Well its raining like mad here but I am trying to look on the brighter side or should I say lighter side this morning. I turned my twisted mind to thinking about the nature of this lovely disease and came up with a list of some good things about it.

Good things about having AS

1. You never have to help your brother-in-law move his piano.

2. Priority parking at WalMart.

3. First pick of any seat in the house.

4. You always spot dropped change on the sidewalk - although you may need to get someone else to pick it up for you.

5. You can entertain yourself by making up all kinds of neat stories in reponse to "what happened to you?"

6. Ready made excuse for being short with your spouse/kids/mother-in-law

7.You get to hear all about your friends' sore fingers/toes/knees.

8. You can get your employer to buy you an offcie chair that looks like it came from the set of Star Trek - The Next Generation.

9. Ability to hog the TV remote - just yelp in pain whenever anyone tries to wrestle it from you.

10. You need to avoid starchy food like your Aunt Selma's Christmas fruit cake.

Please add your favourite.

Rick