leaving blogger for real this time. really.
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: one hell of a thunderstorm
I started this blog with the intention of leaving blogger and then things improved a bit so I didn't. After another 2 months of back and forth, sometimes my posts actually updating the same day or sometimes maybe not for another 3,4,5 days, I've had enough. Consider this piece of the blog universe officially open.

Living will
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Warren Zevon, "Lawyer, Guns, and Money"
A friend sent this to me after the Schiavo debacle. Too bad it's not legal, I rather like it.

I, _________________________ (fill in the blank), being of sound mind and body, DO NOT wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of peckerhead politicians who couldn't pass ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it. If a reasonable amount of time passes and I fail to sit up and ask for a scotch, it should be presumed that I won't do so ever again. When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my spouse, children and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes and call it a day. Under no circumstances shall the members of the Legislature enact a special law to keep me on life-support machinery. It is my wish that these assholes mind their own damn business, and pay attention instead to the health, education and future of the millions of Americans who AREN'T in a permanent coma and who nonetheless may be in need of nourishment. Under no circumstances shall any politicians butt into this case. I don't care how many fundamentalist votes they're trying to scrounge for their run for the presidency in 2008, it is my wish that they play politics with someone else's life and leave me alone to die in peace. I couldn't care less if a hundred religious zealots send e-mails to legislators in which they pretend to care about me. I don't know these people, and I certainly haven't authorized them to preach and/or crusade on my behalf. They should mind their own damn business, too. If any of my family goes against my wishes and turns my case into a political cause, I hereby promise to come back from the grave and make his or her existence a living hell.

Neglected blog
Mood:  rushed
Been busy with Nick's IEP & numerous projects, thus this blog has been sorely neglected. Since half the universe knows where to find my other blogs, i'm hoping to work on this one in relative peace. And, yes, I'll get around to getting the site up...one of these days.

Aha, it's working
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: Life On a String, Laurie Anderson
After an number false starts, I seem to be up and running. Will spend a few hours getting setting up links and all that good stuff. But first, I need to go outside and pop bubbles with my sons.

yet another blog test
Mood:  don't ask
Now Playing: white noise in my head
something crappy happens to this things every time I make a template change.

Yet another blog test
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: "Bare" - Annie Lennox
Expecting 5"-8" of snow tonight-a perfect time to start a new blog. Bear with over the next week or so while I get this place in order.