England, 2007
This marks the one year anniversary of my anti-cancer
blog. According to the Google “hit
counter” this blog has been viewed by 5840 people, hailing from many dozen
countries – only Africa and Antarctica have not weighed in.* I have written 112 blogs entries in the year,
averaging one every 3 days, 2 hours and 22 minutes (you needed to know that,
right?). You probably wonder where I get wind of the
stuff I write about. Well, thank God for
the NIH Cancer Bulletin, the Fred Hutch newsletter, and Dick Ingwall. I only make a little of it up. (No,
really. Would I lie to you? Of course not.)
In celebration of this dubious literary event, let us take several moments to
do the following:
Remember
Linda. If you never knew her, read about
her. She was wonderful.
Write your
Congressman and tell him or her that if he/she fails to work to restore the
5.1% budget cut to NIH you will barbeque his/her liver.
Write Obama, too, but no threats, or you will find several large men in
suits, with wires coming out of their ears, knocking at your door.
Trick a friend
into reading this blog. I make no pretense
to literary merit, but I flatter myself by thinking that it helps keep cancer
research in the public eye – which can’t help but be good.
I hope you
have enjoyed the pictures. I have quite
a few left. Stay tuned for March 19th.
*But, as I
have said several times before, I suspect that some of the “hits” from places
like Kazakhstan and Paraguay are computer algorithms, not people.
Very impressive work, Myrl. Keep writing and I'll continue to share your blog. This is a lovely picture of Linda. She had many happy years, but I wish she was still having them.
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