I'm not able to put live news up this week, but I had some items in the can that will pop up daily, using my "scheduled" feature. See below.

I gotta have eye surgery late Tuesday afternoon; detached retina.

If I have this right, they're going to inject a gas balloon into the top of my eye area and try to move the unattached part of my retina into where it needs to go. Right now if you picture a full moon, I can see only about a quarter sliver, so it really needs fixing. I gotta hold my head still the rest of the week, so as not to disturb the balloon.

Then once they reattach the retina, they gotta hope that the eye nerves regenerate to the point that I can approach full vision. It often does, but not always. So, this is freaky stuff.

Update:This is Nick's son typing (he is not supposed to be on the computer)
They attached the retina, and their is some cloudy vision. We expect it to recover, but we do not know how much time it is going to take. Here is a poker comparison: It's like getting two good cards,but there is still a flop, a turn, and a river.