.

For those who want to see the Milky Way, here's a light pollution map. But in general, go West during a new moon and get away from the big cities. I can sometimes see a denser band of stars here (Lexington KY), but not the whole phenomenon: http://www.youcanseethemilkyway.com/light-pollution/

Milky Way at Yosemite

http://darksky.org/idsp/finder/

We went to Chaco Canyon last fall and I've never seen such stars.

So sorry to hear about the shootings in Orlando. Hate is a sickness!

some people will think ill of you even if you're Jesus the Christ. That's just the way people are. So try not to let it gnaw at you.

And for sure try not to get rattled by anything said to you on the tubes. For those aren't even people. They're pixels.

As for your worth: you're raising children. Not simulacrums on some screen. But real, live, human beings. And that means you're worth a lot.

Found myself in an ambulance on the way to the hospital last night. Reid said he heard a crash and found me face down on the floor. They think I may have had a seizure. All I remember is coming to in the back of the ambulance. It took hours for my memory to come back. The computer system went down so I don't know the results yet of the CAT scan etc. but they think it was a single occurrence but till I can't drive for 6 months which is going to challenge me as a caregiver. I am black and blue, my lip is swollen, and I may have torn a muscle on my side. I wa going to publish the Street Prophets here but am going to have to go back to bed so I'll give the link. http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/6/12/1537498/-Different-Angles-Stre...