[Speed Gibson,
Thursday October 26, 2006 at 8:03pm]
Reality
Having read the a bad news for the Learned Feet, I'm thinking of General Zod, staring down at a bewildered Cosmonaut in Superman II. "Fragile sort of life form this is," he dryly observes before proving the point.
It takes each of us some number of years before we look back at our own presumed immortality and invulnerability of youth, looking ahead to see - reality. We don't know how, we don't know when, but we eventually realize that the blogs and the beer cannot continue indefinitely. I myself finally realized that this is my last chance to lose all this weight before my blood pressure or whatever else kills me off way too soon.
In Mrs. Foot's case, however, we have strong reasons for hope. I'm guessing she's young enough to endure the treatment, and I'm praying that the detection was early enough to let the best health care providers in the world do their stuff.
What would have been her odds 100 years ago? Or in North Korea today? No, this glass is all but full, and I add my voice to the many well-wishers for Sparky.
It takes each of us some number of years before we look back at our own presumed immortality and invulnerability of youth, looking ahead to see - reality. We don't know how, we don't know when, but we eventually realize that the blogs and the beer cannot continue indefinitely. I myself finally realized that this is my last chance to lose all this weight before my blood pressure or whatever else kills me off way too soon.
In Mrs. Foot's case, however, we have strong reasons for hope. I'm guessing she's young enough to endure the treatment, and I'm praying that the detection was early enough to let the best health care providers in the world do their stuff.
What would have been her odds 100 years ago? Or in North Korea today? No, this glass is all but full, and I add my voice to the many well-wishers for Sparky.