Ice Bucket Challenge

I got challenged on that subtle social media site—you may have heard of it, it's called something like The Book of Faces—by my friend from Plymouth, MA, Jeff Pickel to perform the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. As luck would have it, Ella and Sophia have been planning on introducing me to the Jack Dawson school of frigidity for some time now and tonight, after dinner, I noticed them not-so-stealthily filling a bucket with ice and water on the deck and acting suspicious. Having been nominated just two days ago, (and to cushion the inevitable surprise blow that probably awaited anyway), I volunteered myself for the deed.

In keeping with the program, I nominated four other friends who may or may not have already done it.

Mark Lonergan
Dafyd Jones
David Itzkovits
Eric Kligman

Tomorrow, I'll be donating some cash to help cure this terrible disease. I've worked firsthand with patients suffering from it at various stages. And let me tell you, it's not pretty. ALS can strike anyone, and most people die within five years. I hope that we can get together as a population to do more fundraising of this nature for every disease that's out there. If everyone gave $10 to 5 different charities, the world would surely be a better place.

To paraphrase one of my favorite sayings: No one ever got poor by giving to charity. Go to www.alsa.org to give or get informed.