Hows it going peeps..

Hi Michelle, Tracie, Cappy, mikesb, maritime, Igneousiceman, Slanshroom, Guitar77897, McKenna, SuperDave,..........If I left anyone out, please forgive me.

I AM STILL UNWELL!! My ears, nose, throat and sinuses feel like they are under attack by the meanest, nastiest bacteria on the planet!! Thank God, my supervisor at the library emphathized with me and said please come back when you are all better, rest up, and don't think about anything except getting well. But then she is the nicest, most thoughtful supervisor I have ever had. I'm hoping the antibiotics kick this nasty bug out of my system soon.

The United States of America is the wrong place to be chronically ill. Private insurance companies insist on charging more and more to patients who are already cash strapped. Patients are responsible for rising premiums, deductibles, co-pays and other out-of-pocket costs. Employers are providing less medical and dental insurance benefits to their employees. Need I say more. This isn't just my experience with my Steve and me. Some of this info comes from the New York Times. As I quote from an editorial, "By contract, Dutch patients reported far more favorable experiences with their health care system, largely because the Netherlands provides universal coverage (through individual mandates and private health insurance), a strong primary care system and widespread use of electronic medical records. It should be possible to achieve the same level of performance here."

This is a source of great sadness to me.....as my Steve and I sink ever closer to bankruptcy!!

No wonder I was awake 4 times last night and coughing terribly! I am living with my back against a wall and I'm fighting demons of disease, suffering and trying to make a living at a library where people love and respect me for who I am. I greet a husband after work who may be as knackered as I am. Is this life sustainable? God help me.....God help us all.

Tracie, I want to rejoice with you and your Chris and McKenna. Please accept my weary good wishes at this time. In a few days, I hope I can express my good feelings to ya better.

Gotta go rest peeps....... I am sooo knackered!!

GG2 you left out DoTheStu and Blue-Moon HOW COULD YOU FORGET THOSE TWO!?!?!?!

Guitarman77897--My apologies for making a "old" person's mistake! DoTheStu--This board wouldn't be the same without you! How could I forget--sick old woman that I am! I didn't forget Blue_Moon whom I called by his last name--McKenna!

I'd like to get some rest now........later peeps.

slansh: superdave is right on with his description of the satchurator. blues it up very good and makes it just short of that super metal sound that annoys most humans.

Okay Super Dave, you WIN, lol!!! It's much colder where u are...here it keeps changing from about 37 to 43...psychotic weather!! But I'm cold anyway....I'd rather not have it plummet to -1 degree though, thank you VERY MUCH!

One of our days in San Fran, I think it was Sunday...it was like 80 degrees out and clear enough to see the bay from our hotel window. San Fran is a very fun town, lots to see and do, but I do so hate driving there, although Joe said a person gets used to it....I wonder how many years I'd hafta be there before tranquilizers wouldn't be necessary to drive down the street, lol!!

They were starting to put up Christmas decos on the store fronts too, very pretty. I bet it gets even better before it's all over.

Millie, thanks....I know I must have more to reply to but am still in my "am I really home, is it really over" mode....back at work and that SUX!!! lol.....I miss running around the streets of San Fran with my buds, even though by the end of the trip about the only thing Mckenna could say anymore is "I'm sick of the abyoose" and "Yer all CRAZY" (insert Irish accent here). I tot I was doing a fine impression of an Irish person but for some reason, he just kept shaking his head at me, lol!! And my son kept laughing every time he even looked at Mc....he's a funny guy without even trying!! I do hope he's willing to share his mug shot with everyone though, it's priceless.

So many things happened this trip, big and small and all precious, it's hard to even know where to start. Maybe I'll post a more coherant 'diary' later...but I guess the main thing is, we all survived, we had a kick-ass great time, almost no one got arrested, and we're all safe and sound....fer now.

I have definite thoughts about the ChickenPA tour though and plenty of time to make evil plans, LOL!!! Don't be skerred Joe....it's many months away yet :D

Yesterday my husband and I saw the CEO for General Motors on tv begging for MORE money to bail out the auto indusrty. Seems they didn't get enough with the initial 700 BILLION. They asked this dude if he was willing to take a pay cut to help out the industry. He says "I'm fine where I'm at" or something along those lines, and didn't even blink. GM and the American auto industry are saying they're going under, and it will be thousands of ppl out of jobs. Wanna know why? Cause asshole CEO's like this scab are making 9.5 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR and refuse to take a pay cut. I say fire the whole feckin' lot of those greedy bastards, and start fresh with new salary caps and new rules, and only hire people who are willing to do what's best for the companies, NOT what's best for themselves. It's time for the greed in corporate America to be put to an end.

WOW I can't believe it Joe had his US tour and NO stops in the Pacific Northwest!!???!!! Why Joe??? Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, BC all got left off the tour?? I was soo looking forward to seeing you LIVE again. This would have been the first tour that I would have actually been able to SEE you play. I have had eye issues for several years and now that they are fixed I can see again!

Please tell me you will be coming this way soon.

Thanks and may you ALL have a great holiday season!!!

BTW ...Joe met Rubina at a party, and it took him a while to persuade her to go out with him. Ahhhh...........

I'm playing catch-up on posts over the last week or so...T2J says I have 281 that are unread, but I know I replied to a bunch in the middle when I was away so this should be quick.

SuperDaveMcCarthy - It looks like you got a Satchurator a week ago...I assume you love it, yeah? Any sound clips you can share?

Anyway, I'm glad you were able to make it to the gig.

When's your Opeth gig? I saw them on the Progressive Nation tour with Dream Theater earlier this year. I don't know if I'd ever go see them on their own, but they put on a great show. You'll have a good time.

The Vox Time Machine is a delay pedal :) I can't remember everything Joe said about it, but once I have the video on dvd, can let u know. One thing I do remember is telling Joe....with 3 pedals either out or in the works, he's about to break me!

wolf, no matter what the voices in yer head say...yer a winner.