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Gochujang marinated pork loin grilled over pecan with a light salad for dinner tonight. #TwitterSupperClub

A great thread that I agree with wholeheartedly.

Argentinian chorizo with chimichurri on French bread and a side of sofrito beans for dinner tonight. #TwitterSupperClub

@jonfavs Does he have a Nazi death camp tattoo? Is that an algorithmic hallucination?

Graham Platner isn’t just our best and only chance to beat Susan Collins, he’s a good, decent man who’s struggled and grown and is always trying to do better. I hope everyone with reservations takes a little time to get to know the real life version of him, not what the algorithm throws in our faces. Clearly, that’s what so many people in Maine have done - from all different walks of life and political persuasions.

@PastorSharp Heh

My beloved bride streamed some pork and leek dumplings for tonight’s dinner. A little homemade kimchi on the side for an extra kick of spicy. #TwitterSupperClub

@SingKeeChinese Do you ship to the US?

We are back online !!!!!

@exjon @pipandbaby Great news to hear! May our Lord continue to bless you and guide those who He is using to make you well.

Gather round, kids, for a rare update on my cancer stuff. (Or skip, whatever.) First bone marrow biopsy in late November showed I had Multiple Myeloma. Healthy bone marrow should contain <2% plasma cells. If that hits 60%, you have MM. Had another bone marrow biopsy last week. My plasma was <2%. Perfection. My first PET scan in December showed small cancerous lesions on various bones all over my body, as well as troubling signs on my liver. Had another PET scan earlier this week. As of now, there are zero lesions and my liver is clear. Following six surgeries from Nov-Jan, I'm currently halfway through my 4th round of chemo, which has been pretty mild as these things go (no hair loss, weight loss, etc.). When that's done, I'll have a few weeks off before ... bone marrow transplants, which sound like a lot of fun. They high-dose chemo into my bone marrow, then swap in my own healthy stem cells to replace the bad guys. Should be about two weeks of suck, but better than the alternative. All said, my awesome oncologist is surprised and thrilled at the rapid progress. His work, and all of your support and many, many prayers, are working. Thank you very much! Now I'm going to eat pizza.

My Birthday Gave Me Cancer I didn’t know if I would mention this publicly, but I keep getting questions about my health. Let’s just say it’s been an interesting few months. In mid-September, my lower back hurt, so my primary doc signed me up for physical therapy. I kept up with that for four appointments until my back couldn’t take it anymore. Insurance finally approved an MRI in mid-October and found two bulging disks in my lower back. After a few unfruitful Urgent Care and ER visits, on Nov. 5, insurance finally approved a spine specialist to give me epidural shots to those disks, which should have taken care of the issue. Instead, my back kept feeling worse. Throughout October, I could barely leave the house except for doctors’ appointments. By the start of November, I could barely leave the bed. They scheduled a second set of epidurals, but I finally got an appointment with a top neurologist. That was Friday, Nov. 21, my birthday, and the neurologists soon figured out it wasn’t just bulging discs. She immediately checked me in to the hospital next door and they ran every kind of test you can think of. (That neurologist was the only one who found it odd I’d lost 30 lbs. in 2-3 months.) After several hours, the ER doc informed me I had cancer running up and down my spine which had now moved into my ribs. The cancer probably came from somewhere else (like the colon, lungs, etc.), so it was basically all over my body. Understandably, I thought I’d be dead in a month or two. Tests continued and by Saturday, Nov. 22, a large team of doctors had a pow-wow and began to think I had multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer that targets individual bones. They had only found two tumors – one that had completely destroyed a thoracic vertebra in my back, and one in a neck (cervical) vertebra. Turns out The Big C didn’t have me down yet. First thing Monday, Nov. 24, the neurologist performed a five-hour surgery to remove the thoracic tumor, then inserted rods and a cage to connect the vertebrae above and below it. While he was in there, he took a bone biopsy. That tricky bit of business went perfectly. Surgeon’s a rock star. On Tuesday, Nov. 25, he performed the second surgery to fix my neck, which also went great. And on Wednesday, a bone marrow biopsy was taken from my hip. Since then, it’s been a whole lot of pain, trippy meds, and fitting me for custom neck and braces. With those braces, I’ve been able to stand and shuffle around a bit, sit upright a few times (which I hadn’t done since October), and even write this little missive. As it stands now, I should be moved tomorrow to an acute rehab facility, where I’ll have about 7-10 days to build strength and regain the ability to do common tasks. Then I’ll get chemo via injections/pills, a method that is unlikely to cause hair loss and other common symptoms. According to my oncologist and many other experts, multiple myeloma currently has some of the best outcomes for cancer treatments right now. (They still think that’s the type I have and the bone marrow results should confirm/reject that idea soon.) All I can ask for is your prayers and whole lot of them. They’ve made a big difference. Thank you.

@SoMuchBloodJoe Prayers ascend my friend.

It would appear I'm at a crossroads. I would cherish your prayers.

Had a passenger in the car who thinks everyone should be made to go to a Christian church. Also, he’s never heard of the Apostles Creed, never heard the word catechesis, and found it offensive to assert that Abraham might have worshiped the false gods of Ur.

Her: Is that a spider on the countertop?! Me: (seeing that is a piece of thyme) Looks like it is a spider. (Pops it into my mouth) Her: WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!!! Me: Actually, it tastes like popcorn. Her: Frank!!!

Hot pot for dinner! #TwitterSupperClub

Quite the piece of “journalism”… apple.news/AsNvY2yBmSlePJ…

Chicken breast, fettuccine with a basil and adobo cream sauce, and zucchini for dinner tonight. #TwitterSupperClub.

Picanha cooked over pecan wood left over from a tree trimming and grilled vegetables for dinner tonight. #TwitterSupperClub

@LutheranAnswers @SoMuchBloodJoe I keep telling everyone that when the Boss of Me dies that I’m going to remove the dragon tattoo that covers all of her back to hang above the living room fireplace…

Look's like @SoMuchBloodJoe's wife has a reddit account

@SoMuchBloodJoe A journalist!

Pardon me?

Rabbit enchiladas for dinner tonight! #TwitterSupperClub

A hidden passageway linked to the Underground Railroad was discovered concealed inside the bottom drawer of a dresser in New York City.