Moe-
It occured to me that since you are working, you probably don't need to waste time tracking down my site. I copied the message I had stuck there below. Sorry for wasting your time. One of those brain short circuit things.

Okay, I'm an idiot. Yeah, we knew that already. I just realized this section existed, where we could get and give private messages. So...thanks, everyone, for your support. If I had known you were leaving me messages here, I would have responded before now, instead of seeming ungrateful for your concern. I am touched, truly I am. I can't have the surgery to get everything fixed, but that's okay. I've lived with this monster for almost six years, and will continue to. I am incredibly happy, incredibly blessed in my life. My husband is beyond wonderful, my child is the light of my life. I am surrounded by family, friends and coworkers that make my life so very happy. No, I am not going to survive this illness. But I am going to live my life to the absolute limit in the time I have, and I am not going to whine, moan or groan about what I have lost. Because the truth is, I have lost nothing. I have gained perspective, love, friendship, and peace. There is pain, there is turmoil, there are emotions. I don't want to leave my husband and my son and my family. I'm having too much fun in this life to want to leave it. But I've never been a whiner, and I'm not about to start now. If I do, then the monster has won, and that is something I refuse to allow to happen. It may take my life, but it will not take my spirit, my joy, or the essence of all that I am. It can have my body. But it can not have my soul.
So thank you, so very much, for thinking of me and pulling for me. I don't talk about this a lot because it isn't my intention to drag people down, but I appreciate your support, more than you know.
Tena (aka flyoverstate)

One of those days? Yeah. I want to quit my job, which couldn't possibly be cushier. What is wrong with me?

Moe, you are awesome. Please don't stop posting smart, provacative things just because the PC police get their panties all up in a bundle. Don't feel like you have to edit for people who don't have a sense of humor and can't get off their soapbox or are always pushing an agenda. I totally got your back. Next drink is on me.

what happened to the photobooth hotness-promoting pix???

Ben did not write this. I did. You do not have my permission to use my intellectual property. Please remove this immediately. Good Day.

[jezebel.com]

So when you went on that rant about PE shops in a Crappy Hour a while back, I knew you were referencing Old School PE and not the new "growth-oriented" transactions that are compulsory to get any traction in the market. Anyway, I finally found my vindication (cause it kind of sucks when people think your some Job-destroying monster): [dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com]

Oh! I can't help but like you even if all I do is bitch at you all day.

hey friends. if you ever think i am being cruel/mean/terrible/evil/whatevs, just remember i am probably just being wry or dark or kidding or saying the opposite of what i really mean or there's a stick up your ass or something. Because I really do love you all.

;)

Jez is the intertubes equivalent of reading Cosmo. Years ago, the previous occupants of my crappy student housing left behind a stack of Cosmos and I actually read them and not just for chance of nude pics either. Yeah, my friends thought it was strange, too. If you want a weird male's take on anything, I'm your man.

oh moe!