il_794xN.3860438050_er1x

2014 – Mom had been getting pneumonia quite frequently over the year and had several hospital stays because of il_794xN.3860438050_er1x . This was the result of a swallowing problem she developed in her last year or so that lead to aspirating her food and drink. She had been out of the hospital for awhile and as her birthday came around I decided to throw her a surprise party with about 4 of her friends. I had only done this once before and she loved it. … … In fact, the year after the first time she asked about her party and I, feeling badly about it, had to tell her there was none as it wouldn’t have been a surprise. She took it well but I resolved to do it again in a couple of years (being the dummy who didn’t realize it didn’t have to be a surprise the next time). Well it was a couple of years later and I thought … it’s time. She wasn’t getting any younger. So on her one week anniversary… of her birthday I had another surprise party for her (Dec 17th). Again she loved it. I wish I had just done a birthday every year after that first surprise be damned. But I’m grateful to the universe that I decided to do it then as it was to be her last birthday. I’m glad she got one last extra special birthday for her final one. As it turned out, three days later she was admitted to the hospital (Dec 20th – just five days before Christmas).

(il_794xN.3860438050_er1x)

“The Fugitive” is an older man, Ben who plays with the local kids and il_794xN.3860438050_er1x almost magical powers. Old Ben’s favorite of the children is Jenny. He carries Jenny home (she walks with a leg brace), where she lives with her abrasively unsympathetic aunt, Agnes Gann. As they approach the row house, Ben causes his roller skates to de-materialize. This phenomenon is observed by two men who are watching the house from across the street. They enter the apartment building, identify themselves as police, and question Agnes about Ben. Jenny overhears the conversation and limps upstairs to Old Ben’s apartment to warn him. Old Ben takes on the form of a mouse, fooling the men into thinking he has left his apartment.Jenny takes the “mouse” back to her room. Old Ben tells Jenny that he is an alien from another planet, and that his appearance is only a disguise, as he is a fugitive from justice. Old Ben says he must flee to another planet, but before departing he uses a strange device to heal Jenny’s leg. The two strangers run into Jenny walking down the stairs without her brace.

il_794xN.3860438050_er1x, Hoodie, Sweater, Vneck, Unisex and T-shirt

Best il_794xN.3860438050_er1x

Silence, patience, gentleness, watching him with a compassionate expression—these are the il_794xN.3860438050_er1x to get Harry to talk. Ginny does not ask why Harry wants to see Sirius, or criticize him in any way, or tell him what he should do. She lets him tell her just as much as he wants to tell her, without pestering him for more. Soon after, we see Hermione’s very different reaction to the same information (OP579/657): “What?” Hermione said sharply and “Don’t be so ridiculous.” She speaks patronizingly, with an air of explaining something very simple to someone very obtuse, and calls the idea “insane.” She spends all the next day in almost continual attempts to dissuade him and an uninterrupted flow of dire warnings without even asking Harry why he wants to talk to Sirius, or offering another option for communicating with him, or doing anything positive or constructive.

(il_794xN.3860438050_er1x)

TFTT – This is a very interesting option of the 16 il_794xN.3860438050_er1x , because in 35 years of teaching mathematics and computer science, I have seen this combination just a few times. The reason is that mathematics is much more difficult than programming. Programming demands a certain set of skills that a mathematician may not have, and I have seen excellent programmers who are mediocre mathematicians, but never someone who is an excellent mathematician and who sucked at programming. Any mathematician would get an A in an Intro programming course, independent of whether he/she would enjoy it.