So far, I've managed to beat every single odd associated with Takayasu's Arteritis, a disease I was supposed to die from in 2001. I have learned to live my life with an edge that most may find risky, or uncomfortable. But I hold no secrets to the success of life. It is different for everyone. What works for me may not work for others...but I can tell you this, that living life in a state of negativity, regret and "what if" scenarios does nothing but wear down your spirit, cause you to...

I totally suck in the discernment area. When God was passing out brains? I was in the line for the happy dances. I really love life. But my overwhelming generosity and the fact that I rarely look before I leap puts me in places where hours or days later i find myself bashing my head into a brick wall, usually in the same spot that already was bashed into previously.

I'm such a sucker. Live in the moment. Suffer consequences later.

I was skipping rocks yesterday...

[FONT="Palatino Linotype"]As some of you know, I have a very rare disease called Takayasu's Arteritis. In fact, I'm the longest living survivor of this bizarre thing that is registered with NORD (The National Orginization of Rare Diseases). It has no cure, and is considered terminal...unless you get lucky...or just happen to be SO STUBBORN that you don't let it get you. I think I am probably both. I was diagnosed with it shortly after open heart surgery in April of 1996. Technically,...

Here is a few pics of my current 65, as you can see I WAY over engineered it.

So i rushed my first 65G reef and have hated it. So i began my search for a new 65g tank and found it on RC pretty cheap. Picked it up a couple weeks ago and will soon start a build thread on it.