The newest Beastly Thoughts is up at Number Please. The guy in the foreground is a drawing of my roommate, Adam Sanford. When you read the cartoon, you'll know how appropriate that is. :)

I've resurrected my old comic strip, Beastly Thoughts and have been posting the old cartoons with a few new ones intended for the mix. It's at Beastly Thoughts. Take a look and make a comment. :) This is what I was doing last night and why I slept so late this morning.

Alistair 2 Zook gets sporty at the Diamond-by-the-Pond. Take a look here or here and leave a comment, please. :) Beginning of a short story arc.

New A2Z up, here.. I keep trying new things, so give me a clue how they are working. :)

- Joyce

Oh, and I'm seriously thinking of "I Was a Teenage Cheerleader" starring Walter Buffle. :)

For those that remember me mentioning this earlier--my roommate Griff and I developed a webcomic together called, "Alistair 2 Zook". Griff is now in the middle of getting degrees in sociology and no longer has time to do any cartooning. So, I took a try at it.

From time to time during the day and evening, I check the chatrooms to see if anyone is there. If you want to meet me there, send me a private message. :) I seldom go more than three hours between checking things like PMs and the chatroom so it's good to plan ahead but it should be workable.

We've been having a lot of crashes the last few days.

BigCloset may go up and down today while Bob and I fight these turkeys off. Please be patient and we should have a few necks wrung soon.

- Erin

What's going on? Back when every post required editing by me before posting, I sometimes had 20 or 30 stories in the queue, eight or ten new ones every week. Now that posted stories appear immediately, posting has slowed down to two or three a week.

That's the old server, the one that runs my qnez, ateros, fictioneer, beastlythoughts and about 25 other domains admined by Theresa Sanchez; this time it isn't hackers but the ISP that operates the server farm in Texas. They updated some software on my server at midnight last night and now pop access to email does not work, nor do a lot of control panel functions for the server.

Among other placess this weekend, I'll be at the San Diego ComicCon on Saturday. I'm going to look up Dan Shive and stroke his bushy little tale. :)

Hope to see you there. :)

- Erin

For the next two weeks or so, my access to the internet is going to be spotty because I will be on vacation to the Bay Area. My apologies to readers and authors who may experience some inconvenience. If you live in the Bay Area and want to chance a meeting with me, you can leave a PM or email me at [email protected]. That will be my email addy on the road because it will be easiest to access without compromising security. :)

What's up with that?

Wish me luck. :) I'm going to Fontana for 24 hour comic day tomorrow. :) I'll have a 'puter with me but I dunno if they have internet for us. Google for 24 hour comic day if you want to find the place. :) If things work out, by Monday I'll have a 24 page comic done called, "The Secret Life of Roadster T. Rodent". :)

Griff and I have been having weekly meetings about cartooning lately. These have been a major help to me in coming out of what now appears to have been a several year long depression. I still miss Jeanne but I'm beginning to take an interest in doing the things I like again. Griff and my other local friends, as well as all of you online here at BC and elsewhere on the net are part of the reason.

Still working on getting things moved, having a yard sale today. If you're in the area, stop by, 7862 Stark St, Huntington Beach, CA. :)

- Erin

And probably right on through Thanksgiving weekend. I have to be out by November 30 and there is still a lot to do. I'm having a big garage sale this weekend and people are coming over to help out.

I'm feeling better today, tired and sad but I can see the fading of pain already.

I called the Neptune Society on Saturday and they will make all the arrangements, including a boat for going out into the channel and scattering the ashes. The price is very reasonable, less than $2000, including $600 for the boat with 20 people in the memorial party.

I've asked the doctors to make sure Jeanne is comfortable and not in pain but not to take any heroic measures to extend her life. They are not to discontinue anything they are doing right now, fluids and food and breathing support and pain medications, but no kidney dialysis, no CPR or cardiac electro thereapy.

I went to see Jeanne earlier tonight, I couldn't stay long this time, too painful.

They took the breathing tube out but my love lies there in the bed looking as if she's lost her way. She doesn't speak but she will nod after a bit when asked if she'd like to watch Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, rather than the baseball game someone had tuned her tv to.

They had planned to take the ventilator tube out tonight but her ascites is so bad they were afraid she would have trouble breathing in the night, so they didn't. Since she is conscious and aware now, this annoyed her mightily and they finally gave her something to 'help' her sleep so she would quit trying to get them to take the tube out.