Elizabeth Draughn (Liz to her friends, mom to me) will be sorely missed. She was a passionate woman. Passionate about her son, her life, her beliefs and her friends. I've made many calls on behalf of the family this week, notifying those near and far that Liz is no longer with us, and there is a consistent theme in the responses that I've gotten, "I'm so … [Read more...] about A Note From the Daughter-In-Law
Elizabeth Draughn, Rest In Peace
Elizabeth Draughn, 1922 - 2009 My mother was born Elizabeth Kielkiewicz on December 9, 1922, right here in Chicago, the only daughter of two Polish immigrants. She grew up during the Great Depression, remembered where she was when the Japanese navy bombed Pearl Harbor, was amazed by the moon landing, and saw the beginning and end of the Cold War, and the dawn of the 21st … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Draughn, Rest In Peace
Scattershot 2009-04-02
Things I'd tweet about if I cared more about Twitter: My dad has CSPAN on a lot, and I was listening to congresscritters discussing the latest drug scourge: DXM. It's a common incredient in medications, but apparently all the kids are abusing it, so these guys were sponsoring a bill to regulate bulk sales. In large dosages, it's a hallucinogenic---although one of the sponsors … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2009-04-02
Scattershot 2009-03-30
Things I'd tweet about if Twitter allowed longer messages: When you take several law enforcement agencies and throw them together into a drug task force, it tends to enhance thuggish behavior. However when the WestNET task force of Kitsap County, Washington launched a drug raid against the home of Bruce and Pamela Olson, they did manage to avoid shooting the family dogs. … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2009-03-30
Scattershot 2009-03-27
Things I might have tweeted about if I "got" Twitter: Damn Microsoft! My Windows system crashed---full Blue Screen Of Death! All I was doing was running Windows XP booted off a RAID disk array that's not supported directly by Windows, accessing an Office document from an encrypted virtual disk mounted out of a container file on a portable USB drive, copying the … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2009-03-27