Man I’m ticked at myself…Just spent 30 minutes updating this blog and then hit the wrong button and trashed the whole thing…. must not have been worth reading… 2nd draft: First the Good News: About two weeks ago, Jane passed two years being CANCER FREE. Since we really weren’t given much hope that she would [...]

My essay on how fear dominates the NFL Draft is here ACTING NEWS FOLLOWUP: No news to report on success or failure in getting attached to the Coen Brothers’ NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN project. I’ve been given a very ‘hopeful’ signal with regard to this project, but nothing is set and it may evaporate. [...]

As much as I’ve ragged on the sorry state of film production in Texas, I guess I should say some positive things whenever possible. After quite a dry spell, it looks like production activity and particularly production of good quality material is at something of a high point in our state. Several productions which feature [...]

Jane’s battle with IBC continues and she is doing well. Last Wed. she had surgery related to her mastectomy. She had decided, after a lot of research and consultation with friends in her support group, not to have reconstruction surgery. You’d think it would be enough what women with breast cancer have to go through [...]

ATOM/RSS FEEDS Wow. It’s been too long since I updated here. Lots of stress…life…you know the drill. Random thoughts this morning. IS THERE VALUE IN DOMAIN NAMES IN 2006? FeedDaddy.com I’m fascinated by the ‘explosion’ of the internet FEED delivery developments. I’m probably really late to the dance here but everywhere I look I see [...]

Jane and Dean share a laugh The new year has started off in pretty good fashion. In her continuing treatment for IBC (Inflammatory Breast Cancer), Jane is taking the drug Herceptin. Herceptin has been in the news quite a bit lately because it is showing such great promise in the treatment of breast cancer. But [...]

Dear Aunt E: Good Christian lady, loving wife, mother and grandmother, daughter, sister and aunt extraordinaire: I should have told you this sooner. There is something I’ve thought about for years, on and off, especially around holidays or family get-togethers and it concerns you. “Hello, Tommy. I’m Jane’s Aunt Yvonne. Just call me ‘Aunt E’. [...]

We’re smiling today that’s for sure. King David summed up our feelings of today pretty well when he wrote: Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,Who [...]

We’re smiling today that’s for sure. King David summed up our feelings of today pretty well when he wrote: Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,Who [...]

Jane had ‘day surgery’ on Thursday. Why do they call it ‘day surgery’? I’ve lived a pretty good number of years. I’ve had surgery. I’ve had other family members who’ve had surgery. I’ve never seen a surgery start in the daytime and go into the night. Other than emergencies, are surgeries even performed at night? [...]