Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday

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In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

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It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me.

If you're in the UK and not yet resistered to vote for the General Election, we actively encourage you to do so, to participate in the democratic process.

Doctor Who revealed it's season big bad guy, and it's a BIG bad guy, one we haven't seen for around forty nine years, and they got the original actor to return to voice him at the age of 91.

In light of the announcement of the new Watchmen animation, let's petition for the release of the original

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[mister_terrific]

My wife and I went up to Indiana to check on her father, who's been in a nursing home since March. It was about as bad as we expected. It's reached a point now where it's a question of what finally finishes him off--kidney failure, swallowing problems leading to pneumonia, or something we don't know about. The BIL who's been managing his care insisted on letting a specialist friend review the medical records, I guess in the faint hope that some sort of short-term fix will be found (hint: it won't). Failing that, we're going to look at hospice care. Honestly, I'll be surprised if he makes it to August. It's so sad.

The BIL in question is also being an asshole about dealing with his older brother (long-standing issues). He was SUPPOSED to join us for a meal and discussion about things that need resolving, but oh no--his daughter was in town for Father's Day and he HAD to spend the entire day with her. Lucky him, he got to see more of his daughter than I did mine because I was supporting my wife. Yes, I'm slightly pissed, why do you ask?

We got an estimate back from the insurance company for the damage done to our house back in the Midwest. Whoa. It's completely covered except for a deductible, so I gotta make some calls today and get things rolling. Apparently a LOT of people in that area got hammered--two inches of hail, man!

That said, I never thought I'd be so grateful to be back in the land of heat and humidity!