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UPDATE: I talked to Chris after I got home from work today. He wasn't up for talking @the time everyone was trying to reach him, and his cell phone was dead anywho. He's doing as well as can be considered. I told him I would be @his dad's Memorial mass (there's no wake, and he's being cremated) and he said we (friends) were all welcome, and that it would mean a lot to him. We talked about 15-20 minutes, he told me what had happened, and that his mom and sisters were taking good care of him. I told him he knows my # and where I live, and he could call me if he needed too.

BTW, I appreciate the concern by all of you for someone you don't even know. Speaks volumes of your respective characters.

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I'm really not sure what to think today...I was having a serious case of the "Mondays" @work today, then I went to a Red Cross blood drive @the local American Legion to go give blood after I got out of work, and I was feelin' good after I did that, as I always do. Got home, made some food, plopped down on the couch, watched TV, relaxed. Feelin' good.

Then I remember that I noticed I had a message on my phone I forgot to listen to when I got home. So I listen to it, and it's my friend Tavis. I call him back @his house and it turns out our friend Chris (who we've known since high school, he's one of my best friends) had his dad pass away over the weekend (Tavis's mom read it in the obit), and he's yet to be able to get a hold of Chris.

Now, Chris is a pretty level-headed fella, but please just humor me on this. I'm worried. I've helped him out through a lot (woman troubles, putting his dad into alcohol rehab, etc.) but I just want to ask you guys to send you thoughts, prayers, juju, whathaveyou, so the good vibes get in the air so that he'll be alright.

The wake is Thursday (my 2nd day off) and I have every intention of going, hell or high water.

I just hope he'll be OK.

Stay tuned...

-TM