i'll go first:

someday maybe.....someday. I actually have written several full length novels...mostly science fiction....but artists never think their stuff is any good....lol.

wow...thank you for the support...believe me, it really means alot. When I found that I could have my own blog here, and moderate it on my own, i decided that it would be one where I could just blurt out what was on my mind and in my heart...because the forum is entirely reef based. Conversations that touch upon subjects that most people don't talk about...or keep hidden inside...are few and far between. I am really glad I've been able to pass this along and that there are those that find use in what I say. Mmckibben - go to my page...I have a gallery, Kat's artwork, there are some of my pieces there. My faves are the reefscapes...i build up actual sculpture on the canvas with paint and sand from Durand Beach, or ashes from my wood stove. Then paint right on top of that. My artwork is also on the walls of two reef shops here in Rochester, Carribbean Forest and ABC Pets. I'll start another blog and if anyone wants to post pics of their art, or something you'd like to see be made into art...feel free.

Thanks again for the comments.

if anyone would like to learn more about TA...there are several websites, including NORD, that can better inform you. TA, when caught in it's early stages, can be put into remission for many years. However, if you are one of the small percentage where the disease goes undetected and further complications arise...such as the necessity to undergo emergency open heart surgery to replace an aortic valve and a majority of the aorta due to deterioration, or where the carotid and vertebral arteries are impacted to the point where your vision and equilibrium are disrupted, or further damage to nerve endings, or where the SED rate is above 100 and radical and unapproved chemotherapy is required for a period of two years, the survival rate decreases drastically. For seven years, from 1996 through 2001, i had two injections daily of several various forms of chemotherapy to stop my immune system from completely destroying what was left of my arteries.

“true friendship isn't about being there when it's convenient; it's about being there when it's not.”

NO DAY BUT TODAY

The heart may freeze or it can burn
The pain will ease if I can learn

There is no future
There is no past
Thank God this moment's not the last

There's only us
There's only this
Forget regret-- or life is yours to miss.
No other road
No other way
No day but today

There's only yes
Only tonight
We must let go
To know what is alright
No other course
No other way
No day but today

I can't control
My destiny
I trust my soul
My only hope
is just to be

There's only now
There's only here
Give in to love
Or live in fear
No other path
No other way
No day but today

ROGER
I'm Writing One Great Song Before I ...
One Song
Glory
One Song
Before I Go
Glory
One Song To Leave Behind

Find One Song
One Last Refrain
Glory
From The Pretty Boy Front Man
Who Wasted Opportunity

One Song
He Had The World At His Feet
Glory
In The Eyes Of A Young Girl
A Young Girl
Find Glory
Beyond The Cheap Colored Lights

One Song
Before The Sun Sets
Glory - On Another Empty Life
Time Flies - Time Dies
Glory - One Blaze Of Glory
One Blaze Of Glory - Glory

Find
Glory
in a song that rings true
truth like a blazing fire
an eternal flame

Find
One Song
A Song About Love
Glory
From The Soul Of A Young Man
A Young Man

Find
The One Song
Before The Virus Takes Hold
Glory
Like A Sunset
One Song
To Redeem This Empty Life

Time Flies
And Then - No Need To Endure Anymore
Time Dies

(A knock at the door)

The Door

i believe i will be working on this tonight...and starting a HUGE commissioned painting for a friend's bedroom...a larger version of RECONSTRUCTION. which you can find here:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/al...ictureid=11037

Just watched the movie Liar Liar with Jim Carrey tonight. See....how much easier the world would be if some of that movie actually hit a few thousand people.....

i think you would love the book, "Illusions", by Richard Bach. I've had to replace my copy several times...either because i have given it away, or i've read it to pieces.