Saturday, December 30, 2006

Its A Run On Old Men Dying

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It is now several years since the doctors diagnosed me with an incurable form of malignant cancer which affects the bone marrow, blood, and gradually reduces the effectiveness of one's immune system.
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After getting their diagnosis I did a shit load of research on the disease. Then I flew over to England and got a second opinion from one of the world's top doctors who is specialized in this type of cancer. It is a type of leukemia, the same type which snuffed Ed Bradley (the really nice black guy on 60 Minutes).
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It sort of changes your attitude towards life after you think about it a bit. One thing it does is makes you be very aware of other old men dying. It also makes you a lot hungrier to enjoy whatever time you do have left.
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Lots of old men sure have been dying recently. I'd be happy as shit to live as old as any of these guys:
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Ed Bradley
--Gerald Ford
----James Brown
------Augosto Pinochet
--------Saddam Hussein
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This is a quote from Juan Espinosa:

Didn't 2006 end kind of weird? Reminds me of a setup for one of those Pearly Gate stories:
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James Brown, Gerald Ford and Saddam Hussein arrive at St. Peter's Gate at exactly the same time.
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In his haste to get to the front of the line, Saddam bumps into Ford and blurts out, "Pardon me!"
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To which St. Peter quickly says, "No way, the last time he did that, we had to let Richard Nixon in."
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