Convergence

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I call May 2007 my month of convergence because a lot will be happening.

1. In one week will will fly to Tahiti to begin a 10 day luxury cruise in the South Pacific aboard the Tahitian Princess.

2. Burning House Festival X - celebrate the 10th anniversary of our house burning to the ground.

3. I will get scanned and evaluated for the next attack on my cancer at UCSF. This is not fun but it is what it is.

4. I will have completed teaching my course at Fresno State, given the final exam; I will miss this experience.

5. My brother Dave's birthday is coming up (May 22) - he will be eligible to join the AARP.

6. Carole will be holding a shower for Jen in Santa Barbara - Jen is due to deliver our fourth granddaughter (Sarah) in early June.

7. I will be officially retired as team physician for Fresno State. Having been associated with Fresno State has been a magnificent adventure - not only for the "I'm with band" experience but the incredibly wonderful friends I have met. Some of the best people on earth are in athletics. I am humbled to think I have been part of that journey. But it is time to move on and bring on the younger doc.

Expect a bunch of posts as the month rolls on.

Check it out: I recently submitted my DNA to National Geographic for analysis of the genetic journey my father took over the last 60 000 years. We all started our journey in East Africa and I ended up in Ireland. Click here to see the results.


BTW, if you need a travel agent, the best of the best is Jeri at Travel Express in Fresno!

Cheers

4:20

Well 4:20 has come and gone. For those of you who have no sense of 4:20, it is a both a date and time. 4/20 is:

* Hitler's Birthday

* Columbine Anniversary

* National Hippie Holiday
Click here to get info on the Hippie thing.

I also hear that all the clocks in the movie PULP FICTION are set to 4:20 but I have not confirmed this.

My best 4:20 memory is that Al Ward and me were at the High Sierra Music Festival listening to Leftover Salmon playing late night (they played until the sun came up) and at 4:20 a.m. they stopped playing so everyone could light up. It will be hard to forget that night.

Unfortunately or perhaps fortunately, I have not celebrated 4/20 4:20 in a few years. Currently I am dealing with back problems that have curtailed my fun (golf, dog walking, air guitar, mayhem, etc). Fortunately I have found Spitzer Physical Therapy in Clovis and they are working me out. Dennis Spitzer's plan for back pain is not sissy modalities (heat, ultrasound, TENS, phonophoresis, massage, manipulation) but hard work to correct the posture and the supporting muscles of the abdomen, butt and legs. So a session is work.

But it is helping and I have a plan to get going. Hopefully, I will be in shape for the upcoming cruise.

Nothing else - waiting for next weekend when we trip to Yosemite for the weekend with Peter and Nichole.

Pix to follow after Yosemite.

Yosemite Trippin'

We have had two trips to Yosemite in the last two weeks. First was a day trip with my cuz Ward, his wife Cathleen and daughter Meredith and Beth and the girls. It was a glorious day and exceeded all my expectations. A photo -



The following week Rob and Emily Myallis came up and we were able to spend the night last Tuesday. The first day was 'perfect' weather, the second day was snow and rain making for a great mountain experience.

To see a slide show, click here

It really was an honor to have these folks as guests at our house.

My dear friend Emilio Garcia DDS was married today. He is not only a damn fine dentist, but one of the nicest people I have ever met. It was an honor to be invited and he really looks like a man in bliss.

Getting ready for Tahiti; otherwise nothing else to report.

Peace