He's finally gotten his internet set up, and he can buy minutes for the internet like for a cell phone, so my overjoyed mom got to skype with him, and we facebook chatted. He seems to be doing really well, he's guarding airplanes and says "life is hard haha." Thanks to everyone for the well wishes (and you too, busy Mel-who-fell-off-the-face-of-the-earth!).