For my father’s passing, four years on

DSC00495My father passed away on February 11th of 2009.

It was a Wednesday.

That previous night, my two brothers and my wife had visited him in the hospital.  I made a wrong assumption — that my father would be alive the next day.

I can clearly hear my wife whispering to me that night, before we left: “kiss your father.”

Like the bastard I am, I didn’t.

I thought he would, like the survivor he was, be around the next day.

I was wrong.

He passed away at 0330 hrs., early Wednesday morning, February 11th of 2009.

My brother received the call.  Then he called me.  Luckily, our eldest brother was already in town.

My wife wisely told me to kiss my Dad goodbye, and I didn’t.  And I will regret that small, seemingly insignificant act, for the rest of my damnable life.

It kills me, even now, four years later.  I still have my father’s things scattered in my office on the second floor of my cabin.  I haven’t moved them in four years.

There must be something wrong with me.

It still hurts.

BZ

 

 

Small-molecule drug drives cancer cells to suicide

Finally, some good news these days?

From Nature.com:

Studies in mice show therapy is effective even in hard-to-treat brain tumours.

Cancer researchers have pinned down a molecule that can kick-start the body’s own tumour-destroying systems, triggering cell death in cancerous but not healthy tissue in mice.

The molecule, TIC10, activates the gene for a protein called TRAIL (tumour-necrosis-factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand), which has long been a target for cancer researchers looking for drugs that would avoid the debilitating effects of conventional therapies.

Can you imagine the ramifications if this becomes applicable to humans?

BZ

 

 

BZ is back up!

BZ - New Masthead 2012Apparently I’ve become the subject of various hackers.

Apparently some people don’t care for my opinions on the web.

My apologies to those who tried to access me on Tuesday but found the site simply GONE.

My first and foremost thanks to Robert, from the Holy Triumvirate, who is an HTML god.

It would seem that there is little if any support of the actual First Amendment from the Leftists extant in our nation.  Truth only exists if it extolls Leftist Truth.  Truth can only exist if it is in keeping with Leftist Doctrine.  All others submitting Truth can go straight to Techno-Hell — and shall be hacked with a vengeance.

I’m quite unhappy about this.   .   .

But, on the other hand, it means I’m making Enemies.

And if I’m making Enemies, then perhaps I’m Getting Through.

Thank you, each and every one of my readers, for your support in these tumultuous times.

You are exceptional, in terms of being able to see above and beyond the LCD Narrative.

BZ

 

 

Super Bowl XLVII: 49ers 31, vs Ravens 34, FINAL

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And, I must admit, I am ambivalent about the outcome of Super Bowl 47.  Neither are my favorite team, nor do I hate them.

I’d just like to enjoy a close and exciting game.  Watch it live, here.

At the half, it’s the Ravens with 28 and the 49ers with 6.

Now the many of the lights have gone out in the stadium, cutting off the scoreboard and the CBS commentators, Phil Simms and Jim Nance.

Lights back on and play continues.

Frankly, the Ravens are out-playing the 49ers.

Until now: 34 Ravens, 29 49ers.

Then: 34 Ravens, 31 49ers.  Final.

The Ravens simply outplayed the 49ers.

And, they had an “inside man” pull the plug on the electricity following halftime.

You have a favorite?

BZ