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I thought it might’ve been one of Reggie Wayne’s brothers. Alas, no.

I should have looked it on YouTube before posting but saw Duran Duran’s “Girls on film” as a young kid, I knew I liked what I saw, but probably not quite enough... naturally pre internet days... Probably most film clips with David Coverdale- Whitesnake, also Ratt and probably Warrant... will go a looking...

When I was young & had my first dog that wasn’t the ‘family dog’ he slept on the bed- when he was a puppy he’d whimper until on the bed, I broke easy then. Had GF’s who loved him, others were m’eh. Those that loved him, let him sleep on bed. He’d sit in the front of the car & go everywhere with me. He’d crack it if someone sat in the front, sit and give them the ‘Paddington Stare’. Once, he just came through the gap between driver and passenger seat and sat on the GF’s lap. Was a great dog. The other 2, no. They have beds & a command for going to bed. Wife isn’t into dogs, though when pregnant, the girl dog would sleep next to her and follow her around constantly. Now the girl’s 16 1/2 & sleeps on a dog mattress or day bed, the younger dog has a bed, though often will be found in doorway of kids bedrooms, blocking door. Running joke with kids is he’s never asleep on the couch, if my wife catches him on couch he’ll often bury head under cushion, he’s occasionally on couch, I think he knows it pisses her off.

More chemicals. Docs are positive, maybe last cycle, surgery was positive. Doing well. I agree re: med. support. Positives: my kids have said that with my hairstyle they can’t tell if I’m loosing hair. I’ve dropped some weight. Met some awesome people, learning a lot about motivation. Wished Lance Armstrong’s story didn’t end up where it did... ...I can’t control what will worry me, but I will control how I worry... ... found more enjoyment in the Bills being where they are, probably who they are, the process of player development than expectation to be met by wins alone... much more mellow. I enjoy positive quotes. Enjoying reading. Not fussed about my work, workload. i dig out the MacBeth “screw your courage to the sticking place and you will not fail!” quote at times as well as an old digger (Aussie WW1 soldier) saying, “sometimes you have to fix bayonet and close with your enemy”- as a means of sometimes you just have to do some hard fighting. Thanks all.

Currently travelling well, though insomnia has kept me up tonite, find out test results tomorrow. Chemo not fun. Have been pretty positive, have had some slumps, lots of fatigue- way more than I ever thought. Any good news stories, some positives. Cheers.

Big Red One: Vietnam Big Red One: The Gulf

I was rummaging through my memory and came to Clark Griswold and then on to Chevy Chase as Fletch?

Sounded like you found some of that spirit of Xmas joy though, the genuine happiness from seeing someone else happy, change your focus. Read as though you’d found some of that magic, that’s enough.

Good article. Players worried it’s too much, after games. Coach asking players to ‘trust’ him with their well being. One of the hardest things for a player to do is to hand ‘trust’ to a coach. In the back of their mind is if I get injured, I lose $ & maybe future $ too. And as competitors, it can be hard to tell coach that you’re not committed. The coach doesn’t want injuries either, but needs wins. Winning shuts down the dissent. i don’t follow NBA, but it’ll be interesting if he turns this around.

I don’t believe it, need to see proof.

We do the same and then some smaller stocking fillers.

Fort Niagara is a good place, enjoyed it, as well as crossing over to the Canadian side to old Fort Eerie(?). 2 different designs of forts in close proximity, but I’m a sucker for history.

I’m actually recovering from prostate cancer surgery right now, been following this news for several weeks, mine was diagnosed in part from 1. Having familiar Hx and 2. Monitoring PSA level changes. There’s also the Clot Retreval for strokes, the vaccine for Melanoma, a potential end to Type 1 diabetes, a new medication to delay onset of Alzheimer. There’s a lot of great science coming through. At a a recent conference a medical friend informed that one of the speakers quoted that in 50 years about 30% of the procedures we undertake will have been made redundant. Science is amazing.

I went from waiting impatiently for each episode to m’eh, ‘jump the shark’. When it’s on Netflix I’ll try again. If you watch it, can you comment a yeah or n’ah, ta.

There’s a brilliant Australian Gallipoli book called Jacks Journey. Started when the author, as child, visiting his friend and his friend had his Uncle’s WW1 journal. He wrote 3 journals & was killed in a rather notorious battle. The bravery and mateship displayed gives you tingles. The author wrote a very detailed account from this journal as well as collecting other accounts, including those of the Turks. One of those books that draw you in. What makes men leave a trench of comparatively safety, run across 40 yards of ground of racking enfilade fire on both sides to try and get supplies, ammunition and water, to the furthest trench to which defilade protection is a couple feet of dirt scratched out of the landscape. When every other soldier that previously tried was cut down. But if supplies don’t get there those guys are going to get routed. On they went. These books are brilliant accounts of history.

In Australia, the Conservative party are the Liberals...

Got diagnosed with cancer a couple weeks back and have decided to grow a beard until I win. I’m not a great beard grower.

The AFL league in Oz has a ‘Father Son’ draft. If a player makes 100 club games his child may be drafted by that club when elligible. Began in the 1940’s when a club wanted to draft a son of a player killed in WW2 as an honour for the family. Each draft pick is assigned a value (with No. 1 starting at 3000 points, declining exponentially until No. 74 which has no value), which is regressed from historical player salary data. During the draft, any club may bid for a father–son eligible player with any draft pick. The father's club, if it wishes to select the son, must then use its next one or more draft picks until the total points value of the surrendered picks adds up to the value of the draft pick used by the bidding, less a discount – which is either 20% of the bid value or 197 points (equivalent to pick No. 56), whichever is greater. Any points left over after reaching the bid value result in the draft pick being shuffled down the order. The club which originally made the bid then has the next selection in the draft. I’m now at an age where I’m watching the kids of the stars of my childhood. There’s definitely a ‘legacy’ connection that’s strong with the fan bases that’s great. Collingwood for example has about 5 players with dad’s being club legends. List of 40.

Did you get a ride in the Bentley Plas?

We had a story in Aus. rolls changed from something like 12cm lengths to 10cm lengths.

I lost my dad last year, thanks for the heads up, don’t think we checked behind the couch. take care. I did my dad’s eulogy. We had a complicated relationship. Was massive for me in the ‘process’ (Bills reference for you!). Good photo BTW.

...& here I just downloaded an old Gamma Ray album!

I was just thinking of them in responding to another post re- heavy metal. It was the Grim Reaper comments, funny.

Much the same. A bit too open ended for the little amount of time I used to have to play a game- a level was enough.

Messiah Marcolin, Candlemass. ...though possibly Steve Grimmet, Grim Reaper. there’s probably a long list to follow...