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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyMay 2nd, 2016
…although I had meant for it to be the first of May. (In fact, Timothy went ahead and gave it a start.) I did manage to get most of the database repaired, although a number of comments will likely remained somewhat messed up for quite a while.
But last Saturday, my partner Chris got off the phone with his mother and was very worried about her. She’s 79, and has been laid up with a broken kneecap since last October. Both of my in-laws are very active, so for her to be essentially homebound has been especially hard. And last Saturday, she had reached her breaking point and had essentially given up hope of ever walking again. So we tossed some clothes into the car, dropped the dog off at the kennel, and on Monday headed to Abilene, Texas, arriving two days later just in time to see her hobbling not just using a walker but with a cane, albeit still somewhat unsteady. It appears that her rehab breakthrough occurred that Monday. By Friday, we got her out of the house and enjoying a nice dinner at Red Lobster, something that she had been craving for months.
So that’s the (very) good news. We are now working our way back to Tucson. After that, I still have more work to do to get this website back to full functionality. There are still problems going on with the back-end, and I have some other revisions I want to make in order to get Facebook working once and for all. I’m targeting Sunday May 15 to get everything put back together again. Until then, we will be doing some occasional posting here and there, but the Daily agenda won’t make its re-appearance until I can get the rest of the web site back up and running. I appreciate your patience, apologize for the interruption, and invite you to stick around for what I hope will be an even better BTB.
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dave
May 2nd, 2016
Take your time and do it right. I’ll gladly wait till the 15th! Good luck!
Eric Payne
May 2nd, 2016
Boy, howdy, can I relate. Two weeks ago, on a trip to Cincinnati with Bill, I collapsed in our hotel room while he was off teaching his training class.. After emergency dialysis — a decision Bill had to meke for me, which went against specific instructions I had given him — and two days of a Michael-Jackson-drug fueled coma, I left, AMA, to come back to Georgia. Bill had been using the promise of going to Joe’s Crab Shack to get me up and moving… and though walking a straight line takes concentration and time, I can make it about 30 feet now, unassisted.
So, Friday night we went to Joe’s. I had their appetizer trio and the double lobster steam pot, took a huge doggie bag home, and ate the rest of it early Sunday morning. I loved it.
And the found out on Monday Joe’s Crab Shack is going out of business… their restaurants to be closed a few at a time over the course of next six months.
Karma, huh?
Seriously — you guys do important work, and your voices need to be back adding to the choral cacophony of the internet.
If changes do have to be made, can it be in the area or more conservative political legislative “push backs” against our SCOTUS victories? My health precludes any type of “sex like,” so the ins and outs of how an where to get PrEP don’t interest me (except my fear of an unknown future for PrEPpies).
Just my two-cent’s worth.
customartist
May 2nd, 2016
I am reminded of a comedienne [likely lesbian hence my memory] saying something about a bodybuilder who worked out religiously, that he was “puffed up” here and there, all “veiny and bulging”, “thick necked”, etc, etc.. (no offense to anyone)
And she said rather emphatically that at some point one must “TAKE A DAY OFF!”
Hyhybt
May 2nd, 2016
Family first. Glad she’s doing better!
MattNYC
May 3rd, 2016
Jim, wishing you, Chris and his parents the best. Getting mobility/hope back is key. I know from when I was looking after my Dad that he didn’t get better until he started feeling he could make it on his own again.
Now, we’re starting to have to deal with my partner’s aging parents.
While BTB serves a more important role than I think you may realize–it’s still just bits and bytes–and you have to take care of self and family first.
Joseph Singer
May 5th, 2016
Jim, you have been missed!
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