the face of misfortune frowns upon us

my grandmother is at the Cleveland clinic because she's been puking for 2 straight weeks, and they just found a mass on her pancreas.

Bouffer is at this moment undergoing surgery for an intestinal problem.

Max's tire blew out on the freeway near Oakland, so he ran to the previous exit and called the authorities....when he came back, his car was gone. Perhaps only in Oakland does somebody steal a car with a flat tire.

my hands hurt too bad to keep typing....and our property tax just shot up, making out mortgage increase by $87/month (over a 10% increase).

one day at a time, right?