Hey all. So my Mom has been feeling sick the last two or three months, and the doctors had been unable to figure out what was wrong. Finally did some cancer screening blood tests and it showed positive. They did surgery last Monday, and it turns out she has primary peritoneal cancer, which is cancer of the lining of your stomach. They were able to remove most of it, but not all as you can not take out the lining obviously. It is pretty advanced, stage III already , so we really don't know how she will do, she is 75, and the survival rates for this cancer are pretty poor because you can never remove all the cancer cells.

To make matters much, much worse, my brother Andrew died Thursday morning. He was only 51. He leaves behind 4 boys aged 10-23, 2 of whom will probably be living with me for the near future. He was in the midst of a divorce which was not yet finalized, so it is one big mess. No answers on what happened, he has been ill for the last few years, and no diagnosis ever was really made. Wake is today, and the funeral is tomorrow. Telling my Mom her son had died while she was in the ICU was one of the worst experiences of my life.

I am sorry to post another of these awful blogs. The last few years have been terrible for my family.
Any positive thoughts you can spare would be appreciated.

At sweet Twiggy's demand, I am resurrecting the mix swap. I has been a year since the last one so let's see what happens.

Theme
First and last. (last letter of a song must be same as the first letter of the next song) courtesy of the illustrious Mr. Shirt.

GET MIXING!
I will get addresses out ASAP. We have several peeps who are currently in transition with regard to their domicile, so I will ask everyone to forward those to me so I can send them when they get settled.


Here's the deal -
We pick a theme you make a mix based on it, burn it to cd and you send it to 3-4 people. In turn you receive 3-4 cds (and sometimes sundries) from others in the swap.

So if you are interested, here's what to do.

Shoot me an email to cdmixswap@gmail.com.
Please put CD Mix Swap as your message title.
Include your user name, real name and your address.

Please only sign up if you're serious so people don't get screwed.

Ready Set GO!!!


In/Out
1. Twiggyhall 1/0
1a. The Czar 1/0
3. Jet Approves
4. Wonderlove
5. FA
6. Shirtflirt 1/0
7. Stoma 0/1
8. aNonnymouse 4/0
9. Kookaberry
10. RythmDev 1/0
11. Musarter 0/4
12. Lemonalle 1/0
13. MikeBautista 2/0
14. Canceromega
15. Mountain Gnome 1/0
16. BlossomPossum
17. xlovesconsx 4/1
18. kathleenisradica 0/3
19. Avalanche lily 2/3
20. JG 2/0

First off congrats to Boostr29 for kicking my ass in the finals of the first WWF Tournament!
Since Jake doesn't seem to be around, I figured I would start another one up.
Please post your Word with Friends user name in your comment. I'll leave the sign up open for a week, sound good?

Let's go!

Happy Birthday, wherever you are, my birthday twin!
Now it is legal for you to get drunk like a fool!



Here's a chocolate covered girl for you

Funnny, Supposed to run during the super bowl

Pretty cool Star Wars stuff WOSS is doing, article here.

Anyone use one of these that they like? Want to get the wife one for Xmas so she can stop burning her legs.
Suggestions?

So I am finally getting a PS3. Please recommend your fave games for my consideration.

Thanks!

Yes I know I am late to the dance!

Seems to be a lot of these lately! Everyone loves Threadless!

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