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Bob was sitting at the table one morning, reading the paper after breakfast. He came across an article about a beautiful actress who was about to marry a football player known for his lack of IQ. He turned to his wife and said, "I'll never understand why the biggest jerks get the most attractive wives." She replied, "Why, thank you, Dear!"

Frank, It is warm and wet here. 68 and rain. Thursday Friday & the weekend are 78-80 and sunshine. So good weather is coming your way.

Don & Lucie, You both will be in our thoughts today in this household. Keep taking care of yourself. Luci and your family really needs you to be well. Our best to your entire family, especially Lucie to get though this. John

At a dinner party, several of the guests were arguing whether men or women were more trustworthy. 'No woman,' said one man, scornfully, 'can keep a secret.' 'I don't know about that,' answered a blonde woman guest. 'I have kept my age a secret since I was twenty-one.' 'You'll let it out some day,' the man insisted. 'I hardly think so!' responded the blonde lady. 'When a woman has kept a secret for twenty-seven years, she can keep it forever.'

My home away from home. I am on a frist name basis with some checkers and definitely my pharmacist. The pharmacy is in the grocery store. Cooking for a veggie requires some imagination. I am lucky she eats eggs and cheese.

Do not hold me to this. I am pretty sure social security disability will not start paying until you have been out of work for 6 months. That was how it was for me.

I had very good success with Tarceva. Symptoms seem to vary with everybody. I had very dry skin and a red face. My face was extra sensitive to the cold in the winter. I had on again and off again diarrea. I had pimples in my hair mostly, some would show on my face and other parts. I had slowed hair growth. All in all it was very manageable. I used lots of skin lotion for the dry skin. I was on 150 mg per day. I know some people had the amount reduce because symptoms were unmanageable. I was on it only for a year but, I had already been on Iressa for two years. They are very similar drugs only Tarceva is supposed to attack more receptors. It is a targeted chemo. The other are what I call baseball bat chemo. The ones that beat the crap out of you hopefully killing the cancer before the chemo kills you.

Yes, Stable abnormal mass is a good thing. I just shorten the impression. I'll edit it. I am glad you are happy.

I saw the Onc today to get the results of Monday's CT scan. Stable appearance of the abnormal mass in the right upper lobe with a large retrocaval-pretracheal mediastinal lymph node mass as before. No interval changes are able to be seen on today's study. Compromise of Superior vena cava remains unchanged. Slightly prominent left adrenal remains stable. No metastatic disease to the liver. Stable, unchanged and stable I can take. Next CT is not for 6 months. I will remain getting Avastin every three weeks until something changes.

If there are no soccer games five. Soccer games always fall at dinner time. Friday is takeout night and, Saturday is dinner date night.

Beer. You never know when a friend will stop by.

Did you notice the brand used. It is better to drink Canadian beer. It is stronger so you drink less.

Furnace and air conditioning filters should be change every three months of operation. You not only have cleaner air but the equipment works more efficiently. Bacteria will grow in these filters if left too long.

They look alert to me.

I know I am a little late, but worth it.

THIS ONE MAKES MY EYES TEAR-UP, SUCH A HAPPY ENDING A couple had only been married for two weeks. However, the husband, although very much in love, couldn't wait to go out on the town and party with his old buddies. So, he said to his new wife, "Honey, I'll be right back." "Where are you going, Coochy Coo?" asked the wife. "I'm going to the bar, Pretty Face. I'm going to have a beer," he said. The wife said, "You want a beer, my love?" She opened the door to the Refrigerator and showed him 25 different kinds of beer, brands from 12 Different countries: Germany, Holland, Japan, India, etc. The husband didn't know what to do, and the only thing that he could think of saying was, "Yes, Lollipop... but at the bar... you know... they have frozen glasses... " He didn't get to finish the sentence, because the wife interrupted him by saying, "You want a frozen glass, Puppy Face?" She took a huge beer mug out of the freezer, so frozen that she was getting chills just holding it. The husband, looking a bit pale, said, "Yes, Tootsie Roll, but at the bar they have those hors d'oeuvres that are really delicious... I won't be long. I'll be right back. I promise. OK?" "You want hors d'oeuvres, Poochie Pooh?" She opened the oven and took out 5 dishes of different hors d'oeuvres: chicken wings, pigs in blankets, mushroom caps, poppers and pork strips. "But my sweet honey... at the bar.... you know there's swearing, dirty words and all that..." "You want dirty words, Cutie Pie? LISTEN UP ! CHICKEN shi_! SIT YOUR *ss DOWN, SHUT THE HELL UP, DRINK YOUR BEER IN YOUR FROZEN MUG AND EAT YOUR HORS D'OEUVRES BECAUSE YOUR MARRIED *ss AIN'T GOING TO A DAMNED BAR! THAT shi_ IS OVER, GOT IT, JACKASS?" And, they lived happily ever after. Isn't that a sweet story?

Elise, I have the neuropathy in my feet from type 2 diabetes. I have had it worsen with different chemos. It has pretty much goes back to pre-chemo neuropathy. I am on Alimta right now and I get an increase with each treatment, but it goes back each time. My onc recommended Glutamine power 5 g twice a day. It is an over the counter supplement that has helped a lot of people. I have not been good about the number of times each day. I seem to forget the second 5g. I do believe it is helping. He said try it for 3 weeks and see what happens. He said if it did not work I could get a Lyrica prescription.

As all of you can see, Rochelle always has the last word around here. Her wonderful character traits were noted by me years ago. It is people like Rochelle that make battling this disease very much easier. I am glad she is in my corner and that she can still do so much for all of you. My hat is off to you Rochelle, congratulations on 5000 posts. John

THE TICKET AGENT ASKED, "SIR, WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR SHOULDER?" THE OLD FARMER SAID, "Oh, THAT'S MY PET ROOSTER, CHUCKY. WHEREVER I GO, CHUCKY GOES." "I AM SORRY SIR," SAID THE TICKET AGENT. "WE CAN'T ALLOW ANIMALS IN THE THEATER." THE OLD FARMER WENT AROUND THE CORNER AND STUFFED THE BIRD DOWN HIS OVERALLS. HE RETURNED TO THE BOOTH, BOUGHT A TICKET AND ENTERED THE THEATER. HE SAT DOWN NEXT TO TWO OLD WIDOWS NAMED MILDRED AND MARGE. THE MOVIE STARTED AND THE ROOSTER BEGAN TO SQUIRM. THE OLD FARMER UNBUTTONED HIS FLY SO CHUCKY COULD STICK HIS HEAD OUT AND WATCH THE MOVIE. "MARGE," WHISPERED MILDRED. "WHAT?" SAID MARGE. "I THINK THE GUY NEXT TO ME IS A PERVERT." "WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SO?" ASKED MARGE. "HE UNDID HIS PANTS AND HE HAS HIS THING OUT," WHISPERED MILDRED. "WELL, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT," SAID MARGE. "HELL, AT OUR AGE WE'VE SEEN 'EM ALL" "I THOUGHT SO TOO," SAID MILDRED, "BUT THIS ONE'S EATIN' MY POPCORN!"

1) I was a smoker. I started experimenting at 5 I had a habit at 15, which would have been 1966. They talked about LC but stunting your growth was the biggest fear. 2) I really do not think it was advertising as much as it was peer pressure. Everyone of my friends smoked and both my parents did. 3) Some but, mostly family and friends were the biggest influence. 4) I used zyban.

The average person only gets 7 correct. There! are 25 questions about things we see every day or have known about all our lives. How many can you get right? These little simple questions are harder than you think-- it just shows you how little we pay attention to the commonplace things of life. Put your thinking caps on. No cheating! No looking around! No getting out of your chair! No using anything on or in your desk or computer! Can you beat 20?? (The average is 7) Write down your answers as you go. Check answers (on the bottom), AFTER completing all the questions. REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!! BE HONEST!!! That means no looking at your phone or anything on your desk... LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE. Here we! go! 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? 2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? 4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? 5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? 6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg? (Don't you dare get up to see!) 7. How many matches are in a standard pack? 8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? 9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 10 Which way do es water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? 11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? 12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 13 On which side of a women's blouse a! re the buttons? 14. Which way do fans rotate? 15 How many sides does a stop sign have? 16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? 17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? 20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? 22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? 23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? 24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? ANSWERS 1. On a standard traffic light, is the gr! een on the top or bottom? BOTTOM 2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 50 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? RIGHT 4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? BLUE, RED, WHITE, YELLOW, BLACK & GOLD 5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? 1, 0 6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg? RIGHT 7. How many matches are in a standard pack? 20 8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? RED 9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 88 10 Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? CLOCKWISE ! (NORTH OF THE EQUATOR) 11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign' s slash run? TOWARDS BOTTOM RIGHT 12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 12 (no #1) 13 On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? LEFT 14. Which way do fans rotate? CLOCKWISE AS YOU LOOK AT IT 15 How many sides does a stop sign have? 8 16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? LEFT 17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 5 18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 6 19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? BASHFUL 20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 8 21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? ACE OF SPADES 22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? LEFT 23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? *, # 24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 3 ! 25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? COUNTER You do not have post how many you got right. I was a little surprised _________________

Michael, I am sending you my best to get through this trying time. I am sure your mother has left a large void in you and your family, because there is one here. She was loved by most and well thought of by everyone else here. She was a true inspiration in many ways. One of her inspirations to me was to design of the BBCR (Beer Butt Chicken Roaster). As your mother would say, "Much Affection" John

Michael, I am sending you my best to get through this trying time. I am sure your mother has left a large void in you and your family, because there is one here. She was loved by most and well thought of by everyone else here. She was a true inspiration in many ways. One of her inspirations to me was to design of the BBCR (Beer Butt Chicken Roaster). As your mother would say, "Much Affection" John

Fay, You have placed yourself well in a lot of peoples hearts. Please make sure you are as comfortable as you can be. You have been so unselfish to so many of us, do not hesitate to think of nothing but yourself. You have earned it many times over. your friend John

1st woman: Hi! My name is June, 2nd woman: Hi! I'm Sylvia. How'd you die? 1st woman: I froze to death. 2nd woman: How horrible! 1st woman: It wasn't so bad. After I quit shaking from the cold, I began to get warm & sleepy, and finally died a peaceful death. What about you? 2nd woman: I died of a massive heart attack. I suspected that my husband was cheating, so I came home early to catch him in the act. But instead, I found him all by himself in the den watching TV. 1st woman: So, what happened? 2nd woman: I was so sure there was another woman there somewhere that I started running all over the house looking. I ran up into the attic and searched, and down into the basement. Then I went through every closet and checked under all the beds. I kept this up until I had looked everywhere, and finally I became so exhausted that I just keeled over with a heart attack and died. 1st woman: Too bad you didn't look in the freezer---we'd both still be alive.