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Good call on Dafoe.

In the fridge they last a few days, but in the freezer it’s indefinite.

Would kill 1,000 puppies before a baby. But, that’s just me.

I invented the Flowbee.

Good thread. I’m going with one that will be unpopular: Deniro

There seems to be this set of actors who I find I always enjoy in every movie role. Paul Rudd, Ryan Gosling, Jon Hamm, Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, DiCaprio, Bale, Depp.

Apples from the same orchard.

Probably the bear. If the woman were lobotomized, then *maybe* the woman, but probably still the bear.

Spot-on comment about “overweight” by BMI standards! Started losing weight last July when I began paying attention to cholesterol. When I’d dropped about 20 pounds I found myself in the overweight category, and I didn’t disagree. The ridiculous part was that based on the BMI chart, I was gonna need to get my 6 ft self all the way down to 178# to get to “normal.” 178 on me would look like post-chemo.

Thanks for the questions! The drug is fda approved. When she was diagnosed 2013 it had just been approved shortly before. Her hematologist was involved in trials and he and his colleagues had theories about alternative uses for it. Well, not really alternative uses but non-label ways of dosing it to generate slightly different results. It’s fascinating stuff. The beauty of having a university research hospital 20 minutes away! RE: only responding once… When she was diagnosed, they gave her steroids (Prednisone). That worked. 14 days later, it wasn’t working anymore. Numbers fell. So, they gave her steroids again and nothing happened. Then they gave her immune globulin. Numbers jumped up. 3 days later they fell back. Gave her the IG again, nothing happened. Current treatment seems to be working a second time. Doctor told us he’s engaged in a long term study on it. He believes that for some patients, the right dosage will disable the immune system’s destruction response. He’s studying to determine what variables exist in the patients who respond to it that way. I try to find just the right level of ambiguity on here because some of us are such utter dikkholes. I realize I’ve said enough that the properly motivated person could figure out what she has and what she’s taking, but I’m vague about those details deliberately.

It feels good mostly because the high net is based on virtually no liabilities and because I know it means retirement is a certainty at a good age. Mostly, though, this is assets not a bunch of liquid COH. Within 5 years we’ll have huge decisions to make as my wife’s SARs roll in (cash) and they sell the ESOP, which will be just enormous for her. And me.

I hear this and look at my own life. None of my friends or family members who are close to my age have died. But I do think about it and understand it’s bound to happen in my life soon enough. The father of my son’s teammate dropped dead from heart attack a year ago at only 44. Yikes.

Last 2 rounds of bloodwork have been really promising. Numbers are very good. Only took 1 dose of the wonder drug to get things started. The real question is if these levels maintain or not, but we’re feeling super optimistic right now!

Met with our guy tonight. At $2.1M now.

Is there video also?