Annus Horribilus

[billroper]

I am not generally inclined to defend Joe Biden, but on the issue of remembering the year that his son, Beau, died, I am sympathetic. I desperately do not *want* to remember when my parents (or Gretchen's mother) died and reconstruct the year that these things happened via happier events, which takes a moment.

My mother died the year after I married Gretchen.

My father died in December, just before the Rams won the Super Bowl.

And Gretchen's mother died just before the Chicon where I was running the Exhibits Division.

That's how I remember these things.

But it takes a minute.

Comments

[madfilkentist]

It should be noted, though, that Hur didn't question him on that point. He brought it up on his own and expressed confusion about the date.

[ladypoetess]

That's how it is for me and the year my mom died -- I remember the day (1 day prior to my father's birthday) but the year always takes a moment for me to recall.