sad news from Elisson

I saw this news on Friday: Elisson has established a new blog on which to chronicle what will likely be his decline and eventual passing: his doctor recently diagnosed him with ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease, which brought low not only Gehrig, but also other luminaries like Dr. Stephen Hawking and Professor Morrie Schwartz of Tuesdays with Morrie fame, not to mention many others, known and unknown. Elisson writes: "But unlike people’s Facebook pages, blogs must seek their own audience. And I think there will be an audience for this one."

Oh, I think there will be one, too. I expect Elisson to handle the harsh reality of his own mortality with the same eloquent, humorous frankness he applies to all his other observations. This won't make for easy reading for me, but I've been a dedicated Elisson fan for years (you realize he's doubling the "s" and not the "l" in his screen name, yes? the moniker comes from "Eli's son"), and I'm not about to quit now just because of a little ALS.