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About Me

I'm a musician--guitar, oud, cumbus and a little singing. The latest thing is that I've got cancer (non-hodgkins lymphoma) and I'm trying to beat the crap out of it so that it will never come back and never bother anybody else! Well, I've got some Buffy the Vampire Slayer to go watch before my next chemo appointment...
Snoop Dog's Murder Was the Case performed folk singer Jodie Manross and Laith at Googie's Lounge (The Living Room) on Jan. 30, 2008.

Jodie and Laith performing original song "Lost Cause" at Googie's Lounge (The Living Room) on Jan. 30, 2008.

Jodie and Laith performing "Wasted" at Googie's Lounge (The Living Room) on Jan. 30, 2008.

My Blog

Info about stem cell umbilical cord donation--please read

I meant to post this a while ago. Thanks to alesa for the article. For those of you planning on getting knocked up or not planning to and ooopsy, it happened--please concider donating the umbilical c...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:36:00 GMT

Raising donations for The Leukemia Lymphoma society

Hey you guys!  Well, I'm trying to raise money for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society buy selling my guitar instrumental cd.  Right now, if you live in Knoxville, I have a display set up at Pick&...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 14:03:00 GMT

Hope everyone is doing well

It looks like everyone one I know is getting engaged, married or having babies---and it makes me feel old and wonderful at the same time---kinda like the time I was dating all those freshman college g...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:19:00 GMT

Quick update

What's up folks--I know I've been outa the loop, but my internet access got cancelled at Vanderbilt apts. (apperantly I was piggy-backing off someone else and didn't know it).     ...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:17:00 GMT

The Chronicles of Laith-the Trilogy: Book 4

Hello there cats and kittens!  I hope life finds you all well.  Just thought I would blog about whats new.  Well, one thing that is cool is I'm getting to be apart of a news cast about ...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:29:00 GMT

More for the update blog....good stuff!

Well, I had put out a lot of info about the latest on my health situation--and it was pretty goood....and it's about to get better I got to talk in person with my doctor and his nurse (2nd in command ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:50:00 GMT

Laith update 6/20/2007

Well folks, it's been awhile since I let people know what I've been up to.  It turns out I don't have cancer at all, but have been expecting twins for over a year! The tumor on my lung turned to ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:03:00 GMT

6/8 Treatment Update from Me

Well howdy there folks!  Just thought I would post a blog about what's been going on with here at Vanderbilt with my stem cell stransplant.  Let's recap shall we? I am being treated for non-...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:31:00 GMT

Don't pass this hat around...

Well, in my last blog I mentioned something called THE HAT.  For those who have had to stay a bit of time in a hospital where they have to keep track of you quite a bit, you probably know what I'...
Posted by on Sun, 13 May 2007 18:24:00 GMT

Latest update

To those wondering what's my progress with the cancer treatment--here it is: (spelling errors and horrible grammer will insue--kiss my ass I got cancer) Well after getting to Vanderbilt hospital I've ...
Posted by on Sat, 12 May 2007 01:14:00 GMT