Hi gentle readers! It sure has been a long time. Much has happened in the past couple of months. My new job is great! I've lost about 25 lbs. My daughter was voted local fire queen, (and no that's not a guy in drag with a flame thrower!) thanks uncle Mark for that one... My son is almost as big as I am and he is only 12! ( please send donations for my grocery fund) holly crap teenagers can EAT! good thing I was NEVER like that.. sorry mom and dad.

I do have to say one thing about work, I fix most of the electronic equipment in the local hospital. Most of the aforementioned equipment is left in a pre-determined area for us to pick up. Now, as with anything that is not working properly, it is good to have some type of description of the problem. Now bear in mind I work with educated professionals, some with 7+ years of college under their belts, and the most descriptive explanation we get is a piece of tape on a smoldering piece of electronics which states "broke" ! Really?! I sure as hell know this piece of hospital grade equipment didn't combust because you were in such a hurry to put it to use! And for the love of Mark, use the english language properly, or get off my planet! at least add - en to "broke" and make your one word explanation of the non-workings of a complex piece of equipment correct grammaticaly! O.k. sorry about that. I feel better. take care out there, and please send money to my teenage grocery fund.