Alan Rickman

[Skatastrophy]

I know you were just being flippant but as a survivor I'd ask you to respect those who haven't been so lucky.  Thanks in advance.

It's not flippant, it's an inevitability. As we grow older, there is a higher and higher chance that we'll experience cell mutations during replication.

I genuinely hope that I survive all of the other things that could kill me up until the point that my body makes a mistake that I can't come back from.

[Benny B]

Why is it that making fun of hepatitis, diabetes, obesity, ADD, alcoholism, and having a stroke is OK, but anything about cancer is taboo?

Not that I'm looking to make fun of people with cancer, but I'm curious as to what it is about cancer that makes having an open conversation of race - by comparison - seem like a fireside chat?

[ChicosBailBonds]

Rickman is in a new movie.  Saw the previews today at the theater, comes out in March.  Looks pretty good.