Tony Brewer

I remember the first time that I heard about the Mesothelioma Disease that we are now hearing so much about on the TV. A co worker of mine (at that time) was telling us how his uncle had just been diagnosed with Mesothelioma. He apparently contacted this type of cancer while serving in the navy, while being in one of our many submarines. That has to really suck. It did open up a lot of discussion about what happens to our good citizens that put their lives on the line during their military time spent serving our country. It’s too bad that many of them come out of the service with many health issues to deal with for the rest of their lives. 

There is a local Mesothelioma Attorney that is heavily advertising his law practice to people that have been affected by this type of cancer that could possibly use his services. I no longer am in contact with this particular co worker, but I’m hoping that they have contacted a good Mesothelioma Lawyer that will help them receive money that is rightfully due to him, because I’m pretty sure the VA will not be much help in that area. Our veterans deserve all that they are entitled to and so much more.

Teri has been talking about putting up some screens in the basement to partition off a part of it to create an exercise room.  She has been on a “let’s exercise more” kick since New Years.  Yeah, it’s one of her resolutions.  Neither one of us needs to lose any weight, but she has decided that we don’t exercise enough.  I agreed to give it a try, as long as we had a television down there to watch while we were exercising.So we have spent several hours moving things around in the basement to make room for the equipment.   So now we are in the process of picking out some carpeting and screens to make the place a little bit nicer.  There is nothing enticing about bare concrete walls and floors!

I’m sure that once we get the samsung lcd tv, the Reebok exercise ball, the Proform elliptical, the treadmill, and the room divider screens up, the carpet down, and a small refrigerator down there (for cold water) it will look like a respectable exercise room.  I just hope she (we) stick to it.  I hate to waste the time, effort, and money to set up something that won’t get used!  I do know one thing, though, we won’t be able to use the excuse that we don’t feel like going out to the gym because of bad weather!

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One of the neighbors down the street from us is a town police officer.  He owns a couple of dogs that he lets run throughout the neighborhood, completely ignoring the leash laws.  I really wouldn’t mind that very much because normally his dogs are very friendly.  Having said that yesterday I looked out the living room window and saw one of his dogs in our yard running around (no big deal normally) and noticed that the dog appeared to be suffering from an advanced case of mange!

I can’t understand why someone who supposedly cares about their pets would allow their dog to have mange to this degree.  Mange is treatable.  People can get itchy rashes from being around dogs with mange.  I tried calling his house to talk to him but only got his answering machine.  I left a message for him to call me back, but I don’t expect he will.  I’ve called his house in the past and left messages for him to call me back and he never does.  If I see his dog running around my yard again today I think that I will call the animal control department.  I hate to turn in a neighbor for ignoring the leash law, but there is no excuse to neglect your pet like that.

There is no good time to find out that someone that you love and care about is having addiction problems, but right around the holidays has to be the worst time. My girlfriend just received an email from one of her friends that she has known since grade school, informing her that she has decided to enter a Residential Drug Rehab right after Christmas. This has thrown my girlfriend for a loop, she didn’t even know that her friend had a drug and alcohol problem.

Alcohol Rehab and Drug Detox is being looked at much different these days. Dr. Drew with his “Celebrity Rehab” television series has brought much needed attention to this problem and more people are turning for help due to his hard work with the celebrities that allowed their addiction problems to be televised, which is a good and positive thing that has come out of this reality show.

A good Tennessee Drug Rehab is in order for this young lady. She is looking online for more information in order to make a good choice in treatment centers in her area and has promised that she will keep us in the loop and let us know how things turn out. What a great way to start the New Year, clean and sober, kudos to her for making this important decision and we can only hope for the best for her.