Where has this button been all my life?

Instant Rimshot

I'm watching last season's Top Chef finale.

I still want to smack Richard every time he says "molecular gastronomy."

Him and his tricks and toys. Sheesh.

It wasn't her word, either.

meglimir never gave up. She fought to the last, in a battle she knew from the start was most likely going to end in her death. She never surrendered.

It's hard to describe just how alone cancer makes you feel. Your own body has turned on you, become a battleground, and your fate is suddenly in the hands of people you don't know, many of whom you'll never meet. We watch friends and family try not to react to how we've changed, try to be upbeat while their eyes reflect the horror and pity. On our part, we fight a constant battle against despair. When being able to pick up the TV remote is asking too much, when you break down in tears at the thought of another chemo or radiotherapy session, when you throw up the sixth meal in a row, when you don't recognize your own body in the mirror, when embracing death seems better than dealing with this pain another day.. how do you endure? Where do you get the energy to smile at your spouse, and tell them that you're doing OK?

Ruby Meg fought a battle vastly tougher than the one I fought and battled for a far longer time. In her own postings and those of her family you'll see a warrior's heart. A woman who never let the reality of fate overwhelm her. Cancer ended her biological processes. It never ended her life. Surrender was not a word in her lexicon.

Lead the Way, meglimir

Fuck Cancer.

The Heavy Metal Sunday CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR!

APPLAUSE

Thank you and a happy holiday season to you all. Donny and Marie weren't available, and Bing Crosby remains dead, so let's start this party with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra!

Beautiful. Just beautiful. While not as pretty, but very metal, we present Skid Row with that all time classic, Jingle Bells.

Reminds me of my twisted childhood. Well, if we had snow in San Jose. And were badly animated.

But anyway, it's getting late, and we need to get to bed so Santa can come. So we at Heavy Metal Sunday wish to join Twisted Sister in inviting you to Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.

Enjoy your long weekends, and may 2009 be BANGING!