cancer

A of colleague of mine, who has been working in our department for almost 30 years and had only missed 2 days of work (EVER), is finally succumbing to cancer. You could tell that over the last few months it has been harder and harder for him to come to work . He was clearly losing weight, and often limped. The really amazing thing about him is that he has been toughing it out for so long. If I was diagnosed with terminal cancer I probably would have given up the ghost long ago, and spent my final days blowing my life savings doing lines of coke off of a hooker's ass in Vegas.

It's a real testament to his love of teaching and his intestinal fortitude. I salute you, sir!