Pink.

Unless you have spent the past few weeks in a cave or hole you may have noticed the world has turned pink. Pink is everywhere and for a good reason. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Whether it’s a can of soup, water bottle or bagel (yes they have created a bagel in the shape of the ribbon used for Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Research) wherever you turn, you see pink. And it’s for a good cause.

I don't know a lot about Susan G. Koman except there are a lot of corporate sponsors who support the cause---and that whomever was behind the marketing of this need for breast cancer awareness has done a fantastic job. I have heard people say think it's ridiculous to have all these products plastered with pink; I guess they have not experienced this horrific disease head on. They will likely change their minds should this happen to them or a loved one.

Today in the paper they announced the Nobel award for medicine. Three very smart men and women won it for their work "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and enzyme telomerase." (With me here? In layman's terms they have located the chromosomes that effect aging.)

What they learned was amazing; they were able to determine how these cells worked, what the differences were, and how they shut off and turned on. Whoa. This research will hopefully help in the areas of aging, cancer and other diseases that could help mankind live longer lives. In other words, this is a lot more important than whether the Tigers or Twins won last night. Okay, a little more important. By the way the Twins won in 12 innings.

The photo above was created in photoshop. In color you have 3 girls wearing pink high top tennis shoes. But when converted to black and white, the message jumps out---3 girls, 6 feet, and 1 hope for a cure for breast cancer.

I really hope in our lifetime we see cancer wiped out. As far as I am concerned I would like to see the word “Cancer” only known as an astrological sign.

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