I know, I've been sorta slacking off, posting most of my crap on MySpace. Sorry. Life's been crazy ( Read more... )

The fainter of heart might want to give this one a miss...

( This blog is rated DSLV. You have been warned. )

HOOVER, Andrew Arthur DownsBorn in Chicago, Illinois on March 6, 1983, Andy Hoover passed away unexpectedly on February 21, 2008. Andy is survived by his mother, Pamela Downs of Orangevale, California, his father Richard Hoover of Kettering, Ohio, his sister Lynn Vazquez, his grandmother Tommie Downs, his aunts Joyce Parker and Susan Olsen, and a ( Read more... )

( Another year has passed, a fork stuck in the road... )

I <3 this song/video/band...

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Makes sense, I first fell in love with Dave's drumming in 1991, when that drum intro on "Smells Like Teen Spirit" first nailed me to the wall...and Taylor is one of the greatest underappreciated all-around musical talents out there. (That and I love his singing!!) So the Dynamic Duo trade places for a song at T In ( Read more... )

Any of you who know me know this has been the summer from hell for us. When I lived in Northern California I always looked forward to autumn because of the cooler weather, beautiful change of color of the foliage, and the connection to nature, the grape and apple harvests, the "Blessing of the Grapes" at the wineries (with the traditional joke of ( Read more... )

Check out what we found on good ol' YouTube ( Read more... )

...to all of you who have expressed your sympathy and encouragement over the past few days. Pabzi, ic789, vicxentric, and outside of LJ Brenda (and her hubby Dave), Sloan, Archie, Patti, Teresa, Kelly...I'm truly blessed with the most awesome friends on earth ( Read more... )

Early this morning, our sweet Lombard lost his valiant fight and joined his brother Dubh. The loss is incredibly painful. These were our friends, fellow warriors in the struggles we've seen over the eight years of their lives. Their younger sister Haley is, of course, devastated and lonely. Her brothers had been part of her entire life. But ( Read more... )

Reprinting here an e-mail I sent out to all my friends (in my Yahoo book) late Friday ( Read more... )