Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Energy Maburutse

The following email was sent to me by a wonderful young man from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe who is here studying in the USA. He was introduced to me by Elinor Burkett who was instrumental in getting Energy to the USA and arranging for his electric wheelchair.

Many thanks to my company, UPS, for helping us get the donated wheelchair from California to Boca Raton. I am really proud to be a part of the UPS family.

"Having been brought up in an environment where almost everyone believes life is good the way it is and nothing can be done to better it, my dreams, wishes and hopes for my future never expanded beyond my native country borders, Zimbabwe.

I recall laughing at a friend who by the end of secondary school had already started dreaming about studying in America. I thought his dreams were similar to those of an ant dreaming of becoming the King of the jungle although it’s the smallest animal in the entire world. With the assistance of everyone around me including the UPS for shipping my wheelchair, I am here in America attending school. UPS, without you I would be stuck with no way to move around....... Thank you very much.

To me, this is a huge opportunity to open my doors of success and all this was never going to happen without your support. You have given me a fishing line for fishing in a very big pond. What’s left for me now is to bring the fish home and I promise, I will work hard to do so.

I thank for your support.

Yours always smiling
Energy."



Carpe Diem.

The Suskin version

Here is the Suskin version of the movie "The Crying Game".

I took Fiver aka Miss, Bunsen (our rabbit) to the vet for a check up and to get a manicure. As it turns out Miss. Bunsen is actually Mr. Bunsen. A well endowed 2 testicled rabbit. His name still remains as Fiver and he will still get his manicures because he is metrosexual of course. We will probably do guy things now like go to the Gun Club or play with chain saws.

Now I'm off to take my meds :)

Carpe Diem.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Chemo 16 (Round 7)

Another smooth day at the poisoning facility ! Vitals were good, weight was stable and the blood work was fine. I'm cleared to head off for Zim. Ye ha.






Carpe Diem.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

I new that bitch would be trouble !

I think we were very lucky with regards hurricane "Irene". Our power is still on even though it went off last night for about 2 hours. Lots of tree debris and a few big trees down. I'm thankful it turned out this way for us. My thoughts and well wishes are with all those who suffered much worse off. It truly is better to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

This past week we ended up like a James Bond martini. Shaken and stirred !

Carpe Diem.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Here is what's coming up

A visit from "Irene". I hate the bitch already.

A possible trip to Cape Cod next week (if it still exists) !

An early September visit to Zim and London. If anyone has any filming requests for Bulawayo etc. please  let me know. I am going to be shooting some more video there and posting it on the blog and Facebook.

Carpe Diem.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Max during the quake


Carpe Diem.

My birthday

Thanks to everyone who called, texted, SMS'ed, Skyped and Facebooked. You made the double nickel celebration even more special.

Rob and Mike took me out for a lunchtime crepe. Max came along as well.

We had an afternoon earthquake that lasted about 20 seconds and was about a 5.8 on the rectum scale. Very weird indeed. We had minor damage. A statue and a paper picture fell on the floor. Phew.

Diana, Rob, Mike and I went for a really nice Greek/Mediterranean dinner.

All in all a very nice day.

Carpe Diem.

Changing my sign off

And now for something completely different....................


You guessed it.

Carpe Diem.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

A visit to Bobba the Bear

I Just spent the weekend at my mom in Boca. Kind of like a pre birthday celebration. Phil and How were there as well.

How and I went fishing yesterday morning. What a complete failure that was. Didn't catch a bloody thing but at least the ocean was calm and the weather was great. Wait, come to think of it, I did catch some seaweed !

Saturday night we had a wonderful dinner together and then went to see the Planet of the Apes movie. I liked it. Very well done.

Help someone else to help themselves.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

A drive around Bulawayo

Let me say at the outset that I am not a professional videographer and my driver was probably stoned when we filmed all this. It was done in May of 2011. And now for the disclaimer. No people or animals were harmed during the filming. No traffic laws were broken. May cause nausea and or constipation/diarrhea. Email your videographer (me) if you have questions about the content. If you don't like it or are bored then turn it off.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obsn5XQYRQE

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