Dramatis personae

The players most likely to appear in the following posts, cunningly disguised by something like their real names (because otherwise I'll forget and use their actual real names). And I figure most of you know them anyway.

Ab - me (dur!)
JD - my beloved husband of 14 years and counting
Jos, Ky - my sons, both pre-teen

Noni, Gopa - my kids' nicknames for my parents
El, Kate - my sisters, both younger
BK, Nick - their respective spouses
Leesie and Caitlin - my nieces, El's daughters
Sam - my brand new nephew, Kate's son

Here's what we look like (or did, at Kate and Nick's wedding late last year):


BW - an internet forum, current motto "Suck it hores" (we're a klassy bunch)
TPW - another internet forum
K&A - where I work