*thud*

Brain not working. Was working this morning, possibly on the pre-work adrenaline surge of "argh! let me into my bank account you stupid computer!" hissy fizzy spitty hatred, but has since faded into malfunction.

OTOH, this means it's drifting in and out of crossover possibilities. Currently TFs/Indy Jones (hey, they both have powerful religious McGuffins to be kept out of the wrong hands), TFs/Stargate (but I haven't seen enough of the latter to make it work), and UM/PTO (titled "Kaijuu of the Opera" and to be written when I have the lyrics booklet in front of me) have drifted through.

It must be a Tuesday.

...One of the downsides to being in the cremation industry is that every once in a great while we get a suicide call. Not the type where the coroners have pronounced suicide as the cause of death, but the type where the person on the other end of the line is asking for assistance or instructions for how to end their life. Because, after all, they've got things set up with us so shouldn't we be able to assist them with this...? <--their reasoning, not mine

I just really don't know how to deal with these kinds of calls. Emotionally or mentally. I can understand that there are situations in which a preferably quick and painless death seems a better option than continuing on. I feel that assisted suicide has its place. But I have no clue if it's legal in California, and hope never to need to know. I end up freezing; I have no idea how I even should respond to these types of requests. Fortunately the counselors in the office have suicide hotline phone numbers.

50 in '08: 06

Title: And Less Than Kind
By: Mercedes Lackey and Roberta Gellis

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50 in '08: 07

Title: The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
By: Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. and William D. Danko, Ph.D.

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50 in '08: 08

Yes, tonight I'm powering through some of the books that have gotten stacked up on my desk, why do you ask? :)

Title: The Organic Home Garden: How to Grow Fruits & Vegetables Naturally
By: Patrick Lima, photographs by John Scanlan

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