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okay, so its been a shitty year for my family, excuse my french.brother tried to kill himself and was temporarily in the mental hospital under observation, moms leg has been bad for years, but got much worse recently, and she was gonna finally have surgery to fix it. so the friday before the monday scheduled for the surgery, the new healthcare company they switched to denied the surgery, so now shes in lots of pain and cannot do her favorite thing in the world, garden. grandmother broke her knee really badly and is very depressed, step dad hurt leg badly and is too stubborn to go to the doctor. at this point im just waiting for something to happen to my leg. on a happier note, my dog is still doing alright, and the cancer slowed down/stopped for a while. we are not sure this is going to last though as it appears to be growing again. Peace, The Kid

positive beams to you lil brother, chin up!!.........we love you!!

thanks so much man.its been a truly crappy year, but were all hopin things will get better Peace, The Kid

.....to you, Kid. Welcome Home So nice to hear your "voice".

pushing out some "sun will shine in your back door someday" vibes to you and all around you!!peace kid, glad to see you back!!

I`ll send you some sunshinny positive beams from FL. chin up and try to stay positive , we all love ya here men . we`r all pullin for you ! and yes it is nice to see you back around here !!

good to see you back Deadheadkid and I am so glad you caught a show amid all the hard times. Maybe it cheered you up a little. Here's hoping the cloudy skies clear for you and your loved ones really soon.

I was JUST reminiscing with Hippy about the nipple ring fiasco & wondered what you were up to. Glad to see you out & about :) Sorry it's been such a tough year for ya'll & I sure hope your family's on the mend!! Keep on Truckin' DeadheadDoggie! PEACE PS: watch out for those hungry fish this summer....

Sending you some positive beams xoxoxoxoxoxGood to see you back here with us though!! I missed you! Peace & Love,Gigi

Nice to see you around again, too! Thinking good thoughts for your and yours. Listen to The Wheel and try to find a smile. Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.

positive vibes for family of Vince Welmick.RIP Peace- Moye

sending out healing vibes to your whole family

thanks for all the positive vibes and for the welcome back.Peace, The Kid

good to see you brother, you can see that we are allthinking about you

one of my personal favorite actors, and a great one at that, was found dead this morning. He apparently killed himself. Well wishes and vibes to the many frineds and family, as well as the many affected by him.http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/actor-david-carradine-found-… Peace, The Kid

I just noticed your post Kid, He killed himself ? That doe`snt sound like something he would do .. my condolences to his familly and all who loved him . And my condolences to Jerry Moores familly and all who loved him ..

Great, great actor. Our thoughts and prayers are out to his family...

nipple ring fiasco? never mind. maybe I do not need to know. ++++ vibes for anyone involved. more ++++ vibes for anyone who does not know this story, yet had an image of a nipple ring fiasco flash through their mind. ***************** grasshopper, a shame about Caradine.... the inside skinny on Caradine: he was in Khrung Thep to shoot a film, called "Stretch" -- another working title is "Strand" he was staying in a suite room, #352 of Park Nai Lert Hotel on Wireless Road, and found dead in a closet, half naked, by a Thai maid in the morning, probably not a suicide as widely reported, but an autoerotic asphyxiation gone wrong. shoelaces was around his neck and genitals according to Lumphini Police or the cord from the curtains... there have been some unconfirmed rumours that his hands were tied, too, making the whole thing very suspicious if that is true. he was supposed to have dinner with the film crew / staff the night before but didn't show up. The maid let herself into the room to clean it, and found him. according to film crew, he had been drinking beer all day the day before his body was found... "David Carradine's death was an unusual one," said Nanthana Sirisap, head of the autopsy division at Chulalongkorn Hospital that examined the actor's body. "The case is abnormal," she said, without elaborating. Thai police and local Thai media often get things muddled up and the local media reports tend to sensationalize things. in any case, he was a very cool actor. RIP, may the 4 winds blow you safely home.

Thank you for the insight cc . i did not know any of that . wow man thats about all i can say .

We shall sing you home Master Po

i am homefrom school fore the summer, and i found out my mom is going to get her leg surgery after all, in a few weeks. thanks so much for all the positive vibes guys.Peace, The Kid

gotta have faith, and keep yer chin up!!....i'm prayin' for you and yours.....

I have to attend summer school this summer, as i failed math. Plus, I might not be going back to my school due to poor grades.Peace, The Kid

so i see you took my advice after all ; )bright side of the road vibes for you, kid! peace, now git back on that bench,kid.

Unreal...I just got back from county jail. I missed the whole tour, my family (you), the Boyz, almost lost my true love, and my mother went into the hospital. Could be TMI, but I don't care. Sherrif's On My Trail... May 1st, get pulled over for my license plate light being out...Had a warrant from Cook County for not paying $110 for a prior DUI 2003....they take me to jail in DuPage County (Illinois). As we are driving cop says do you know you have a warrant in California from 1996 (my drug years)? I said Yes, I've been arrested before and they never do anything about it because it's so small. Spend the night in jail, next morning I get my bail hearing...judge asks can you come up with the bail, looking at my girlfriend and mom in the courtroom, I said yes (he doesn't appoint me a lawyer). An hour later they let me have my clothes back and possessions while I'm in the "holding cell" because I was bailed out. I can see my mom/girlfriend in the window paying the bail. Waited for another 30 minutes, then the officer comes and says come with me, and takes me to where they put the orange jumpsuit on....What? You have a hold in California...I said I've been arrested here in DuPage 2 times before and they have never said they were going to extradite me for a misdemeanor. Well we can't do anything about that he says and they put me in jail. The Grass is always greener either side of the hill.... Seriously? So I'm in jail waiting for Monday so they release the hold when they figure it out...this is Monday May 3rd mind you...so the worst thing happens. My mom goes Manic (Severe Bi-Polar Manic Depression to the delusional style) and goes into the hospital (because the police 5150'd her) Sunday. I've been taking care of her for 10 years for this while my only other sibling is in California and usually I'm there to help. Busted down in New Orleans (Chicago).... So the only one who could bail me out is in the mental ward....by this time my true love hates me because I lied and didn't tell her about my warrant. Since I have no lawyer appointed I can't speak to anyone. You can't call cell phones from jail....boy I wish. Usually I can help the Doctors with my mom's medicine and state and give them info on how to get her out of there in at most a week. Well, they take her off Abilfy and totally screw up her meds....this leads to her being in the ward for 24 days....I didn't know anything except for what my Dad told me....you deserve this. Finally I have my court date, and they let me go for time served (we're talking 3 days, I spent 31 days!) So I'm in jail for a month for what I should have been in for only 3 days because I wasn't appointed a lawyer and didn't have access to my money the very little I have. Rich Man Stepped On My Poor Head.... I'm still the same man I've been when I left the rich. Of course, my father wouldn't help me out, why? because I am not a snob, giving into the arrogance of money. I won't tell you that when you have money, you can pay off the system, because you can. You can even get out of murder (OJ Simpson), but I'm still happy I didn't and haven't ever gave in to that mentality. There are good rich people, just a minute few. Most people would think that because I grew up that way I would have gave in and gotten out of jail. NO WAY. I Need A Miracle.... So imagine this, you've been dying to see the one band that makes you smile, smile, smile since January 1st, 2009....and your tickets are sitting in your drawer at home....and your in jail. I was dying while I was in there Tuesday May 4th, looking out a barred window thinking about what are they playing? At least I could have miracled someone>what a waste...I was mad at not seeing them, but at least I could have given them away. Second day, I had tickets, (and the opportunity for luxery box seats), yet again, couldn't do anything for anyone. It was killing me. $400 worth of tickets down the drain..... They Love Each Other.... Luckily I'd told my true love (Trish) where the tickets were before. She had given Tues. to her little brother....Life Changing Experience for the 21 yr. old so I'm told by more than one. The next day he talks her into going (first shows for both, except when I took Trish to Ratdog) and they couldn't believe the love. Both of them had been listening to the band for awhile but never experienced a live show with the Dead! Since I've been out, my True Love has forgiven me for not telling her the total truth about everything (not totally but she understands). Let it Grow.... Hopefully this long winded story has told you that I've screwed up alot in my life....yet I've truly been a better person for being honest and letting it out. I'm still paying for the crap in the past...so be it....I changed along time ago, but I still have to pay the terriff! Obviously this is a long story, but I had to be truthful to you all. I missed my favorite band. I love you all. ~love~ Canyon Critter _____________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!

hey....ya do what ya gotta do....everyday is a new day. as long as you can live with yerself there's prolly nuffin' they can do to you. i too have found that as long as you are honest you can put up with almost anything.........peace, brother

When it rains, it pours. Glad you are back. Too bad about all of this. I am sure you are a stronger person after this. Adversity can make us stronger, so even the darkness can bring out the light in us. Take care my friend. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

glad to hear you're out and about and with a "glass is half full" attitude...psssstttttt....****whispers***** "fall tour...." ;) "In a bed, in a bed, by the waterside I will lay my head. Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul."

Canyon Critter, more +++++++++ vibes heading your way. peace.

major bummer for you, dude! that is a true hellhole! so glad to hear you back out on the sunny side of the road,,,bright happy beams to you, canyoncritter!yugh,cook county...a good place to be from!

We were just thinking about you a couple of weekends ago! Glad to see you back. How could you fail math??? Don't you know that's what i teach? Just ask for help! Paps

have a good friend, a good father and a great deadhead that has pancreatic cancer... not looking good right now... still has a great sense of humor and was looking for any good (dead?) jokes you might have... thank you!!!

Welcome back brother!********************************** Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain

Healing vibes to Tigerlillys husband.. My prayers are with you and your family Lilly.Peace- Moye

We now know that kid's dad will have an exam with a cathater (sp?) tomorrow, and will be a splint put in one of the heart arteries in the best case, and in the worst a bypass OP. I am fine, just bone weary, is my kids who need any vibes. Ambulances taking Papa away, and a night of no news was tough for them. ********************************** Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain

to tigerlillys husband and warm hugs to her family

Warm from the heart vibes to you from the coast of the Pacific.

Wow, great bigs globs of LOVE out to all who can use it. Andy, One Love Street, Heaven

Hugz for Rene' and her kids!!!! xoxoxoxoxxox

i'm having my long awaited hip surgery monday morning. if anyone has a moment i'd appreciate a prayer or a kind thought. these things are supposed to be fairly easy these days but i'm still a bit worried ......thank you all in advance!!!

Is always a moment for you buddy! Your operation will go just great, and you will feel better afterwards. Will be thinking about you all day, and wishing you a great big recovery cake, with cookies on top.********************************** Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain

Because you are the hippest guy I know !! Seriously Johnman, we are all thinking of you, and of course wishing you well in the up-coming surgery. May your night nurse be young, pretty, and attracted to YOU !!

to johnman for a speedy recovery, and to TL's kids. Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.

The best to you with surgery and recovery. May it all go well and you feel better than ever. Take care, Tim The Truth is realized in an instant, the act is practiced step by step.