Mark's Sister, Stephanie at this year's Nagoya Fertility festival

How we will entertain ourselves in Bangkok
The one without the mask is Stephanie. Mark is still in Bangkok and resting up for the visit from Stephanie and "The Mom" in April. He says he is very excited about seeing us. We want to take him on another adventure, but he thinks he may not be able to go far, although he will try to be in good shape and inbetween chemo treatments when we arrive. If he is unable to go very far, we will of course enjoy the Songkran festival and shoot water at people on the streets and get powder put on our faces. In addition, I am thinking about starting our novel and maybe entertaining ourselves by writing our obituaries. The newspapers in Austin, Texas, and Bangkok, Thailand, let you write just about anything you want and charge you by the size of the obituary. In some places such as my old home town Jacksonville, Illinois an obituary is free, but it is prescribed and perhaps not quite as imaginative or creative as those in Austin, Texas. Austin's moto is "Keep Austin Wierd", and sometimes this is revealed in the obituaries. Seldom do people in Austin die..They cross the great divide to play golf with God or dance their way up into heaven or ride their motorbike on the golden streets. It is a challenge to write an obit when you can write just about anything you want.