https://bphogan.com/2005/12/Recent content in 2005/12 on Brian P. HoganHugo -- gohugo.ioen-ushttps://bphogan.com/2005/12/30/linora-update/Sat, 31 Dec 2005 03:12:44 +0000https://bphogan.com/2005/12/30/linora-update/Dad called tonight to say that anyone who wants to see Linora should do it as soon as possible. We did the stupidest thing we could do by rushing out head-on into a snowstorm to get up to my parents’ place. Mom’s on oxygen and Carla says she’s weeker than she’s ever been. The hospice people were here today saying that we are nearing the end. It is only a matter of time before she will not be able to physically swallow her medication anymore.https://bphogan.com/2005/12/29/two-to-four-weeks/Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:08:13 +0000https://bphogan.com/2005/12/29/two-to-four-weeks/Dad was told today that we probably only have a few weeks left.https://bphogan.com/2005/12/26/christmas-2/Tue, 27 Dec 2005 03:02:53 +0000https://bphogan.com/2005/12/26/christmas-2/Santa came to see Ana this year and brought some neat toys. After we did some Christmas stuff at home, we went up to see my parents. Christmas has always been my mom’s favorite holiday. I think she was saving up for this. She was really tired and we had to break out a wheelchair so she could save some energy. She needed help moving about the house and I had to help her take her pills.https://bphogan.com/2005/12/22/mom-made-the-paper/Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:12:50 +0000https://bphogan.com/2005/12/22/mom-made-the-paper/In case nobody wants to give out their info to the Leader Telegram, I’m posting this here. I’m sure this violates some sort of copyright or something, but I don’t care. It’s about my mom, and I didn’t get a paper copy of this so I want this here for my own personal benefit anyway. One more Christmas As the holidays near, terminally ill patients and their families pray for some extra time together Jennifer Schmidthttps://bphogan.com/2005/12/15/dreamhost-fastcgi/Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:21:12 +0000https://bphogan.com/2005/12/15/dreamhost-fastcgi/Dreamhost servers were killing off my new application and so I did some digging and found this great hack by a nice fellow named Gary on the Dreamhost forums. Modify ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.14.3/lib/fcgi_handler.rb or ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0/lib/fcgi_handler.rb: def exit_now_handler(signal) dispatcher_log :info, "asked to terminate immediately" ## force to restart dispatcher_log :info, "but we will restart" restart_handler(signal) #exit endhttps://bphogan.com/2005/12/15/memorial-service/Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:16:52 +0000https://bphogan.com/2005/12/15/memorial-service/Alan’s memorial service was today. It was a very nice service, highlighting some great moments from his life. After the service, we had lunch and I talked with Titus and George for a while about old times. It was a strange feeling. Titus looked like he was doing his best to put on a good face for everyone, but I still wish I could do more.https://bphogan.com/2005/12/11/christmas-party/Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:35:27 +0000https://bphogan.com/2005/12/11/christmas-party/The party was a mild success. We made way too much food this time around though. We were expecting a bigger turnout than we had, but we learned a lesson: Next time I think we’re just going to plan a bit smaller. Chris and Katie came with the cute little Ava. It was nice to be able to catch up in person instead of over the phone. After the party, we cleaned up a bit, watched some shows, played some games, and played with the baby a bit.