# Greetings from the great beyond...'emember me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145 "2006-03-20T16:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/21 "2006-03-20T19:02:28Z")
Hey **Ruff**! Welcome back! **cadolphin** and I are no longer in LA, we’re in Utah, so it’ll be up to you and the **Llama** to organize the next LADopeFest! Congrats on the kid and maybe we can all get together next time we make it down. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/22 "2006-03-20T20:07:27Z")
Welcome back! Congratulations to both you and DeathLlama! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/23 "2006-03-20T20:47:47Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] I still have my “Don’t make me smite you” mug. It’s one of my favorites. How the hell are yuh? And your son and Undeaddude? (I think that’s your hubby’s s/n…) Link me to your websites; I’d love to peruse and catch up. Hell, I’ve got little more to do than sit on my ass for a few weeks; I could use the entertainment. [/QUOTE] UDD is doing great. We’re separated but still good friends. I moved to Atlanta and I’m dating a medical student that I met at a juggling convention. Dominic is 10 now if you can imagine. He just started Concerta for ADHD and is responding well. He lives with me. I own my own house now, a cute 2 story 3br/2.5ba with a yard and a garage and a basement and all of that. Oh, and it’s always clean 🙂 I’m going back to school to get my graphic design degree… so I’m a student at KSU now. It’s pretty weird. Oh, and I’m [blonde](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/OpalCat2006/1130051611_G) now. I haven’t been updating my site at all lately because I haven’t had time, and a lot of it is broken. Likewise my journal isn’t always updated, but it’s the closest I’ve got: [LJ](http://opalcat.livejournal.com) It’s so exciting that you’re having a baby!!! It’s truly the most amazing thing ever. I remember being pregnant and every few days I’d get this sort of epiphany “oh my god, I’m going to be a MOM! I really GET it now! it really HIT me for real!” and then a few days later the same thing… I only thought I had “gotten” it before, but now I REALLY got it… and then again, and again… and even after all that it still doesn’t REALLY hit you until you’re holding that baby in your arms… …and then the next day again, and the next day, and the next year… haha ok it never stops. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/24 "2006-03-20T21:12:44Z")
You look awesome, Opal! > [@](#): > > Oh, and I’m blonde now. …annnnnd you’ve lost quite a bit of weight. You look awesome overall–bot just becasue of the hair or the weight, but everything. You look, I dunno, happier? Sorry to hear you and UDD separated, but glad to know you two are getting along well. My sisters has her share of ex’s, and “getting along well” is not a part of any sentence associated with them. I can’t believe Dominic (I _knew_ his name started with a D) is 10! Holy crap. I remember his toddler phase very well! I also remember he sucked the calcium out of your teeth and left you in root canal hell. :eek: I’m a little nervous about that, especially since my dentist of 15+ years suddenly retired. Check this out–he’s Amanda Bynes’ (you know, sugary Nickelodeon actress now in that cheesy-looking flick _She’s The Man_) father. He retired early so he and her mother could travel with Amanda to her filming locations. Niiiiice. He’s a wonderful dentist, too, dammit. And very funny and candid–he recently warned me (before I was preggo, but considering it), “Don’t let your children get involved in show business.” Anyway, with his absence (and no dentist I trust nearby) and baby sucking my nutrients, I’m paranoid of facing the root canals you went through. But you know, somehow I think labor will be worse than the root canals. 😉 “OMG I’m going to be a MOM!” _has_ started to hit me, but right now it just freaks me out in a “Holy CRAP what am I doing??” kind of way. But DL is fantastically supportive and I’m not too concerned…just a little wigged out occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/25 "2006-03-20T21:23:34Z")
Hi Opal! I miss you so much. When I move back to the DC area (hopefully by July) we must get together. Either when you come up to visit, or I will come visit you! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/26 "2006-03-20T21:41:29Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] You look, I dunno, happier? [/QUOTE] There are a lot of reasons for that, up near the top being [him](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/WithPeople/Mariner002) BROOOOOOOKE! How are you? I never see you online, ever ☹ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/27 "2006-03-20T21:45:23Z")
Welcome back! I remember your name, although I don’t recall sharing any interactions with you. Congrats on impending motherhood! Since you’ve been away, there’s this new rule - when you come back, you’re supposed to bring snacks for everyone else. Preferably chocolate. No, really - I wouldn’t lie about something like that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/28 "2006-03-21T15:01:03Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] BROOOOOOOKE! How are you? I never see you online, ever ☹ [/QUOTE] Who, **swimmingriddles**? She’s not been 'round these parts in awhile. . . Tripler Am I an ‘oldie’ if I remember meeting both of you ( **Opal** and **swiddles** ) at a DopeFest back in '01? ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/29 "2006-03-21T16:54:13Z")
Holy cow, would you believe I was just wondering what happened to you a few days ago? ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/30 "2006-03-21T17:01:53Z")
Happy returns, **Ruffian**. If nothing else, your coming in and starting this thread has shown there are still a bunch of us “old timers” around. It’s been so long since I recognized any names around here I was considering letting my subscription slide. Cong-rats on the kiddo. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/31 "2006-03-21T18:11:32Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] Who, **swimmingriddles**? She’s not been 'round these parts in awhile. . . [/QUOTE] nyctea scandiaca. And I wouldn’t know if she was around these parts or not, because I only drop by a few times a year myself. I was referring to her never posting in her LiveJournal anymore, or seeing her on AIM. Since I moved from the DC area to Atlanta, and she moved from the DC area to California, we don’t get to go out dancing every Saturday like we used to ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/32 "2006-03-21T18:15:02Z")
Thanks for the welcome back, **Gorgon Heap!** And yes, it is great seeing all these familiar “faces.” And **Hamadryad** …weird that I actually was brought to the mind of anyone around here. You made me feel all warm and fuzzy and stuff. 😉 Johnny–or whoever is “in the know”–I kind of skimmed over this yesterday but now am processing this. **Padeye** passed away? What happened? ☹ Last I was around, we’d just lost **poopah chalupah** in just the strangest and saddest accident. I think of him often when we drive over freeway overpasses. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/33 "2006-03-21T18:33:40Z")
Hmmm. Just how long have to been out of touch? I didn’t hear about **Padeye** , but you know we lost **Persephone** as well, right? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/34 "2006-03-21T18:44:46Z")
[QUOTE=Gorgon Heap] Hmmm. Just how long have to been out of touch? I didn’t hear about **Padeye** , but you know we lost **Persephone** as well, right? [/QUOTE] Noooooo! I didn’t know about that. Pretty much the only deaths I’ve known about are poopah and of course, Wally. :wally Dude, Wally ruled. I still miss him. What happened to Persephone? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/35 "2006-03-21T18:45:19Z")
I see Dopers coming out of the woodwork. 😃 ::waves to **Ruff** and **Opal** :: ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/36 "2006-03-21T19:18:36Z")
I believe she had an epileptic seizure and drowned in the tub. Jeez. It hurts just to type it. She was so much fun. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/37 "2006-03-21T19:34:22Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] Johnny–or whoever is “in the know”–I kind of skimmed over this yesterday but now am processing this. **Padeye** passed away? What happened? ☹ [/QUOTE] [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354967). I’d forgotten about **Persephone**. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/38 "2006-03-21T19:49:25Z")
Welcome back, **Ruffian**! I remember your name, at least… ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/39 "2006-03-21T20:48:14Z")
Hey there! Congratulations! (formerly Zette) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-great-beyond-emember-me/349145/40 "2006-03-22T05:04:36Z")
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