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October 16, 2006

A Day at the Phoenix Zoo

My brother and I just spent some time at the marvelous Phoenix Zoo. Here's a rendition of a cute baby Orangutan:

And here are a couple more...

Bearded dragon
Baby Orangutan...hanging in there!

Hawaiian Earthquake

I have close family members in the Hualalai Mountain area of the Big Island. In fact, I visited them in August.I was relieved to learn that they are okay, and that there's no structural damage. I have some pictures of the damage, and of the area where the quake originated, many miles below the surface...

Earthquake damage in kitchen area
Earthquake damage in storage area

Puako Bay Area, above epicenter. I took this photo during a 1995 visit to the Kona area


More about Big Island earthquakes

Newsweek article on earthquake

October 15, 2006

Breast cancer loss becomes a gain for other cancer victims

My longtime Internet colleague, coywriting guru Michel Fortin, recently shared how he and his wife, Sylvie, discovered she had breast cancer just weeks before their wedding. Heartbreaking. But they're both fighting back.

Sylvie has her own blog, and reveals how she's going to face her first chemotherapy. By first shaving her head and giving her hair to Locks of Love. There's more!

Mike's blog.