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( Why does this remind me of some of the legendary Cepheid parties? )

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Hrm. The head of reference at the library I work at is on a monthlong vacation with her husband to several countries in Southeast Asia. Last week they were in Saigon, and I'm not sure where they're supposed to be this week, but I know that Thailand is on their itinerary. You can understand that I'm a bit apprehensive at the moment. They're probably OK, just based on the power of statistics, but I'm sure that they won't be able to contact anybody here for a while because I bet all the phone lines in that area of the world are tied up. I keep checking my TCU email, though, just to see if anyone has any news.

Which leads me to muse on other things, including something that most of you don't know, having friended me only in the past year - remember the bombings on Bali? One of the few Americans who died was my cousin, Karri Casner. A cousin removed once or twice, being the grandchild of my grandmother's brother or something like that, and not one I was close to - I'm not sure I ever met her and if I did it was probably at a wedding or a funeral. So I have this weird combination of being personally affected by the bombing, but not really emotionally affected.

Anyway - thanks to everyone who offered to help me translate a letter into French - I went with scrunchions on the basis that hers was the first offer I saw in my inbox. :)