Over a quarter of a million SPAM hits on my site to date…. quite a statistic for a moderate blogger like me ;p It amazes me the lengths some people will go to in order to get their links, products, trojans and viruses across… I guess I should feel special that so many ‘bots’ and the odd rare individual would want to spam me in the first place =D

It’s been “ages” since I last blogged in detail, I guess this form of blogging has largely become surrogated by my Facebook addiction of late, and in fact that is essentially my blog for the moment. I am not giving up on this blog however; as this holds a lot of memories and sentiment and cannot totally be brushed under the virtual carpet.

In an effort to keep things ticking over here I wanted to share a link, which explains why Mr Thorne is my new hero for 2009, Mr Thorne? I salute you!!

So, if you think you have a suffered lifestyle, or that you are hard done by, then perhaps spare a thought for my mum. At present she is pretty much housebound, with carers visiting on a daily basis. On the menu of woes are the following - Arthritis of the Spine, Prolapse Discs in the Spine, Angina, Chronic Obstructive Breathing Disorder; which necessitates an Oxygen Compressor being present at all times at her home, and an Illioscopy limiting what food she can enjoy. All of this is pretty depressing stuff huh!? Despite such adversity she recently passed her 60th Birthday. It’s a shame I couldn’t have been round to take part in whatever celebrations may have taken place (being on the other side of the planet at the time) - what further dampens this story though is she won’t have appreciated any efforts for her big day because to add to her list she now has Cateracts and Glaucoma of her eyes…. which will need surgery to fix.

Whilst this is likley to require a local anaesthetic to deal with, I always fear when surgery and anaesthesia is involved, since the last time she had any major surgery she nearly didn’t leave the hospital and ended up in Intensive Care for a time.

Guess I’m feeling a little helpless at the moment….and filled with even LESS confidence in the UK welfare system.

…Wooooo, Happy Burfday MUM you have lasted to the BIG ….18 x (n^x)…

Hope you have an AWESOME day, sorry I can’t be there with you to celebrate, however I’m kinda on the other side of the planet… I’ll toast a drink in your absence none-the-less :->