Thanks Everyone for your Kind Words, Flowers, and Donations. My family is doing very well. Dad had been ill for quite some time so we were all somewhat prepared, but of course you can neer be fully prepared. As Ninsi mentioned you can donate to the American Parkinson's Disease Association in my Father's name if you would like.
In other News, I got a jury summons today. I have to appear in the Dallas County Criminal Courts building on January 10th. The summons is kinda funny. It mentions no less than 3 times that you are not to wear shorts and tank-tops to the courts. It even seems to imply that you might be thrown in jail should you show up in improper attire. This should be interesting. My left leaning libertarian viewpoint is sure to be unacceptable to one side or the other of whatever case they put me on.
Actually, I think they technically could throw you in the slamma for wearing shorts and a tank. It would fall into that catagory of 'Contempt of Court' that really lets them do whatever they want.