Some Buffista ~ma this afternoon and evening would be appreciated. My business is auditioning tonight to pick up a new long term contract. It would be managing the audio duties for another business unit with a client I already work for. We are providing equipment and mix support for a band tonight to prove that we know what we are doing and can give the client a good mix.

If we have any Buffistas in San Jose, or who have connections in San Jose, can you guys shoot me a message at the profile address? I'm trying to help a friend and her husband out with their apartment hunt in that area.

Looking for some research help, particularly on fecal transplants as connected to mental health treatment. Librarians and clinical study folks, can you help me find studies and research and parse the good science from the woo woo? My sister is in crisis again and we are exploring all modalities. I have volunteered to look into poop. There's a website called Power of Poop with links to abstracts, but not full articles. I know right now in the U.S. it's only approved as an experimental treatment for C. Diff, but I'm trying to see what might be on the horizon.

eta other promising treatments are also good. ECT was tried years ago and proved ineffective.

Relatedly, any mental health~ma and coping~ma you can send towards NC would be greatly appreciated.

In case you don't follow the Buffista FB group, here's some photos from the Chicagoista (& SailAweigh) mini-f2f at an Ethiopian restaurant Friday night:

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The farmer who rented his goats to us has lost all of them to a barn fire (a herd of 100). This is devastating and many of us are near tears here at work for the loss of what had become our friends. If you can, please go to [link] and click on the gofundme button to help Larry and Ann rebuild their business.

Thanks.

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I know we have unemployed and underemployed Buffistas, and I know we have early riser Buffistas. Hoping to find an overlap in someone who can give me a wake up call (literally) M-Th at 5:30 am CST (6:30 am EST). Willing to pay $40 or so monthly, price negotiable. Profile addy good. Many thanks, your snoozing friend, smonster.

So apparently, the first offer on our rental that we are selling has fallen through (it was supposed to close in about three weeks), but the back up offer is still a go.

Any thoughts or vibes towards hastening the removal of the albatross of our first house would be greatly appreciated.

The contest is over. Won't know the results until April 9!!

Thanks to everyone for their support.

Attention lurkers/others who want to support us in email FB:

If you want to request to join the FB group, please drop a line to one of the admins over there or here on the board. We get a bunch of requests from people we can't identify. If you have some mutual friends we'll figure it out, but otherwise the request will likely be declined.

I think there are still enough former Bronzers active here, that this post is kosher.

Bronzers, my precious(es), we have lost another of our own. It is valMichael (aka the Birthday Gnome).

Here's the text of the announcement:

Jack Burkhead says: (Fri Mar 6 00:53:22 2015 76.31.40.150) [Edit/Delete] Re: valMichael/Michael Mclellan

I have only been able to contact a few of his friends directly so I will put up a general posting to this board's users.

Long time poster on this board, Michael Mclellan ( valMichael ) was hospitalized last month. There are informational postings starting on February 28th.

He had begun to improve and it appeared he would recover from this latest problem. Unfortunately this hope was premature.

Mike passed away this AM. His ending seemed peaceful and without pain.

If any one wants more information, I will put my email at the end of this.

He really loved this board and the people on it. My thanks to all of you for providing him with such enjoyment during the last part of his life.

Jack Burkhead

jackburkhead68@gmail.com