In just a few short minutes, my ride will be picking me up for what I hope will be my last session of in-patient chemotherapy.

This will be the sixth session I've had, which is the "normal" course of things for lymphoma. Before I check in, I'll be getting a chest x-ray and blood work done, as well as having a chat with my doctor. After this round of chemo, I'll have another PET scan and CT scan to determine for sure that Cletus has, in fact, left the building. Depending on how that goes, there may be more treatments, but I'm hoping that this will be the last of it.

Hey, the site name says it all, so I'm just going to link to it: welovewp.com
For those of you who don't know what WordPress (aka WP) is, it's the software that runs this blog. It also kicks butt. The site I linked to is a collection of sites that also run and, well, love, WordPress. Check them out.

Personal branding has always been interesting to me.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin, 'Poor Richard's Almanack,' June 1746

Yes, there are many things far worse than cancer.

Take, for instance, Peng Shulin, who was cut in half in an accident in 1995. Even though he managed to survive that, he's been bedridden since then. I cannot imagine holding on through that ordeal and the life he's had since. But, there's hope even in that kind of tragic story, because he's just gotten the ultimate prosthetic, a set of "bionic" legs.

So, nothing's changed.

Microsoft has a new advertising campaign.

"People drive business" is their theme and they're trying to get bloggers to include specific text in their blogs that include that "people ready business" message, along with links to the Microsoft marketing website, of course. Here's the text they seem to have wanted people to include:

I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm out of the hospital again, having survived the fifth round of chemotherapy.  I didn't puke this time, but I have been pretty queasy since getting out of the hospital, making eating a challenge.  Other than than, though, I'm doing okay. I'm not sure if you all are getting tired of the updates yet, but I'm getting tired of going in and out of the hospital to generate them, not to mention all the "stuff" that goes with all that.

I've got lot on my mind lately.

On this day in 1951, my profession was, essentially "born".