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That Stuart Scott has cancer.  He’s in WifeGeeding’s One-Eyed Hall of Fame.

The guy annoys me a bit and I really can’t stand his very politically correct chat sessions that are in ESPN the Magazine, but I certainly don’t like the idea that he now has cancer.  Thankfully it was caught early. 

ESPN anchor Stuart Scott has been diagnosed with a malignancy in his appendix and plans to begin chemotherapy.

The malignancy was discovered when he had emergency appendectomy surgery on Nov. 26. He had a second surgery to remove surrounding tissue.

A statement Thursday from ESPN said Scott’s physicians “are confident they eliminated the cancerous tissue but have prescribed preventative chemotherapy.”

Scott will return to on-air studio work on ESPN’s NBA doubleheader Friday and will debut as ABC’s NBA studio host on Christmas Day. If needed, ESPN’s Mark Jones would sub for Scott.

Says Scott, in a statement: “Talk about a shocker … But I’m not the type of guy to let this eat up my life.”

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Tracy Phillips, the daughter of Dallas coach Wade Phillips, plays a belly dancer in a critical scene of Charlie Wilson’s War, the film starring Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts. Phillips does a seductive dance in front of the Egyptian defense minister. It’s a long story. We’ll all have to see it to understand it. Daughter joined Dad in Charlotte for the Cowboys-Panthers on Saturday night, by the way.

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There are going to be very few posts until the start of next year.  I need the break, and I’m sure most of you are off visiting family and doing better things than surfing the Internet.  As a matter of fact, this 32 year old just realized that 10 years ago I spent my last ever Christmas with my father, and now this will be my second without my mother.  Life is short and very unpredictable, so be sure to really let the time you spend with loved ones sink in.

I’ll continue to post any updates regarding Christmas cards.  I won’t post a final total until a little after the first of the year since the mail may be a little behind.  At that time I’ll be sure to total everything up and report on the final numbers. 

I was away for the weekend but when I arrived home my 17th and 18th Christmas cards were in MailboxGeeding.

The first card is from the Weaver family of Mesquite, TX who were even nice enough to include a donation to help fight lupus.

The other card was actually inside a package and is from Shawn of Baton Rouge, LA.  Shawn is a longtime reader of BON and knows my heart, and I’m pretty sure he’s BON’s biggest fan in all of Louisiana.  Last year he was kind enough to send a Dallas Cowboys floor mat that is still on display at our front door, and this year he kept tradition by sending Dallas Cowboys floor mats for automobileGeeding.  I didn’t think a Saints fan could ever be so nice. ;-)  On top of that, Shawn and his family included a donation to help fight lupus. 

DogGeeding insisted on being in the picture of our new floor mats.

Thank you Weavers and Shawn and your family for the cards, donations, and helping to fight lupus!

So that’s 10 cards from Texas, two cards from NY, and one from North Carolina, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana, and Canada.  

With a total of 18 cards, that’s $18 I’ll donate to help fight lupus.

A small recap of the experiment of me trying to see if any of you are willing to send me a Christmas card:

Option 1:  You can make a direct donation to the Lupus Research Institute in memory of Kim Geeding.  Have the acknowledgement sent to my address, and I’ll consider that my Christmas card.  I’ve done some research, and out of all the lupus organizations I feel most comfortable with the Lupus Research Institute came out on top.

Option 2:  If you just want to send a card and no money, then I will total up all the cards received before Dec 25, and for each card donate a dollar (up to $50) to the Lupus Research Institute.  If you include any money, I’ll make sure to donate the funds directly to the Lupus Research Institute. 

Send all cards to

Keith “BagOfNothing” Geeding
421 Vista Noche Dr
Lewisville, TX 75067-8345

Please be sure to include the “BagOfNothing” in the name so I know the card comes from a reader and not the dentist or plumber.