Shade Of The Day

I have other friends that have this orphan disease, sister Angie. My dear wife Karen’s mother, Caroline, died suffering from MS when she was in her 50s, when Karen was just in her 20s, way, way too soon and before enough advances were made by medical science. So I am in your court. Let’s get…

Leonard Nimoy and Dr. Benjamin as Spock, over at BoFN

The world lost a man last week whose passing was marked with sad and loving words by space freaks and TV/movie geeks of several generations. And today the Blog of Funny Names must bow its head to the legend of Leonard Nimoy, a man who through the wonderful mind of Gene Roddenberry and TV cameras…

A Modern Philosopher’s Birthday Wish

Originally posted on The Return of the Modern Philosopher:
Happy Tuesday, Modern Philosophers! If I’m reading my birth certificate correctly, today is my birthday. How cool is that? Okay, bad choice of words. It’s -5 degrees outside this morning, so a word like “cool” should not be tossed around lightly. How awesome is it then…

The Bookstore Attraction Conundrum

Originally posted on The Return of the Modern Philosopher:
Doyle wasn’t sure exactly why he’d picked that exact moment to look up from his book. Even now, weeks removed from the incident, he couldn’t tell you if it was just a feeling he had, or if the Fates themselves had somehow intervened and tapped him…

Advent Reblog & Mariah Carey & O Holy Night

Originally posted on What Do You Do for an Encore?:
Recorded in LA (2000) I think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEJmP8T07JU This is the best rendition of O Holy Night that I know. The studio version on Mariah’s classic Christmas album (1994) is also great, but this one has some additional touches (i.e. the organ, and a bigger role…

I Miss You All, Very Much

Read this from Rara in the California jail and be thankful about your approaching holiday. How she keeps strong is amazing.

Nano Poblano Gratitude – Day 29 (The Love & Support I Know You’re About to Give to a Stranger)

Nerdy wants us to help Candace in her fight against lymphoma. Well, I just sent her a Facebook message. Whaddya you say? Let’s go all in.

Update

Originally posted on silentlyheardonce:
I’m on my tablet. I hope this message goes through. Well I can say I’m a cancer survivor. I had stage 1 lymphoma . I probably spelled it wrong it was lung cancer. Doc said I was cure. The lympnodes were negative. I have to have a CT scan every 4…

Please Keep The Prayers And Thoughts Coming

Originally posted on Creating Heaven On Earth:
[This picture was taken from my eating room window, from the sill itself to try to express to you how deep this snow is. This photo really does not convey the huge amount of snow you are looking at that stands well over the sill of my window.]…

When Death Comes a Knocking

Originally posted on silentlyheardonce:
On 10/2/14 I posted I Woke Up the Sun Slept In I scheduled this post for today because I’m getting ready to have surgery today to biopsy the nodule in my right lung. My pulmonary doctor says there’s a twenty / eighty percent chance of it being cancer. The surgeon says…