By now many of you know that Toyboat received it's second nomination for a Pegasus in the Best Performer category. This really means a lot to every one of us...as a band we are still relatively new on the filk scene, and to be nominated two years in a row means more than I can say.

Thank you again.

Haven't posted much here because, well, at the moment there isn't much to post. There have been two biopsies in the last week, and the doctors are still puzzling over inconclusive results from the last biopsy. It's been pushed up the food chain, there is talk of sending her home and doing an out-patient biopsy, to another biopsy immediately in the ( Read more... )

Is there anyone available who can volunteer a couple of hours on Saturday morning for housecleaning? We need to clean the Roman's house so it's clean for her when she gets out of the hospital.

I've got 2-3 volunteers at the moment, and could use 3 more. Please email me at packergundo at gmail dot com if can throw in a couple of hours.

Our good friend Leah Roman has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, subtype 2. She had been fatigued for the past few weeks, and recently developed breathing issues, which culminated in a trip to acute care. Acute care ran a blood test which returned a hemoglobin of 4, resulting in an ambulance trip to Condell Medical Center's ER and then ( Read more... )

*sigh* it is with great regret that I announce that I won't be at FKO this year. I tried every way to make it work with the budget, but while I could "afford" it, it would be neither wise nor prudent. This is not an easy decision, nor one I'm thrilled to have to make, but unfortunately it's the right decision. I delayed making it as long as I could ( Read more... )

Ok, I know Windycon was two weeks ago, but things got crazy when I got back to work and I've finally found a moment to catch up. I also know there are a lot of LJ names for people that I'm mentioning, but I'm not gonna look them up ( Read more... )

OVFF was wonderful this year...Toyboat didn't have any obligations this time, due to the unfortunate fact that we couldn't get anything ready for the Pegasus Concert due to time constraints. That was very strange...it's been a while since I've been to a con and wasn't a performer or staff. And it was *very* wonderful to realize that I probably ( Read more... )

Trying to decide which guitar I'm going to bring to OVFF. Since Toyboat isn't playing, I actually don't have a guitar full of gear and can actually contemplate *which* axe to bring to the con. So I'll throw this open to the unwashed masses, otherwise known as "my friends". Beast, btw, is the guitar in the LJ icon.

Poll OVFF Guitar question

Thanks to billroper for reminding me about LJ...my workplace moved and abandoned several desks at the old location. We need to get them out of there *tonight*...the place we had arranged to pick them up could only get 80 percent of them.

You'll need a truck, and the pickup would have to take place after 6pm. If you want them, they're yours.

I know I haven't posted in a while, so posting now feels, well, strange. After Duckon was over I had to bury myself getting ready for my sister's wedding and Musecon. Both went really well...lots of music at both events. I was especially pleased by the harmonica workshop and the blues workshop. We had 20 people for the harmonica workshop, some of ( Read more... )