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Three men, two cars, a ford F-150, and a patch of black ice on Highway 99 Northbound...
Hey folks,

Noreen let me know that I hadn't updated this in a while, and now that I am okay enough to type I think I should tell you why. As you might have been able to guess from my headline for this post, on November 30th I was in an accident on Highway 99 going northbound at 5:30AM PST. It started when the Volkswagen Golf I was driving hit a patch of black ice on my left hand side and began to spin, and ended with both a Ford F-150 and a Honda Accord crashing into me.

I completed the perfect 180 degree spin in time to watch the Ford F-150 slam head on into me, taking the intial impact full on (the airbags did deploy, but while I was safe the gas they use for those things stinks of death and made me thought that the car was filling with exhaust), and then after that while I was in the darkness of the cabin of my car, I took another impact when the Accord slammed into the truck, thus again causing me (by chain reaction) to feel that impact as well.

I was taken to hospital and run through a battery of tests (Echo cardio gram, CT Scan, 4 Electro Cardio Grams, and a series of bloodwork and pulse/blood pressure testing) to find that the airbag had caused inflammation around my heart and I had two sore kness (sore to the point that I can barely walk properly) and a massive brise on my right arm (more from the IV they jammed in than anything else).

Needless to say, I am on two drugs currently: Naproxen for the inflammation of my heart (after taking of which I can't lie down for a hlaf hour or else I'll die - according to the four-page report on this drug) and Tylenol 3 (the greatest drug known to sore man).

Other than the above, I'm fine. The car is gone, completely (written off as the front end was beyond repair).

And now, on to the update...

My friend Rob is getting married on the 18th of December and we did his bachelor party at the River Rock Casino (nothing like a bunch of guys brinking Bailey's and Coffee and playing blackjack at the $5 table all night long). I walked out with a $20 profit (yay!).

...and the other day I received an e-mail from my friend Alex who is also taking the plunge...with his girlfriend...in Australia. Yes, that's right, Australia in February, and guess who he picked to be the best man...yours truly. So, needless to say, I have to get a passport and an Australian visitor visa to go there, and I'll only be there primarily for the wedding (Alex, you better have a suit in my size man) and no sightseeing as I get back on the plane to go home.

It makes me think that, as I get older, I might be the next man to take the plunge. Who knows...maybe it is about time for this cowboy to settle down at the ranch and till the soil for the rest of his days.

I think I've found the right girl for it...