Lord love a dog (and cat). I know I do

I just wanted to take this moment to give a shout out to my furry friends. Pepper (my dog) and Shadoe (my other cat. Kitt's surviving sister). When I came home from the hospital, they were my guardians. When I'm laid up (because of my foot), they surround me. Shadoe will lay by me, purring all the time. Pepper lays on the floor near me, keeping (particularly my nephew) from getting too close and hurting me (he's very careless). It just amazes me how protective and loving they are. I've grown up around animals all my life, but in this time of illness/trouble, it really warms my heart just how incredible they are. Thank you God, for these wonderful friends and companions.

Life goes on...

I know it's been awhile, just letting you all know I'm still here. Just had somethings to work out. I helped my friend put together a monster Dell computer, I had a meeting with the social worker for Medicaid, I had to contact some people (like the billing agents for the hospital) to let them know I have medicaid pending, so the bills don't go to collection, etc.

I did get a bit of sad news today: someone I knew from one of the message boards I participate in (and have met her in person about 5 years ago) passed away in December. She lived in Germany. She had some problems, so now she's not suffering (although I don't know yet what she actually died of. Her growth was stunted [not dwarfism], and she was confined to either a wheelchair or a special set of crutches, so she was born with some defects).

But hey, as the title says... Gotta deal with it, and not let it anchor me down. Still, my condolences go out to her family.

Google Mail

You know the deal. 1000 megs of storage space. I still have 40+ invitations left to give out, so if you want one, either leave a comment with your email address (so I can send the invitation), or email me (you'll have to dig through my profile a bit though).

Frayed Calendar 2005-2006?

So I was thinking of putting out a calendar with my artwork. What would be good subjects/themes for it? (yes, I'm asking you, my readers to make suggestions). Obviously, I can't do copyrighted characters, but... do you think a "Fungus" calendar would be out of the question? (for those not in the know, Fungus is a character I invented, yes, based upon myself, whom I hope to start creating some kind of strip/comic for soon (probably online). Granted, this would be the first major usage of the character (publically), but it might be a good promo/lead in to a book or strip...

Let me hear from you though!