Deadliest Catch

[pomtzu]

Does anyone follow the show Deadliest Catch? I think that most everyone, even if they don't watch it, knows that Captain Phil Harris died just a few months ago, from complications of a stroke.

Ok - so he was a walking time bomb, and I sure don't know how he ever got clearance to go back to sea, after his near death experience with the blood clot a couple of years ago. He continued to smoke like a chimney and work one of the most stressful jobs in existence.

Well - in last night's episode (filmed before his death), his son Jake got caught red-handed stealing pain meds from Phil's cabin, lying about it, and then finally admitting that he was an addict!!! I personally feel that Jake drove the final nail into Phil's coffin with that. Phil went semi-ballistic, but I'm sure what we didn't see televised, was not pretty! I'm certain that this was the beginning of the end for Captain Phil, as he had a stroke a short time later and then died.

Death by stress?? - absolutely!!! I saw it first hand in my own family. My own mother was faced with an extremely stressful incident, and in less than 12 hours, was dead from a heart attack. To this day, I blame the other party involved, for her passing. Up until last night and that t.v. episode, I hadn't thought about the circumstances of it for years.

I hope that Jake can live with himself for what part he played in his father's death, for surely, even tho Phil was that ticking time bomb, he just may have been around today, had this not happened.

OK - just had to spout off about that - since it did hit rather close to home and bummed me out.

More to bum me out. Today is my son's 41st birthday. Happy birthday Steve!! But I'm bummed out because he's away on vacation with his family, so this will be the first year since he was born, that I haven't seen him on his birthday. Seems very strange........

And later today I have an appointment that I truly want to cancel and just stick my head in the sand and forget it - but I won't. Get it done and over with so life can get back to normal - maybe!!!!!

Does anyone know a way to fast forward 24 hours? I don't like today at all!!!!