You are on fire today!

i remember the silence=death days, and the days when we really didn't know if you could get hiv the way you get a cold, and the best we could do was just take care of each other

you are very kind

Good point! The avatar shall be modified to reflect the correct pronunciation.

I read about what happened to the slinky inventor. I think the jingle contributed to his state of mind, ya think? Ha! I mean, imagine it played loudly and at increased speeds for long periods of time. It's a weapon!

And who embedded the Slinkys in Wintour's dress?

I found the video of the old commercial and put it on the thread for you.

Wow! Did you see him? Was he purple? My guy was purple.

mi boligrafo....donde esta?

My prayers are with you

I just checked my Gawk mail for the first time in a couple of weeks. Great Bobby Cassoto family story! He was a sickly kid, and my husband knew the Dr. who did his final surgery at UCLA. (If it were done today, they could probably have saved him.)

As for the contractor and his partner, they have ripped off so many people that the State's Attorney is involved. The case was just made public last week (made the local papers) and I'm going to the office to bring in my evidence, including cancelled checks that were put into private bank accounts, etc.

I'll keep you posted.

Okay, I'm an idiot. Yeah, we knew that already. I just realized this section existed, where we could get and give private messages. So...thanks, everyone, for your support. If I had known you were leaving me messages here, I would have responded before now, instead of seeming ungrateful for your concern. I am touched, truly I am. I can't have the surgery to get everything fixed, but that's okay. I've lived with this monster for almost six years, and will continue to. I am incredibly happy, incredibly blessed in my life. My husband is beyond wonderful, my child is the light of my life. I am surrounded by family, friends and coworkers that make my life so very happy. No, I am not going to survive this illness. But I am going to live my life to the absolute limit in the time I have, and I am not going to whine, moan or groan about what I have lost. Because the truth is, I have lost nothing. I have gained perspective, love, friendship, and peace. There is pain, there is turmoil, there are emotions. I don't want to leave my husband and my son and my family. I'm having too much fun in this life to want to leave it. But I've never been a whiner, and I'm not about to start now. If I do, then the monster has won, and that is something I refuse to allow to happen. It may take my life, but it will not take my spirit, my joy, or the essence of all that I am. It can have my body. But it can not have my soul.
So thank you, so very much, for thinking of me and pulling for me. I don't talk about this a lot because it isn't my intention to drag people down, but I appreciate your support, more than you know.
Tena (aka flyoverstate