I just wanted to take two seconds to let you guys know that a former classmate and great friend of mine has recently been diagnosed with brain cancer. She is 29 I believe. She is a geek extraordinaire, currently in the process of obtaining her PhD in (get this) astrophysics at the University of South Carolina. She is also working on a novel about time travel. She has a Grade III Astrocytoma (maybe even Grade II if she’s lucky…) Her name is Leila Katarina Mizouni and she’s keeping a great blog about here experience: here. Writing was always her passion, even if she chose to study the stars.

We became close friends over physics problems back in those college days and while I haven’t seen her in 10 years, I always considered her one of my closest friends. It would mean a lot to me if you gave that blog a quick look. And if your heart desires, donate to her off-insurance fund.

My apologies if any of you feel this is not the place for this sort of stuff. But cancer at any age, let alone 29 is ridiculous. Drawing attention to her writing is the least I can do for her.

[ One Eighty Kat ]