Support Liver Research

The leaves are changing and the air is getting brisker. Fall is upon us,and so is Moakley's Run for Research. Now in its fourth year, the 5-mile road race will be held on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, and we expect to draw 600+ runners, walkers, race walkers and wheelchair entrants. Attendees will enjoy free refreshments, T-shirts, awards, live entertainment and music.

We need volunteers to help with duties such as registration, selling raffle tickets, handing out T-shirts and removing timing chips at the finish line. Most volunteers will be needed from 8:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. In return for your help, we can offer you free T-shirts, refreshments and parking, as well as a great feeling of helping out a good cause and a fun and special event.

If interested, please email or call Beth Roche (617.527.5600) at the American Liver Foundation's New England Chapter. Thank you for your time and consideration.

I was listening to my favorite radio station WUMB this morning and I heard a lyric that I found somewhat amusing.

It went something like this: "...he moves his body like a cannonball..."

What does this mean? I don't get it. Why would ones body want to move like a cannonball?

I have been mad.....MAD.....mad busy at work. I am in the middle of coding the web pages for our New York office. This just got handed to me on Friday afternoon. It's due this Friday. Argh!

Outside of work....hmm. Mom is starting a medical office manager program next week. Went kayaking last Saturday. Spent time with my mother on Sunday. Celebrated Stephanie's 33rd birthday last Friday. We went to Finale for dessert and Flash's for drinks. Happy Birthday Stephanie. You are the same age as Jesus.

I'm not sure if I already posted this information....if I already have..I apologize.

My mother was laid off from her job recently. Yup....just two weeks before she was about to go back to work full time. Two weeks before she was about to go back to work full time after struggling with colon cancer and surviving two surgeries.........chemotherapy and radiation.

The most terrible part of all of this is that they base unemployment on a persons income for the year prior. The interesting situation here? Money earned while collecting disability.....DOES NOT COUNT.

So lets talk about kicking someone when they are down. This is the lowest of the low. My parents have done some research and it looks that this is legal...yet unethical. If anyone knows differently please email me and let me know.

The other part of this is that the company she worked eight years for who laid her off......tried to get by by only giving her part-time serverance. Even though she worked full-time for them for seven years...and only spent the past year working part time because she was having her body zapped and poisoned to kill the cancer in her colon. She put up a stink...and they offered to give her full time severance pay. They said it was a clerical error. I don't know......

I hate to sound dramatic......but this all really sucks and is WAY unfair.