16 August is my birthday........it will also be a good day to die!

So many Baby Boomers in this world.....if one leaves the planet, it's NO BIG DEAL! Unless the husband, sisters, nieces, nephew and friends protest in the strongest of ways!

The Santa Clara City Library can REPLACE me with a younger worker........there are a lot of 20 somethings in school who need the money and have much more energy!

The youngins are restless and have boundless energy! I feel much older than almost 53!

Happy birthday to whoever has her birthday today! I can't say a name or I'll get in trouble!

Joe...........It's a rough life out here in upside down land. My mental health is not good......and I caught a throat infection while in the hospital. Silly me!

Fell in with an AA group just before I was discharged at H2 unit in Stanford. Interesting ppl.

Campbell--Depression is an ongoing chronic condition and certain emotions/anxieties/fears trigger an emotional breakdown. Thankfully the throat infection is being treated with antibiotics and will clear up soon.

Scubz, I'll tell my age every day if ya want me to. I'm happy to be 45. When I was 28 I had a neighbor Brenda who was also 28. She had 2 little girls, both under 3 years old when she was diagnosed with some sort of horrible fast moving cancer. Don't think she lasted 8 months from diagnosis to death. Anyways, I swore that in her honor I'd never complain about my age. I mean, it's just so stupid to bitch about aging. The only other alternative is death, and I'm not down with that just yet. So...I'm 45 and loving (almost) every minute of it! lol!

One of my bosses at work has been leaving notes on my locker or on the calandars for the last 10 years that say "Happy 50th Birthday Michelle!" If I'm still there when I'm 50, he'll prolly change it to 70 or something. lol!

Thanks burly, elpp (feel better soon), cosmic ape, & Milli

Milli, let it go. It's over. Move on. HBD tomorrow.

Fav songs from waaaaaaaaaaaay back -

M.Q.

G.R.

C.T.

and last but not least -* M.D.A.L.*

castle49 - HB to your hubs.

mikesb - HB to your daughter what a great experience and yes a very wise move to not reveal her location.

M - HB mate, sounds like a lovely brekkie. Somehow we must get to a Foot of Joe-show together :>). We're the same age and I agree with you about it.

T - Lord you can belt out a tune can't ya? LMAO.

BigBunny - lets all cross everything and hope a ChickenfootOz tour is still a possibility...

Guitarman77897 - congrats on the new toy, I look forward to seeing you play it and for Do The Stu's response :>)

burly - hi buddy

GG2 - HB for the 16th (which it is here in Oz). Keep your chin up.

elpp - ouch! Sounds like you were trying to be Mark Schwarzer. I reckon the beer helped the pain though.

I'm a bit jealous of ppl who can take prescription pain killers like Vicodin & Percoset & stuff like that. If I don't have a huge meal in my stomach when I take one of them, I'm sick for days. Last time I took one I thought a snack would be enough just to get something in my stomach. Noooo. I was stupid sick for three days! I had dental work done, and my tooth hurt soo bad. Took one pill after dinner and it helped, so I figgered I'd take another before bed. I was super nauseous for three days & missed work, and on the third day I yawned and my jaw dislocated. It felt like somebody was stabbing me in the side of my throat in case anybody wonders what it feels like. lol! Didn't hurt in my jaw. I called my husband to tell him to come home and take me to the ER, and while I was talking to him - in an extremely high pitch I might add - it slipped back in. NEVER let the dentist (HA! or anyone else for all that matters - lmao!) make you open yer mouth wider than what is comfortable for you. It stretched out the ligaments in my jaw and made them weak, so the first time I yawned, my jaw slipped out of place. Ouch!

WTF am I on about?

Jager...a little dab'll do ya! lmao!!

Sucks I gotta work tomorrow.

Skiip, come on over! The more, the merrier! lmao! I mean SkiPPy ;-)

Hey, everyone. My internet is still out in Long Beach, but I'm in NorCal visiting my family now so I'll have access for the next few days.

I'll catch up a little later, but I wanted to make a quick post to say everyone needs to go see It Might Get Loud. Go here to find out when it'll be playing at a theater near you.

I saw Led Zepagain last night, for probably my 10th time. They were celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Knebworth festival, and they played that set in full (some of which appears on the LZ DVD that was released a few years back). I had a great time...the version of Achilles Last Stand they did is the best I've heard from them.

Stairway To Heaven was dedicated to Les Paul (Jim Wooten, the band's John Paul Jones, is Les Paul's nephew). It was a bit of a shock...this is how I found out he had died, because I've been without internet access (out of the loop, again...haha). But it was a great tribute, even if it's played on a doubleneck SG instead of an LP. ;-)

A Van Halen tribute band opened...they're called Fan Halen and they did nothing for me. They dressed like classic VH and it looked quite laughable. The music was good, but they sounded like a bar band covering VH and I just couldn't get into them. They're nothing like Led Zepagain.

I did like their version of You Really Got Me, though...during the breakdown they went into to solo section from Beat It. I thought that worked well. But as a whole, I didn't like 'em. They made a point of saying they only did classic (DLR-era) Van Halen, which I found funny because their DLR-clone lead singer had the Sammy-era VH logo tattooed on his arm.

Anyway, that's all from me for now.

EDIT - And, you posted again while I was writing this one...I was referring to the earlier one, but this is more like it! Haha...

Austin, so sweet of you to send me that bday message. I'm taking it easy today because #1 I have aaaanother 3 day sinus headache on deck, and #2 I have to work tomorrow. It's an ugly combination, don't you agree?

Taking my mp3 player in with me 2mo. Helps me not to kill people before the store opens. lol! Makes the day sooo much nicer too!

Thanks cube!

Who works on Sunday? Unbelievable! Then again this is the USA where life continues 24/7 even though people aren't made to work/be awake 24/7.....go figure this country out if you can. Is the USA REALLY part of the planet Earth or is it just a figleaf of my imagination?

I will always be in trouble on here because it's inevitable that someone is gonna be pissed at me for some fool thing! So I may as well accept the things I can't change!

One thing I can't change is a 53rd birthday.......etc.

I can feel in control of myself by knowing the day I will die.....sooner or later we all die.....why not know ahead of time and plan ahead?

michelle - Argh...hope you feel better!

What do you usually listen to on your MP3 player while you're at work? Is it the usual hard and heavy, or...?

And about the end of your post, to quote Pink Floyd (or rather, the person they quoted, in Great Gig In The Sky):

"I am not afraid of dying. Why should I be? There's no reason for it...you've gotta go sometime."

Not to sound like a greeting card, but just live every day like it's your last.

elpp - yes indeedy we have qualified for the World Cup again - and we just beat Ireland 3-0 in afriendly.

Oh the memories of Germany! We Aussies now have a mantra "we'll always have Kaiserslautern", meaning the day we beat Japan with that magnificent Timmy Cahill goal, was the day we joined the top soccer nations permanently.

elpp 4 U ;-)

Austin, I listen to everything from B. Marley to Disturbed. I even have J. Timberlake & 1 Christina A. song on it. lol! It makes me laugh when they come on shuffle.

Happy Sunday peeps!

Michelle - I can't take Vicodin either. Had a bad tooth a couple years ago that stuff made me sick and did nothing to dull the pain.

Thanks all for the birthday wishes for my husband.

Anibur- Thanks for the FB add.

Skippy- G'day mate, How is everything down under?..and the guitar?

Do the Stu- internet withdrawal get to you any?

Joe- Best wishes on the remainder of the tour, Hope to catch the show in Atlanta...Just waiting for my schedule to OK..Oh and my wife's OK... Am pushing for the backstage tickets....Any chance of more shows in December through March? (U.S.)

Just listened to "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" Deep Purple with Steve Morse. Beautiful!

Do the Stu--Thanks for showing a picture of your beautiful blue bass some time ago. Great pickguard design. I think it's a work of art! Looks like a fun instrument to play. Hope it gives you hours of pleasure!