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One of Those Things

Jan 27, 2013
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My brother John passed away earlier this morning.  I'll have more on it later, but he had a good, too short run.  When he was diagnosed with his illness, he was given one month with no medication, and four months with medication.  But the disease had a rare genetic which responded well to the treatment, and he lived another three years, which is remarkable.  That's a lot of time to get your life in order, when you'd been given a month.



I'd been sending him various humorous and upbeat videos and articles the last few years.  He loved the Muppets, and this was one he particularly enjoyed.  For reasons that will be clear, it seems like a particularly good and lunatic send-off...

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