A very dear friend of mine is in need of your thoughts and/or prayers. Kathleen Zuelch, who is better known as “Tex” from the “Red vs Blue” series posted this:

“You guys are always so helpful and caring and right now I need some prayers. My father has not been feeling well for about 2 months and since my parents returned to Los Angeles in November he has been in a lot of pain. Well last week he went through some tests and they found 2 nodules, one in his lung and the other in his liver. This morning he was in so much pain he asked me to take him to the hospital. My mom and I brought him and he has been admitted for more tests.

Kathleen “

Now to say that Kathleen is an amazing person with perhaps one of the most incredible hearts in this world would perhaps be one of the biggest understatements of the world. I am not even kidding. So, please – if you have a RedvsBlue account – please stop by her journal here – and if you don’t have a RvB account, please take the few moments that it takes to create one and give her your support during these stressful and difficult times. I am sure if there’s anyone in this world who would appreciate it, it’d be her. She’s simply that amazing.

- Tawmis

- Tawmis

Our dog – Odin – Odin’s page: http://photocontest.muttropolis.com/photo.aspx?Id=291

By ALL means – if you have a Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Blog – feel free to repost this (or just the link to Odin’s profile in the case of Twitter and its limits!) – it would be greatly, GREATLY appreciated!

It does require registering on the website – but it’s just your user name, an email address, your city and state, zip code and age! If you could pass this out to everyone you know as well to vote for ODIN it would be GREATLY appreciated!

And remember – keep the link! You CAN VOTE ONCE PER DAY for Odin! So every day visit the link and click VOTE again! If you don’t live within the United States, by all means, feel free to use: CITY: SAN DIEGO, STATE: CA, ZIP: 92154

A message to all members of Muttropolis Online Pet Park
Win $1,000 and FAME on the Muttropolis Holiday Photo Contest!

Grand Prize: On December 17th the photo with the most votes wins a $1,000 Muttropolis Gift Card plus your dog will be featured in a Muttropolis advertisement
Runners Up: The lucky 10 runners up win a $100 Muttropolis Gift Card
Hurry! contest ends in 1 week on 12/17/09

- Tawmis

http://www.oliomusic.com

You can discuss the pictures on the forum (you must be a member and signed into the forum to see the thread).

Ye might remember these pictures from before?

Monica, is that OJ Simspons with ye?

That be a pretty scurvy crew ye be with, Monica! Why ain’t they wearin’ some Pirate Booty?

This one’s got a look in his eye that I just ain’t trustin’, Monica!

Now that looks like a pirate ye can trust!

Though he be lookin’ a wee bit worn out!

That’s a little better!

I think he spots some treasure, Monica!

If ye like what ye saw, ye can buy it! (And by that I don’t mean Monica, so ye pirates can stop emailing me about how much I’d sell her for!) – you can visit the PirateBooty.net Store! You can also visit the PirateBooty MySpace Page!

If ye be wantin’ to visit Monica, ye can click this picture below!

Universally Back is like the Universally There blog I posted previously. Like before you need to be a member of the forum to see the pictures.

BLABBERMOUTH.NET has learned that former CRIMSON GLORY frontman Midnight (real name: John Patrick Jr. McDonald) passed away earlier today (Wednesday, July 8th) from “total kidney and liver failure.” He was 47 years old.

According to JON OLIVA’S PAIN guitarist Matt LaPorte, who played on some of Midnight’s recent solo recordings, the singer spent his final hours surrounded by his mother, brother, daughter as well as members of CRIMSON GLORY, SAVATAGE, and JON OLIVA’S PAIN. His death occurred at 3:45 a.m EST at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.

“I will miss my partner Midnight — the greatest voice and friend I’ve ever known,” LaPorte told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. He added, “In spite of his demons, [Midnight] was a beautiful soul who constantly changed the lives of those he met and came into contact with.”

Midnight sang on CRIMSON GLORY’s first three albums — “Crimson Glory” (1986), “Transcendence” (1988) and “Strange and Beautiful” (1991) — before going into self-imposed exile for almost a decade. He eventually rejoined CRIMSON GLORY in 2005 but was dismissed in January 2007 following the revelation that he was arrested in Sarasota, Florida and charged with “DUI [driving under the influence] with .20 [blood-alcohol level] or higher or having a passenger under 18″ years of age. Midnight, who gave his occupation as “painter” to the authorities at the time of the arrest, was also cited for driving with a suspended/ cancelled/ revoked license.

Last fall, Midnight announced plans to release a new solo CD called “All Souls Midnight” which was to feature the “Acoustic Crimson” EP (four songs) along with the lost “Midnight Mass” recordings from the late ’80s/early ’90s plus some other “cool rarities.”