I mean I realize you're pun but perhaps you don't know I just found out yesterday that I do have cancer after 10 years of surviving to other awful terminal diseases and I can tell you I do not take kindly to it it ain't your fault but don't poke the bear she pokes back

Crikey. Yes, just a pun (as I thought yours was).

I know I didn't really take it too personally just a little sensitive as I only found out yesterday how serious this particular portion of my lovely life menu options have been but I have had a great life in between the shitty parts;-)

I can understand that. I've had some not-so-shiny health news as well recently (which prompted my timing comment - I'll share more after April 12).

I don't know if we knew each other for a while I'm getting old you know hit that 60 in January but I've been in Perth it's beautiful.

I think I was at a web talk where you were speaking. Somewhen in the late noughties.

Let's see in Perth it would have been a casual evening some real nice people and yep something in the deep dark past of the web this thing called doing it right clean and using HTML and CSS or xhtml and CSS and minimal script you know like a website not a software application ;-)

That sounds right. It is possible that I did a talk at the same function. But I am too embarrassed to say what the topic was (let's just say it was gone in a Flash). I may have my dates and times muddled.

Came across a picture recently of a few of us at that event I'll look for it when I have a chance. I'm pretty sure that's what it was either that or drinking at the bar after another event Perth was low-key and beautiful.

It would need to be 2008 or 2009. Love to see it, as even if I am not there, others I might recognize will be.