I am very sorry about the distress I have caused all of you artists, I did not realize that they were being offered for sale until I looked into the matter. I have corrected that problem and would still wish to display all of your work and if anyone shows interest in them I will direct them to you. I just wanted to show the world how beautiful they were and my taste in art. If you would still like me to remove them I will--no problem, I have no wish to profit from others work as my site is non-profit and for the purpose of good works. There is already too much bad in this world I do not wish to add to it. Sincerely Scotty.

        

    Day Nineteen:
        Added a page today about the sorry state of the economy and it's effects on us. It is bad out there and it doesn't look like it's going to get better very soon. With the worth of our homes falling, our debt out of control and jobs becoming more scarce it is only a matter of time before a lot more people lose every thing they have gained in their lives. Something needs to be done--and soon!
    I know what it's like, I'm resently out of a job myself and the presser is on to keep up with my debt. The stress is killing me! I'm going to get unemployment, but I have to wait a few more weeks to get it--not soon enough! What kills me is that I've never been late with payments before and now every single one of them will be late. It really sucks. Not only that, but what I'm going to get from unemployment is a pittance, and it will leave me very little to do anything I enjoy in life. For the most part I've worked all my life (accept when I was screwing up on crack), and now that I've got it together I really want to put some savings away, I'm not getting any younger (44), and I don't have much time left to really save for my retirement. Ironic, huh? Get it together and the bottom drops out!
    So what can we do? I really don't know, all I can say is pray. And if you don't believe in a "god" (like me) pray anyway--it can't hurt!
    Good speed to all of you out there, and keep a stiff upper lip--things change and it's up to us to do the best we can....
                                                                                    See ya',
                                                                                                 Scotty

        

  Day Eighteen:
            Got my pages up on Steve Wilkos and a little about my drug days, with a poem and the ill effects of drugs with links to some help sites. I hope it will help anyone who is dealing with addiction or who is about to take the plunge--don't do it!
        If I only knew then what I know now I would never had been so stupid. Twenty years of "drug hell"  Is how I'd put it. I had so much so many times and lost all of it. Now I live with my Dad and at the age of 44 it's not cool. In my hay day, when things were going well and I had been clean for about 3 years I had a good job (well paying), a home, a car ('01 Mustang Convertible), a boat and a wonderful girl. Lost, lost to the crack pipe in no time at all! In the end I ended up doing a year in jail when I lost my mind and got into a high speed chase with the cops. I have gained little since then, and I get depressed thinking about it, the lose of a good woman (her kids loved me), a nice home and a comfortable life. The only thing I have left are a few pictures to remind me of what I've lost.
        So, think about what could happen to you if you take the plunge! It could be the beginning of a dreadful end--even death. I've lost a lot of friends to drugs, overdose--suicide, but to lose the ones you love is a fate worse then death and it stays with you for a long, long time. I don't think the hurt really ever goes away, it stays with you, and when little things that remind you of those days come to mind, the pain shoots through you like a knife and you have to catch your breath and try to push it away. It hardly ever helps, but it keeps you from crying....

        Please read what I think about Steve Wilkos and tell me what you think, I really want some input on the subject, and also if you have any thing at all to say about anything on this site, I would like some ideas about content. So, have a great day and I'll post again soon.
                                                                                        Peace Out, Scotty

        

    Day Nine:
        Got the "Woe Lost Lives" page up and running (DSPGandalf.net/Woe_Lost_Lives). A poem I wrote in jail about seven years ago after coming off a year long crack run. Not fun, but it saved my life. I was pretty twisted when I came off that run--let me, tell you! But I still didn't get it out of my system. It took (on and off) six more years to finally call it quits. Like everyone told me in every damn meeting I ever went to (AA, NA, CA), if you ain't ready, you ain't ready! And I really never wanted to be ready--stupid, huh? But that is just the way it is in life, you really have to want it. I lost so many friends to drugs--but they just weren't ready, so now there gone....
    But on a much brighter note, things are looking a little better today--still can't find a job but got approved for unemployment. Thank be to the gods! Now I can pay some past-do bills.
                    Alrighty then, Peace out!
                                                    Scotty....

        

    Day Five:
        Not much going on today, got a few more photos up and that's about it. But please send some input! Need some advice on the further construction of the site. Thanx, Scotty@DSPGandalf.net

        

    Day Four:
        Got a lot more pic's up today and did more to my home page. And the baby's name is....Marlon Anthony! The third Marlon--but not "The Third".  Healthy kid. Can't wait to get a pic! Still trying to find a job--it realy sucks, this is the longest I've ever had to look. It's getting bad out there.

        

    Got "photos.dspgandalf.net" up and running last night. If you have some pic's, or art to contribute please let me know; @ Scotty@dspgandalf.net. I want to build a site for you, so I need all that you can give me. It does not have to be great, it just has to be from you! Oh', I still don't know my nephew's baby-boy's name, I'll let you know as soon as I know.
    Still haven't found a job yet. Do you know any plumbers in the Cape Cod area? Been a plumber 20 years and can't find anything--go fig? Thank's for visiting,
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    Day two:
        Got the site up and running last night--boy this is cool--and had a few glitches but got them worked out. My nephew had his first son (name coming) and things are looking up all around. Now I just need to find a job--got layed off a few week ago--but all in time.
    Hope you guys get a kick out of what I'm doing and I hope you send me plenty of input for the construction of this site. I'm a novice, just learning all about this stuf, but I can say I've tought myself all that you've seen so far.\
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