Thanks Joe. Love ya!

Joe, Michelle, thanks!!!! and well, I finally got the nerv to tell my parents. havent heard from my dad and Of course my mother is freaking out since they are stage 1 precancer cells, but Im not going to stress about it! I put my Chickenfoot in and im jammin out! I was talkin to my sis's aunt because she is a doctor and she said that she had the same thing happen to her and she had to go through multiple things to take care of it. She suggested I go back to the doc and demand that take more test! Im staying positive and getting through it! Thanks again Michelle for the kick in the butt!

and I think its pretty normal to freak a little when a doctor tells you something like that!

Nice one Joe.

Its our turn for a tour Joe!!

WOW! Japan really got nailed! Terrible news. What a nightmare for them. Thoughts and prayers are with them.

I said it was good advice BEFORE Joe did ....grumpedy grump ;)

Thanks Joe, it really means a lot to me. He was far too young (65) and it happened very suddenly, so it just feels like a rip-off. He was the coolest human being I ever knew. I will miss him more than anyone can know.

I will, as always, find strength in music.
Watching The Boats With My Dad.

WOW.... crazy news this morning!

Thoughts and prayers to everyone!

Joe, you sir, are a twitterwhore today. lol!

So glad to hear Mikey & the girls (and the duck) are okay. I know he's south, but with something so huge you just never know. Any of you guys still in touch with him, tell him I miss him here on t2j. Thanks for the update on his family.

Every now and again I have tsunami nightmares. Probably my worst fear. The unimaginable horror those people are going through. It just breaks my heart. What lesson does this teach us?

Mother nature can certainly be a bitch, no doubt about it.

Isn't it exciting that Joe has over 1 million Facebook fans now?! Even my mother signed on! Steve Vai is eating Joe's dust in that field (and many others IMO :) ).

I should be having a little bit of a new gear day as soon as the Fedex man shows up. I ordered a new Wilkinson/Gotoh trem and some Schaller locking tuning machines for my guitar. The trem should be here literally any minute now. I paid extra to have it here before the weekend so I could get it installed. The current one has had better days.

Cheese- If San Fran weren't so far away, I would go to that gig myself. I'm surprised you are even debating it! It may be awhile before Joe is solo in our neck of the woods again...

Ian, I know, believe me I know. The problem is financial only, not one of desire! I've always had the attitude of getting to see Joe as often as possible, no matter what it takes...and would and have driven through hellish weather conditions to do just that. Plus juggled a lot in my life in order to make it happen. But the economy is catching up, there's only so far the pennies will stretch and everything is getting worse instead of better. We're facing an up to $700 pay cut per month coming up soon. That's more than I know how to handle. So necessities, like traveling to see Joe, may have to go. And believe me, it's a necessity, lol! He's pretty much our only break from "normal" and stressful life! But it's getting mighty tough out there for myself, and soooo many others. I've been blessed to have done what we have so far, very blessed.

And like I said, still pondering, trying to find a way to make it work....while also having an eye towards any other possible opportunities later this year (pretty unlikely if those pay cuts go through, cuz I'll prolly be in a tent sitting in the dark, lol!). We don't want to miss this but dang.....pondering, pondering, juggling....

And then the perspective of what's happening in Japan. We're so damn lucky here and don't always recognize it or appreciate it. My heart goes out to humanity.