Things That Are Better Than Chemotherapy

Driving the Roadster down a back road with the top down listening to the Refreshments at very high volume -- that's better than chemotherapy.

Happy hours are better than chemotherapy.

Birthday dinners at really good Italian restaurants with your friends are better than chemotherapy.

Live theater -- particularly ambitious, flawlessly executed live theater -- is better than chemotherapy.

Visiting the Musee d'Orsay (forgive the missing accent mark -- I can't figure out how to modify the character set with Blogger) and seeing the Van Gogh originals up close and unimpeded (well, except for the crowds) is better than chemotherapy.

Christmas morning with smallish children is better than chemotherapy.

Rollercoasters are better than chemotherapy.

Hiking any of the trails along the Mountain Loop Highway near Granite Falls is better than chemotherapy (though I don't recommend Mt. Pilchuck as the trail to start with).

The ferry ride from Istanbul to Kadikoy (forgive the missing umlat) is way better than chemotherapy. 

Dinner at most any restaurant in Portland is better than chemotherapy (but my current recommendation would be Veritable Quandary). 

In-N-Out burgers -- I recommend the double double animal -- are better than chemotherapy. 

Seeing The Matrix for the first time, and before the sequels came along and retroactively ruined it all, is better than chemotherapy.

But now that I think about it, I'm looking at this the wrong way. So here's my revised and updated list of things that are better than chemotherapy...

Cleaning the toilet is better than chemotherapy.

Root canal is better than chemotherapy.

Major surgery is better than chemotherapy.

Divorce is better than chemotherapy.

In short, pretty much anything is better than chemotherapy.