I mean to blog once more.
I used to blog. I have always gone through phases with it; periods of prolific blogging followed by long periods of silence. So begins the cycle anew!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Thursday, May 20, 2010
LOST Finale Predictions
My good buddy Nick has made some interesting predictions regarding Sundays Big LOST Finale Event. (Spoilers, I'm sure.)
1) Man in Black is actually WOMAN in Black.
2) Shephard and Unlocke will engage in a fantastic lightsaber duel above the pool of light.
3) Hurley will kill Unlocke with the van, which will result in everyone being sent back in time to right before the plane crashed, with all their memories gone.
4) Sawyer will kill Unlocke with a cinderblock, which will result in everyone being sent to the parallel universe, with all their memories intact.
5) Claire will be hit in the face with something heavy *crosses fingers* and die *crosses toes*.
7) Sayid will be molecularly reconstructed as a midget.
8) Libby will stay dead, but Charlie will come back to life riding a motorcycle.
9) A temporal rift caused by releasing the light will eliminate the number 6 from reality.
10) Mikael will come back with an eyepatch and kill someone just when you think it's all going to be okay.
11) The survivors will overcome the power of evil using the Care Bear Stare.
Thoughts?!
1) Man in Black is actually WOMAN in Black.
2) Shephard and Unlocke will engage in a fantastic lightsaber duel above the pool of light.
3) Hurley will kill Unlocke with the van, which will result in everyone being sent back in time to right before the plane crashed, with all their memories gone.
4) Sawyer will kill Unlocke with a cinderblock, which will result in everyone being sent to the parallel universe, with all their memories intact.
5) Claire will be hit in the face with something heavy *crosses fingers* and die *crosses toes*.
7) Sayid will be molecularly reconstructed as a midget.
8) Libby will stay dead, but Charlie will come back to life riding a motorcycle.
9) A temporal rift caused by releasing the light will eliminate the number 6 from reality.
10) Mikael will come back with an eyepatch and kill someone just when you think it's all going to be okay.
11) The survivors will overcome the power of evil using the Care Bear Stare.
Thoughts?!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Update on my Mom
Just wanted to send a quick update on my mothers condition... She went into the hospital last week because apparently her red blood cell count was about half of what it ought to be. She was in for 3 days as the doctors gave her blood and took a look or two around inside to see what they could find.
What they found was a blockage at the top of her stomach and further blockages in her gall bladder. Yesterday, the stomach blockage was officially diagnosed as stomach cancer. As I type this, she is headed in for another look at the gall bladder, as the doctors still aren't quite sure what that is. There's a particular cancer that it could be (I haven't spoken to the doctors myself so I'm somewhat vague here) and if it is that, there's not much they can do. It's pretty rare however, and they warned us of it not because there are any signs pointing to it or anything, but just to make us aware of all of the possibilities likely or not, scary and otherwise. There's every chance in the world that the stomach and gall bladder are completely unrelated, they just need to go in and figure out once and for all what it is before they can begin treatment for it and for her stomach.
As scared as I am, my cousin last night reminded me of all of the people in our family who have already beaten cancer (apparently it runs in the family. that's a pleasant thought.) Her mom had a lump in her breast. Removed, gone. Her dad had a cancerous growth in his ear. Removed, gone. My moms brother had testicular cancer. Removed, gone, it's probably been twenty years. so long that we often forget he had it. My paternal grandmother had it. Removed, gone. My parents know at least two people they talked to yesterday who've survived cancer as well, one of which was such a "hopeless case" that the doctors expected her to die two decades ago.
Obviously, all of these success stories still do not equal a garauntee for my mother, but in the constant battle between Faith and Fear, you take what encouragement is available. And like I say, the Big Scary Gall Bladder Cancer the doctors were afraid of is actually pretty rare, and there's a good chance that's NOT the problem. no signs pointing to it, they just wanted to make us aware that it was POSSIBLE. her coloration has been steadily improving the past week, and she's been up and about the house like she always is; as one would expect from my mom, she's taking it more in stride than any of the rest of us.
All of this and my best friend (who married my cousin) had a little girl a few weeks ago...she was born with a rare and troubling condition where her organs were essentially trying to push they're way into her chest cavity during development. It was detected several months ago, so everyone was prepared (as much as one could be) when she was born for what needed to be done next. There have been some scary moments, but she's had her surgery and is in recovery and doing quite well (my family is known for being stubborn. Little Emma is no exception, she's fighting the good fight for sure). Now it's pretty much slowly weaning her off of support machinery and teaching her to eat (at this point she's never eaten; she's just had nutrients flowing into her body via tube) so that she can go home and be with her parents.
This family is going through a dark time, and we would appreciate your prayers. Thank you so much, and I'll keep updating as I hear news.
What they found was a blockage at the top of her stomach and further blockages in her gall bladder. Yesterday, the stomach blockage was officially diagnosed as stomach cancer. As I type this, she is headed in for another look at the gall bladder, as the doctors still aren't quite sure what that is. There's a particular cancer that it could be (I haven't spoken to the doctors myself so I'm somewhat vague here) and if it is that, there's not much they can do. It's pretty rare however, and they warned us of it not because there are any signs pointing to it or anything, but just to make us aware of all of the possibilities likely or not, scary and otherwise. There's every chance in the world that the stomach and gall bladder are completely unrelated, they just need to go in and figure out once and for all what it is before they can begin treatment for it and for her stomach.
As scared as I am, my cousin last night reminded me of all of the people in our family who have already beaten cancer (apparently it runs in the family. that's a pleasant thought.) Her mom had a lump in her breast. Removed, gone. Her dad had a cancerous growth in his ear. Removed, gone. My moms brother had testicular cancer. Removed, gone, it's probably been twenty years. so long that we often forget he had it. My paternal grandmother had it. Removed, gone. My parents know at least two people they talked to yesterday who've survived cancer as well, one of which was such a "hopeless case" that the doctors expected her to die two decades ago.
Obviously, all of these success stories still do not equal a garauntee for my mother, but in the constant battle between Faith and Fear, you take what encouragement is available. And like I say, the Big Scary Gall Bladder Cancer the doctors were afraid of is actually pretty rare, and there's a good chance that's NOT the problem. no signs pointing to it, they just wanted to make us aware that it was POSSIBLE. her coloration has been steadily improving the past week, and she's been up and about the house like she always is; as one would expect from my mom, she's taking it more in stride than any of the rest of us.
All of this and my best friend (who married my cousin) had a little girl a few weeks ago...she was born with a rare and troubling condition where her organs were essentially trying to push they're way into her chest cavity during development. It was detected several months ago, so everyone was prepared (as much as one could be) when she was born for what needed to be done next. There have been some scary moments, but she's had her surgery and is in recovery and doing quite well (my family is known for being stubborn. Little Emma is no exception, she's fighting the good fight for sure). Now it's pretty much slowly weaning her off of support machinery and teaching her to eat (at this point she's never eaten; she's just had nutrients flowing into her body via tube) so that she can go home and be with her parents.
This family is going through a dark time, and we would appreciate your prayers. Thank you so much, and I'll keep updating as I hear news.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Star Trek Review (Finally)!
Here it is, our in depth and spoiler filled review of the new Star Trek film. Sorry it took so long to get it posted; our internet has up and gone. I’ll be more timely in the future!
Runtime - 36:33
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Milton Bradley's got a def one...
We are avid lovers of board games and when whilst out wandering a local retail outlet to kill time we spotted Milton Bradleys Guess Who with a decidedly geeky twist, we just couldn’t help ourselves. Here’s our first time through the game and our thoughts thereon.
Runtime - 12:27
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Excited for Star Trek
This was recorded one week ago, and since it partains to the new Trek film, I thought I ought to get it up before we go see it tonight... Originally it was supposed to be what we were excited about seeing, but we got distracted (what? us?) and so we talk about Wolverine, X-3, Wolvie vs Freddy Krueger, Star Trek and then it ends abruptly with the music of The Rumble Strips. Wheeeee! Runtime - 18:00
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
I cannot for the life of me remember what it was we were originally going to talk about here because I managed to derail the discussion quickly with talk of novelty songs we remembered from our youth. And so we went with that instead. Enjoy! Runtime: 10:27 (or thereabouts).
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