This is simply and FYI thread. I wanted to start this thread as I think some browsers might be tired of loading the other.....LOL........A few of you have been suggesting assorted feats of flatulence as well.

Hey.....I didn't dare fart for at least a week! Y'all got any idea of how long it takes to get all your systems functioning properly again after you've been been tubed in every orifice for almost two months?   They are working now anyway....although I need to be close to a john if someone turns water on somewhere.......and I think a visit to any waterfall is still out of the question.

Jacqui had it right......I'm improving by literally leaps and bounds both physically and mentally but it has been a bitch to concentrate on anything for very long. Karen stopped and picked up some Reader's Digest Super Condensed Books and that's helped as I was able to read War and Peace in three and a half minutes while Kierkeggard's Either/Or took only a minute longer......although I still have no idea what he's saying. I must admit I was fascinated by one which was titled The Collective Wisdom of Fox News which I finished in under three seconds although I understand Reader's Digest had not condensed it at all!

Of course my Cable Service has 891 channels and I was able to find SAST, a wonderful movie channel. The initials mean Short Attention Span Theater and there lineup is tremendous! I watched "Gone With The Wind" in 4 minutes while the entire Indiana Jones set took only 5! I am amazed at what a fine job they do. You can watch "Oklahoma" in 12 seconds and "Phantom of the Opera" in 19. I've applied for some medicinal marijuana so I can watch "Annie" and "Sound of Music" but right now their 14 second run times are more than I want to face. Any more Sondheim will require several brownies.....maybe an entire pan.

Physically I'm healing nicely and getting stronger all the time. My best friend Karen and I are going to go to the lanes and watch Tris bowl tomorrow morning. It is wonderful getting around without a walker! Strength and coordination are coming back but it'll be awhile. My sincerest apologies for not posting before this but damn.....this has been rough.

I couldn't have done it without all of you. I want you to know I have read every card, PM, and message posted.........and I don't know what to say. My first inclination as always is to try and respond to each of you.........but the volume is so great I wouldn't know where to start. And if I start singling out folks I'll miss someone and I don't want to do that. What I can say is that once again I am overwhelmed by the compassion, love, intelligence, generosity, creativity, and true friendship, that is found here. I will break my own rule however and say that Rap andMoby are freakin' unbelievable......as is Dan O'Connell.

So you'll see me around more and more, for better or for worse and it will be a pleasure to be back.


Spaw