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My right kidney is coming out Wednesday morning. My surgeon said it will take 2 to 2 1/2 hours. A nurse I spoke to yesterday as I was getting my pre-op tests done, then another from the hospital's pre-admission desk who called just now to discuss my medical history both made clear that I could die.

Happens all the time. However I am confident that my surgeon Dr. Milam, whoever I get for an anesthesiologist and the hospital's surgical nurses are good at their work and so very likely would be able to handle any complications. Even so, they are mere mortals.

If I die, I want my writing to stay online _forever_. The single most important task required to enable that is to pay my domain name registration. Presently that's just $10.99 per year per domain at http://www.name.com/ but if it's not paid then a cybersquatter will snap up my domains and hold them for ransom.

My brother in law Stanley Evans said he'd take care of that. I'll send Stan a separate mail with my login credentials.

I will find someone to leave the Soggy Jobs domain names to. But whoever that is, I want the site to continue operations, to continue accepting submissions for new listings, and for those new listings to by posted free of charge at http://soggy.jobs - forever.

Aside from that, I want my father's ceremonial sword and triangularly folded flag to go to my older brother Charles Albert Crawford.

If you can do that for me, then I will die with no regrets.

First thing after I recover from my surgery I'll get my will written up. ;-D

If I die, give me an Irish wake. Sing for me, don't cry for me.

Michael David Crawford