Another reason the new year has sucked:
yesterday afternoon, a friend of mine who has been dying of brain cancer, finished the process.

Very sorry to hear that, GG. He, his family and you are in our prayers.

:(

Sorry gg.

I'm finally free of college kids hogging my bandwidth

Came across a picture of Lilith and Phil Mickelson that she sent me a few years back. Made me smile!

Hm, the overnight ice storm, continuing into this morning, is being a problem, travel-wise.

Sorry to hear this gg.....sometimes life seems very unfair

And the suckfest continues...a call from my girlfriend today. Her ex-boyfriend's father had a heart attack, keeled over, and died.

My dog had 25 teeth removed.....8 two years ago = 33 out of the 42 he once had....poor little guy.

I noticed white spots on one of my fish, and tried to use API Ich Cure. Before when I tested my water I had 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and a little less than 5 nitrates. Less than 12 hours later my fish are acting funny and when I tested the water it was .5 ppm ammonia, 0 nitrites, and 10 ppm nitrates. I was not happy since this is an established tank and it resulted in killing my Pictus catfish.

Yesterday and today our temps reached the mid-30s (F) and it almost feels like spring. Tomorrow, they're expecting us to reach 40F ... pretty much similar temperatures through Tuesday of next week. Now that's worth talking about. :D

When did the automatic "Sorry for your loss" appear? It's shown up in Oz with news reporters, but it mainly appears to be US TV cops as an opening for an interview.

Wouldn't it be great if we could have a moratorium on these unexpected passings. :(

Well now...Adam LAmbert is hotter than Hell, and there are times where I wish I was gay so I could get into his pants lol

It seems to be for any death. If your 136 year old great grandma died, the phrase would be the same. Just a comment in passing.