Our friends Scott and Lynn need our help, and pronto! I’ve called on the Str8jacket crowd before and you’ve always done a great job helping out. Big Al’s MS Bike Ride is a great example. However, this story hits close to home as I’ve been friends with this family for going on 20 years. Times are tough all around, but this is one time when we can all truly make a difference and help a child try to regain his life. It can be a hot button topic, so I’m asking you to put your political views aside and help however you can here. The parents out there know you’d do anything to help your kids and many of you have had to make it through your own hard times. I think it’s ridiculous that we can’t do this right here in the US, but we do what we have to do. You can vote to change that at a later date, but Davis needs your help now. Let’s do what we can to help this family, because they’re also my good friends. You can check the progress of the fundraiser on Davis’s site: Davis Goes to China Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Here’s the story as told by Davis’s dad, Scott:
Dear friends and family,
As many of you know, two years ago, just days after Davis’ 1 year old vaccination shots, he suffered a massive 8 hour seizure that inflicted severe global brain damage. We spent over 6 weeks at Scottish Rite in Atlanta, but when we came home, Davis was completely devastated mentally and physically. Instead of a little one year old who was beginning to talk and just starting to pull up and walk, we brought home a 1 year old that was now blind, could not drink or eat, and could not sit or even hold his head up without assistance. He had less control of his body than a typical newborn baby would have. Doctors told us he would not be able to do anything but lay in a beanbag chair. Davis is still severely handicapped needing help with everything even though he has made some small, slow gains over the last two years.
We have this AMAZING opportunity to travel to China for a 30 day trip so Davis can receive “Stem Cell Therapy.” With the help of friends and family, we are hoping to raise the $45,000+ that it will cost so that we can make the trip for this extensive therapy. This medical miracle has been practiced across the world for years and the results have been astounding. Although they have found many conditions that Stem Cell Therapy can help with, brain damage is one of the conditions that they have seen the most amazing results with.
Please take a look at Davis’ website: Davis Goes to China Take a few minutes and watch the news clip video on the bottom of the first page. It really is amazing!!!
Thank you for your support and please forward on the message to your friends and family.
Before you get all excited, it was a non-binding vote. However, it’s a huge step to see an entire County, that’s 45 Precincts, passing the FairTax! That’s right, Cherokee County Georgia passed the FairTax, or at least the idea of the FairTax, with 80% of the vote! 80%!!!
Do you ever go back and listen to an album, or watch a movie or a show, only to realize years later how friggin’ awesome it truly is? I did that a while back with Primus’s Brown Album. I wasn’t that impressed when I first got it, but now I feel it could very well be their best album. It’s simply great.
Another example comes to us in the form of the Chris Elliot super show, “Get a Life”. Fantastic! Coupled with his cinematic masterpiece, “Cabin Boy”, Elliot really shines as a comedic genius. And don’t forget about his stellar performance in “There’s Something about Mary”. No one else could’ve brought Dom “Woogie” Woganowski to life like Chris Elliot. So here’s to “Get a Life”, a show that peaked before it was ever truly understood . . .
A friend from work sent this to me. Not only is it hilarious, but the song hits me hard. Tugs at the ol’ heart strings. It’s the intro song from the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie and Allister sings it all the time. In his own special way of course. I’ll see if I can get that on video.
We fix the economic crisis BY fixing our dependence on foreign oil! We give the finger to the Saudis and everyone else. We tell the democrats and hippies to eat it and start harvesting our own crop of oil. Of course, the use of the word harvest is a lead-in to the fact that we need to come up with a viable oil replacement and soon. In the mean time, we create jobs and reduce the cost of oil by tapping our own resources. Sheesh.
So as it turns out, Oklahoma is pretty bad ass. Or at least they know how to make a friggin’ point over there.
Resolution 1089 of the 2nd Session of the 51st Legislature of Oklahoma, “is a joint resolution claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers; serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates; and directing distribution.”
So what does that mean? Well, it means the good folks of Oklahoma have made a big show about telling the federal government to pipe down and mind their own beeswax. It’s a rather lengthy, overly formal reminder that the states are in charge around here. Is this the first step in the next civil war? I highly doubt it. But it is a sign that some people want to remind the feds who wears the pants in this family.
No shit. George Carlin is dead. What a bummer. To say he was iconic is an understatement. I’m sure there will be several mentions of his comedic presence and the “Seven Dirty Words“, but I think I’ll remember him best as the narrator for Thomas the Tank Engine.
No shit. Along with Alec Baldwin, George Carlin was the other incredibly odd choice to narrate the popular children’s show. However, he was a great story teller. His voice actually fits the stories. So does Baldwin’s for that matter. I’ll always remember him as a great comedian, but I’ll also hold a special place in my memory for the smiles George Carlin brought me and my boys. Thanks, George.
Everybody take a look at Holt getting the mention in the tech world . . .
Holt made a video back when he worked at Yahoo! and it’s being shown to the public over at Tech Crunch. Make sure you pay attention to Holt’s incredible potty mouth in the blooper real. Wow. Holt. You kiss your mother with that mouth? Hahahaha
We helped celebrate Rylen’s 2nd birthday yesterday with a bouncy house and good company out at Shane and Alyssa’s. I posted a few pictures over on the Flickr page. Check ‘em out.
