Thanks, Bob...an apt and moving passage.

Thanks, CapK...I hold for hope at any cost. I've seen the reports...actually heard he was being treated for brain cancer a couple of weeks ago. That's a tough one...lost an artist friend to it a couple of years ago after a 15 year remission from breast cancer. But there's always a chance. And, you know, the press used to go out of their way to be delicate with stories like this one...if they jumped the gun on this, what a horrid and voracious pack of vultures (beyond their usual pall of predation) they've become! What kind of world have we become?

My prayers and thoughts go out to Carol's family and friends, and, especially, her Father and children.