Sometimes life just is.

A friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer last year and the chemo treatments did not go as well as was hoped. Last month she had a stem cell replacement and, so far, things look pretty damned good for her.

She is home and recovering nicely. Her doctors expect that she will be able to return to work sometime in late-April or mid-May.

Another friend of mine has a brother who was diagnosed with cancer last year and nothing went well. Nothing at all. And they have run out of options.

He currently weighs about 90 pounds, his family is going through the process of engaging with hospice and the doctors expect that he will not see the summer. He has been to several doctors seeking their opinions and in every case they make it clear there is nothing more that can be done.

Sometimes life is easy and sometimes it is hard but, in most cases, it's better to be alive than not.

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• Let's hope the investigation actually finds something amiss. Aside from being just flat out wrong, that visit bordered on violating at least three Constitutional amendments.



• Here's your Naked Woman in the News story. (Ain't she attractive...)



• Only in Pennsylvania.



• Yes, alcohol was involved.