I’ve taken down Debbie & Kaycee’s banners and links.

I still want to believe…
I still want to believe the message I got from Living Colours.
I still want to believe in the strength of the human spirit.
I still want to believe that I can go to bat for what I believe is right…..

Go ahead. Let me have it. I’m a big boy.

(reprinted from JimForum)

For about a week now, I’ve noticed things around me that I never did before.
On my window was a moth… usually one of the most revolting-looking creatures that ever existed.
This one had the prettiest pink colors on its wings and legs. I actually had to stare at it for a while. It was beautiful.

• Happy Birthday Debra Smouse!
• Sweet Sites: I just added NotSweet.Net

and So anyway… to "Related links". Taste the chocolatey goodness as Bonni’s page loads!

• Independent’s Day - The new brainchild of Zeldman & Company launches on the 10th anniversary of the World Wide Web.
• Regarding the latest fracas over “The Ageless Project“… as I suspected, there was a whole other side of the story.
• For personal reasons, I’ve made the decision to “tone it down” here and be more positive on my site. I have a more high-profile image due to my current position in the Poconos.

  For that matter, I’ve recently decided that WHUZZUP! is no longer a weblog. It’s back to being an "Update/What’s New" page. No more wars, no more linking to everyone just for mentioning my name. Deal with it.

  If that doesn’t work, I can always click on this link to remind me that life’s too short.

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When I’m not licking asbestos shingles on a dare, I like to spend my time playing with potentially deadly insects!
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It all began when… (screen gets fuzzy and wavy) I woke up this morning and thought a tissue was stuck on my stomach. As I pulled it, I realized that it was some form of a creepy bug (white, about 3/4 of an inch long with black tick-like legs… is there an entymologist in the house?) halfway burrowed into my skin.

Anyway, to make a long story unbearable…

Carole had to pick up Ashley and rushed her to Pocono Medical center with abdominal pains. After work, I head over there… dizzy and weak as hell. They’re not 100% sure, but they think she may have some kind of parasite in her stomach. So I inform the doctor of my adventure this morning to shed some insight on this. Perhaps, since we live in the woods (aka middle of nowhere) our house may have some unwanted guests lurking in the woodworks.

“Do you have the insect, so we can take it to the lab?”
“Uh… no, I drowned the sucker under scalding hot water and he went down the drain”

Uh oh… wrong answer

“You should have saved it… that’s why God made plastic baggies.”
“God made plastic baggies?”

So me, with my yellowish-red eyes was immediately admitted, bloodwork, urine sample, lyme disease test… the works.

Carole pensively awaited the results. She knows I’ve been sick for months, tired all the time, dizzy, pale.

AND THE RESULTS ARE (insert drum roll)….

She feared my condition could have been Lyme’s Disease, Diabetes, Anemia or a combination.

“Your husband’s perfectly normal…”
“Uhm, that’s a questionable term doctor”

Just simple burnout and dehydration. Prescription: Plenty of fluids and more than three hours sleep a night.

Carole’s relieved I finally saw a doctor. I’m sure Kare, wherever she is, is thrilled, as she also knows I haven’t seen a doctor since 1988.

So there… you’re all stuck with me for a decade or two, TOUGH NOOGIES!.

… and my tongue went back to it’s normal color after a few months, thanks for asking.

To the Warrior with the soul of a poet…

Thank you for touching our lives with your insight, optimism and humor. The world was a better place with you in it.

You’re gonna make a great guardian angel….